Same with d&d and video games.
Comment on Anon was bullied
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People totally did get bullied for liking anime, I’ll just say that now.
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yep true! I think it went from “all Video Games get you bullied” -> “not playing the right video games gets you bullied” -> videogames now widespread and won’t get you bullied, but I there’s probably a bit of the previous two going on in some schools.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
lol i still get bullied for playing video games. but it’s mostly from people my own age who basically think it’s a shameful horrible thing to do… but will spend hours on social media or watching brainrot tv.
Etterra@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
I still have no respect for people playing competitive online games. Their behavior just shows them as largely being the same kind of sportos who were no end of misery growing up. Fuck em, single player games for life.
Soulg@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Yeah god forbid other people find enjoyment from different sources than you lmao
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s interesting. Personally I never got into competetive online stuff (other than minecraft servers), and when i did play it with friends it was a bit mid, so i’m also a singleplayer-only guy.
It’s definitely true that those I’ve seen are ‘sportos’ (great word) but there do exist people who out the effort into keeoing an inclusive environment for it. E.g other singleplayer gamers would probably do that.
I think turning videogames into a social occasion helps people to manage it in healthy quantities, which is something I have struggled with.
johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I remember being teased for liking Halo 3 because everyone else was obsessed with COD for being “realistic”.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Or the “wrong” kind of music
Malyca@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
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faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
I agree with you, I am fairly large and I changed schools frequently. Every new school id be bullied for first few weeks and it would only stop when bullies realise I can beat them more than they can beat me, and that i wouldn’t shy away from confrontation. But liking Anime was like top two reasons
The most memorable is I was new to school and 12. I had a Keychain attached to my bag of bato from GiTS, not even motoko, at first this guy thought he was GI Joe and it was fine, then he asked more about the figure and upon learning it’s anime, he stole it… And about 2 days later decided with two of his friends, I need to taught anime bad by shoving it down my throat. Two friends held my hand and the psycho was getting me to open my mouth to shove it in, when I broke free from one of the friend and punched him so hard it broke his nose, then kicked one other guy in nuts. I fucking ran to staff room to have some adult around. Well I almost got kicked out of school. But some 16-17 year old bystander girl went out of her way to explain everything. And I only got suspended for a week. Stories like this were common everytime I change schools, bullies test me, they realise I am not willing to fight before going down and thankfully being large, I could do some serious damage. They’d give up bullying after a few months. And then a year or two later, new school. Rinse and repeat.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
That being said, I also hated kids who did Naruto runs and called me senpai. I didn’t bully them, but I don’t think I ever tried to stop them from being bullied.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s suddenly reminded me of how I had a high school friend who tried to use me as a bodyguard, always getting himself into the stupidest situations and aggravating random people
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 3 weeks ago
I relate to that. Since I would be stopped from bullying at some point, the other bullied kids would generally hang around me with the hopes of me being bodyguard. And most kids were just nice kids that needed break from being bullied.
But in grade 8 there was this kid, who wasn’t even bullied that much, mostly because he was a phenomenal runner and was really good at running away and also really good at spotting bullies. He’d keep preaching stuff like “fuck bullies” and “bullies don’t deserve the world” and other nonsense. But the kid sometimes was just an asshole.
One day the kid threw glue in hair of a couple of girls, obviously the strong girl from class with a couple of “bully” dudes came looking for payback and he thought I’d fight on his behalf after avoiding beating for like two entire days. I literally held him by arm till the “bully” kids took charge at beating his ass.
Anyway I guess my point is, it’s complex bullying and anti-bullying. Some people take advantage of the wrong things.
Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
I got bullied for being queer, neurodivergent, radically left, atheist, and more. Some of it was a little deserved cause I was a prick or annoying about it at the time. I typically handled my bullies myself, but for bullies that I knew I would lose a fight against my best friend would handle it on my behalf.
Don_alForno@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I can’t remember a single person in my school life who ever did anything like this. Usually it went like “I watch Pokemon” -> straight to bullying.