pokoko on 02 October 2015
| ReimTime said: Do you guys ever notice a stigma when it comes to admitting to others that you watch anime? Almost everyone I know watches it; whether that be big bodybuilders, my professors, bikers, nerds, paramedics etc etc. But whenever myself or my roommates tell some people that we watch and love anime they say "but you don't look like a weeaboo otaku!" Or "but you're pretty, you can't like anime". Then we laugh at them and hang AoT posters and use anime characters for Halloween  down with the stigma! |
I've been considering how to answer this and all I can think to say is that gross generalizations reflect worse on those who make them.
I don't advertise that I like anime--or video-games, for matter--but that's because I have no desire to talk about my hobbies unless I suspect that someone else shares an interest. Honestly, if someone did insult me about my hobbies, I'd just have less respect for that person. I might shrug and move on or I might try to make them feel stupid.
Either way, I guess it's not something I have much concern over. Good for you for not giving into that kind of pressure, though.
