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Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 02:55:20 No.35612068 View View Reply Original Report

Was anyone on /vp/ made fun of for liking Pokémon as a child?

I’m a girl and I was made fun of in middle school by the boys because I liked Pokémon. Poke Mania never hit my school. If you liked Pokémon, you were always considered a freak

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 02:56:00 No.35612072 Report

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>>35612068
Well I brought Pokemon Firered onto a bus during a camping trip and the girls made fun of me and called me a loser

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 02:56:10 No.35612074 Report

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>>35612068
You like Pokémon you fat weeb bitch

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 02:59:13 No.35612094 Report

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>>35612068
No because I wasn't showing it off like HEY GUYS I LOVE POKÉMON COME BULLY MEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:00:35 No.35612104 Report

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>>35612068

I was never made fun of, but then I never flaunted it in public or at school by wearing Pokémon T-shirts or whatever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:03:59 No.35612133 Report

Quoted By: >>35612189

I think it depends on how old you are, OP.
If you were a kid in Gen 1/2, it was fucking everywhere. Back then, If you didn't have a gameboy, you were a fucking loser. After that it kind of died off a bit. So I can see coming up in one of the later generations, like the DS era, and it being a little bit more niche like all video games were.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:04:44 No.35612136 Report

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>>35612068
>Was anyone made fun of as a child?
>I’m a girl and I was made fun of in middle school by the boys because I was considered a freak by my school. I was always considered a freak.

>>35612072
>Well on a bus during a camping trip the girls made fun of me and called me a loser

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:06:36 No.35612153 Report

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>>35612068
I think more people where made fun of for not liking pokemon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:07:45 No.35612163 Report

Quoted By: >>35612366 >>35614619

>>35612068
I was, but you can't hold a grudge for things like that anon. The people who made fun of you were just kids, who are known for being assholes. I'm sure the majority of them have outgrown making fun of others for their interests and those who haven't aren't really worth your time.

Lily

Lily Mon 21 May 2018 03:09:03 No.35612170 Report

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>>35612068
people didn't make fun of me in elementary school because everyone liked it. they did in middle school though. then in high school it was cool again

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:09:48 No.35612175 Report

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Im a girl and got made fun of (not full on bullied tho) by the other girls at school for it (we were kids when gen 3 came out, so we missed the gen 1/2 pokemania). The boys were all into it tho and thought it was cool, so i hung around with them mostly.
People started getting back into it during 2008/2009 tho, so i always had at least one person to play with during school years

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:10:36 No.35612179 Report

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>>35612068
No because I only got into the games in like 6th grade and never cared for Pokémon before then, and I don’t tell people I like Pokémon unless they asked. Other people got made fun of for it though. Never girls though, only guys. Girls in middle school onwards were only bullied by other girls who are less likely to make fun of you for that kind of thing and more likely to spread rumours about you being a whore to try and get you to kill yourself or something.

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Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:11:38 No.35612187 Report

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Give me one reason why you are sharing personal information on an anonymous imageboard

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:12:04 No.35612189 Report

Quoted By: >>35612213 >>35612319

>>35612133
This.
EVERYONE had a gen 1 game.
Most people had a gen 2 game.
The nerds had gen 3 and beyond, so I guess anyone older than like 11 will get some heat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:13:02 No.35612194 Report

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>>35612068
You didn't need to tell us you were a girl you attention whore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:13:45 No.35612197 Report

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>>35612068
No, because I fucking owned up to it. Take pride in what you enjoy. Don't bow down to normies who probably find interest in something far more disgusting.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:14:14 No.35612202 Report

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>>35612094
This, only the girls made fun and that's cause well they're fucking girls. Almost all the boys in my class were into pokemon in some form or another so there was really no bullying on that end.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:14:47 No.35612206 Report

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>>35612068
The kids from my school almost all grew up watching the anime (or playing the games) to some degree, but even still, nobody ever gave anyone shit for playing games. Even in class

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:15:23 No.35612213 Report

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>>35612189
lol I feel sorry for you poor bastards that came into the world after the hype was dead. Those fisrt 4 years of pokemon were some hype shit lemme tell ya.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:19:17 No.35612245 Report

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>>35612213
>you poor bastards
Did you read what i said? The first 4 years were gen 1 and 2. Blue was my 2nd Gameboy game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:20:20 No.35612250 Report

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I was big and scary so if I liked Pokémon then suddenly nobody had a problem with people liking Pokémon, capisce?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:23:31 No.35612272 Report

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I continued openly liking Pokemon into adulthood and never got made fun of. If anything it's been a common interest and good conversation topic I've had with some people I've met in college. You should never feel like you have to hide your hobbies in order to be accepted.

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Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:26:13 No.35612298 Report

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>>35612068
I was friends with an underclassman who was really into Pokemon. I'm fairly certain I was the bigger geek out of us two yet he was the one who got called shitty pokemon related nicknames (at least calling him pikachu, charizard and rayquaza was their idea of funny).

Don't get me wrong, I got made fun of for lots of other things but my love for pokemon was treated like an endearing character trait. Like, I would often draw pokemon when bored in class and everyone would say 'you really like pokemon don't you anon? That's cool'

What's worse is that the underclassman was bullied for pokemon right until my class graduated and I'm fairly certain he'd stopped playing a long time ago.

>>35612068
Pokemania never hit mine either. Granted, I don't even know how big pokemania wa sin south american countries

>>35612104
I never got my hands on pokemon merchandise(besides the games) until after graduating. I would've worn the shit out of it though. And gotten bullied for it too

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:28:40 No.35612319 Report

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>>35612189
It didn't help that not many people where interested in crystal

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:29:40 No.35612327 Report

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>>35612068
Not that much I guess, they stopped rather quickly and where mostly respectful. I found it rather funny that a few people secretly talked to me about Pokemon because they were worried other people would find out they enjoyed it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:33:29 No.35612343 Report

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I was made fun of for still liking Pokemon after yr 5. The main guynthat did it is now a smogon teacher or whatever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:36:43 No.35612366 Report

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>>35612163
This is probably one of the most mature answers I've ever read on this entire site.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:39:56 No.35612392 Report

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>>35612068
In primary school, everyone liked pokemon so it was cool. In middle school I was considered a bit of a nerd for still liking pokemon, although I wouldn't say I was bullied, I still had a couple friends that played it. In highschool and college though it gets cool to like pokemon again, so there you go.

moral of the story: be yourself :^)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:43:56 No.35612422 Report

Quoted By: >>35612449

i was picked on for liking pokemon all my life but i stopped caring when during the gen 4 era, me and a friend were playing hgss in the hallway during break at school and this girl came up to us and basically just said "pokemon is gay and for children haha", i was used to it by that time so i was just shrugging it off but my friend just said "why dont you go watch twilight again? im sure it gets better after the 9th time" and she stormed away all offended and couldnt even say anything. then her friend came up to me a few days later bitching me out saying i made her cry.

i really never cared what anyone said about me after that because odds are the same people that insult you for your intrests are the same ones to run away crying if you do it to them. people cant take what they dish out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:47:01 No.35612449 Report

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>>35612422
oh and i dont know about that girl specifically but most of the people i went to school with who bullied me for liking pokemon shared xd relatable pokemon go memes on facebook when it was relevant so...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:49:25 No.35612471 Report

Quoted By: >>35612550 >>35612731

>girl
Unironically show tits. Or fuck off.
Choice choices.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:50:53 No.35612492 Report

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naw ,kids bullied me cause i was fat and smelt like shit.

pokemania hit my elementary school hard with the release of red/blue but the next year in middle school it kind of just died down to the few kids with pokemon cards here and there.

school was trash and i wish i never went to that shithole. if i manage to land a sperm in an egg im home-schooling the results for sure. pardon my shit grammar.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:51:05 No.35612496 Report

Quoted By: >>35612570

>>35612068
I make fun of myself for liking Pokémon I'm fucking 21 and played every game up to USUM and until March this year I had watched every anime episode and movie somehow I managed to stop following the anime best decision ever and I'll try not to get whatever shit the next game will be.
What a stupid way to waste my precious time and I bet you all feel the same (if you're actually over 18) but try to deny it with this "be yourself, don't care about opinions" bullshit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:51:59 No.35612500 Report

Quoted By: >>35612560

>>35612068
Well, it's less "I got made fun of for liking Pokémon" and more "no one cared about Pokémon at all."

During elementary school I had some friends who liked Pokémon too, but... Because of reasons our interests didn't mostly match up. Like, they'd also like shit like wrestling and whatnot and I was much calmer than that.

Thing is, by HS no one cared about Pokémon anymore. All of them would smoke, get their faces pierced, care about the next party or doing teenager stuff. Whereas I was pretty much secluded into my own corner, listening to my shitty j-music and playing my vidya. I had no friend I could share my things with, and this includes Pokémon of course. I still remember this scene, when I still was in one of the schools with people who cared about it a little:

>Me: Hey!! They just announced Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire! I saw some images and it looks great!
>Guy: Uh okay
>Me: (totally not understanding his lack of interest) And- the music is also super orchestrated!
>Guy: ...I don't like orchestra. *leaves*

At that point I realized I no longer shared a mutual interest with him.

Needless to say I ended up depressed. They didn't make fun of me for liking Pokémon, luckily. They made fun of me because I was super easy to pick up on. And I never felt too attached to anyone because of that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:56:10 No.35612542 Report

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>>35612068
Yep, I was teased for still liking Pokémon, starting around 5th grade and going until high school. I’m glad I stuck with it though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:57:24 No.35612550 Report

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>>35612471
Fuck off, pig. People like you are the reason that fewer girls get into gaming or don’t like to get close to guys that are.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:58:05 No.35612560 Report

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>>35612500
Wait

Shit

I just remember something super embarrassing.

>Be like 11 or 12 yo, super naive on basically everything
>People two grades ahead from me know that I like Pokémon
>Don't even know them
>They tease me about liking Pokémon
>Somehow they made me sing the pokérap to them
>They'd think that's funny and they'd pick up on me for that
>Realize they're being mean and end up super hurt
>They keep insisting that I do it again
>Refuse every single time and feel bad about it

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 03:59:40 No.35612570 Report

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>>35612496
Sounds like the world got to you and you got boring. Hope you’re happy, but I’m another 21 year old here, and I’m perfectly content. I quit watching the anime quite a while back, but I still get every game and I’m still loving it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 04:00:02 No.35612575 Report

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I got fucking roasted for it in middle school holy shit. Ironically girls did most of the bullying guys were pretty chill.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 04:03:53 No.35612605 Report

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>>35612245
I was talking in general. Clearly it doesnt apply to you if you were around for Gen 1-2

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 04:07:52 No.35612639 Report

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People made fun of me because I was ugly and frail
Everyone likes Pokémon

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 04:07:54 No.35612641 Report

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>>35612068
Not at first cause of PokeMania, later in life when Gen3 hit yeah. Was thst era of "you still play that kiddy shit, anon?" never stopped, fast forward to now; perfectly acceptable to be into Pokemon again. Have to deal with shitters who "lmao I remember Pikachu". Funny how life is.

Lily

Lily Mon 21 May 2018 04:22:00 No.35612731 Report

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>>35612471
ebin post my friend XD

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 05:02:38 No.35612960 Report

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>>35612068
I wasn't because I was well liked when growing up. My friend was because because frankly, he was a dick to most people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 05:08:04 No.35612989 Report

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It's more common to get made fun of for liking Pokemon in Middle School because that's when all the kids were going through their edgy and rebellious phase and only liked "mature media for mature individuals such as myself" and latched on to things with blood and gore and sex because those are mature topics and subjects amirite.

High School was when (most) people realized true maturity is simply liking what you like if it brings enjoyment, just don't be a sperg about it, so only the spergs got made fun of at that point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 05:14:02 No.35613020 Report

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>>35612068
>Was anyone on /vp/ made fun of for liking Pokémon as a child?
Once in middle school, but that ended with a known bully getting both of his front teeth getting knocked out with a rock and a black eye.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 09:10:41 No.35614005 Report

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>>35612550
Pls be bait

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 09:31:27 No.35614069 Report

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>>35612068
What
Anyone in my school who doesn't like pokemon is a freak
We even had trading and info lunch break group

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 09:33:40 No.35614075 Report

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>>35612068
tits or gtfo only if you're 18+ and if not gtfo

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 09:35:45 No.35614085 Report

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>>35612068
I didn't care really. In fact, I was up front about my love for the series. I had friends who didn't care for it, and other that did. The only thing I knew is that I liked it.
No one I really knew, made fun of me for liking the series besides my older brother. Fuck you Eric, Raichu isn't a gay design, he's my bro.

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Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 09:50:58 No.35614147 Report

Quoted By: >>35614672

>>35612068
>kids are all into Pokemon during elementary school, no problem
>get to middle school and notice people getting made fun of for being open about it
>pretend to be out of Pokemon to avoid harrasment and fit in before I become a target as well
>hide the fact I play Pokemon even from my closest friends all the way through high school since being open about it still gets you laughed at and teased
>Pokemon Go comes out
>all the kids who made fun of Pokemon back in the day now ironically love it

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:28:59 No.35614619 Report

Quoted By: >>35615060

>>35612163
I can't really relate to stuff like that because I never was an asshole as a kid. So in my mind even kids should know better and it's a conscious decision for them. They're fully sapient

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:30:32 No.35614627 Report

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>>35612068
i may have been made fun of for liking pokémon when i was little, but i probably blocked it out or didn't care. loved pokémon too much then to care, and still don't care now for the same reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:34:00 No.35614647 Report

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Funny a big titted girl introduced me to pokemon ruby/saphire.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:37:58 No.35614672 Report

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>>35614147
After Emerald, I stopped playing the games because of this, didn't even play the gen 1 remakes.
Got back into the series with gen 5.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:39:08 No.35614680 Report

Quoted By: >>35614745

>>35612068
my grandpa would sometimes throw some banter at me by calling my gameboy "gayboy" and that if I wanted to play Pokemon irl I should go hunting with him irl

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:48:26 No.35614745 Report

Quoted By: >>35614789

>>35614680
>at if I wanted to play Pokemon irl I should go hunting with him irl
You should of went hunting with him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:55:33 No.35614778 Report

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I find people my age that dislike pokemon tend to be total freaks.

Like it's one thing to not really care about pokemon now-a-days, but those people that go out of their way to tell you that they NEVER liked pokemon, not even back in the 90's. Those people always end up being massive cunts i've noticed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:57:22 No.35614789 Report

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>>35614745
I did though
t'was fun

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Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 11:59:50 No.35614806 Report

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>>35612068
>I’m a girl
>pic related

i wish i had a pokefag girlfriend too

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:01:24 No.35614819 Report

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>>35612068
Kids in middle school were trying too hard to be cool. I wasn't really as big on pokemon as I am now though so it didnt matter, I just sort of flew under the radar at that age thankfully

HG/SS happened just before I started high school and there people were plenty into it. I made some friends just having my pokewalker visible

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:22:38 No.35614931 Report

Quoted By: >>35615032

>I’m a girl
4chan was a mistake.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:28:11 No.35614961 Report

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>>35612068
No, I pretended not to like it when I got into middle school.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:30:31 No.35614975 Report

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>>35612068
Starting with middle school I got mercilessly bullied for all of my geeky interests, including Pokemon. I was a shy, sensitive girl so it fucked me up pretty badly. I completely avoided being around people more than necessery until I was 19, when I started going to cons/meetups and making friends with other geeks. It wasnt until I was 25 and out of collage when I started building relations with "normal" people, going to parties etc. Feels bad looking back, but I never regretted being a Pokemon fan. GameFreak seems hell bent on making me change my mind though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:36:10 No.35615001 Report

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Yes was made fun back then in highschool
32 YEARS OLD NOW chill out your banhammer fucking mods.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:39:56 No.35615022 Report

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>during the decline of pokemania in the early 2000s
>kids in my neighborhood would try to make fun of me for playing pokemon because its a "kids" game even though we were all 8 to 10 years old
>17 years later, many of these fucks were some of the first people jumping onto the pokemon go bandwagon despite never mentioning anything about pokemon in that span of time

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:41:36 No.35615032 Report

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>>35614931
I am glad the board is mostly pokefuckers that won't give them the attention they crave for.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:48:19 No.35615060 Report

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>>35614619
It comes from the parents and older siblings. Kids tend to have their opinions similar to older family members because they don't know any better due to inexperience and naivety.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 12:56:16 No.35615121 Report

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I got bullied for a lot of things (I was unusually tall for my age, fat, reluctant to show violence, and shy of girls and nerdy so I was like everyones running joke), but funnily enough liking Pokemon was never a problem.
Everyone liked, or at least respected Pokemon, even when it became a lot less popular.
I had some guy try to mess with me once by trying to pull my cartridge out of my DS but when he realised how much of a dick he was being he stopped because he wasnt that bad of a person, just the class clown.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 13:03:41 No.35615184 Report

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>>35612104
Sams. All my friends knew I loved it but I never came to school with my ds. Kids are mean why fuel the fire?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 13:06:07 No.35615197 Report

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>>35612187
Because I’m a fucking loser, but it’s nice to know I’m not the only one.

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Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 13:25:43 No.35615318 Report

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>liked pokemon till Gen 3 released
>kids and step dad made me feel like shit for months till eventually I sold my game boy advance
>tried to get into other fandoms
>comics
>"LEEL YOU LIKE MARVEL? ARE YOU SPECIAL ED?"
>other video games
>"VIDEO GAMES ARE FOR LITTLE KIDS"
>paleontology
>"Hurr hurt you must fuck dinosaurs"

Fast forward to present.
>Pokemon go was a smashing hit
>Jurassic world and Marvel films are the highest growing films of our generation

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 13:28:34 No.35615341 Report

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>>35612068
For a short time after Poke Mania died down, but I never cared. Played it with pride to this day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 May 2018 13:33:44 No.35615379 Report

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As a child no, even when DP came out (when I was 12) it wasn't considered odd or weird. Had a small group of friends that all played.
After that I instinctively didn't talk about it anymore though, definitely didn't play HGSS, BW or B2W2 with anybody other than my brother.
XY (when I was 18) had a random resurgence amongst my age group, so there was a group of 5 of us (out of a class of 75) who played together, mostly online. Real random assortment of kids, none of us were friends before it. But we talked about it at school and people didn't seem to give a shit

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