The anons talking about it being a defense mechanism (and also "virtue signaling" to the rest of the people here who think it's cool to hate Pokémon, because they still want approval even if they also want to be above everyone else) are correct, but also:
>>51176605Yeah, it's pretty clear that there is a sizable group of very dedicated persons on this board with nothing better to do than spread negativity. They do it on purpose, spread flames and be generally disagreeable and rude and difficult to everyone because they think it's funny to "troll" the board like that. They want to drag everyone down into the mire. They probably don't even care about whatever opinions they're espousing; they just want to make other anons seethe. It's very sad. There are also some genuinely autistic-in-a-bad-way anons on here that look similar to this group at a glance, but are not the same people.
>>51175341I'll be honest, boards with older average users are way worse than boards with younger users. I had to quit using /pol/ within the last few years because so many actual disgusting middle-aged men started ruining the former talkspace for edgy teens and 20-somethings.
>>51176665Yeah, this ruined /b/ too. That board is genuinely unusable now. I don't regret quitting porn after seeing what it has done to man.
Anyway, OP--there are still some nice people here, but they grow fewer and fewer in number over time. I'm just going to continue being civil to everyone I interact with.
