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[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've always been pathologically unwilling to be part of a community. I miss out on a lot, I'm sure. It's not a healthy way to be, and I'm not saying it's a good thing.

It's just that I'm into things like anime and video games and all that nerd shit. Every community has Those People that I don't want to be associated with. They aren't even the majority, but when a person who doesn't know much about anime hears "anime lover" they think of a dude doing a Naruto run in public. When they hear "Star Trek" they think of the comic book guy from Simpsons. Etc.

[–] robbotlove@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know exactly what you mean. I've always wanted to know why our hobbies have the worst people in it.

[–] kamenLady@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

All hobbies have the worst people in it. I realized one day, that they are everywhere, not just in our hobbies.

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's rare to find a community that doesn't corrupt the original itent it was built around. Look at organized religion. Doesn't speak well to humanity in general I'm afraid.

[–] kamenLady@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bigger the community, the more attractive it gets for the kind of people who just want to see the world burn.

[–] demlet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not even so much that, I just think at a certain critical mass the law of averages kicks in and you just kind of get... the status quo. Like, a good share of people are decent, another good share are so-so, another good share are kind of nasty. So, put all that together and you get something that looks a lot like humanity in general: always just slightly disappointing.