Used to be obsessed with comic books as a kid until I was shamed out of it

[soapbubble]

During COVID-19, I became extremely socially incapable and had no friends or anyone to talk to except for my parents and sometimes my younger brother. This situation lasted around 4 years, in which the closest thing I had to a friend was some arrogant kid who ended up making fun of me for being ugly and indavertently gave me the mindset that got me into looksmax. Anyways, after watching the Spider-Verse movie in 2018, I ended up getting super into superhero comics and communities on Quora as they helped me cope with loneliess and not having anyone to talk to.

My father considered it childish. He only made small and ocassional comments about not understanding the appeal behind them, until he genuinely got upset over some other random unrelated shit I did and then insulted and scoffed at me for reading superhero comic books. Even so, I was obsessed with it and considered comic books to be my favorite hobby until some random kids outside also dissed me for reading a Spider-Man comic outside as they laughed and rode past me on their bicycles, at which point I got embarassed and stopped reading them entirely.

Honestly it was probably for the best given I would've been laughed at if I still read comic books when I was older, but it's still shocking to me how superficial and mean people can be when you do things that aren't considered trendy or cool.

 

[duzxk1]

Do what you like, it don't matter what people say. They'll hate on anything good or bad.

 

[Surfsup]

Dnrd comic books are for losers

 

[Big Dick Randy]

That's cool enough when I was a kid I used to watch gacha life videos on yt and used to read anime ship stories on Wattpad until I grew out of it

 

[Alienmaxxer]

When normies see that only you are doing something it becomes a pressure point they can press to make you feel bad and them feel good.

If someone insulted you for wearing pants, you could just say everyone wears pants. They become the odd man out. Same with using tiktok or eating mcdonalds. But when only you do something, you don’t have that defense and depend on your own security and self-confidence.