Who even asks that? Or Am I wooshing myself?
Witches VS Patriarchy
I have seen it when its a young kid wearing like a VanHalen shirt, and the old guys assumption is they have never listened to that band ever.
I think it was a trend going around in tiktok
Bold of you to assume I associate with 5 people!
On impulse my subconscious cognitive stack attempted to run this check on myself before I even finished reading it and it was kind of a pleasant surprise to find myself spoiled for choice o_o
(if i had to narrow it down just five: 1. my best friend who i met through a niche fandom in 2012, 2. the friend i've had the longest since we were in middle school in the late '90s, 3. my partner, 4. the person who owns the discord server i consider my home, and 5. someone i used to date but we've kinda been DM penpals for years because of overlapping interests and i looove the fiction she writes online ^^)
glad i'm not the kind of dipshit who would try to gatekeep someone for their interests, although i fear i might run afoul of it by accident because i'll see someone wearing a Dream Theater shirt and be SO excited that they're into a band I used to be crazy about back in the day that I blurt out dumb superlative questions in a hamfisted attempt to socialize x_x;
OH WOW WHATS YOUR FAVORITE SONG gosh i havent listened to them in way too long i used to listen to six degrees of inner turbulence on like a daily basis and they'll mistake my eagerness for aggression ;~;
i fucking hate being amab...
Woah woah woah friend, it’s okay.
I’m preeeetty sure most reasonable people will catch on to the eagerness in your tone, and going over-niche infodump is a world of difference from a short, accusatory line.
Awkward sincerity isn’t a sin.
I find niche interest infodumps cute, not aggressive. Regardless of whether I have any interest in the niche or not.
Gatekeeping: Half a star
First, name 5 men who trust you.