#unabashed earnestness of the 90's got completely obliterated the two following decades

[hotsugarbyglassanimals]

honestly the loneliness i carried with me from age 11-12 is something i don't think i'll ever be able to forget

#reflecting again lately but like #it was more than just getting bullied but widespread social ostracization. i was the 'gross' kid that no one really wanted to be around #for the simple crime of ... being too into pokemon in 3rd and 4th grade. and this followed me for years despite not talking about it anymor #and the crazy thing ... i wasn't even that out of the ordinary !! not that i wouldve somehow deserved it if i was but it was more just like #if *anyone* was even remotely into videogames or anime then like... i wouldve had like a niche group of friends at the very least #not to be like 'i was born in the wrong generation' but i would not have been so out of place if i grew up in the 90's instead i feel like #im so certain what made me a cringey freak was not paying attention to the mainstream culture of the 2000's - 2010's. it felt like the - #unabashed earnestness of the 90's got completely obliterated the two following decades #just asked my sister about it and she said that tracks skdjhgf so... gh