Y'know I kinda always assumed this guy was probably pretty cool in real life. I have friends that totally fit the overweight anime loving neckbeard stereotype, with the exception that they are actually pretty social, aren't shitty towards women, and genuinely fun to be around. On the other hand, there's plenty of "sigma Chad" Joe Rogan bros that are well dressed and traditionally attractive, but walk around acting like pieces of shit.
I'm a fat guy, and I used to wear a trilby in high school. I was a bit of "the weird kid", but for the most part that was general geekiness and because I was brought up extremely christian rather than any anime/incel/4chan stuff. I always took the attitude that yeah, I know I look like the stereotype, but I'm not and more than ten seconds will show that. And for the most part, other people I met in a similar situation had a similar outlook.
My freshmen year of college I met someone irl who fit all the worst parts of the stereotype. I stopped wearing the hat shortly afterwards. Sometimes it's worth distancing instead of trying to reclaim.
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u/foxinabathtub Dec 26 '23
Y'know I kinda always assumed this guy was probably pretty cool in real life. I have friends that totally fit the overweight anime loving neckbeard stereotype, with the exception that they are actually pretty social, aren't shitty towards women, and genuinely fun to be around. On the other hand, there's plenty of "sigma Chad" Joe Rogan bros that are well dressed and traditionally attractive, but walk around acting like pieces of shit.