• SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    If it brings you joy, it’s definitely not stupid.

    I look back and regret not embracing things I had interest in.

    I was made fun of for my Pokémon cards so I threw them away. I was told that my drawings are weird so I stopped. After being constantly told that video games were “a stupid waste of time” and that I “should be doing something productive”, I boxed them up and gave them away.

    Now Pokémon cards are cool and there are worldwide tournaments. I look wistfully at talented artists & animators and wish I hadn’t given up. Video games can now be considered “art” and are openly enjoyed by so many.

    I’m too old to let others dictate what I should & shouldn’t like. I wear fun clothes, collect stuffed animals, nerd out over Zelda lore, paint miniatures for DnD games. Why? Because I enjoy it and I deserve to be happy in what I like.

    I hope that you will one day feel that you are able to enjoy things openly, too.

    Chin up. Enjoy your happiness.