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Bro, anime kids in 2017 were made fun of.

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The video leverages a relatable cultural observation about shifting social norms, combined with the creator's candid admission of past 'cringe' behavior, which encourages high engagement in the comments.

Summary

The creator discusses how the social perception of anime fans and PC gamers has shifted from being considered 'nerdy' or 'cringe' to being mainstream. He reflects on his own past behavior of bullying these groups during his high school years.

Structure

1Introduction of the shift in anime popularity
2Personal reflection on past bullying behavior
3Comparison of PC gaming perception in 2019
4Humorous anecdote about being told to get a PC

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ANIME 2017 WERE NERDS CRINGE BULLIED ANIME NOW ANIMES NOW WATCH ANIME WEIRD YEAH CRAZY SHIT LIKE SOMETHING COMPUTER TOO REMEMBER FUN BULLYING REMEMBER SCHOOL 2019 GENUINELY GETTING AND MAINSTREAM LIKE TEENAGERS REALLY GAMERS AND WAS GOTTA TIME ONE PLAYSTATION OUT OUT LATER LIKE MAN THE USING PLAY GAMES FUCKING MIDDLE ELEMENTARY PLAYING FLASH

Transcript

Bro, anime kids in 2017 were made fun of. They were nerds, they were cringe, and they were bullied for liking anime. Now, anime's... now, if you don't watch anime, you're weird. Yeah. I, dude, it's so crazy how that shit flips. Like, some thing... computer kids, too. I remember making fun... I was bullying them. But I remember when I was in high school, it was my junior year, it was 2019. PCs just genuinely just started getting like bigger and bigger and more mainstream for people that were, you know, teenagers and not really like mainstream gamers. And he was like, "Dude, you gotta..." At this time, the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 were out. The PS5 and the Xbox Series X wasn't out yet. They came out like a year later. But he was like, "You need to get a PC, man." I was like, "What the fuck are you using? You're using a computer to play video games? What are we in the fucking... what are we in middle school? What are we in elementary school? You're playing fucking Adobe Flash games?"

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