I don’t necessarily want to feel superior, I think I just like when my communities are small and it’s a genuine rarity to find someone that likes, for example, the same subgenre of music. Finding someone that likes techno (for example) isn’t rare anymore, so it’s not a special event, y’know?
Translation: “No because I wanna feel superior for having that interest.”
To my friend who leaves no air in the room for the rest of us to breathe every time one of your fandoms is mentioned? I have a new pithy retort.
I don’t necessarily want to feel superior, I think I just like when my communities are small and it’s a genuine rarity to find someone that likes, for example, the same subgenre of music. Finding someone that likes techno (for example) isn’t rare anymore, so it’s not a special event, y’know?
Ah, it’s just desire to feel ah so special
And you wanting to avoid having niche interests is your desire to feel, ah so normal?