Mine was probably when I relapsed towards religion at age 15-16 and joined my mom’s conservative megachurch, naïvely thinking I can convince them to be less bigoted and more “christ-like” as well as accept science
My anime days.
This was back before anime really took off in the US, so most people had no idea what it was. This was before the term “weeaboo” was invented, but I’d have been called one if it had been.
@op looking back, what was the specific cringe aspect of what you described in your story?
that you’d hope for this seemingly impossible outcome, of being a positive force in an established group with a clear bigoted direction?
or that you feel foolish for relapsing into believing religious topics again?
or something else?
Marxist Leninist.
Homestuck phase 😬
I like to think I was in the middle of the cringeometer for that fandom but who knows.
Was?
