I’ve hid a lot of stuff simply because I don’t want to answer questions
My mum (who tbh is honestly otherwise really kind and understanding) once made fun of me being into “video game music” to some of her friends.
I’m only just now getting back into listening to music and trying to figure out what I like, rather than avoiding listening to new music at all.
I recently listened to a former atheist talk about coming to an Islamic conclusion while on DMT about music being bad because it’s a cheap way of trying to replicate a spiritual experience, similar to the use of DMT for recreational use. It’s not always bad because in art it can be used to convey what the creator is trying to get across, but sitting around listening to music could certainly be negative. The guy said this in the video well, but engaging in mystical spiritual experiences for its own sake will ultimately lead nowhere and leads people to retreat into their own heads and accomplish nothing in the world and become reclusive.
Nah, I decided not to hide. I got targeted too, but the nice thing is that I learned (really young!) not to care what other people thought of me. Which sucked at the time, yeah, but was incredibly liberating as I grew older.
My family never did that. Pretty much everyone who isn’t my family has done that shit. Which is why I don’t talk to anyone or give out details about myself.
I couldn’t hide it, gaming was a very hard special interest and hyperfixation, I literally grew up in a console gaming golden age too (early-to-mid 90’s kid so 4th and 5th generation consoles, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sony Playstation, Nintendo 64, arcade transitioning to 3D as a standard, etc.) so there was no escaping it from anyone
And yes I got made fun of, mostly by classmates but I got some family teasing too
I had the less popular choices with the Saturn and Dreamcast, which didn’t help.
