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4029041 No.4029041 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /jp/, a question for those of you that have attempted in one way or another to hide your powerlevels from your real-life acquaintances and whatnot. What do you do when someone asks you about your hobbies and whatnot? I mean, I spend the majority of my free time watching anime or reading VNs these days (the latter much moreso than the former lately, I tend to mostly just watch anime as a break from whatever VN I am reading, though it can vary depending on my mood) and I really don't feel like explaining either of those to whatever normalfag may be asking at the time. They probably don't even know what a VN is, and saying I spend a good portion of my time watching anime probably would not really have a very good connotation. So what do you do in such situations? Do you just make shit up?

>> No.4029057

You're new. Welcome to /jp/.

>> No.4029061

I hold up the book I'm reading. This also prevents most conversation.

>> No.4029071

things wrong with this are...
1. you have "normal friends"
2. you care what these friends think
3. you used cirno for something this useless and must die

>> No.4029068

my hobby is web surfing

>> No.4029074

Hm, I hate it when people ask me what kind of music I listen to. Not because it would be embarrassing or anything, it's just way to much to explain.

>> No.4029096

I'm not really so worried about normal friends, they don't really ask such questions very much. It's more, when I am introduced to their friends, or am talking to someone I don't know very well.

>> No.4029102

>>4029074
Yeah, that too. My imouto asked me that yesterday, and I didn't really feel like explaining.

>> No.4029106
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>>4029041

I have loads of hobbies apart of anime, but I spend a very little time for all of them, and most of them are computer related (And I don't want to look like a computer geek either), so I just say "I like usual things, watching TV, drawing, music..."

Just say common things, nobody will ask about common things and you'll avoid the conversation. Then counter-attack with a simple "What about you?", and you're done.

>> No.4029109

I play a lot of the usual games too, so I just hide behind that persona.

>> No.4029114

>>4029109

Same here

>> No.4029142

Whenever i meet people, i don't like hiding who i am so people who hate what i love can stay away from me, people who don't know about my hobbies learn from me, and make friends with the people who have the same hobby. It works pretty well most of the time.

>> No.4029152

>>4029142
Yeah, I'm more honest with my friends, of course. I'm more referring to people I don't really give a shit about, and just want to avoid making an ass of myself until I can go back to forgetting they exist.

>> No.4029175

I usually just say studying languages, reading, and video games. No one really cares.

And if people ask what kind of music I listen to, I usually just say that it's really nerdy stuff.

>> No.4029177

I like videogames, technology, and reading sci fi.

I don't watch anime any more. I just fap to the porn.

>> No.4029170

>>4029142

Not everyone has the luck enough to live in an environment where everyone is tolerant about other's hobbies.

>> No.4029179 [DELETED] 
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4029179

I'm only honest about what I do in my free time with my immediate family memebers. They even know my tastes in girls.

>> No.4029191

>>4029170
I don't give a rat's ass about intolerant people. I just ignore them. Better to have a few great friends then a bunch of crappy friends.

>> No.4029192
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4029192

I'm only honest about what I do in my free time with my immediate family members. They even know my tastes in girls.

>> No.4029196

>>4029074
"A bit of everything" works.

>> No.4029201

>>4029170
Graduate highschool.

>> No.4029210

>>4029192
Loli Haruhi?

>> No.4029215

>>4029201
Are you kidding? I only got obsessive about hiding my hobbies after I graduated. What if it gets around and people don't hire me because I'm a sick deviant who plays porn games? For that matter, maybe that's the reason I can't get hired now. The shame.

>> No.4029233

>>4029215
>What if it gets around

No one cares enough to talk about you.

>> No.4029231

>>4029215
I think that'd be the only exception for being open. Well, keep that shit away from work and don't mention it to any of your workmates unless you're good friends with them.

>> No.4029244

>>4029191

Yeah, well, The environment where I live is exactly the opposite of the environment I'd like to live. I have that luck :(

Think for a moment you're surrounded by people who has a very bad image about what we call 'geek' or 'freak', and all the people you know is 'that' kind of people. What do you do to survive in that environment??

Obviously, you just hide you 'powerlevel', so I don't have to give explanations to anybody (I shouldn't anyway, but it's better like that).

>> No.4029247

>>4029233
What else would housewives do in their free time?

>> No.4029272

>>4029247
Talk about what is on TV, who is dancing with who, what celebrity is being retarded this month. Who the fuck does anon think he is, worrying that people are going to talk about him like he matters.

>> No.4029274
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4029274

Aside from /jp/ stuff I'm also very big into politics and /x/. I recently when hunting for ghost towns to take pictures. So when people ask me about hobbies, I usually refer to photography.

One time though.. One of my co-workers and I went to California for training, I asked to stop at the Mac store to get my macbook's battery replaced. The shitslammer that was helping me out in the store decided to turn on my macbook while I was looking at iPhone accessories, needless to say him and my co-worker got an eye full of my desktop.

Pic related, I had the one of Sakuya as my wallpaper (by the artist who did this).

My co-worker doesn't treat me the same anymore.

>> No.4029283

>>4029244
There will be people in hiding too, not just you. Picking them out will be the hard part.

>> No.4029288

>>4029274
Because sexy girl backgrounds are for teenagers, not adults who are supposed to be respectable.

>> No.4029298

>>4029274
That's why you change your desktop before getting them worked on.

I was once the laptop repair center on my campus and the guy sitting next to me had a total animu desktop.

>> No.4029318 [DELETED] 

>>4029274
>Mac
>iPod
>ghost hunting

They already knew

>> No.4029407
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4029407

I like to work out at the gym, go hiking, debate religion/culture/politics, mix electronic music, and ballroom/swing dance. Its a good way to meet people.

Staying on the computer all day is sad, and its really too easy to do. People need to log off more.

>> No.4029434

I just say I'm into video games,wargames, reading sci-fi and history books, anime, and visual novels.

If they ask about the latter two, I dodge the question.

>> No.4029489

>>4029407
>Its a good way to meet people.
Not trying to sound like an obnoxious troll, but what are you doing here?
No seriously, this is not a place for you.

Anyway, I'm mostly honest about my hobbies (though I leave out details that go against "social norms"), but of course it always depends on who I'm talking to.

>> No.4029511

Geez just give a fucking standard response like reading stuff, watching movies, playing videogames and browsing internet.

>> No.4029521

>>4029407
And what you need is to kill yourself

>> No.4029534

>>4029041
Reported for real life.

>> No.4029536

>>4029489
Yes, because people who have friends can't have their own hobbies.

People like you really need to stop pretending this is some exclusive club for "losers like me".

>> No.4029539

>>4029407
Why is it sad?
I don't understand when you have one particular hobby, and it's not considered having a life. Shouldn't I be allowed to do the things that make me happy, and are fun?

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>>4029489
You frustrated? I'm just a well balanced enough to properly hide my power levels despite having a minor in moonspeak. As for why I'm here: I got some time to kill before a New Years party and happened to see OPs picture of Cirno covered in booze.

>> No.4029546

'I like reading, watching movies and shows, going for walks and working out'
None of these are lies since I walk a lot, watch anime/movies/tvshows, read a lot and work out (inb4 hurrr cardio).

>> No.4029554

>>4029536
But people with friends have hobbies like football.

>> No.4029557

I once explained what a visual novel was to my normalfag girlfriend. I didn't use the words "Japan", "anime", "eroge", or anything else with a nerdy connotation. She was impressed, and a week later, she spent an allnighter playing several VNs I set up for her. The conversion is successful.

>> No.4029568

>>4029548
Newfag secondary fan detected.

>> No.4029580

>>4029554
I really hope you're not dissing soccer.

>> No.4029596

"I watch various shows, read and play games."

That covers it without telling any lies.

>> No.4029602
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4029602

>>4029557
You're lucky. I mentioned watching a quite mainstream anime (like, not one of the moe animes, not mainstream as in popular in the west) to my (long-term) girlfriend and we had a very awkward discussion about how I'll grow out of it eventually.

Since I'm too much of a pussy to mention it, she doesn't know I'm into VNs and have thousands of Touhou images on my computer.

>> No.4029612

>>4029568
Not newfag, just normalfag. I've been floating around here since '07.

>> No.4029619

>>4029612
What's the point of bragging about your normal life here, really? Do gain pleasure in knowing that no one cares?

>> No.4029621

>>4029602
Tell her she'll eventually grow out of liking Twilight and watching shitty preteen shows like the OC.

>> No.4029623

>>4029568
>secondary fan
Don't use that term. Please.

>> No.4029629

>>4029612
You are here from 2007 and are claiming not to be new? Are you kidding?

>> No.4029637

I don't bother concealing my hobbies because I don't have much to hide.

Most of my major hobbies are already boring enough to most people (reading, swimming) so the conversation never really wanders towards nonsense like STGs.

>> No.4029639

>>4029619
I know his type. He is seen as a failure among normalfag, so he spends his time around bigger failures than himself to feel better about it. It's kinda like trying to fight the feeling of worthlessness in your life by watching Chris-chan's videos.

>> No.4029640

>>4029612
>Floating around /jp/ since 2007
I hope I'm not the only one who noticed this

>> No.4029642

>>4029612
> not newfag
> '07
hahahahaha

>> No.4029646

Just get some other hobbies. Makes shit real easy. I personally enjoy coding, poker and watching a variety of sports. Talk about them instead of your shameful hobbies.

>> No.4029656

>>4029619
Where am I bragging? I answered the OP, someone tried to troll me, I countered with a reply to his question. The only way I could be seen as insulting or bragging is if someone who was terribly insecure took offense to someone slightly different rather than having the typical lonely pity party.

>> No.4029658

>>4029639
I guess so.
But come on, even if you did come in 07, you know what /jp/ is like. Telling people about your normal life isn't going to impress anyone, it's just going to incite sages and trolls. You should know better than that.

>> No.4029672

>>4029656
Jesus, get off your high horse and stop thinking everyone is trying to "troll you". You said you only come to /jp/ to waste time, and you're going to a New Years party.
Do you think anyone would care or be jealous? What was the point of posting that? If you're trying to show off in /jp/, you're doing it the wrong way.

>> No.4029694

>>4029274
>needless to say him and my co-worker got an eye full of my desktop.

I had that happen numerous times in high school. Feels bad man.

>> No.4029730

>>4029646
True. You can even get a decent reputation if you just focus on an intellectual hobby when among other people and do your weeaboo shit in private. Instead of looking like a loser with no life, you'll seem like a really passionate genius. A facade like that can be quite practical.

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4029734

Man, some of you are so easy to piss off its hilarious.

>> No.4029727

>>4029656
>variation of u mad
>referring to yourself as a normalfag
Dude, I'm sure most of us aren't as pathetic as you think, but we still have our moments of vulnerability. Right now is one of those moments.

>work out
You had better not be one of those darned cardio = strenght or 'I work out to get toned'-fags or I'm going to rage.

>> No.4029778

I´ve been hiding the fact that I watch anime, read manga and shit like that for the whole time (around 5 years). I´ve only told my closest friends, and family members if they´ve asked. Ever since I switched schools I haven´t had the balls to tell anyone about my hobbies. Why? Because where I´m from, people are so ignorant about everything, especially anime. I have a few classmates who told everyone they watch anime, and now they´re ignored and/or fucked with. I´m glad I´ve kept my hobbies to myself. Of course, not to brag, I have real friends who share this hobby with me, both in real life and online.

Oh and, been here for a couple of years lurking without posting much, you could call me new I guess.

>> No.4029784

>>4029602
What a fucking slut. Tell her to fuck off. A hobby is a hobby.

>> No.4029803

Everyone thinks I'm evil for some reason.
I don't know what started it but I don't care since they don't bother me while I'm reading.

>> No.4029816

I don't even watch anime or read VNs that much these days. I just fap to 2D porn and come to /jp/ because of the atmosphere and relative level of imageboard experience in comparison to the rest of 4chan. When asked about one's hobbies, nobody ever mentions their masturbation preferences, so I don't have much to worry about.

>> No.4029838

I don't dare tell people that I like VNs, games, Touhou, or Japan faggotry. I don't really watch animu anymore, but if you'd try to explain to people they'd just say, "oh, it's the same thing" or for the people that know, they'd just think I'm a fujoshi. Hell, if I even say that I like programming, they're stupid enough to ask what that is.

>> No.4029849
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4029849

>>4029778
>I have a few classmates who told everyone they watch anime, and now they´re ignored and/or fucked with. I´m glad I´ve kept my hobbies to myself.

I was in this situation in high school and decided I'd be a clever bugger and just make friends with the anime nerds. Well as soon as I told one of the ostracised anime nerds about it the whole school knew a day later, and Ostracised Anime Nerd joined in. Now I fucking hate people.

>> No.4029847

>>4029734
They're bipolar or some shit. Trolling them is easier than pushing over a drunk retard.

>> No.4029845

You know, it's only the kids that care about hiding "powerlevels" from people; real high-levels either don't care or aren't even around people to bother doing sos.

>> No.4029857

>>4029816
"So, what do YOU like to fap to?" should be a common part of mixed company small talk. It'd loosen everyone up.

>> No.4029864

>>4029727
Oh I have a bunch of friends who I interact with in real life who like to lurk sometimes, and they are all fun people. The image that everyone on any of the chans is an angry fat sociopath is pretty skewed, though some do exist (fundamental law of stereotypes.) I think most people in /jp/ are just bored at the moment.

>>workout
I'm not quite a /fit/izens, I just like to try to stay healthy and if I can build some muscle in the meantime then all the better.

>> No.4029868

>>4029849

Should've just gone under the radar like I did.

>> No.4029869

I haven't had anyone ask me about my hobbies for years, you're all doing something wrong.

>> No.4029888

>>4029869
Nobody will go into your basement to ask about your hobbies, I guess. Joke's on you, basement boy.

>> No.4029896

>>4029849
>that story
>picture of Keisuke from DeSu

...I see what you did there.

>> No.4029907

>>4029845
/thread

>> No.4030092

It's not like my only hobby is playing touhous. Most of the games I play are shootan and strategy. I play Warhammer. I read history books, watch war movies and collect military antiques.

>> No.4030103

>>4029849
Every guy in my class has watched at least SOME anime. And not only mainstream anime.

People don't really care about other people's hobbies where I live.
Though I would NEVER admit to playing VNs or fapping to 2D.

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