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When do you usually watch the LBT?

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I don't watch da movies very often, 'cause once I saw them, I'm sure Littlefoot and his gang are safe and sound from the Sharpteeth and other dangers from the Mysteryous Beyond. But every time I watch a LBT movie, (any) I do it when I'm alone, like everyone else who does the same thing. BTW, I have the DVDs of the 1st, 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th movies :D and I've watched the other ones on TV. So, as you can see, I've just watched all movies to the 10th movie, and there are more movies on the way, so I can't wait to watch 'em.


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There seems to be a certain age at which you are "supposed" to stop watching these things.  My parents do not think it's normal that I still watch LBT.  Not even one of my friends know that I like it either.  It seems that society has made a certain age limit to a movie and if you do not fall into that age limit but you still watch it, you are considered to be wierd or immature.  I find that it is normal to like LBT at any age.  I usually watch it whenever I get the chance.  I have all of the lbt movies on my ipod and I sometimes watch them on the bus when no one is paying attention.  I would be horribly embarrassed if a kid at school got a hold of my ipod and found LBT videos on it.  I don't know why I would be embarresed.  I only watch LBT on the computer at home because I can encrypt the videos so no one knows I have them.  I bought all of the dvd's and ripped them onto the computer.  Then I threw the origional dvd's away.  Why are we so ashamed to like these video's?  Why are we so concerned with others opinion?  Why do people like to degrade others who still like LBT when they are past the age of 11?  My actions and reactions are illogical when my life involves LBT and others.  Where is the logic in embarressment and why do these movies make us embarressed?  It seems to me from all of the previous responses that we typically watch LBT when we are alone.  Is it truly because we can't find anyone to watch it with or is it because we are so afraid of becoming embarressed and what other people think?


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Some people are and some are not often depending on the circumstances, e.g. the people around them. Some of us are rather secretive about their enthusiasm for LBT when dealing with people around them. Others could give up that secrecy without having to fear any real problems with other people. I never concealed my LBT enthusiasm from my family (I couldn't, even if I meant to) and ceased doing so at school. I don't try to enforce my enthusiasm on other or run around with a sign proclaiming my enthusiasm for LBT, but anyone who wants to know will know about it.
People don't consider it "normal" and it probably isn't, but is that a bad thing? If you ask anyone to define the term "normal" to you, they will realize it is not quite that easy. Who is to define the term "normal"? The majority of society? In a society as heterogenous as ours and with so many different points of view and backgrounds this would leave just a very, very few things everyone would agree to be normal. Many people have some interests, hobbies etc. that many would label as "not normal", and so long it doesn't hurt anyone I think this is a good thing. It would be a horribly uniform and boring society if nobody did or thought anything labeled as "not normal".
Sometimes it may be better to let people know about the own enthusiasm for LBT than to conceal it, but that depends on the people around you of course. There are some who have so little to do with their own lives that they will try to make life hell for everyone who doesn't fit into their sheme of normalty. Many however will be bored of that if people just stand for their opinions and interests and don't let themselves be intimidated. We are bound to get strange looks when revealing our LBT enthusiasm to others (provided that we are no longer of the age where LBT enthusiasm is thought to be normal; an age hardly anyone around here still is) but many people are more ready to grow accustomed to it than we expect them to be.


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i watch them in the night, when the house is empty or if a friend wants to watch one


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There are some who have so little to do with their own lives that they will try to make life hell for everyone who doesn't fit into their sheme of normalty


That's everyone I know except my mom.  She is just now discovering the actual extent of my fondness for LBT.  She hired in a computer expert to get into my computer (which he had a he*l of a time doing by the way because of all of the password encryptions and other protective features I had) and see if I was looking at porn or doing other bad stuff and she found all of my lbt movies and my lbt desktop background.  I wasn't looking at porn or anything by the way.

Anyway, she doesn't consider this to be normal but I think she accepts me for who I am.  I can't say that for any of my friends or people at school or any other members of my family though.


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Night time for me. Because night-time is probably the only time I can get peace.


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While there are, as I said earlier, "some who have so little to do with their own lives that they will try to make life hell for everyone who doesn't fit into their sheme of normalty" I think they are outnumbered by the land before time fans who presuppose everyone in their world to be such a person as described above and therefore never ever let anyone get even the tiniest incling of their favor for LBT. While many would certainly be confused I don't think the humanity around us is in general as bad as described above. You might be surprised how easygoing many people are (possibly after a short initial laughter and taunt). I couldn't conceal my favor for LBT to the people around me even if I wanted to and as for those from whom I could keep it I don't feel any desire to.
Neither at school here in Germany, or at the university, nor at the high school in America did I fare bad with that openness. I was pruducing LBT art in the art classes and everyone could see it. I wasn't ridiculed for it at all.
There are jerks who will laugh and make fun of you and do all the things described above. But I don't believe them to be the majority. If the majority doesn't really care the taunts of the jerks may echo rather hallow.
I don't think there is any point in hiding same as there isn't in trying to enforce your favor for LBT on others.