The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Topic started by: Sharptooh #436 on August 19, 2008, 06:33:09 AM
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Have you ever been teased about LBT before?
I generally keep my obsession with the movies a secret, but there was once when I asked my best friend if he had seen the movie, and he said:
"Its stupid. How could a bunch of young Dinosaurs outrun and outwit a T-rex?"
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In my case... People hardly know about it. When I told my bestest friend though she immediatly told me she hated it... But we're basicly different in everything so I already expected that.
Other's haven't said it was bad... Some liked it, some said they did understand me but they will never be interested in some drawn dinosaurs anyway. So no, LBT was not really a reason why I would get teased.
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people don't have to that i like LBT
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In all honesty, I've been open about my love of LBT. Not trying to victimize myself here, but I grew up constantly being picked on for my quirks and(before I learned to tame my temper at seven) even lead to a couple of physical altercations. I can take a LOT of crap from folks before I get ticked, but martial arts and the discovery of LBT helped me learn to deal with conflict in nonviolent manners. Yeah, I was made fun of at times in my younger years for my love of LBT, but considering everything else I went through day in and day out, being persecuted for loving LBT never did(and never will) affect me at all, for there are other personal attacks out there that cut much deeper <_<. BTW, I have actually met many folks my age over the years that never mentioned LBT until I brought it up, only to find they love LBT too :^.^:. My best friend of nearly a year now opened up about LBT from the beginning. LBT is her second most favorite series, The Little Mermaid being number one. She does not have any of the movies and has asked me to find them for her so she can share the series with her two children(ages six and eighteen months). I had gotten her son a stuffed Littlefoot for his first starday, and even his grandmother was talking about how wonderful LBT is :^.^:. She's even asked me to come over and introduce them to the series when she gives the kids the set for Christmas, which I will do. Nothing like another generation of LBT fans :yes. Anyhoo, back on the topic of teasing. I suppose some see it as a social stigma, but as I said there are far worse things out there that could jeopardize one's reputation. Folks can say and believe whatever they want, but do not ever let a negative attitude toward LBT waiver your love of it, LBT fans :).
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I have been teased for liking a cartoon.
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I personally don't have a reason to be in the closet. I don't even think most of my friends know what the Land Before Time is without the internet. However, my friends are internet nerds (they won't take offense at being called a nerd). I just don't like being teased. It happened in kindergarden when I was made fun of because my ears were like elephant ears. Luckily, my parents were willing for me to have surgery on my ears to get them on the sides of my head. I never want that to happen to me, or anyone else. I just don't want that to happen all over again. I know these people. They are vicious and made fun of this one kid for dancing a little differently at a party I was at.
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The only reason I haven't been teased about liking LBT is because I haven't told anyone about it yet. My mom and sister know about my liking of LBT, but that is an obvious exception, I know they will never tease me about anything. If anyone at my high school ever found out, well... let's just say that I'll find it hard to ignore the teasing.
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Humans are pretty nasty at times so it is often best, though unfortunate, that you have to keep parts of yourself concealed from anyone or only allow a very few to see.
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I told some friends that I like LBT. But just my closest once. They accepted it. I couldn¥t live with my liking to LBT as a secret. Sometimes I wish everyone around me would know that I like the film. And if they would tease me I¥d say: Accept me how I am, with my liking and my hobbys, or don¥t do it. But then leave me alone forever and you won¥t be my friend any longer.
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My view on this situation: If you think bad things will happen, then just keep it to yourself. That's what I do, and I can safely say no one will ever truely know I like LBT(at least, no one in real life).
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Honestly, i don't care who knows, what i like. I just won't tell those who obviously not interested. And those, who interested can ask by themself. :)
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Both ways have their pros and cons. You are on the "save side" if you don't tell anyone about your liking of LBT, but will it really feel good to pretend to be different from what you are or at least be silent all the time about something that is important to you. Perhaps the best option is to not actively hide or deny your interest in LBT but not have it written across your face all the time. Those who want to know can find out about your interest in LBT and those who are not interested don't need to hear about it. If people are unable to stand an interest of yours while you are not enforcing it upon them in any way, you really should wonder if they are the kind of people you want to care about too much.
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This is going to sound different. I get made fun of for liking The Land Before Time all the time. But here is the weird part. My coworkers, friends, and even new step-grandfather respect my tastes. If I like something, they either say if they like it or not, but they don't make fun of me at all. The only people that do make fun of me, are my family. All three of my brothers make fun of me, along with both my parents. But this has only been a trial to prove my devotion. If I didn't like it that much, I would have grown tired of all these years being patronized and quit being a fan. But because I love it, their words don't phase me at all. Their missing out, and I am having a blast. I actually feel sorry for them at times. They hate what they don't understand. I wish they'd give up on trying to make me hate it, because since I won't, they're just wasting their time. When you don't like something, you say so. Understandable. But please watch out for my family. Not a week goes by that they don't make clear how "stupid" it is. But every blow that doesn't strike me down makes me stronger. Bring it on.
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The only people that do make fun of me, are my family.
That's really sad. The only people that make you feel like crap about who you are is your family - the one's who are supposed to love you the most. I'm sorry.
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That's really sad. The only people that make you feel like crap about who you are is your family - the one's who are supposed to love you the most. I'm sorry.
Thank you for your concern. It can be tough, but since all the members here really accept me, I consider you all my family too. A family I can always turn to who really understands me. I appreciate it. Ducky's song about family from VIII pretty much sums up my thoughts.
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I suppose there is still a long range from outright mobbing and teasing to what I would refer to as good-natured jests. I'm perfectly aware that it is rather peculiar for a 24 year old to adore the land before time the way I do and therefore I don't take confused looks or mild mocking remarks awry if I tell people about it. Just this weekend I met a new friend with whom I share many interests concerning history, model building, and pen and paper RPGs. He was kind of :huh: at me showing him some of the LBT stuff and he did laugh at me and had a little jest, but it was not in a harmful manner. Though he could not understand the motivation (and I don't think I could understand it from another persons point of view either as it is far from being based on rationalities) he was impressed by some of the GOF projects I mentioned to him.
Such moderate ridiculing, not aimed to hurt the other one, is something that we really shouldn't take too harsh. I can understand those jesters very well. When it comes to judging others by their LBT interest in a discarding or patronizing manner, that's the point where we should wonder if those who are superficial enough to act like that are even worth considering. The other thing to keep in mind is not to act too much in a way that would provoke the harsher form or ridiculing. Think about how you would act if a fan of another fandom would do something you consider doing. I would not for example walk around at the university with a land before time T-shirt or the like. That would really be asking for teasing. Also I talk "normally" to people. At the university is also one guy who is so much of a Star Trek fan that he is wearing Star Trek uniforms all the time, he is printing star trek logos in the corners of any papers he has to issue in courses, and he is salting his language with so many Star Trek expressions that it is practically impossible to have a normal talk with him. In combination with some eerily militarist and authoritarian views he expressed this is certainly enough to keep me at distance. I am not mocking him or anyone else either as it is just not my way of acting, but in his case I really think that he is really screaming for people to do just that.
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I try to avoid telling anyone about my love for lbt but naturally my mum and my sister knows.
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No. If people asked me if I like LBT, I'll most likely say yes. If they have issues because of it, they're actually more immature themselves. :lol
In fact, on Sunday my paternal family came over and I was talking to one of my older cousins about animation (since he made a short animated film) and he asked what my stories and music videos mostly contain. I said I had, "LBT as my guilty pleasure". Then he said, "Oh I've seen that movie, just not any of the sequels except for the second one". So I really don't hide it. I mean the school I go to, other people talk about animation in a pleasant way and they don't care if you like LBT, Spongebob, or any of those tv shows. However, you'll probably get a different reaction from people if you say "I like Barney", or something like that.
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No, cause if they do well then I'll have message for them. P.S. I have pissed a lot of people off already. Plus only very few know that I watch LBT.
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Yup. If someone can't embrace another for who he or she really is, then they're not worth befriending 'cuz they'll only hurt ya in the end :anger.
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I've never been teased because of my love for LBT.
Atleast not in a way that would have made me feel sad or embarresed.
The first person to react in a... "wierd way?" about my LBT fandom, was one of my more hot-road friends.
When he saw some of my LBT stuff, he said something like this;
"Hey, isn't that Littlefoot?"
When I explained why to him, he made a laugh and said:
"That's good for the girls"
Whatever he meant by that. :rolleyes:
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"Hey, isn't that Littlefoot?"
When I explained why to him, he made a laugh and said:
"That's good for the girls"
Whatever he meant by that.
Well, I have heard similar things on this topic before when I've met some people in person. If there is a comparison between his comment and others comments I've heard outside of this haven, I should be able to interpret. I know people who find The Land Before Time to be "sentimental mushy stuff". And then we have the extremely biased belief that I personally do not support in any way: "girls are so into all that emotional stuff." I know some girls like emotional entertainment, but not girls in general. Therefore, the completely irrational "logic" that some people spout by combining these two unprecidented theories, is that if girls are into something, say, The land Before Time, and a guy is into the same thing and makes it clear to them that he is, or simply pretends to like it, he could be more of a "chick magnet." Ugh. Even though I am merely repeating what others have expressed and not speaking my own thoughts, filling one of my posts with such garbage is making me sick already. If that is not what he meant, my apologies for wasting your time. But since several others actually believe this type of thing, my response could help you in understanding your situation.
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The actual question is not applicable to me really. I'm here mainly to irritate Aves and provide lulz. Before I did those reviews I'd only ever seen the original many many years ago.
However obsessions with things of this nature all share from the common thread. Anything someone likes that "unconventional" is going to be looked at oddly. It's less in how they treat you and more in how you react to them. Personally I've had people ask me this question before and I always tell them that I do not. Why? Well I hate to say people fear me but most people I interact with are at work. Would you mouth off to your system admin? Especially when his email address contains the acronym B.O.F.H.?
Fear aside even those that do get a reply ranging of me laughing at myself to caustic sarcasm. I firmly believe that if you want to learn to be a happy person you MUST learn to laugh at yourself.
I'll give an example, a few years ago a friend of mine wanted to mess with me and had his boyfriend draw a rather compromising picture of one of my flagship characters and him. This was to rag on how he got me to give him moderator rights on another board I helped run. Now different people would react to this in different ways. A bigot would take offense and throw a fit about how disgusting furry porn is or that gays are immoral and should burn in hell. The opposite pole would not say anything and quietly make with the fappingz. Myself however, renamed the picture modrights.jpg, let the forum in on the joke, and turned it into a running gag to the point that mention of the word modrights either induces lulz or groanz.
This is how I handle anything of this nature. My own skirting on the outskirts of the furry fandom is always a source of lulz and a great way to break the ice with people. The worst thing you can do when you like something strange is try to force someone to accept it as not strange. This board? You are going to take crap over it, you should. Come on people you have a thread devoted to discussing which anatomically incorrect underage dino is the "Most Attractive". If you get called out on that, what do you do?
If you said, "Explain to them they are reading something into it blahblahblahblah."
You get an F.
If you said, "Ignore them."
You get a C. But still Fail.
If you said, "Tell them I couldn't read it because it was too %$#%ing weird."
You get a B+!
If you said, "Gauge their reaction based on what they say and reply in kind."
You just aced yourself the interwebz!
The first part of getting someone to accept you is accepting the level of weirdness of the things you do.
~Tobe
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Can't say I've been teased about LBT. My sister did want to know why I had a DVD of Franklin, but I had bought that for my special ed students, before I landed the job I have now. They're a tad bit old for Franklin, but I still have the dvd all the same. :p
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Come on people you have a thread devoted to discussing which anatomically incorrect underage dino is the "Most Attractive". If you get called out on that, what do you do?
I'm sorry. I should have titled that topic differently. Never mind. Such a topic would end up being perceived as sexual in nature by someone eventually. That was NOT the intention I had in mind when I created that topic. It was meant to discuss which of the Gang is the best looking and not to condone "fantasies" about them :anger! If I'm taking this the wrong way, I apologize. Could ya please further elaborate on the message behind that statement? It pisses me off when someone takes something I say as sexual in nature or suggestive when it's most certainly not intended to be, and I just want to make it clear here that this is one example <_<.
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I don't go around saying I love a show that's rated for 6 years old, especially since I'm 16. xP
I'd tell it only to someone I REALLY trust.
I have a feeling it won't be a good idea telling that to everyone...
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Yeah I've been teased about my passion for LBT but then again, my response to that has always been "So what?". There are a lot worse things to be into out there so I can't see why my adoration for a childhood relative animation can be classed as a bad thing. Most of my friends and family know I love animation (LBT in particular) down to the point my elder sister got me a plushie Cera for one of my birthdays (how sad is that?...I was turning like 20-odd and I'm getting soft toys :lol ). I know most guys and gals my age are well past what they liked viewing as a kid, but I say they're some of the best days of your life (80s baby and proud of it! :DD ).
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Hey, don't sweat it. I'm 22 years old and still go to Toys R Us to find LBT toys and collect any threehorn toys :p :lol. Hehe, this reminds me of the first time I ever went to purchase an LBT DVD by myself (my mother always got them when I was growing up), I went to Wal-Mart at midnight to get the DVD (I believe it was the first DVD containing TV series episodes, "Amazing Adventures"). When I saw it was not out on shelves yet, I asked the employee responsible for stocking the new releases about it. She looked at me weird as she searched for it and I said, "Yeah, the little ones are sleepin' and I wanna surprise 'em in the mornin'. Ya know how kids are. They're awfully impatient." Needless to say, the employee actually sympathized with me and stopped the weird looks :lol. What's funny is I have no kids and the only way that would ever happen would be via immaculate conception as I've never messed around :p. It was still funny, though. Since then, I've been up-front and do not mention about kids :lol. Yeah, sometimes ya need to use discretion as to whom ya confide your love of LBT with. However, if someone despises me for it, then they were never a true friend to begin with <_<.
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Have you ever been teased about LBT before?
I generally keep my obsession with the movies a secret, but there was once when I asked my best friend if he had seen the movie, and he said:
"Its stupid. How could a bunch of young Dinosaurs outrun and outwit a T-rex?"
I do like the fact that it's the ability to survive, not the ability to talk that drew questions XD
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I don't really get teased about it. Don't worry guys I am 26 fricken years old and I still love LBT but I kinda keep my how do I put this? My love for LBT on the "Down Low" I don't really tell anyone about my love for animation at all. Not even my own parents know about it. There was a time that I was out to the mall with friends where I picked up a LBT sequel and they found out. They thought it was kind of strange but me buying the sequel leaded them to talk about how much hey loved the first one.
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almost nobody knows it at me,
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Yes, some have teased me, some haven't, and some think I'm weird. The ones who do tease me I just ignore, since they don't understand the true beauty of LBT.
Seriously though, there should be no reason to hide it. It's just another thing that makes up who we are. Even though we may be different from others, people should still respect our differences. It's quite sad when someone calls you "gay" or "retarded" for liking a children's cartoon.
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I was six feet tall in high school. Nobody teased me.
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This is perfect! I can give a fresh example here. Then again, I don't know if this would be called "teasing" or something a bit more... Ah well, maybe someone could tell me. About ten minutes ago, my mother knew I was writng about LBT and so she had a few things to let me know. Or course, she is almost always angry about something, so this is what I typically go through every day. She just told me a few things about this passion of mine, or perhaps "yelled' is a better word.
A 21 year old writing about little dinosaurs is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Stop being a little child living in a different world and get a life. No mother could be proud of her son spending his free time working on stuff like that. It doesn't benefit you in any way. Any other parent would have sent you to an asylum by now.
Of course, by this point, I was already walking away. It's no way different than how she always talks to me, so I'm used to it.
So, did I put this in the wrong thread? Would this be teasing or something else? Nobody I have ever met speaks to me about LBT like my mother does. Consider yourself lucky if your friends say things like this. I actually live with me mother. Later.
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Err well even Jasmijn wouldn't say my parents would've put me in an asylum because of it. That's kinda sick.
Either way, I'm not sure how you live your life. Maybe your mom wants you to get out more and act like a 21 year old 'should' (or something like that). She just blames LBT for still making your feel young and she feels bad for you since she thinks you're stuck somewhere with maturing?
It did sound like that anyway. Ya think you can talk about it with her? I know I have trouble talking to either of my parents that's why I accept the answer 'no', but hearing a parent saying that isn't what it's supposed to be.
I know you're pretty smart, so maybe you already talked to her.
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This is perfect! I can give a fresh example here. Then again, I don't know if this would be called "teasing" or something a bit more... Ah well, maybe someone could tell me. About ten minutes ago, my mother knew I was writng about LBT and so she had a few things to let me know. Or course, she is almost always angry about something, so this is what I typically go through every day. She just told me a few things about this passion of mine, or perhaps "yelled' is a better word.
A 21 year old writing about little dinosaurs is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Stop being a little child living in a different world and get a life. No mother could be proud of her son spending his free time working on stuff like that. It doesn't benefit you in any way. Any other parent would have sent you to an asylum by now.
Of course, by this point, I was already walking away. It's no way different than how she always talks to me, so I'm used to it.
So, did I put this in the wrong thread? Would this be teasing or something else? Nobody I have ever met speaks to me about LBT like my mother does. Consider yourself lucky if your friends say things like this. I actually live with me mother. Later.
I'm shaking with anger now that I've read this, so I'll try to not make typos. This is wrong on so many levels, but I'm not about to go there as I might have an aneurysm. You're twenty-one years old. Almost my age. You've gotta do something about your situation. Something similar happened to me at that age, and upon hearing crap like that, I finally got the nerve to take action. My family had not liked my love of LBT, and I had decided they had given me hell for the last time. The next day, I went out looking at apartment rates. When they asked me where I had been, I told them that I am gonna live my life how I wish, that nobody is gonna stop me or make me miserable, and that if I had to take up a second full-time job and take out student loans to pay for school from that point on, then I would do that rather than deal with their negativity toward something I'm into that is not hurting anyone. Fortunately, they came to the realization that my love of LBT will never die nor be taken away from me. Yeah, the cost of living around here is considerably high, but I've always been a fighter and believe in standing up for myself and what I believe in.
Now, I am not encouraging anyone to break up families here. It's a good thing to be on your own and live your life while being close to your family at the same time. I definitely look forward to finishing school and making more money. What I'm saying, TheFriendlySharptooth, is that change needs to be made, and not on your part. You've done nothing wrong, and LBT does not have a trace of evil. It's not like you're shooting heroine and all that jazz. It seems to be time to have a heart-to-heart with your mother. Tell her your feelings, that the way she talks to ya hurts, that you're not gonna stand for being talked to in that fashion for no rhyme or reason anymore, and suggest that she get into anger management. That's how I would handle it. Try to approach her in your normal good-natured fashion. Kill 'em with kindness, or so they say. I'm certain that, if she knows you're not gonna stand for being treated in that fashion any longer, she'll feel her relationship with her son is threatened and will try to change. Believe it or not, the way she is currently acting IS threatening her relationship with ya. Unless you've really done something to piss her off, there is no justification for her behavior. Good luck and take care now.
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Here's something you can try to tease them about when they tease you about LBT:
Anything sport or video game related.
Think about it for a second. They are teasing us about watching a movie for kids. They think that, since we are grown up, that it's wrong to be a kid in ANY way.
However, anything sport related, that being basketball, football, soccer or what not, involves playing with TOYS. Isn't that something kids play with? Balls are toys. (I'm sure I got quite a few there.) A stick is only turned into a play thing by a kid, who sees it as a toy. (Whoops! There goes hockey, baseball and a few others.) Bicycling is easily killed by the fact that kids ride bikes too. (Note that in the REAL world, tricycles count as bikes. (Why do you think they classify tricycles as bikes in a store?))
Video games are toys. It's a proven fact.
Yes, video game lovers out there, PS3, XBox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and every freaking game console and handheld before it are TOYS. Do a bunch of freaking research if you don't believe me.
Seriously, get them with these and you'll kill their teasing easily. :D
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Aww, don't spread the hate. I've been teased. Some people are just going to tease you, no matter what it is you like. Personally I wear my love of LBT on my sleeve, and use it as something of a judge of character. If someone makes fun of me for it in a hateful way, I make the decision that that person isn't worth my time :)
As for parents... Wow. That's horrible, I can barely imagine being ostracized like that by your own family. :(
I really hope everything goes well for you. It really saddens me to hear about that.
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Yes, video game lovers out there, PS3, XBox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and every freaking game console and handheld before it are TOYS.
You forgot about PC. It can be used as a toy too. :p Of course since you can do many things with it, using computer only to play would be like wasting a money.
To end offtopic: Well... My family doesnt know that I like LBT (yet :D), but they know about my other subjects of interest. For instance, when in TV is running some movie with the dragons (I am not so much of a fan of them as I used to be) my parents ussually call me down. So, I can tell that I am not teased. ;)
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This is perfect! I can give a fresh example here. Then again, I don't know if this would be called "teasing" or something a bit more... Ah well, maybe someone could tell me. About ten minutes ago, my mother knew I was writng about LBT and so she had a few things to let me know. Or course, she is almost always angry about something, so this is what I typically go through every day. She just told me a few things about this passion of mine, or perhaps "yelled' is a better word.
A 21 year old writing about little dinosaurs is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Stop being a little child living in a different world and get a life. No mother could be proud of her son spending his free time working on stuff like that. It doesn't benefit you in any way. Any other parent would have sent you to an asylum by now.
Of course, by this point, I was already walking away. It's no way different than how she always talks to me, so I'm used to it.
So, did I put this in the wrong thread? Would this be teasing or something else? Nobody I have ever met speaks to me about LBT like my mother does. Consider yourself lucky if your friends say things like this. I actually live with me mother. Later.
I just read this and the only thing I'm feeling right now is a mix of shock and empathy. I mean, holy balls, dude! Send you to an asylum? LBT is hardly a form of insanity, and hell, even people who should be in an asylum don't get to go! Besides, it's your free time.
On the other hand, I kinda got the same reaction from my dad when he found out. I brought up something he liked a lot and asked him why he liked it, and when he couldn't come up with an answer, I said,"See? I don't know why I like it. I just do." And we're still cool, even though it hasn't come up since. I'm not sure if that approach works on others, but it's worth a try.
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I keep things like these to myself. In a way there are some people you finds this an issue that you are still in to things that are for the young audience. :lol But hey...you cares its our lives we bring in what we want to bring in and be happy.
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The guys can show anyone who teases them this:
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb237/pokeplayer984/MyYouTubeInsight.jpg)
So yeah, your love for LBT is getting all the girls. :D
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I kinda activly keep it a secret. My fanfic documents are password protected and anything I do LBT related online I do through IE 8's InPrivate browser (it leaves no trace on ur computer of where u'v been) but I mostly just do that so my brother dosen't find it, I'd never hear the end of that. I've mentioned LBT to 3 of my friends. One I just said I had seen the movie recently, she said she had liked as a kid and that she felt like Cera's twin (personality wise she really is). Another I went a little bit more in depth but he's the super nerd of my friends so he dosn't bother me about it. Finnaly my closeset friend hears about it all the time, she pretty much knows everything about my life so of course she does. She personaly hated the movies as a kid but believes everybody had a childish side and that my love for LBT is mine. She does the occasional light-hearted tease but she would never truly make fun of me for anything.
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I've Never Been Teased Before.
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life is so cruel if your into dinosaurs and LBT :cry2 :cry2 :cry2
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life is so cruel if your into dinosaurs and LBT :cry2 :cry2 :cry2
That's just life; most people in the world just have the kind of ignorance. Its annoying but we have to bear it the best way we can.
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Life is to a good deal what we make of it. For many of us (living with a security and luxury many people in the world can only dream of, and which we take for granted) one can hardly say that "life" is cruel. There are those people who won't want to have anything to do with you (or even tease you) if they learn that you are into the land before time, but they are not the kind of people we should care too much about. Not like they are the ones we would want to be friends with or whom we would want to be the ones to define what life is like anyway.
I have said it many times that we should not force our LBT enthusiasm down anyone's throat but that we should not too actively try to hide it either. If I imposed my LBT enthusiasm upon others by talking about nothing else while at the same time showing no interest in anything else, I guess I would end up teasing myself for it :lol
But if you don't impose it but don't make a top secret of it either. And if you do have the calm and the self-confidence to stand for being an LBT fan rather than blushing and stammering or the like the moment anyone mentions it, if you have the composure not to let every teasing (there is such a thing as good-natured teasing and also a kind of "testing-teasing" to check out how one will react) get through to you too much you stand a much better chance of being accepted and even respected for it. I do admit this may vary depending on the surroundings, but I'm referring to experiences I made at an American highschool during my students exchange. Many of the projects I did in arts class were LBT related and of course it provoked questions and moderate teasing, but not much more. I think there would have been much more and more vicious teasing (rather than good-natured jests) if I had made much of a fuss by turning embarassed, secretive, reluctant, annoyingly informative or whatever at the mention or question about my LBT enthusiasm.
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We will do our best to share mine and others Ideas. we just have to be cautious.
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nooooooooo!!! one of my friends told my LBT secret!!!
oh well, at least they also know that i like FMA (full metal alchemist)
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nooooooooo!!! one of my friends told my LBT secret!!!
oh well, at least they also know that i like FMA (full metal alchemist)
That is Sicken me to... <_< people going behind your back. Don't mind them though.
And...:DD I dig FMA its Cool.
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That doesn't sound like a very good friend.
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That doesn't sound like a very good friend.
You can say that again.
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Did they attack, or seriously offend you about it? Watch out, perhaps they will try to see how you react to them knowing about it. A self-confident and sovereign stand (rather than embarrassed excuses) may take the tooth out of the bite and you might in fact turn out to feel better about it than you did before. It very much depends on the situation and how you deal with it whether any bad or perhaps even some good is to come from it.
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And...:DD I dig FMA its Cool.
cool!!! an FMA fan!!! i made a topic about FMA HERE!!! (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=5403.0#lastPost)
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Wow I feel so bad for some of you. I mean, I was really never teased about LBT at all. My friends...well they pretty much know about it, slightly. They know that I visit this forum, which should be enough. But the funny thing is, one of my friends actually signed up here (his name is snake veemon, as I mentioned in another thread I believe). Of course he's only posted like two topics, and he's never going to post anything that has to actually do with LBT. Honestly, the only reason he wanted to sign up here was to find some girls :p But he's not what you think he is, he's a really cool guy in real life, he just has a knack for losing a lot of IQ when going on the internet :lol Bottom line is though, I know for a fact he's not going to criticize me for it. We've been friends since Kindergarten, and he would never do anything like that to me, unless he knew I wasn't taking it seriously and was laughing at it too.
But my god TFS, I honestly can't imagine how your mom could have gotten so angry at you for this. I admit, if my mom seriously started to get ticked off at me and started saying things like that to me, I would be all up in her face about it. She wouldn't hear the end of it from me, and I know for a fact that my dad and sisters certainly wouldn't stand for her saying stuff like that to me. That's the thing, my entire family is so good-natured and kind, that for them to criticize anybody about anything is simply unheard of. I seriously hope you have a talk with your mom and straighten this whole thing out, for your sake.
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I've been teased for liking Land Before Time once or twice. Of course, Land Before Time is not a typical topic of discussion when I'm out and about.
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Too many small minded people around to talk about things like this. But I'm not worried because in my opinion I say people you can sit down and watch LBT or anything that is suited for Kids; are the ones with Minds that are more Open to the World. Which means they can explore the world of its Entertainment no matter what culture or language it is.
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This is perfect! I can give a fresh example here. Then again, I don't know if this would be called "teasing" or something a bit more... Ah well, maybe someone could tell me. About ten minutes ago, my mother knew I was writng about LBT and so she had a few things to let me know. Or course, she is almost always angry about something, so this is what I typically go through every day. She just told me a few things about this passion of mine, or perhaps "yelled' is a better word.
A 21 year old writing about little dinosaurs is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. Stop being a little child living in a different world and get a life. No mother could be proud of her son spending his free time working on stuff like that. It doesn't benefit you in any way. Any other parent would have sent you to an asylum by now.
Of course, by this point, I was already walking away. It's no way different than how she always talks to me, so I'm used to it.
So, did I put this in the wrong thread? Would this be teasing or something else? Nobody I have ever met speaks to me about LBT like my mother does. Consider yourself lucky if your friends say things like this. I actually live with me mother. Later.
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I admire you for resisting all this and not giving up on LBT entirely. Does this usually happen?
Well, its just a harmless hobby, you don't commit all of your life to LBT (or do you? =P). Honetsly, I think that writing fanfics is a good way to sharpen writing skills. My essays in school have improved (slightly) after I began an obsession with writing Halo, Bionicle (tease me for that if you want, I don't care), and LBT fanfics. A 21 year old like you might think differently though.
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Well I live in a crappy school situation right now. 75% of the guys in my school are potheads and crack losers who would get suspended for every reason imaginable. Also, my friends are not as accepting as you guys are in terms of respecting my passion for a childhood memory. I tend to keep this a secret from everybody, including my family. My parents suspected I still liked LBT, but to keep them off my back I had to lie to them and claim it was just a wierd phase that I went through for a couple days. I hate lieing, especially to my parents, but I'd prefer to keep this secret, at least until I get out of college.
The other day, my friends stumbled upon my Youtube account. They immediately assumed it was mine and started tearing me apart for it. They said that only "queer virgins like gay cartoons like that". I once again had to lie and say it wasn't mine and that it was my little neighbor's, but that was the first time my secret passion for LBT was discovered.
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Hehe, well, look at it this way LBTFan13: You're going places, they're not. They can keep their weed and spend their lives teasing others, and it will gain them nothing. You'll have a career and those who love ya for being yourself. It is better to have loved than to have never loved at all. These cold individuals will in a few years find themselves thinking, "Why the hell did I treat nice folks like that? Now I have no one." As for your family, I know it's not an easy thing to do, but do consider talking with them about your love of LBT. It's not like you're telling them you're a serial killer :rolleyes:. Just tell them, "This is me. This is my passion. I'm still the same guy. Please love me for who I am, inside and out." If they're really that condenscending when it comes to something like LBT, perhaps it's best to not discuss it yet. At least try to, though. Well, my thoughts are with ya. Hang in there, get out of high school, tell those losers, "This queer virgin who likes gay cartoons is going places while y'all waste your lives smoking weed and being crack losers!", give 'em the bird and live your life. Don't let ANYONE tell ya how to live your life. I'm certain you'll find others in college who also like LBT and will accept and love ya. If not, know you'll always have us here at the GOF. You're one of us, and that's not about to change anytime soon ;).
*Side note: Those who make fun of ya and don't accept ya are NOT friends in the least :anger!
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I suppose much depends on the situation with regard on how to act. However, especially if one is embarrassed it is usually very easy to see through lies, denials, or pretenses of people and when these are discovered one is all the more assailable than one might have been in case of a "Yes! So what?"
Granted, such a self-confident stand will not put off all people who would tease you about it. But I reckon there are fewer who would so so if only the matter at hand (your being an LBT fan) remains rather than the discovery of your making pretenses which may provoke attacks even from those who are not on the forefront of school bullies. In any case those who continue to bully someone even after they have been shown a bold front are definitely not the kind of people on whose opinion one needs to give a...
Unfortunately one does sometimes have to give more about things other than their opinion when dealing with bullies. Therefore you must decide yourself what is the best course of action to take, but be careful. Being caught "red handed" at lying, or pretending may make more of a butt for everyone than even so uncommon a hobby as LBT may.
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I never been teased for being LBT-lover and i don't really care much for what people might think of it. Animation is an art and if someone don't get it, that's his problems. :)
Seriosly, noone would consider to tease someone who bought a cartoon-like picture drawn by a worldwide famous artist, so how is that different with animated motion pictures?
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I see what you guys are saying about the losers going nowhere in life, but there's one problem with that logic. ONLY BECAUSE OF FOOTBALL, the one kid who gives me the most crap in general and has done so ever since elementary school is going to the same college that I'm going to. It's like no matter how hard I try I can't leave the asswholes behind because one somehow always manages to follow me everywhere <_<
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that would be very annoying to practically have some of the %$#@ heads randomly go where you go...
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Ooooookay :blink:. How big's your campus? Chances are you'll be nowhere near him. Oh, and look at it this way: He's going to college only 'cuz a football scholarship got him in, right? Well, the pothead needs to keep a certain GPA (I think it's 2.5 cumulative GPA at my university, which is above a "C" average :unsure:) in order to keep his free ride. Is he a stellar student? If not, then he's screwed :p. His academic probation will not only forbid him from playing football, but he will also have to pay up (or more likely, his folks') good cash to keep his sorry rear in school. Looks like he probably won't be in too long :p.
As far as fighting goes, this is no longer high school. At the college level, you're considered an adult, and they're not gonna treat ya like a baby. If he tries to kick your a**, feel free to go ninja on him :nyah. However, only use that as a last resort, as adults have the ability to file assault and battery charges against each other. If he starts harrassing ya, file a restraining order. No matter how sissy it may seem, it's your safety and the university will not treat y'all like babies. You're on your own when it comes to handling others.
With that said, try not to worry too much. Sounds like he'll be busy enough staying out of academic probation :p. Who knows? He'll probably be the freshman who's seen as a real jerk and consequently duct taped to the dorm cieling :p. Just have fun and don't worry too much about him ;).
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Well I don't know about duct taping him to the ceiling because he's pretty fat (not to be mean, but he is). Yeah, he is not a good student at all, so chances are he'll probably lose his free ride and get kicked off the team. The campus is relatively small, so I might run into him a couple of times, but like you guys said I'm not going to worry too much about him. I could go ninja on him, but the only problem is because of his weight he could probably sit on me and I wouldn't be able to get up :blink:
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Whilst I've never really been teased for liking the Land Before Time as I have been teased for liking the Lion King, I have to admit that I've never really given them the opportunity to tease. As I never mentioned my affinty with The Land Before Time. The Lion King however was obvious and they took great delight.
I know that isn't very much the same or perhaps it is. But all I can say is that those who tease you for liking something tend to be in three sub categories:
(1)They are just nasty pathetic bullies.
(2)They secretly, actually like the film.
(3)They don't understand it as it isn't the 'normal' thing.
It's taken me a long time to realise this and I'm only just coming to terms. But bullies are cowards and nothing more. Don't allow them to win. If you're happy with something, stick with it and don't let them win. Something that I should have done but it is too late to heed my own advice.
You could always tie these bullies up and stick duck tape on them but that probably would land you into serious trouble and a visit to the police regarding assault.
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My apologies if I've caused any confusion here :bang. By all means, I was not implying that he tie up or duct tape the bully. I was just saying that the bully may one day "get his" if he tries to be a bully in college. By that point, folks realize they don't have to put up with that. Anyhoo, I do not condone bullying in any fashion, and fighting should only be used as an absolute last resort. I don't get any pleasure out of seeing others get bullied <_<. Bullying is for cowards :anger!
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Haha don't worry. I don't plan on bullying anybody anytime soon. I personally will just have to learn to accept it and just ignore him. I'm not going to let him ruin my four years in college :blink:
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The thing is I never got teased,not one bit I never mention Land Before Time to anyone in person except my mother but she always knew I liked it because she got me into it in the first place.
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Man, it's been years of this, and only a few of my friends know, and for the most part they don't care either way.
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only my family and one friend know I like LBT. My family laugh at it and my friend hates LBT because its too sad :lol
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Well I've never been "teased" or "made fun of" for anything in my entire life (I don't let people do that to me), so I'm not sure about how good I can relate to the topic. But, I ordered my first LBT shirt (should be arriving soon!), and I plan on wearing it to school (I'm going to be a senior once we go back). No one really knows I like LBT, but then again I don't talk to anyone. Only my mom, two brothers (one comes on the GOF, so he doesn't count anyway), and..well.. I think I told my friends..I can't remember..But my buddy came over to my house and saw my stack of 13 LBT's and kinda laughed. He wanted to watch an LBT movie a few days later (and we would've wacthed it, but the Madea movie had just come out on DVD).
And..I don't mean to offend anyone, really..but, I think people who let themselves get "bullied" are weak. If someone comes up and like shoves you and calls you a dork for wearing an LBT shirt or something, and you don't do or say anything to defend yourself, I don't think I could respect you. If you don't stand up for what you like, you shouldn't have bought the shirt in the first place. (The shirt is just an example).
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Dude, I guarantee people attempt to defend themselves, but the situation can be incredibly overwhelming. I know a sophmore who got a broken nose for wearing a shirt with the freaking Cookie Monster on it. The shirt was even making fun of it! (I think it said "I'll eat your cookies!" or something)
Anyway, people don't usually "let" things happen to them. Sometimes it just does whether they like it or not. It's called free speech.
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Anyway, people don't usually "let" things happen to them. Sometimes it just does whether they like it or not. It's called free speech.
Someone didn't just come up and hit him in the face without any notice or warning over a shirt. There was more than likely an argument beforehand. Therefore, he let it happen to him.
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Alex makes fun of me constantly...:(
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Yes. Yes I do. :birthday
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Anyway, people don't usually "let" things happen to them. Sometimes it just does whether they like it or not. It's called free speech.
Someone didn't just come up and hit him in the face without any notice or warning over a shirt. There was more than likely an argument beforehand. Therefore, he let it happen to him.
Dude, you have no idea how random some fights where I live really are. This happens like once a month or so. Besides, I know it was about the shirt because the dude said something like, "That's for wearing a queer shirt!".
Besides, even if they did get into an argurment, he didn't "let" himself get punched in the face, not by your definition. An arguement would imply that he said something in his own defense.
And, even if people don't say anything back, it doesn't make them weak. Sometimes, not allowing your antagonists jibes to get to you discourages further attempts. Other times people don't say anything because of the implied threat of violence, and they know they couldn't possibly win a fight against them, or even if they could, they might get arrested/detained. Sure, that makes them physically weak, at least in comparison, but I think it can be a smart move, depending on how much they stand to gain from the pain.
Still, most people do at least attempt to verbally defend their hobby, but sometimes this only encourages the agressor. People are very illogical, and predicting their actions can be impossible. They'll tease you if you beat down their arguement, beat them down literally, or just ignore them. Some are just in it for the sport, and there's nothing, short of killing them, that one can do about it.
Most people really don't "let" this thing happen to them; they at least attempt resistance in some form. Still, sometimes it's just better to let the teasing go, as it mostly stops itself when the antagonist gets bored.
Sorry, I didn't mean to be a jerkface or anything.
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I didn't mean you HAVE to say something back to them. What I meant by 'letting themselves get bullied', is that if they can't stop a person from making fun of them, or insulting you, in any way (that includes not saying anything), THEN you're weak. What makes you weak is that you have your beliefs (shirt), and you'll display them (put on the shirt), but when it comes to backing up your beliefs (why you're wearing your shirt), and you can't...like..shut someone up for saying stuff about your shirt, then..you get it. I can't think right, I have a headache.
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Some of the people I know are aware that I like dinosaurs and dragons, but they don't know that I have an interest in the LBT world.
Yet I am not "obsessed" about it! Though I appreciate the TV episodes and movies, and write fanfics about it, I have other interests, too! Like golfing, reading, classic rock, Knight Rider and Star Trek.
Though LBT was not a subject of teasing from my peers. I was teased for other reasons. Mostly because I'm different. :cry
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Well I have never been teased about like LBT I haven't really told anyone really since I get teased every single School day :( Anyway I don't really care if someone teases me about it, i mean it's really my life I can do what I want with it and if it's loving LBT then so be it.
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know the feeling,seriously.