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Is there anything you're into that no one or basically nobody is into? (lemmy.world)
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There's an Aztec city building game called Tlatoani. It's in early access, but has enough meat on the bone that it's one of my goto games.

Out of curiosity I checked Steam DB for active player numbers. I have discovered at any given point I am 10% to 25% of the given player base BY MYSELF. I am 1 of 4 people playing this game right now in the world. With the prevalence of the internet I always assume whatever weird bullshit you're into there's at least a thousand people talking about it; making memes outsiders could never comprehend. It's actually novel to fly under the radar for once.

What do you do that doesn't have a community associated with it?

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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (13 children)

There’s a lot of Robotech/Macross stuff out there, but I rarely see anyone post online about it, and I’ve never met anyone in person who even knows what it is.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Never hear it spoken of, nor any online comments. We teens were hooked. A serious animated series about young adults?! We called it "japanimation", maybe we just made that up, never heard the word elsewhere, but we had never heard the word "anime".

    Haven't revisited as I'm afraid I'd be deeply disappointed.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah, I called it Japanimation, too.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh you're that old. I'm that old.

    Ever watched Votoms ?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    This looks amazing..I was literally thinking of the robotech books today because I heard some music that sounded like the background jazz and was thinking how Jack McKinney bio mentioned he played in fusion jazz bands! Also called it japanimation back then.. how cool!!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    and I’ve never met anyone in person who even knows what it is.

    I guess it doesn't exactly come up randomly in conversation.

    But I intend to be the change I want to see in the world.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Got a new hoodie last year and was surprised meeting someone a week later who even knew what Macross is.

    (I know it says Robotech on the top; it's fan art and there is simply zero official merch available at my place at all so I take what I can get)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    That’s an awesome hoodie!

    Just last month, I ran into someone who knew what this sticker on my laptop was from:

    AnswerThe Last Starfighter (1984)

    So I pulled up the U.N. Spacey roundel to see if he knew what it was, and he did! So I guess I’m up to 1 total IRL now. And your post makes +1 more virtual.

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