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[–] gray@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Queer ppl find ways to make up for their lost childhoods

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Queer kids can’t watch cartoons?

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 days ago

Queer people usually have bad childhoods either by abuse or by simply having been lost or disassociating, by watching cartoons again with other queer people they reclaim those experiences — now in a healthy way.

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You'd be surprised actually. A lot of us were 'raised' by abusive and/or ultra religious folks that hated cartoons. Not all, but a lot.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't think that's a big proportion, I assume most just weren't allowed or too anxious to express how they felt about the media.

(Just a hunch, I'm likely cis; I also haven't been exposed to anime or emotionally heavy cartoons until 15, and even then very sporadically)

[–] gray@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Yep, this is me. I felt a lot of pressure (from outside and the inside) to conform to what "real boys" liked. And kept my true interests hidden.

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I watched cartoons as a kid! I think... I can't actually remember due to the memory loss caused by depression.