Is Liking Pokemon something You should hide Page 3

Started by Nearsighted king of Ice May 4th, 2009 12:29 AM
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I play pokemon everyone in my family now and everyone at school know i honestly dont care i tell all my friends u guys are friends with me not something im going to pretend to be so. thats what i think and im 16 lol so trust me ohh and my sister bf is 21 and he plays pokemon so its lol just play what u like lol
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No it's not a big deal to keep it hush hush, but reputation isn't something a person should always have to worry about. If everyone worried about what others think of them and how other view them and their reputation in life, then we'd all be stuck up people who try to be perfect...When there's tiny little black secrets creeping in all of us. I agree, keeping Pokémon a secret from others isn't a big deal, but letting others know shouldn't be a problem to others, but of course there are those many who judge you because of it. xD
I can't follow your logic. If it isn't a big deal, kids should have no problem going down the "safer" road (aka not giving them something to laugh about). And if you haven't noticed, reputation is a thing that most kids worry about most. They try to protect it.

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There's nothing to be afraid about.

If someone makes fun of Pokémon, then just ignore him/her. That, or just joke along with them.

I, foreone, am not afraid of telling everyone that I like Pokémon. At least now my friends know what I'm doing in the weekends. XD
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I got a few friends I know they like games like pokémon. But i'm 19 so no one talks about it at school, and it's not something people feel like talking about XD.
Though, i haven't played the games for a little while now (some months), I still think i'll get platinum when it's out (living in europe sucks).

Oh, one of my cousins likes to play pkmn so when i got to help him, i got an excuse to play pkmn :p

and for my parents, they don't realy know what games i play, they only know i play to much games :s
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Posted May 12th, 2009
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Hmmm.....Well I don't think Pokemon is something that someone should be ashamed of admitting they like, I think everyone needs something childish and fun to escape to. ^_^

I found myself completely shocked the other day when my best friend, the person I least expected to like Pokemon, recognized Piplup and told me about how she thought Pokemon was great!
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I dont think you should hide it. I mean lots of people like certain types of things, Im 17 and I still like to play pokemon, if it comes up in conversation I would say i play it! Its one of the only games Im good at. Plus some of my friends play it, and my friends who dont really dont care if I do or not.

As for my family, they really dont care. Im almost an adult and can play what I want especailly if I choose to spend my money and time on it. My brother is 9 and plays so sometimes we battle. But I dont really play as much any more maybe twice a week, its just s game and its something to do when you are bored.
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No, not pokémon. Everybody in my age knows what it is, and I'm not the pokemaniac I used to be ^^

Going to pokémon forums is something I hide though XD
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I had no reason to hide it; Pokemon was the cool thing back when I used to play it during the GBA era. Probably not so much anymore, but I don't have a DS so I don't need to worry about that. I wouldn't hide it though, my friends now about plenty of the abnormal things that I like, some of them much worse than pokemon.
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Good Thread.
I hide it from my friends until we are really good friends. I then tell them and they just accept it. If they don't want to be your friend or make fun of you b/c of it, they aren't really ur friends. I had a talk w/ my parents saying this is what I like, just as you guys like stuff I don't get. I told them that I'm not gonna change and I don't care how old I am, as long as I like it and I'M having fun, I'm alright.
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^^What he said :/ I have no problem with my family or close friends knowing I love Pokemon, but other people... No. I don't like them knowing.

I'm ashamed... D:

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It's not something I should hide, in that it's nothing really to be ashamed of, it's just something I happen to hide anyway. I'm a pretty private person, so I keep most of my activities and interests to myself - even my parents don't know half the stuff I'm into (lucky for them it's nothing illicit ;p). And to be honest, if someone meeting me for the first time asked me about my hobbies or video games that I liked, I probably wouldn't mention Pokémon.

I personally don't feel that liking Pokémon or other entertainment aimed at children says anything negative about someone's personality, but others seem to think that it's a sign of immaturity or some such. Which is untrue, of course - lots of smart, mature people engage in "childish" activities and there are certainly much worse habits to have - but rather than dispute that with them I just keep playing it without announcing it to everyone I know. Basically, even though I know there's nothing wrong with playing Pokémon, I wouldn't mention it at a job interview.

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@ Rubber Ducky: that's awesome! xD I might start using that myself, if it's not copyrighted... copywrote? copywritten? :P whatever. The word's copyrighted.

I agree with Spearow wholeheartedly. You don't walk up to someone you don't hardly know and go "Hi, I like Pokemon!", if only because it's perceived as a childish thing to like. But also, don't go the opposite direction and hide it as if it was an embarrassing thing. In my opinion, it's better if you prove you aren't immature before being way open with it. Actions, as they say, do speak louder than words. They're also less obnoxious.
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I Use to hide liking pokemon cuz I thought my classmates will laugh at me but i thought " I'm like 12 so I'm still a kid" so I just talk about pokemon alot until a highschool dude told me I need a GBA to be a pokemon fan but in his face he only has a GBA but i have a NDSi so no you shouldn't hide liking pokemon

Nearsighted king of Ice

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I Use to hide liking pokemon cuz I thought my classmates will laugh at me but i thought " I'm like 12 so I'm still a kid" so I just talk about pokemon alot until a highschool dude told me I need a GBA to be a pokemon fan but in his face he only has a GBA but i have a NDSi so no you shouldn't hide liking pokemon
I had the same problem and the same DS model sure we're not twins? but besides that I only wanted other people points of view about hiding there love for pokemon and know i see most people older than me dosen't hide their love for pokemon without trouble so thanks for your oppinions

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Hiding your likes for Pokemon?

Is like never liking Pokemon at all! :)

P.S. Like it...

To tell the truth, I dislike Pokemon for a short while when i was 7... :)
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Hiding secrets, a lot of people do it around us...and for all we know, there could be tons of older kids in our school who enjoy Pokémon, except we don't even know it. Hiding it should be neccesary, but also people barely talk about it, so most of the time it should barely even come up as a daily topic. xD
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I don't hide it from my parents, they don't care much. x D
But certain people might go like, "OMIGOSHYOULIKEPOKEMONWTFBBQ!11"
Those are the annoying ones. : /
Yeah...I get so annoyed. As soon as they glimpse the screen...

"POKEMON?! You like POKEMON?! Wow....just wow..."

Weird. o.O
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You know I do remember, I was in the 9th grade, Diamond and Pearl had now came out ( I didn't have it as yet) and one of these middle schoolers were playing it on the bus (Yes the high school/middle school has a mixed bus) But anyway, I asked if I could play it in front of all the high schoolers sitting around me. They didn't seem to be bothered in it at all, though the people where I live could also have different points of opinions when they see things like that, which is where the mockery starts for some. xD
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Posted July 8th, 2009
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People familiar with gaming in college seemed to know it’s not just a kid’s game, but anybody far away from gaming circles thought it was a kid’s game. Most of my gaming friends in college played it. And most of us didn’t even start playing it 'til some would consider us too old. If it comes up and they assert it’s a kids game you can easily convey how it’s not exactly a simple game like tic-tac-toe. That said, non-gamers in general usually think gaming is a waste of time much like I think watching sports is. To each their own, though. I don’t put much effort into hiding it, but most of the time I’d rather not explain it to somebody.
That's sad when your family dislikes you for something like this...the only way I can see that happening with me would be if Pokemon was a defining characteristic of my life and it was destructive to the rest of my life. =/


Yeah, and quite frankly there's nothing wrong with any hobby unless that's the case. Being mature is a matter of taking care of your responsibilities, not what you do in your free time.

Isn't it kind of obvious? Most kids in this world care about their reputation at school. Liking Pokemon is considered very childish, because Pokemon is apparently of the childish nature.


I don't know about the cartoons, as I mostly play the games. While it's true that what people believe is real is still real in its consequences, I'm not sure if pokemon meets more objective definitions of childish. Generally childish things rely upon simple mechanics and unsophisticated humor. I don't think the mechanics are overly simple, like tic-tac-toe, nor is the humor in the games especially unsophisticated.

Um... Last time I checked, having people pick on you and make fun of you because you like Pokemon can lower your self-esteem too. lol. What's the point of letting people know you like Pokemon besides "getting it off your back" (given there's no one else that does)? It's really not a big deal hiding this stuff.


If anything, it indicates their own immaturity (though it likely would do no good to call them on it) and if it bothers you it indicates your own insecurity. That said, I don't think promoting your hobby is the kind of thing worth opening yourself to immature harassment over, but as far as going out of your way to hide it, probably also not worth it.

At interviews I hate it when they ask me about hobbies, as if that is relevant. Instead of saying Pokemon explicitly I’ll say I like strategy games amongst a list of other interests. Though if pressed on strategy games I might say pokemon amongst a list of other things like chess and Civ IV.