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What's something you've been called in life that isn't generally something bad, but made you feel awful (lemmy.world)

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For me, growing up, I was around people who saw games as useless and a waste of time, but I loved them

I've always been into computers and tech and was called techy and a gamer and each time, it was said with a sort of disgust from the person saying it.

It made me feel like I shouldn't be friends with the few people like me, and I spent a lot of my childhood staying away from people, and making sure that people didn't learn that I played games

Even now, I get slightly uncomfortable being called a gamer or techy or any synonym even though people don't really think that anymore around here.

Anyone else have something similar?

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[-] Resol@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Since I don't act very "manly" despite looking like a man, I get called a girl quite a lot. Sometimes my voice makes people think that.

Sometimes my irl name alone makes people jump to that conclusion. Just because removing one letter makes a male name "Imrane" turn into a female name "Imane". This is why I don't use my real name online anymore.

I'm gonna remind you, I am not a girl, and have never been one. I'm not even a transgender girl, and have never identified with femininity.

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