i was thinking today, and god dammit being an anime fan used to mean something.

it used to be for LOSERS. i used to dream about anime becoming big, but now everyone is into it. but what have we gained besides more secondaries that bully actual otaku for le ebin twitter notifications?? theres still no doujin culture. whats the point?? art has got to get weirder and people have got to get more dedicated to making it because they love it. thats the biggest loss with ai stuff. now with every niche, people can just ai generate it and jerk off by themselves, instead of reaching out to an artist and jerking off with them. give me a time machine...