Impact this hobby had on you

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As stated, post what impact this hobby had on you, positive/negative whatever, I'm interested to see how your life changed (if at all) since you started watching vtubers.
I didn't really change much but some chuubas really make me a bit happier, also while she's not my oshi, Shiori and the book club from her thread made me interested in giving books another try and it's been one of the best decisions I took

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>>59921571
>As stated, post what impact this hobby had on you, positive/negative
I want to kill myself more and more each day

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>>59921571
I learned to never let a woman be the only source of joy in my life

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>>59921571
>post what impact this hobby had on you
worst decision of my life

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>>59921625
I'm sorry to hear that anon, I hope things get better for you

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I’ve started to lose faith in the ability of people to act reasonably and respectfully instead of shitting themselves over the most trivial, perceived slights against their vague, unrealistic beliefs

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A chuuba I used to watch inspired me to try getting out of NEETdom. It didn't work out, but I wouldn't have even tried without her

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>>59921571
Just cemented my opinion that western women kind of suck. Even in anime form the best EN chuuba sucks when compared to an average JP chuuba. Western women just dont know how to be pretty and girly.

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>>59921571
I became a mentally ill schizo and failed school and wasted money on my oshi and eventually went full anti. But thanks to this I was able to have a real honest discussion with them and it cleared a lot of things up for me and made me feel better as a person. So basically I reached an extremely low point but it taught me a lot about trust and being a decent human being and shit. Life lessons.

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>>59921571
It felt nice at first, like getting drunk. I became happier. Then the reality hit me at some point and I fell into the hangover phase, being more depressed than before.

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>>59921571
my oshi has inspired me to take hold of the reins of my life
also her antis made me racist against mainland chinese and sea

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>>59921571
i come on /vt/ to call people faggot, faggot.

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>>59921571
Vtubers have helped me to stop obsessing over politics. While my beliefs haven’t changed I’ve started to associate more with people who might not agree with me politically but encourage constructive hobbies and building communities over bitter losers who supposedly agree with my politics.

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>>59922014
>>59922087
>>59922267
I'm happy you're doing better anons

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positive: getting to watch stuff with people here can be fun. Just another content avenue for me to put on while working, driving, during downtime etc. and another avenue for me to get excited about stuff occasionally like events or a chuuba is streaming a game I like for the first time
negative: having to wad through a swamp of SHIT to get to the good stuff, and a lot of the fans are some of the most insufferable people you could ever have the displeasure of having a conversation with

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>>59921571
It made me a pedo

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>>59921571
Fetishes. I fap to a wide range of stuff that I didn't find that arousing before. Mainly piss and feet.

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>>59921571
I cleaned my house and got a lot better at music.

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>>59921571
I am now a 22 years old man with weird obsession towards hag.

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>>59923977
I'm in the exact same boat

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Vtubers made me fully give up on anime. Before i had tubers to fill the silent void i would be following most seasonal anime or just have old ones on repeat while i did other computer stuff. Now i just dont watch anime unless people have been talking about it for a few months then i just bing all of that series in 1 day.
Even before they got big i was already burned out on anime but now i really dont give a fuck.

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>>59921571
positive, i figured out that i want to be one, it's a goal i can work towards and actually feel happy doing it, even if i don't make it bit or anything :)

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>>59921571
I lost 1 year in school for this, but I was writing programs and scripts for this hobby like chat filters, auto vod download and triggers when my oshi went live. Now I work as a software engineer

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>>59921571
>i hardly ever watch anime
>i seldom play video games
>i have been learning japanese for 3 years now
>i gave up on dating actual women

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I play ttrpgs now. I haven't watched anime or read manga in 3 years.

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>>59921571
no

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I stopped hating women behavior for while then it returned with a vengeance with more exposition/information. Ironically enough, thinking of them as subhumans who cant do shit right without guidance/supervision has improved my overall interactions with the opposite gender.

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>>59921571
This hobby gave me a lot of insight about women. I never realized just how nerdy, disgusting, cute, funny, talented, and interesting they could be. And also just how much power they can have on your life if you're a lonely bastard like me. I'm socially awkward and I rarely ever talk to anyone especially women. But vtubers gave me a little hope that I can find a cute autistic gf if I just try a little.

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if you dont say learning japanese u a sucka

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It made me start browsing 4chan again which I hadn't done since 2016, so the impact was overall bad

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>>59921571
Everytime Fauna does asmr, i lose buckets of cum. I'd say that's pretty impactful.

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Holostars JP and Haru Kaida inspired me to learn guitar, the HoloJP girls helped me with JP study,
Holo and NijiEN just... Made me really upset a few dozen times and made the site worthless for vtuber discussion. Some EN girls are cute though

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>>59921571
I trust women even less since myth. But other gens and smaller corps/indies are ok

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>>59921571
Haatons and Filian inspired me to work out

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Wait, watching VTubers can impact my life? What? How? Only thing that can impact my damn life is me graduating and getting a job.

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>>59921687
coward

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>>59921625
Most sane VTuber fan.

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I posted earlier but I’m also adding that I’m losing faith in the idea that those who are good people that work hard will be rewarded, if not by success, then at least by the appreciation and respect of those around them

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I travelled to Japan and tried (and failed) to get into holofes.

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>>59921571
made me Ryan Gosling and a schizo

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>>59921571
Temporarily was happy after years of depression, lost 30 pounds and got buff.
But now my wife is gone, don't know when/if she is coming back and I want to die again.

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>>59921571
It gave me something to dump my attention and energy into that isn't budding political extremism. Unironically I was becoming a fucking miserable person through the course of 2020, and while there's been a couple notable exceptions, vtubing is one of the only forms of escapism/entertainment that generally leaves politics at the door, besides the culture war shit that ties into EN unicorn discourse and easily avoided vtweeters. Regardless, it helped me turn my brain off long enough to realize that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-YfuVQmX8

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>>59921571
remember that moment Bae met Pekora in the EN server? i lost my job right there, I got surprised and alt tabbed wrong into it while i was listening

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>>59921571
I fell down the rabbit hole in November. In the beginning nothing changed, as I was a dirty clip watcher. Then I started watching some streams and playing less and less vidya, but overall I could still manage my life well between my freelancer job, playing vidya, watching streams and clips. Then FuwaMoco came along. Now my life is in complete chaos as I'm still in the process of adapting my entire schedule around these dogs..

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>>59921571
made my life better (became a vtuber)
made my life worse (became a vtuber)

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>>59921571
I unironically only started using the internet to watch chuubas. I rarely used youtube until i started watching streams. I downloaded google chrome because I learned about what chrome extensions were and that there were good ones to use to help watch streams. If I never started watching vtubers I wouldn't be knowledgable about computers at all. I also learned about goslings and i love them. I discovered asmr beacuse of roboco and now listen to asmr almost every night. I know more about the world, other people, and other things because I started watching vtubers. Vtubers raised me...

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>>59921571
I started learning japanese
I finally found something that brings me genuine happiness and something that lets me connect with other people who also enjoy it
Whenever I’m sad or feel like giving up, I just give Shiny Smily Story a listen
I think vtubers have had an overall positive impact on my life

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>>59921571
My oshi made me turn my life around after a long, long dark period. It is scary to think where I was just a few years ago, let alone that I very well might still be there if not for the inspiration. Nearly every aspect of my life has actually improved significantly.

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>>59921571
Unironically ruined my life. I used to go out and talk to people but now all I do is watch fucking Kiara streams all day. I used to work at KFC, I got paid $15 a hour, now I work at KFP and have to pay money to work there.

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>>59921571
I like learning about new books/music/manga/etc. from streams and clips. I probably waste too much time watching vtubers, but if it's making me happy in the moment, then I see it as worth it for the time being. At the very least, it's good background noise while doing schoolwork.

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>>59921571
I love hags and hate western women.

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It was fun for a while

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>>59921571
I have something comfy to watch that is not infested with politics so that's a win in my book.

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>>59944469
>I love the Goslings
Unironically might be the first person I've ever seen actually say that.

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>>59923227
Fucking kek

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Bro this gotta be the most pathetic pit of losers on the internet

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>>59946619
explains why you're here

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>>59946643
A pick me up if you will…

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>>59921571
How can I ever love a normal woman again?
No animal ears, no silly voice, no charm points.

It's over...

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>>59947021
Wait till you find out that the actress behind Pekora is a normal woman

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>>59921571
Ina is who really brought me into the fold of Vtubers and what made me want to find something I'm really passionate about and pursue it.
The lyrics of Polka's Hologram Circus, though, is literally what pushed me into quitting my dead end factory job about a week after she released the MV.

I spent 2 weeks unemployed and then found a career that I'm still in where I've made good friends and connections and am at a senior level position now. I'm currently studying in a college level course in order to get a certificate and move from field work to R&D + Consultation.

I honestly owe my current lifestyle and success to them.

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>>59923227#
Same, i never thought i'd be getting off to braps and scat but here I am

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>>59921571
>Impact this hobby had on you
I don't enjoy anything made by the west anymore

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>>59921571
I would have been dead before now

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>>59921571
You live because they let you
they know you would have just became a statistic number if it was not for them.
>>59924180
it really is a black company

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>>59921571
I got a girlfriend.

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>>59921571
gave me hope that dork women are actually real after my school experience being the opposite

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>>59921571
Seeing the contrast between the JP and EN scenes gave me further proof of the superiority of Japanese culture, and it also proved to me that women can be funny and entertaining too... if they're Japanese.

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>>59921571
Made me schizophrenic

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Made lots of friends in the community, hooked up with a few girls, learned how to get my oshi's attention and vibe with them, grew emotionally, socially and personally as well.

Vtubers have been a crutch in my life to help develop several social and communication skills later on in life also the entire premise of male on stream = cuckoldry was so retarded I had to haul my ass outside the house and get a gf or a FWB just so I wouldn't stagnate in my life and to prove myself I can do better than fall in love with a streamer. I don't even watch Ame but her "improve yourself" comment is the most sincere and caring piece of advice I've seen a vtuber give her fans and it is a tremendous shame it fell on deaf ears.

As a latecomer to the vtuber "trend" it has been a fun ride so far. To me the stand outs are the music, the sense of community, the interactions in collabs and the personal connections you can make with a vtuber, the medium is well suited for moment to moment engagement and that is it's key strength and component, making my oshi laugh at something I found funny is always a blast.

With what you've read in my post previously you'd clearly see I'm very biased towards nijisanji which is correct I am a fan of the approach of creating your niche community of fans and connecting to the bigger communities of more popular streamers under the company umbrella, where many streamers have a very different approach to their communities or their way of delivering their streams that come from their personalities and real life experiences. It makes them seem much more genuine and sincere.
Hololive's M.O. is prime for success for a larger, broader audience and this popularity brings life and traffic to vtubing itself.
I have no clue about vshojo's approach but I did like Nyanner's seiso song.

That's all I got for now, oh and people who obsess over numbers or tribalfaggotry are the marvel funko pop sÓylent drinkers of the vtuber world.

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>>59951023
holy based

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>>59921571
It made me happy once
Halcyon days of this hobby was pure bliss, seeing my oshi achieve her dreams in real time.. etc
Now it's just keeping me from killing myself

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>>59921571
It's reinvigorated my affection for Japanese otaku Internet culture, which I've come to realize I hardly knew jack shit about when I knew it before.

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Following Suisei's journey has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

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>>59921571
> Due to significant increase in my hobby spending Im now no longer a NEET.
> It makes me racist against mainland Chinese, and people living in the SEA region, especially the Philippines.
> It makes me picky in what content I consume, chuubas that aren't catering to me are immediately thrown to garbage.
> I picked back up my old hobby, writing, because of my oshi.
> I'm now on my way to be trilingual.

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>>59921571
watching menhera 2views was the biggest mistake of my life

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>>59951023
> people who obsess over numbers or tribalfaggotry are the marvel funko pop sÓylent drinkers of the vtuber world.

HOLY FUCKING BASED

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>>59944469
based 50+ year old

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>>59921571
i can no longer relate to my irl friends and struggle to come up with conversation topics other than sports

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>>59950688
unfathomably based nakirigami

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>>59951023
You are too based for this board

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>>59945912
hi qooq

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Went from laughing at unicorns to successfully grooming multiple vtubers. It's so laughably easy when you work behind the scenes.

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>>59921571
Nobody talk to me. That's nothing new, but now I get why

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Vtubers made me play Minecraft.

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I hate women more than before

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>>59921571
Eh a little bit of both.
Some parasocial attachment and realizing l never meet a girl like this for real.
Also entertainment and general connection with my Oshi. I legitimately do love her, I'm not in love with her, but I want her to succeed, and yeah I do have a crush on her.

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>>59921571 just another thing on the long list of things to do to waste time until the hitman I hired shows up and I can go to the great chuuba in the sky

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>>59951023
>the niji fans actually get laid.

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>>59921571
I went from being neutral on women to hating them.

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>>59921571
I learned japanese which I barely use anymore because she doesn't stream as much and I don't like any recent anime.

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>>59954946
>I'm not in love with her
>and yeah I do have a crush on her.
??????????

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>>59951023
Very solid normie takes. Low t even. I hope you graduate from vtubers and life.
> funko pop marvel
gtfo
You are problematic to say the least, and a real parasite of this medium corroding the core tenets of japanese culture that make it enjoyable at the worst. Supporting homobegging and trannysanji. Kys nigger.

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>>59955855
Japan should fix its pathetic birth rates before it can be used as a shining example for what other cultures should be.

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>>59951023
All I hear is
>blah blah blah blah I'm gay and want more homo male collabs blah blah blah
You can't go one post without mentioning how much you love male streamers and male collabs.

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>>59955855
holy pretentious 105 iq seethe please stop having opinions

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>>59955937
Strawman??? That's the best you could do? At least call me a faggot, or insult my mother? Say my oshi is trash? YWNBJ? That's not how you talk shit on the internet. 10 points from gryffindor. See me after class.
You went with birthrates. Just lol.

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>>59921571
This shit introduced me to ASMR and its rabbit hole. Now I find it harder not to masturbate everyday because of how accessible the nsfw ones are when I'm just lying in bed.

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>>59956080
Exposing your IQ on the internet lmao. Mine is 140. Genius. Stay mad.

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>>59956200
Japan is a country of ojisans that have no family, depressing office jobs that pay double digit yen a week, and will die only knowing the artificial comfort of their vtuber oshi. That is the future of parasocial.

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Since getting into vtubers my watamelon posting has increased exponentially.

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>>59955606
Having a crush on someone isn't being in love with them.
I've had crushes on coworkers, celebrities, friends etc. Doesn't mean I'm in love with them.

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>>59921571
Vtubers have helped me to feel fatigued over the last few years rather than genocidal.

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>>59921571
>positive
Started drawing again after several years without even trying
Last couple of years were pretty bad for me so finding something that can make me laugh again has been a blessing

>negative
Sleep schedule completely broken to catch streams
Realized all the good women are already married and happy, only the menheras are available

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>>59924677
same
I was happier before..

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>>59921571
It has been the biggest white pill for me. At least for the JP side of Hololive they opened my eyes that I was wrong about women in general and the way they conduct themselves at least on stream is heartwarming.

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>>59921571
I discovered that different timezones existed after watching niji

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>>59956275
you need to take an irl iq test for it to count, the one internet mensa trial one isn't accurate

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>>59957771
I wasn't. Reading romance manga always just made me menhera, and my oshi finally gave me the push I needed to get into Warhammer 40k books. I've watched her play dozens of games I would have NEVER considered playing on my own and experienced new things as a result. What's more, I finally have a purpose for working at my job. Before I was just an automaton working for no reason accumulating money for no reason just waiting to die. Now I'm working so I can support my oshi and I want to take care of her and take care of myself so we can spend as many years together as possible.

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>>59921571
It gave me a lot and allowed me to learn many lessons.
My life was full of suffering, but discovering vtubers allowed me to discover true happiness, inner peace and gave it meaning.

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>>59921571
My interest in vtubing and this board/jp has pretty much followed my military career, so it's been sorta interesting following several events and controversies while on deployments.
I remember chillin in a guard tower with my buddies in the desert and watching melody on chaturbait
And shooting up my rushia merch with my squad after the whole fired debacle.

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It helped me satisfy my historian compulsion, which helped me get back on track with my life.
Thank you, 2view chuuba.

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>>59960590
>shooting up my rushia merch after the whole debacle

kek