The "don't make fun of x community / thing" on Tumblr is silly and belittles a perfectly jovial coping mechanism. It's one of my last favourite aspects of Tumblr.
i wonder how much of it is just general insecurity and how much of it is specifically that insidious “nerds are a marginalized group (because I never got out of middle school)” thinking.
(and how much is literal middle schoolers)













