Minority? Really?!

As we wrote into our daybooks on Wednesday in response to Mimi Ito on HOMAGO's video, I noticed how they were studying the generations (mine as well as the few before and behind us) which have impacted the digital world through social media like Facebook. In the beginning, I felt excited when she mentioned fanfiction in the list of websites they observed in their study. Then, by the end of the video once she mentioned that the people in our generations visiting these social media websites (and fanfiction - cause I don't really consider this close to Facebook just because of the layout of the main website which people use), I started to feel as if I was a part of a minority.

This then led my thoughts onto a tangent of what else I could be a minority of. Thus, I realized that I am a minority in three major parts in my life:

1) I go onto fanfiction.net for hours and hours (As stated above - it is a minority that does this)
2) I play video games.... a lot (A minority I gladly say seems to be increasing every day)
3) I am into Anime (which is a huge minority group in the world that would lead me on a tangent days long!)

I then started to feel bad since minorities have always had some type of negativity attached to them. If you haven't already felt a small inkling of this, then try to think if you're part of a minority whether it be because of ethnicity, hobbies, or anything else. And then start to think about how rare you find it to discover others around you (physically) that are fit into these minorities as well. That will lead your thoughts onto all sorts of tangents that may leave a bad taste in your mouth. Not fun.

After I finished this tangent, I started to wonder about the social ideas we place on certain minority ideas, opinions, and hobbies.

For example, when I hear about Facebook, I think that everyone is on there. However, from what I got from the video, that apparently isn't the case.

Also, another example is my idea about the Anime minority in the world. I've met so many people that are into this television style (don't forget the manga!) that I've grown up with the idea that many people like Anime. In fact, it wasn't until I came to college that I realized that this wasn't the case.

It's an interesting concept that has many more examples attached to it. One large one that I noticed in my later years of high school was that not a lot of people enjoy writing stories after stories and essays after essays.

Just think about some examples about yourself that you've noticed recently and you'll realize just how many there really are.

There. That was my thought tangent for the video. Hope I encouraged some for y'all.