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well. im not gonna say who but someone said this to me and i quote: "transformer nerds are freaks, unless they are twelve."
this is one of many insults i get for being a transformers fan. and mind you that this is coming from a startrek and Dr.who fan. this just really set me off. what insults do you get as a fan and what do you do about it? and mind you please keep it civil. i don't want any fights.

I don't really deal with this much myself. I have friends who don't share my love for Transformers, and maybe sometimes get annoyed at how much I like it, but they never insult me on it.

In your situation, I'd just shake my head and walk away. The guy's clearly an idiot. Star Trek and Dr Who are no less nerdy or weird than Transformers, and their fiction is likewise patchy at best. People like that just have trouble accepting anyone that likes things they don't.

My uncle used to make fun of me at least twice a week for loving Transformers -__- His kids, who are 10+ year younger than me, ditched Transformers several years ago, which makes him believe I'm WAAAAY to old to be buying toys. It got to a point where I started getting snippy with him and even attacked his desk at work - I printed out Autobot insignia's and tapped them ALL over his desk <- very therapeutic let me tell you. Lol

Don't get me wrong, my uncle isn't a complete ass (he got a good chuckle over my attack, especially when he found an insignia a month later ). He eventually backed off, but it took me saying it several times and telling him his collecting art and maps was little different than my collecting Transformer toys. We go after things we enjoyed

People just consider it a part of my very colorful persona.

The last time anyone had a stab at me for this was years ago, usually I take the stinger out by showing people what my 'dirty secret' is and then they're too WTF'd to respond coherenty anyway.

If people want to insult me or make fun of me because I like Transformers, go for it. Why should I care what they think about me? I'm happy with myself and that's all that matters.

I've never had to face an insult regarding my love of Transformers, or any other hobby.

What kind of people do you guys hang around with?!

As a Doctor Who fan along with being a TF fan, I find the insults across different fandoms silly.

Weird - I've never had anyone say anything to me about being a fan, positive or negative.

Of course, I don't wear my fandom on my sleeve, or walk around the office dressed as Cardboardimus Prime, either.