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this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2026
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No, I'm calling this out.
We have a disagreement in another community to which you name call me and mock me having depression in response to that disagreement, and then you come here and essentially vaguepost calling me pedo adjacent because of my profile picture?
I like Osaka because she's relatable and gives me comfort as a character that speaks to who I am, not because I think she's attractive. I genuinely have no words to how low this is.
Not everything is about you. You are not the only one with an anime school girl avatar on the fediverse.
I get that you have terrible issues that it was wrong of me to dismiss as your time of 'big sad' from which you recovered, and that my choice of words really hurt your feelings. I am sorry.
This post though was not about you. I am not interested in any sort of interaction or connection with you and was not inspired or motivated by you to make this post.
That you happen to also have an anime school girl avatar is happenstance.
Your profile pic is a red flag regardless of how you try to frame it
Me liking a character from a series because she represents my experience growing up with undiagnosed inattentive ADHD: "wow, she's literally me, it feels nice feeling seen"
Random internet strangers: "Well you see, that's a red flag because clearly you must have an attraction to children and there can be no other reason why you like this character. I didn't make this weird at all!"
Hey buddy, these you by chance?
Go pick another fight.
I don't know what to tell ya man, I literally highlighted why I like the character and why I use them as a profile pic, and you're actively choosing to ignore that fact in order to paint me as something I'm not.
End of the day, I explained my rationale, you're rejecting it attempting to paint me as something I'm actively showcasing I'm not, and thereby you're the person putting a sexual connotation here while trying to project that narrative onto me.
Great, blatant transphobia, trying to subtly push in the "trans people groom children" trope.
Not going to give you the time. Goodbye.