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MyNameIsRay t1_j8nv3oi wrote

I grew up in an old farmhouse with well water, and any time we had a big storm and lost power, we'd also lose water.

Before storms hit, we'd scrub the bathtubs clean and fill them to the brim with water.

We had a bucket that held just enough water to make the toilet flush if you dumped it in, and a tub was at least a week worth of flushing #2's.

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Alexexy t1_j8nkwn9 wrote

I'm in my early 30s, I would consider myself somewhat nerdy but most of my friends have previously watched anime at least once in their lives. We grew up with toonami and shows like DBZ, Guran Lagaan, and Full Metal Alchemist.

I dont really obsessively follow new anime any more but my gf and I watched Akiba Maid War recently and she died laughing several times in that show. Girlfriend still somewhat follows the story of one piece and her sister which is in her early 20s watches some Yuri stuff.

I think anime watching is relatively common. Maybe as common as people who own xbox in terms of cultural prevalence.

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goochisdrunk t1_j8nk68p wrote

Disagree flat out. When I got into it in middle school early mid 90s it was the domain of nerds only, to be sure.
But DBZ, Pokemon, and others were standard afterschool cartoons on broadcast tv stations by the late 90s. Manga was in Borders/Barns and Noble Bookskstores. Early 2000s saw late night CN/Adult Swim almost completely Anime or anime inspired programming at times.

Theres tons of 30-40 y olds out there now to whom Anime is completely normal TV entertainment. And with the tendencies towards more adult themes than traditional western animation, it's obviously not just for children to enjoy.

Now, there's a generational divide (I never saw Naruto for example) but I'd hardly flinch if a follow middle aged adult or younger told me they were into Anime as a hobby.

Though again to reiterate my previous point. Having the off-beat hobby is fine, generally, riffing on it for 10 minutes is the thing that would raise an interviewers alarm bells.

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Vathar t1_j8ni43h wrote

It feels to me like hobbies are only relevant on entry jobs or for younger hires who don't really have a fully fleshed out CV yet.

When you have a bit of experience and apply for more advanced positions, you have better things to discuss in an interview and certainly don't have enough CV space to describe your hobbies.

At best, you may spend a minute or two saying what you enjoy outside work if the recruiter goes for the culture fit angle, but that's about it.

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