I liked table tennis before it became a huge fad at my school. When I was in 6th grade I borrowed a "how to play table tennis" book written by a professional and set up my table so I could practice a ton. I eventually got really good and won at a school tournament and church tournament. People thought I was crazy because I used my whole body to play rather than just my wrists like most people.

MiniRoman

Canada3953 Posts

May 26 2011 16:37 GMT

#282

...the internet

GTR

51607 Posts

May 26 2011 16:38 GMT

#283

I liked SNSD before Gee!

UFO

582 Posts

May 26 2011 16:40 GMT

#284

I stopped thinking that its cool to like things before they became cool and talk how I liked them before they did become cool before it became cool.

mhm.

bonifaceviii

Canada2890 Posts

May 26 2011 16:42 GMT

#285

I hate Teamliquid.

It's still not cool to hate Teamliquid so I'm ahead of the curve.

LoLAdriankat

United States4307 Posts

May 26 2011 16:45 GMT

#286

I was interested in making dubstep, particularly the ambient kind (ex: Vaccine). I made a test track and I was rather pleased with it. Then all the bros and party sluts got into it and I thought, "oh god, I do not want them as my audience."

Shai

Canada806 Posts

May 26 2011 16:46 GMT

#287

On May 27 2011 01:37 MiniRoman wrote:
...the internet

Yep, BBS in 1993. Also, MMO gaming in 1993. Dragon Ball in 1991 or so, before the American translation was out (Canada got it first, but that translation is lost in time now). Anyone who played Diablo 1 on release is with me in playing it before it was cool (the number of D2 elitists is appalling).

That said, giving in to popular trends has given me the following:
Harry Potter
Pirates of the Caribbean
Metal Gear Solid series
PS2, much later than other people bought it
The Wheel of Time series
Resident Evil 4 (I hadn't played its predecessors, though going back I don't care for them)
Fallout 3 (See above)

And countless other things. Mass media/public acceptance has done me some good.

Psycosquirrel

United States161 Posts

May 26 2011 16:47 GMT

#288

There are probably things I liked before they became cool. There are things I liked after they became cool. But I certainly don't let someone else's perception of how cool something is, or when that something became "cool" affect me. "Cool" is a matter of opinion. All I care about is how cool I think something is, and I don't go out of my way to mention to others something like, "Yeah, that's been sweet for a while." And honestly, I wish more people were like me.

Ornithorynquez

430 Posts

May 26 2011 16:49 GMT

#289

Bear Grylls / Man vs. Wild for me, maybe some series.

OopsOopsBaby

Singapore3425 Posts

May 26 2011 16:54 GMT

#290

i like kpop girls before they were legal.

Szordrin

Switzerland151 Posts

May 26 2011 16:55 GMT

#291

LotR before the movies were announced (or i realised they were announced). Then the movies destroyed my images...

But I think no one cares and no one really wants to know about this stuff...

btw. whats dubstep?

AngryLlama

United States1227 Posts

May 26 2011 16:56 GMT

#292

I shit you not, i used Google before everyone else.

Belegorm

United States330 Posts

May 26 2011 17:00 GMT

#293

I read (and loved) LotR before the movies were announced,

I watched anime years before all my friends watching,

I also hated crappy, overly popular shounen manga/anime before any of my friends.

tGFuRy

United States537 Posts

May 26 2011 17:08 GMT

#294

I played video games before they were "cool" and popular I have been playing since I was five.. So that's 13 years of video games.. Started on the NES. Sure people were playing video games before I was born but for how popular video games are now I was way ahead of the game.

Gracksaurusrex

United Kingdom171 Posts

May 26 2011 17:11 GMT

#295

I was a fan of 3OH!3 before any of their music was famous

Slow Motion

United States6960 Posts

May 26 2011 17:12 GMT

#296

I wore long white tube socks with my jean shorts before it was cool. Wait . . . it is cool now, right?

UndercoverNerd

88 Posts

May 26 2011 17:15 GMT

#297

Not the actual "I liked before", but the "I saw before"-moment. yea. All the stuff like Two and a half men, big bang theory, family guy etc etc I watched em at least 1-2 years BEFORE everybody started to talk about...