Hardcore anime nerds are almost always holier than thou socially awkward fucks. I can't feel sorry for their social awkwardness because they're almost always assholes who think their taste in everything is superior and they're so fucking enlightened because they watch cartoons about high school love and I just don't get it. I hope they die.
Quite on point. This is going back like eight (maybe more) years now, but one of the worst encounters I remember was this toothpick of a guy in a faded Hawaiian shirt. He comes into the store and looks at anime tapes, then wants to know if I like anything. I say a few names and then he does this geeky laugh and says something like "good, I'm glad you didn't say Dragonball Z or Sailor Moon.
I'M the president of the anime club in Atlanta, Anime X. We only show the good shows.
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I don't know whether I should be happy that I'm not like that or depressed that I get lumped in with them anyway. 
It's those Tweeny Witches, man. The Tweeny Witches.
Do you get lumped in with this lot in real life? 'Cuz on the Bore it means nothing.
I just like watching anime and reading manga, I don't care about getting out there and trying to "convert" people.
See the above, though. Unless something has changed, your typical hardcore anime nerd doesn't want to "convert" anyone. They are as elitist as they come.
When I meet people in real life who are into anime, or videogames, or any of the nerdy activities, they generally are relatively normal people. It's on the internet where they tend to groupthink together and become an obnoxious embarrasing collection.
Clearly you have never worked any kind of retail job that caters to these types of people. Or been to a convention.
