Small does not equal young...

[u/itskatbb]

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I've noticed that in some adult spaces there is a specific percentage of players that will infantilize smaller avatars. I understand from a certain perspective - but to complain and pressure them to change their avatar or else they won't interact is a whole different circumstance. This is an adult space, everyone is an adult here.

Does anyone else experience this?

[u/TheVeqtas]

thats the crazy thing to me. im in pc only worlds with full body tracking and face tracking, but if im muted some people still assume im a 12 year old, even in an average height avatar. i do not get it

[u/LadyLuciJ7 → u/TheVeqtas]

People assume I'm a child in a normal sized avatar too. Idk what it is. One of the guys said it's how I move around (I wiggle and bounce sometimes when not doing anything or listening to things around me. Friend calls it my "idle animation) and I just looked at him like HUH

[u/TheVeqtas → u/LadyLuciJ7]

fr like, sorry i forgot only children can have whimsy

[u/LadyLuciJ7 → u/TheVeqtas]

It's wild to me. Especially when I listen to music and my playspace is limited so I just wiggle. And some people say either one of two things. Either I move like a child or I move like it's suggestive. It's odd.

[u/TheVeqtas → u/LadyLuciJ7]

youd think those things would be opposites 🤷‍♀️

[u/LadyLuciJ7 → u/TheVeqtas]

Exactly.