being a dsmp fan in 2021 at least for me was such a weirdly isolating yet unifying experience because normies hated the fandom but also other fandoms hated the fandom so much more that you literally could only be with other dsmp enjoyers or you would be shunned
ned probably thinks he spent all of elementary school & middle school plus most of high school alone bc the person who was by his side has been erased from his memory. he probably remembers having no friends. fuck.