not counting encountering it on the internet with zero context as a child, i happened to be entering middle school around when undertale was big, and learned about it through one of those major fact videos (specifically that toby fox used to be on the hs music team and referenced it a few times in undertale). it then proceeded to stay in my brain like a dormant volcano until i came across the rpg monger's video on its fandom, and decided to give it a read through the voxus dubs.

i'd imagine being in this fandom isn't too far from how rfk jr feels with the worm in his brain. you truly can't fight it, you start reading and it never leaves your mind, no matter how distant you get from it.