...You people talk about vtubers outside of the asylum?
Hahaha no, definitely not IRL. I haven't even brought up the subject of VTubers unless it is brought up by someone else in my friends group. One of them basically became a Twitter user and were barely tolerable before they started getting real bad after COVID started. Given how closed-minded they are about things, I wouldn't even bother with them. They almost assuredly fall into the "all the fans are pedos" crowd.
Another, just last week, actually made a joke at the expense of Hololive last week. I could bring it up with them and they would be more open minded about it but there is not really any point because they think it is just "weird idol shit", anyway, so no reason to bother.
Another one who posts random tweets in the friends chat actually posted a Pippa tweet once, lmao. Undoubtably, they had no idea who it was since the Pippa tweet had nothing to do with Vtubers, but I found it hilarious, given how leftist the person is. Though, it was a long time ago now and I feel like Pippa's reputation is worse now than it was back then in the Twitter space.
I do have one friend who referenced Miko, but I doubt he is actually into VTubers and just knows about Miko because of the exposure back in 2020.