2011-09-29, 03:19 | Link #5721 |
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otaku panic in America will commence in 3...2...1.....
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2011-09-29, 04:32 | Link #5722 | ||
Did someone call a doctor
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2011-09-29, 07:56 | Link #5723 | |||
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2011-09-29, 08:37 | Link #5724 |
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I'd say most people who watch anime (and consider themselves a fan) at some point are unorthodox thinkers (myself included). Generally this just means they don't fit the average mold... but it also means there are probably a higher percentage of weirdos like this guy among our ranks. I'm not really sure it is a solvable problem.
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2011-09-29, 08:44 | Link #5725 | |
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Nonetheless, when something like this happens, the newspapers don't care about public policy to post a critical and fair article, they are looking to print news by the pound for a silver from a sterling. Cheap news are cheap news - that is why newspaper revenues are dropping. And I think the pathetic-ness and overly simple way such an article is written (just what happened, all the negative case-in-points with no expert psychologists' counter arguments to that last line), it merits a place in this thread.
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2011-09-29, 09:08 | Link #5727 |
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That is because the news are reporting it more often than not. Have you ever seen an article glorifying the creativity shown by the people of 2ch/NicoNicoDouga through MMD, Touhou songs and Vocaloid? Even article like how the gamers solve the DNA protein strand puzzle in 10 days are pretty rare.
Journalists these days are either a bunch of overly-optimistic cheerleaders, or a stack of sad gunny sacks. Must be their advertisers haranguing them for more readership.
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2011-09-29, 09:30 | Link #5728 |
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Drama makes for better ratings.
The guy is a grade A moron though. Thing is, crazy like that is pretty deep rooted, maybe something he went through when he was younger like his mum not hugging him or something, or what he saw others do. I don't agree with what he did, and I find that many of the things 'otaku' do to be cringe worthy but I still can't help but read articles like that and liken it to the crap gamers get tossed on them because of a few bad eggs (*clear throat, Fox News voice* A man who robbed a bank and ran over his neighbours dog said he would have performed these acts earlier today if he wasn't busy playing GTA.). I'm probably wrong, but it always seemed to me that if you were a fan of anime or manga and you mentioned that to anyone you were slapped with that lable. Maybe It's just a subset it actually applies too but it still reflects badly on everyone.
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2011-09-29, 11:51 | Link #5731 | |
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posted for the odd part ("Sir" Wilfred title) and "style" of reporting...
but on a serious note... yeah, this could've end up like the American version of Tsutomu Miyazaki. Now this is the scariest worst-case scenario Quote:
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2011-09-30, 02:11 | Link #5739 |
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Semantics-wise, I would say that would be correct.
And the ultimate lulz for the Bunch of Asses - Bank of America to charge debit card use fee Stupid is what stupid does.
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