2013-01-23, 04:53 | Link #102 |
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What? You are into traps?
I wouldn't discount that "eat more meat" part, but somehow "grow more spine" can be quite difficult to achieve in traditional Asian societies where the younger generation, no matter how much ideas they have, are not allowed to suggest or supersede their elders with the disincentive of getting fired or having their corporate ladder undone.
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2013-01-23, 22:50 | Link #104 |
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Pretty much, yes. Unfortunately, that is the perception the vast horde of Muggles have of anime fans in general -- worse than nerds.
As cringe worthy as Big Bang Theory can be at times, it has actually done a lot to humanize the various geek subcultures.
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"THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SAY IT, YOU F*CKING IDIOT!!" ......and I still make mistakes in front of Japanese people and embarrass myself. >_> But they are normally minor grammatical errors. Or sometimes I'll just get nervous and tongue-tied. My accent though, is pretty damn good if I do say so myself. XD (I hope so, after studying for over a decade. o_o) Quote:
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2013-01-24, 00:00 | Link #106 |
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Oh, I love it, too. They do a fair job of humanizing geeks without taking too many cheap shots. Initially, I was quite skeptical, good lord, the characters are archetypes for too many people I know.
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2013-01-24, 06:50 | Link #107 | |
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Hmm, after learning about modern anime about 9 years ago, I started picking up a few things about Japan; anime (obviously), music (very limited) and language (extremely limited). I can't consider myself to be weeaboo or otaku or whatever, simply because I don't mention anything unless the company I am with wants to talk about it.
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As for the rest of the world, more and more teens watch anime and the malls are stocking up on anime posters, figurines and accessories (headbands, wristbands, fake throwing stars, death note diaries, etc.) so I suppose things are calm here, when it comes to discrimination against that kind. |
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2013-01-24, 07:28 | Link #108 |
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Another funny thing about them (but they can get annoying after a while) is when they pretend to be Japanese and claim to be fluent or know the language since they are native. They would "prove" this by adding Japanese in their conversations after copy pasting from google translate. It's funny at first because their Japanese is ridiculous. Lol. They get annoying when someone points out the mistakes in their Japanese and how unnatural it seems. Then they go apeshit and say that they are REALLY Japanese and that they know what they're saying because it's their language...
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2013-01-25, 13:57 | Link #112 |
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Heh, I work at a thrift store and Japanese come in to buy clothes now and then. I always greet them in their native language if I see them, explaining that I studied the language in high school. At first I was afraid they would think I was strange but after the second visit, they just smile and return my greetings naturally. Our store closes at eight-o'clock. The last time I saw one of the women come in, she smiled at me and said,
"Hachiji made ne?" "Ah, hai hai" I replied back. XD So I don't know if they're humoring me or are actually pleased to find a store clerk who can explain things to them in their language. If it was me, I think I'd be relieved.
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2013-01-25, 14:08 | Link #113 | |
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We have had Japanese merchants say something to her in Japanese and I answered. Oh, the fun it is.
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2013-01-25, 17:26 | Link #115 | |
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2013-01-25, 17:33 | Link #116 | |
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Very soon it will be a diplomatic issue - "Lolicious 50-year-old lady boss injures 8 Westerners due to language barrier, police refuse to intervene without riot gear".
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2013-01-25, 20:49 | Link #117 |
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Heh, that last line nearly comes true some days. But her hair is still jet black except for the antenna sprouts (about 10 or 20 hairs) over her forehead.
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Even with foreign services like at the airport or duty free shops, staff would speak entirely in Japanese even if they see your passport.
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2013-02-08, 10:34 | Link #120 |
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Thank you Kudryavka for making this thread.
I passed through a weeaboo phase during my chuunibyou period. Even now I suffer from communication errors. Errors of privilege, pride, pretentiousness. Shame on me for being so weak; being no where near sophisticated enough to act a good deal of degrees closer to your stereotype of me but instead hemorrhaging my pretensions over you. White is a slur (PDF), yet I wear it, identify with it, and suffer guilt under it. As a child I could do naught but throw myself into a culture where I don't fit to atone for my skin, beauty, and privilege. Whites made the prettiest slaves. I am not a caucasian. I've never been to the caucasus. I come to this thread today having been banned from another forum for saying, "Now you're a normalfag AND a namefag." What exactly, is problematic about this language? Is it not the same as getting 'too worked up' over being called 'white.' Spoiler for Obfuscated potentially offensive content to prove a point about white+Japanese.:
Wapanese is a race. I'd like you to pause for a moment and think about the difference between plural and singular. Does the collective human race take the singular verb or not? If I take poetic licence and allude to its plurality of membership and make-up by using the plural I am violating rules of grammar. It acts like a singular. Stereotypes are the same. A singular that no one human can be. A question we could ask anyone has now emerged. How human are you? Do you belong to the group called humans? Now what about weeaboo. How weeaboo are you? A faggot, in it's archaic usage is a bundle of sticks. Homosexuals were burned in a fire along with witches for the crime of not fitting in. How many faggots wasn't a question about how many homosexuals were burned, but how many bundles of sticks were needed to burn the heretics properly. Please now consider the leap to the saying, "Die in a fire." 'Please leave the community as you are not wanted.' No doubt it is derogatory. Faggot is also a singular (bundle) which has memberships (sticks). How much of a stick are you? The channer usage has migrated so far to me as to be as innocuous as being called average. Namefag = who you are is taking precedence over what you are doing. Past work under your name creates a bias to the value of your current production in the absence of critical review. Normalfag = you are a member of humanity. No one is dying in a fire anymore. What is being insulted here, and being burned at the stake, is one's pretensions that their output is anything better than the community norm. Essentially 'fag' has become synonymous in that community with 'person.' Intersectionality is "the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination." What is acting black? If I act Japanese, what am I TAKING from you? Thanks again to Kudryavka for making and curating this thread. It's rough to think that everything we do is oppressing someone. Every annoyance we feel could be rooted in someone not being animesuki enough, not being X enough, or being too religious. Does anyone here self identify as wapanese or a weeaboo? |
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