Otaku Celebrate Yui Hirasawa’s Birthday

you'd be surprised

Let's be serious here, most of the otaku "celebrating" Yui's birthday are really just taking pictures of themselves trying to feed cake to a 2D girl for the lulz, so they can go and post it on 2chan.

I'm sure only a very small percentage actually take it seriously.

If you don't like society's "program" (9-to-5 job, wife, kids, a mortgage, bowling on Friday nights, etc.), then don't sign up.

While I was harassed (okay, revise that to "bullied") for being different as a kid, I don't get any flack for not joining "the program".

Here are your keys to sanity:
(1) If the people criticizing you are jerks and assholes, why would you respect their opinion? You wouldn't - therefore, you feel no pressure from them, despite what they may say.

(2) Just because you respect someone doesn't mean they're always right. If they're wrong about something, they're wrong - that's all there is to it.

Knowing they are wrong doesn't remove the pressure, but it gives you strength.

My dad gave six-year-old-me a bucketload of criticism at the breakfast table one morning for wearing a bracelet ("Why are you wearing a bracelet? Do you want to be a girl?" etc...).

Why was I wearing that? Because a female friend (vs "girlfriend") had given it to me, and that made it important to me. I knew from his attitude that any explanation would be rejected and/or ridiculed, so I kept my mouth shut and blew off what he was saying. I knew he was wrong, which made it possible for me to blow off what he was saying (though he made me very uncomfortable).

I know what you mean...

In a way I`d really like to talk to you a bit more about it, you seem to be one of the few to understand... (If you`d want to too of course)

Too bad there isn`t any way to exchange contact info without it being read all over SC...

*edit* Yahoo offers disposable email addresses (on top of ur own if you already have a Y! mail address), so I made one, so if you`d like to talk sometime mail me @ agarimono-junkmail@yahoo.com (and for all the trollers, mail me all you want, it`s just a disposable address...)

Admins, if you don`t mind, can you leave the email there for a few days, it`ll be invalid in a few days anyway...

@ Anon above: and if you decide to contact me, know that I`m usually kinda slow in responding... If not, that`s fine. Just happy to find someone who`s going through the same feelings...

Thanks! I just feel like I am being constrained by society's social standards which I don't agree with always. I feel like shoving a middle finger in the face of whoever set the social standards of where I am.

You can never be inferior to anyone unless you let them. Doing nothing is just as bad.

amen to that, i know how you feel (,,)/
so lets be friends, ok? and share our loneliness.

I disagree, saying nothing is just as wrong. I can't symphatize with you because I have never been bulliedb but if you let people step all over you then they will step on you. It's amazing how much good people will put up with so much abuse just to have some peace. However good people doing nothing is how bullies thrive. Bullies at my school (if there were any) ignored me not because I had herculean strenght but because they know I'm not afraid of them and that the'd have to kill me to make me obey them.

Never thought posting a (disposable with 2 clicks) email address would only get me 2 mail replies...

I guess I`ll keep it activated for future purposes...

If you're beautiful, you can live however you want. If you do one thing that society can approve of, this should be it.

That`s a good thing, you`re not judging people based on their choices and/or lifestyle ^_^

In that sense, I admire you for not judging anyone who happens to be different from what "normal society" wants you to be...

Wife, kids `n a 9 till 5 job is all society wants to see... Kinda makes me sick sometimes

And why should I take you seriously? You're going to just give some bullshit argument about your opinions on how you think people who do useless shit like these are somehow admirable. There's a picture of a guy on top of these comments celebrating a fucking birthday of a fictional character and somehow I'm the clown?

When the topic at hand is equivalent to watching Johnny Knoxville doing stupid shit on Jackass(stupid but somehow entertaining when there is nothing to do), of course "nothing intelligible comes to mind."

The clown is back with the same useless phrase as ever. For the sake of saying something because nothing intelligible comes to mind.

That was not really in the context of what I had in mind but yeah you do have a point. I do not agree with him and I think what he is doing is unhealthy. My comment was something out of topic.

Serious answer is serious. So ronery.

of course, nobody can survive on only ramen, and with 100 dollars for food, what about water, mortgage/rent, utilities?

What about it? Them otakus live in their mother's attic anyways.

I think someone mixed up the term Otaku with Hikikomori.... Reason you see some of thoswe flahy otaku rooms are most likely due to the fact they are lonesome, unattractive men with rather decent paying jobs.. just not enough to attract the opposite sex.

Note, humans can survive with 2 meals a day, even one meals a day. Second note accompanying an anons comment, ramen IS dirt cheap, ranging at around 8 bucks for a box of 30 or so. now, going by the assumption that you have two meals a day, and only ramen, with 8 bucks you can eat for a month. If you have some money left over (which is unlikely, but just in case), invest in some vitamins or something. so in the end, 8x12=96, with around hundred dollars, you an live for an year.

@Exia:

"...cash out of thin air..."

Psssst. It's called, "counterfeiting currency".

You don't need 'leet engraving skills to do this, any more.

In these modern times, you need Photoshop skills. And who more likely to have Photoshop skills than otakus and NEETs?

QFT

Or maybe they just think 2D >>> 3D and invest the money otherwise spent on a real gf on 2D materials.

One will probably spend more on a real girlfriend than how much an otaku spends on his anime goods anyways.

It's called love. Starving for love.

better than having it trash by 3D girlfriend who got ignored...oh wait, maybe is the 3D girlfriend pulling the trigger!!!

And starve for the next half year.

starving for love, yet they still come out bigger than life

Ramen is dirt cheap y'know.

But Yui Posters are not! =P

Trash can is even cheaper.

The gun is actually shopped.

i believe that gun to be fake anyways

Rage of the Anons... What a waste

How could she cheat on him with every copy is unique. With their won unique receipts. Those other girls you saw are just clones of her. A 2D women would never cheat on you. It is theoretically impossible.

No, it's gunpoint rape.

Hawt

I can pity who I like.

Anons, may your posts have got "drivel" indicator, but I fully agree with you. May 2D is better than 3D, but this is pathetic.

Yeah, same here...

Humanity doesn't need your pity. They can pity theirselves.