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What's wrong with weeaboos?

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maid

Weeabos, wapanese, narutards, <insert your own creation here>...

I've seen it once too many times. Somebody says he/she likes anime, and then somebody else says "but you don't like Japan, so you're a weeaboo!", followed by an immediate reply saying they really like many other things in addition to anime, about Japan.

There seems to be some kind of taboo towards people who like anime, yet don't care about Japan, its culture or its language, and I would like to ask you, my follow forum members what you think about that.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
giascle

A weeaboo is someone who thinks they would be accepted in Japan solely for their love of anime. A normal anime fan is not a weeaboo.

/thread

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Mistress Antika

It's different "liking anime" and being a narutard a wapanese or a weeaboo.

Here's Urban Dictionary's description of those.

Weeaboo
Someone who is obsessed with Japan/Japanese Culture/Anime, etc. and attempts to act as if they were Japanese, even though they're far from it. They use Japanese words but usually end up pronouncing them wrong and sounding like total assholes. You can find alot of these faggots clogging up the forums of Gaia Online, hanging out in the international aisle of the supermarket, or crowding the manga section of your local bookstore.

Wapanese
Wannabe Japanese = Wapanese

Narutard
A person who obsesses over Naruto immensely. Who can quote almost every line, wear's their headband proudly, and want's to kill Viz for making Naruto say believe it.

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It's not the person that is irritating, is that they're so damn obsessed (and fail).

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
maid

antika said:
It's not the person that is irritating, is that they're so damn obsessed (and fail).

You can be damn obsessed with anything (and fail), and not have the hate weeaboos have. For instance, I know lots of people who like association football (AKA. Soccer), yet they don't care about England, and can't play decently themselves. Actually these people can even fight violently for their obsession, and be called manly because of that...

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Misakite

"Kyaaaaaaa NaruSasu's so kawaii desu~~~~!!!"

How can you not get pissed at this.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Ribbons

Anime, unfortunately, is seen as still being souly for children over in the West and Europe due to the marketing strategies broadcasting companies have undertaken to make sure they profit off of it.

For example, my boss goes away on union business a lot and she travels with a fellow colleague who also happens to be a Transformers fan. On one specific trip, there was a Transformers convention that he decided to attend when he was done with work, and brought back merchandise to their hotel room. The way she described him - sad, pathetic, childish, unadvancing in his career - while shooting looks at me to gauge my reactions, is the exact mentality a lot of people hold towards those who are still into cartoons once past adolescence. You're not viewed as an adult in their eyes. You're viewed on the same level as the grocery store cashiers; someone who hasn't accepted their responsibilities and therefore needs to be treated as such.

So, when people throw in other interests after telling people they like anime, it's to somehow preserve that "adult" mentality people will have of them.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
maid

Misakite said:
"Kyaaaaaaa NaruSasu's so kawaii desu~~~~!!!"

How can you not get pissed at this.

Whetever, if she likes it, what's wrong about that?

Ribbons said:
So, when people throw in other interests after telling people they like anime, it's to somehow preserve that "adult" mentality people will have of them.

Couldn't agree more with you. And they don't realize the ones who make that are adults, and to make something enjoyable they must enjoy it themselves. Sad indeed.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Mistress Antika

maid said:

You can be damn obsessed with anything (and fail), and not have the hate weeaboos have. For instance, I know lots of people who like association football (AKA. Soccer), yet they don't care about England, and can't play decently themselves. Actually these people can even fight violently for their obsession, and be called manly because of that...

There's a fine line between loving something very much and being obsessed with something. Misakite has a point too, some people are plain annoying and it's not just because they're into anime.

I understand how it is to be obsessed with something. I'm a yaoi fangirl, but still I don't go talking about yaoi 24/7 or try to get everyone to like it. That would be annoying.

Whetever, if she likes it, what's wrong about that?

Well good, if you have the patience for that, sure. I don't. Specially in conventions with those stupid people playing all cute and hugging every person they see? If they think they can jump me just because, that gives me the right to tell them to get the fuck off me.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Misakite

I personally hate weeaboos mostly because they abuse the japanese language.
They use words they hear frequently in anime, even though they have no real knowledge of the language itself, and start replacing words in their sentences in it.
The result is a mess of two languages, paired together with high-pitched voices and 'Kyaaaaaa's, which they seem to think is a normal way of screaming.
I don't see how you can not find that annoying. They're practically rubbing it in your face about how proud they are from watching a few mainstream anime and reading a few yaoi fanfictions.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Envoy Loves You

maid said:

You can be damn obsessed with anything (and fail), and not have the hate weeaboos have. For instance, I know lots of people who like association football (AKA. Soccer), yet they don't care about England, and can't play decently themselves. Actually these people can even fight violently for their obsession, and be called manly because of that...

That's because physical sport (teams of men colliding with other men) is the non-practical evolution of the fighting-for-a-sex-partner ritual. Hence, it is "manly". Anime, on the other hand is associated with big eyed girls with high pitch voices and cute stuff, traditionally a female domain.
And guys being into (perceived) girly stuff is a big no-no, because that equates that guy being gay. And gay means you don't breed. Which undermines the survival of the species.

And most otaku is male. The hate just spills over the female otaku by association.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
maid

Misakite said:
I personally hate weeaboos mostly because they abuse the japanese language.

I wonder if those responsible for creating all modern languages by importing words from other languages were also hated in their time.

the-envoy said:

That's because physical sport (teams of men colliding with other men) is the non-practical evolution of the fighting-for-a-sex-partner ritual. Hence, it is "manly". Anime, on the other hand is associated with big eyed girls with high pitch voices and cute stuff, traditionally a female domain.
And guys being into (perceived) girly stuff is a big no-no, because that equates that guy being gay. And gay means you don't breed. Which undermines the survival of the species.

And most otaku is male. The hate just spills over the female otaku by association.

Can't argue with you there...

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
giascle

maid said:

I wonder if those responsible for creating all modern languages by importing words from other languages were also hated in their time.

Did you really just imply adapting new words from other languages is the same as randomly replacing words we already have?

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
maid

giascle said:

Did you really just imply adapting new words from other languages is the same as randomly replacing words we already have?

It was just a thought... I don't mean to compare a bunch of adolescents with some great linguists. But what's the problem with including words from other languages from time to time? Haven't you ever done that?

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Misakite

maid said:

It was just a thought... I don't mean to compare a bunch of adolescents with some great linguists. But what's the problem with including words from other languages from time to time? Haven't you ever done that?

Using it in a logical way, yeah. Not using it to squeal over things you like.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
giascle

Adding the word "tycoon" to the English language when we didn't have a good equivalent is different from saying "baka" even though we already have "stupid".

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
VVayfarer

Nothing's wrong with weeaboos. The people that hate them usually do so because they learn that behavior from those around them or they've been 'weeaboos' themselves, being unable to accept their past self because that would challenge their contemporary beliefs and their feeling of "having improved".

This doesn't necessarily apply to everyone, but at least 90% if not more 'anti-weeaboos' seem to fall under either of those.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Envoy Loves You

giascle said:
Adding the word "tycoon" to the English language when we didn't have a good equivalent is different from saying "baka" even though we already have "stupid".

Like saying "amigo" when there is already "friend"?

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Ribbons

maid said:
Couldn't agree more with you. And they don't realize the ones who make that are adults, and to make something enjoyable they must enjoy it themselves. Sad indeed.

The Japanese culture has developed a stigma of "if it's weird, it comes from there" from foreigners in the West, so in hindsight a lot of Japanese culture isn't even taken seriously to begin with.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
Misakite

vvayfarer said:
Nothing's wrong with weeaboos. The people that hate them usually do so because they learn that behavior from those around them or they've been 'weeaboos' themselves, being unable to accept their past self because that would challenge their contemporary beliefs and their feeling of "having improved".

This doesn't necessarily apply to everyone, but at least 90% if not more 'anti-weeaboos' seem to fall under either of those.

Your psychological analysis is way off and unneeded, dear sir.

imo, weeaboos are just another kind of annoying.

Like a random kid in a shopping mall following you around and pinching you for no reason.
Or a teenage girl right beside you on the train yakking as loud as she can into her phone.
Or a man who spreads out his legs to take up two seats on the bus.
Or your neighbours blasting music you don't like at 4am in the morning.
Or your roommate who never seems to remember to flush the toilet.
Or a car down the street that constantly lets off its car alarm for no reason.
Or your 8-year old cousin nagging at you over your shoulder as you play Halo, telling you to get into the Warthog.

You get what I mean.

Posted 5 years ago # Quote
maid

vvayfarer said:
Nothing's wrong with weeaboos. The people that hate them usually do so because they learn that behavior from those around them or they've been 'weeaboos' themselves, being unable to accept their past self because that would challenge their contemporary beliefs and their feeling of "having improved".

This doesn't necessarily apply to everyone, but at least 90% if not more 'anti-weeaboos' seem to fall under either of those.

You are completely right. Just like the transformers' example above. I find that someone who likes something and doesn't hide it is much more honest than that who likes it yet hides it, and much more interesting than that who stopped liking it just because of social pressure...

the-envoy said:

Like saying "amigo" when there is already "friend"?

This

Misakite said:

Your psychological analysis is way off and unneeded, dear sir.

imo, weeaboos are just another kind of annoying.

Like a random kid in a shopping mall following you around and pinching you for no reason.
Or a teenage girl right beside you on the train yakking as loud as she can into her phone.
Or a man who spreads out his legs to take up two seats on the bus.
Or your neighbours blasting music you don't like at 4am in the morning.
Or your roommate who never seems to remember to flush the toilet.
Or a car down the street that constantly lets off its car alarm for no reason.
Or your 8-year old cousin nagging at you over your shoulder as you play Halo, telling you to get into the Warthog.

You get what I mean.

Nobody is forcing you to view their youtube video, or hang out with them whatsoever...

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