Weeaboos: Anime' s Worst Enemy
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Oh, Whew! I thought I was pretty bad when it came to anime..now it seems that I'm not as bad, just bordering Otaku and not even remotely close to Weeaboos. HA! take that!!
is it me or does "weeaboo" sound like it should have a much more racist connotation?
Also, the fact that there is dissidence within the anime stan community is hi-fucking-larious.
Also, the fact that there is dissidence within the anime stan community is hi-fucking-larious.
I don't really get the difference to be honest. That's still a connection, their definition is connected by their interchanged usage by an influential subculture on the internet.Cynical skeptic said:
Just as slang that arises from either people intentionally making up new words, or saying real words in atrocious ways, wapanese was created as a portmanteau of "wannabe Japanese", and weeaboo got its current definition by its unintentional use do to a word filter(almost an internet equivalent of an accent).
Edit: Another point, If you wanted to use a word with some real recognition, you'd have to use Japanophile. Wapanese, while it more intuitive and a little less stupid sounding than weeaboo, is still just slang and not a scholarly established term.
Weeaboo does have a definition, though. It's synonymous with wapanese.Cynical skeptic said:
It's like how "dukes" became a word meaning "fists" in cockney.
First of all, here's your relevant movie: http://www.8asians.com/2010/09/24/collegehumor-anime-guy-goes-on-a-date/
2nd: I think it's hilarious that us "otaku" from back in the day somehow think these newfangled "weeaboo" kids are any worse than we were. They love anime just like we did, the difference is they have more options, more merch, and a much bigger microphone with which to shout their love from the rooftops of the Internet.
I did it all, man. The 90s were the 60s and anime was a never ending list of psychadelic drugs. Life was a haze of speed lines and power-ups.
But you grow out of it.
You get a job "to support the habit" but things like paying rent and having sex with real people start to become more important. Your brain craves deeper and richer forms of entertainment as you reach a point where you've "seen it all." Next thing you know, High School of the Dead starts to look like a gripping look at the issues surrounding the collapse of society, rather than a merciless horde of bouncing titties leaving a trail of boners in its wake.
Sure, I'll spark up a DVD here and there on the weekends, maybe have the old guys over for an 8-ball (the eight OAVs of Bubble Gum Crisis 2032), but at the end of the day we've moved on. Just be patient with the children while they get it out of their systems. Soon all this 'weeaboo' stuff will be the past that defines them.
2nd: I think it's hilarious that us "otaku" from back in the day somehow think these newfangled "weeaboo" kids are any worse than we were. They love anime just like we did, the difference is they have more options, more merch, and a much bigger microphone with which to shout their love from the rooftops of the Internet.
I did it all, man. The 90s were the 60s and anime was a never ending list of psychadelic drugs. Life was a haze of speed lines and power-ups.
But you grow out of it.
You get a job "to support the habit" but things like paying rent and having sex with real people start to become more important. Your brain craves deeper and richer forms of entertainment as you reach a point where you've "seen it all." Next thing you know, High School of the Dead starts to look like a gripping look at the issues surrounding the collapse of society, rather than a merciless horde of bouncing titties leaving a trail of boners in its wake.
Sure, I'll spark up a DVD here and there on the weekends, maybe have the old guys over for an 8-ball (the eight OAVs of Bubble Gum Crisis 2032), but at the end of the day we've moved on. Just be patient with the children while they get it out of their systems. Soon all this 'weeaboo' stuff will be the past that defines them.
I'm tired of these topics.
Look, there are fanatics of every sort and genre. The trick is (in our modern culture where the internet gives even the most obscure groups a global voice)to pay no heed. They're a harmless group of people who more or less feel ashamed of their native modern culture and want to be apart of someone else's pop culture.
I myself love philosophical and psychological animes/mangas,and I love Japanese and other Asian-Near Eastern cultures in their own right.
So would you call me a weaboo because I'm learnng Japanese and trying to understand Japanese art, culture, customs (while still being proud of my white German-American heritage)?
I don't think you would and most Otakus I know are very decent people, who seem far more down-to-earth than most Star Wars/Treky I've met.
Look, there are fanatics of every sort and genre. The trick is (in our modern culture where the internet gives even the most obscure groups a global voice)to pay no heed. They're a harmless group of people who more or less feel ashamed of their native modern culture and want to be apart of someone else's pop culture.
I myself love philosophical and psychological animes/mangas,and I love Japanese and other Asian-Near Eastern cultures in their own right.
So would you call me a weaboo because I'm learnng Japanese and trying to understand Japanese art, culture, customs (while still being proud of my white German-American heritage)?
I don't think you would and most Otakus I know are very decent people, who seem far more down-to-earth than most Star Wars/Treky I've met.
You can't get rid of fanboys of any type. This world is full of people who will go down fighting for whatever they love, regardless of how crappy some part of it may be. I see this as something resembling addictive behavior, only because they blind themselves to how repulsive they seem to just about everyone else around them. Its alright to be passionate about something but regardless of your passion, you aren't the only person who lives in the world and whatever it is you love isn't the only good thing in the world. Also, newsflash, there will be people who don't like what you do, or don't like it on the scale that you do, or (shocker) may even go as far as to hate on what you like/love. I don't understand obsessive behavior but I do believe that it is a problem for the person obsessing... But there is a difference between obsession and generally liking something. Just be careful not to cross that line, wherever it may be.
Well it's nice to see that you're developing as human beings on the internet.
A typical stage of teenagehood on the internet is finding figures to condescend, to feed the ego.
A typical stage of teenagehood on the internet is finding figures to condescend, to feed the ego.
Weeaboos are the reason I don't get into anime, for two reasons: 1. Im afraid I will become a Weeaboo (slim chance I know). and 2 I will look like a weeaboo to my friends and family (larger chance). So yeah, I don't like weeaboos.
I just hate people who refuse to watch anything that's not anime.
No they haven't seen Citizen Kane and they refuse to watch the Seventh Seal. Hell, they'd be caught dead before seeing Shawshank Redemption - but they've watched Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 40 times over.
No they haven't seen Citizen Kane and they refuse to watch the Seventh Seal. Hell, they'd be caught dead before seeing Shawshank Redemption - but they've watched Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 40 times over.
I think using the word weeaboo should equal a swift death.
Just looking at how it came about, and how people are still using it.. Fuck- the world was inherited by the meek, and I don't think Jesus meant it in a good way.
Just looking at how it came about, and how people are still using it.. Fuck- the world was inherited by the meek, and I don't think Jesus meant it in a good way.
All subcultures have a group that they consider cancerous. Gamers have fanboys, tabletop gamers have LARP-ers, and Anime afficionados have weeaboos.
Best you can do is hope they grow up, scale back and outgrow the rampant Japan fanperson-ism (like I did), or take comfort in knowing that if they don't, they will never have children and thus will not produce any weeaboolings.
Best you can do is hope they grow up, scale back and outgrow the rampant Japan fanperson-ism (like I did), or take comfort in knowing that if they don't, they will never have children and thus will not produce any weeaboolings.
I was going to reply to this thread... but this basically sums it up. Only thing that really pisses me off is thinking they know Japanese because they watch subbed anime. Ok so you know that Kawaii means Cute. Good job. You do not know sentence structure or how the language in general is spoken in terms of grammar and context.Aby_Z said:
I went through the effort of learning it in high school, 5 months of studying the alphabets and sentence structure. Most of it not having much point now because I just get labeled as one of them. Really irritating.
Or you can make some sweet cash like my girlfriend does interpreting over the phone. Japanese is one of the nicer ones. It's not too busy, but you get to charge more when it is needed so you don't have to work half as hard as people speaking Spanish or Cantonese.Kurokasumi said:
I never learnt it to an extent that I can translate or speak fluently. I learned enough maybe if I went to japan to be able to order my food or understand what someone is trying to ask me on the street. If that. Generally I just learnt the basics of formal speech in terms of asking for things, introducing myself, apologizing, thanking, etc. Trying to put together a paragraph is beyond what I learnt.burntheartist said:
Well that's the half of it I suppose. Seriously, ever find yourself pining for a career look for an immersion trip or something to push it to the next level. Good $$$.Kurokasumi said: