weeaboos

[Izzy Reincarnated]

japan is so sugoi desu.

i dont see a problem with using japanese words in english sentences, unless it's something serious

 

[Llust]

japan is so sugoi desu.

i dont see a problem with using japanese words in english sentences, unless it's something serious

its just annoying when people who know little to no japanese try mixing them and think theyre all that yet they all they do is try learning japanese from anime. theyre two completely different languages that arent meant to be mixed- like theres this person i know who'd say 'noo youll be a baka if you do that' and when you translate it either way, its not even proper grammar and doesnt make sense. shes basically saying 'youll be a idiot/stupid' which as i already mentioned, isnt proper grammar and just sounds stupid. thats just my opinion

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

its just annoying when people who know little to no japanese try mixing them and think theyre all that yet they all they do is try learning japanese from anime. theyre two completely different languages that arent meant to be mixed- like theres this person i know who'd say 'noo youll be a baka if you do that' and when you translate it either way, its not even proper grammar and doesnt make sense. shes basically saying 'youll be a idiot/stupid' which as i already mentioned, isnt proper grammar and just sounds stupid. thats just my opinion

who cares lmao

 

[emolga]

(there's quite of a few of em here, haha)

but yeah, i remember being called a weeaboo back in fifth grade. just so people know, it's not a compliment, it's an insult. so don't declare yourself a weeaboo and think it's some kind of cool status or something.

 

[Shimmer]

(there's quite of a few of em here, haha)

but yeah, i remember being called a weeaboo back in fifth grade. just so people know, it's not a compliment, it's an insult. so don't declare yourself a weeaboo and think it's some kind of cool status or something.

I find it hilarious when people declare "I'm not a weeaboo! I'm an otaku!"

Both are bad.

 

[emolga]

So what exactly makes someone a weeaboo :3

i think of them as people who claim they love japan but really don't give a rat's ass about it other than anime, try to incorporate anime into their daily life and wear wrist bands and stuff with really well-known anime. i also commonly see them use the emoticons XD, :3, owo, >w<, etc

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

I have a friend and she claims to be an otaku but she's not annoying at all. lol, she just loves anime

 

[emolga]

I find it hilarious when people declare "I'm not a weeaboo! I'm an otaku!"

Both are bad.

yeah, also otaku is considered a negative term so there's that as well

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I have a friend and she claims to be an otaku but she's not annoying at all. lol, she just loves anime

not all otakus or people who say they're otakus are necessarily bad, they just get grouped into a big clump and people kind of think of the stereotypical ones as all of them

 

[crystalmilktea]

who cares lmao

Japanese people

 

[Hermione Granger]

Nihon is so sugoi, guys! :3

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japan is so sugoi desu.

i dont see a problem with using japanese words in english sentences, unless it's something serious

Nah, but I'm actually curious: What is considered "serious"?

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

Japanese people

Japanese people use English words too, but I don't care.

 

[crystalmilktea]

Japanese people use English words too, but I don't care.

Japanese people are a minority. English is a universal language because of colonisation and history (i.e. white people expect others to know English). It's like how it's OK for an Asian to wear a business suit, but NOT ok for people to wear Geisha outfits as a Halloween costume.

http://mycultureisnotatrend.tumblr.com/post/781005138/on-reverse-cultural-appropriation

 

[mirukushake]

Japanese people use English words too, but I don't care.

I can tell you when Japanese people (especially those who know I speak Japanese or were already speaking in Japanese to me) start randomly throwing in English in our conversation, it's super annoying.

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

Japanese people are a minority. English is a universal language because of colonisation and history (i.e. white people expect others to know English). It's like how it's OK for an Asian to wear a business suit, but NOT ok for people to wear Geisha outfits as a Halloween costume.

http://mycultureisnotatrend.tumblr.com/post/781005138/on-reverse-cultural-appropriation

Ok but you're not even Japanese so....

In Japan, they don't have that kind of society where OO THATS RACIST THIS IS RACIST EVERYTHINGS RACIST

Hearing from actual Japanese people, they wouldn't be offended by that. Remember Avril Lavigne's Hello Kitty MV? Yeah, a lot of westerners found that offensive, but guess what, hearing from Japanese people in Japan, they didn't get offended at all.

So I think you're spouting nonsense at this point. (;

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I can tell you when Japanese people (especially those who know I speak Japanese or were already speaking in Japanese to me) start randomly throwing in English in our conversation, it's super annoying.

Ok but that's your problem.

 

[crystalmilktea]

Ok but you're not even Japanese so....

In Japan, they don't have that kind of society where OO THATS RACIST THIS IS RACIST EVERYTHINGS RACIST

Hearing from actual Japanese people, they wouldn't be offended by that. Remember Avril Lavigne's Hello Kitty MV? Yeah, a lot of westerners found that offensive, but guess what, hearing from Japanese people in Japan, they didn't get offended at all.

So I think you're spouting nonsense at this point. (;

I'm pretty sure every minority group feels uncomfortable when their culture is appropriated... black people are uncomfortable with others wearing their natural hairstyles, native americans are uncomfortable when people wear headdresses...

As a Chinese person, I am EXTREMELY uncomfortable when random people call out "Ni hao" to me (especially when they don't even know I'm Chinese or speak it- I don't speak mandarin).
How come when I speak my language, others tell me to stop speaking "ching chong" and learn English, but they can throw out "Ni hao"s to every Asian they see?

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

I'm pretty sure every minority group feels uncomfortable when their culture is appropriated... black people are uncomfortable with others wearing their natural hairstyles, native americans are uncomfortable when people wear headdresses...

As a Chinese person, I am EXTREMELY uncomfortable when random people call out "Ni hao" to me (especially when they don't even know I'm Chinese or speak it- I don't speak mandarin).
How come when I speak my language, others tell me to stop speaking "ching chong" and learn English, but they can throw out "Ni hao"s to every Asian they see?

Are you American? Or are you actually from China?

 

[crystalmilktea]

Are you American? Or are you actually from China?

I'm Chinese. Where I live doesn't change my ethnicity or my culture...?

 

[Izzy Reincarnated]

I'm Chinese. Where I live doesn't change my ethnicity or my culture...?

You act very American. You must live in a very un-diverse area. Those people who you talk about aren't really racist, I think they're just ignorant.
And for others to feel uncomfortable like that seems very American, as it has that kind of society where they take that kind of stuff super sensitively. It's stupid. I don't get why a black person would be offended with people wearing their hairstyles? If people did that to me I would think it's cool.

You need to stop being so sensitive and realize that's not racist.

 

[crystalmilktea]

You act very American. You must live in a very un-diverse area. Those people who you talk about aren't really racist, I think they're just ignorant.
And for others to feel uncomfortable like that seems very American, as it has that kind of society where they take that kind of stuff super sensitively. It's stupid. I don't get why a black person would be offended with people wearing their hairstyles? If people did that to me I would think it's cool.

You need to stop being so sensitive and realize that's not racist.

I'm not American, actually, and that has happened to me in every Caucasian-majority country I've visited.

So if aboriginal peoples ask others not to wear their headdresses, are they being sensitive? Have major music festivals banned headdresses because they suddenly became sensitive?
In a world where the acceptance of other cultures and ethnicities has continued to grow and progress, is respecting their wishes taking a step backwards?

There's a reason why blackface and yellowface is not accepted anymore in society...but back then people who were against it would have been called "sensitive" as well...

 

[oswaldies]

I hate when people say "Japanese and Chinese are the same" I want to punch them T~T