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crystalmilktea
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just wanted to let you know that how oppa =/= senpai, otaku =/= weeaboo in Japanese...at least in the video you posted, it clearly shows that Otaku just means "nerd/geek". So in that context I would equivalate otaku to just being fans of something (someone said they're a Helly Kitty otaku, you can hardly compare that to being a weeaboo since there is no Hello Kitty culture XD).
I think it'll be hard to find something from someone in Japan about weeboos, since I'm sure the term only exists in English (and you don't like listening to the opinions of Japanese people who don't live in Japan).
But something you might be able to actually compare it to is how black people feel about other people wearing grills, cornrows, dreads, using their slang, etc.?
I mean I guess like all things, some people will be offended by weeaboos and others won't. But because it's not 100% in support of it, you shouldn't discredit their feelings by calling it completely harmless...?
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Do all weebaoos have to disrespect the culture? :3
crystalmilktea
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Nope, there are definitely 'degrees'? Honestly I wouldn't call someone who watches a lot of anime a weeaboo anyways. Everyone has their own definition of a weeaboo, so I can't speak for everyone either. It really comes down to those who think they know all about the culture and want/try to be Japanese.
Yes. It's part of the Terms and Conditions you have to agree to when you apply for Weeabooship and are given your religious waifu cuddle pillow from the Senpaii Six, the mighty weeaboo founders.
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crystalmilktea
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Also if anyone accused me of being a weeaboo because I like Pocky, ramen, or Hello Kitty (and bubble tea even though it's not even Japanese) I would retaliate because those are part of my childhood thanks to globalization and the trade industry
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crystalmilktea
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Ahh ok sorry, my bad. Just got confused because of all the stuff about us being sensitive and uncultured, not being real Asian people because we don't live in Asia, and your example of wearing other cultures being fine like how you think it's ok to wear a hijab even if you're not muslim.
Izzy Reincarnated
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I say that because if you grow up in the place, you are more likely to know the society and the culture and the mindset of the people. And if you respect the culture, I don't care what you wear.
crystalmilktea
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You can be immersed in a culture and not have grown up there...but fyi I have a dual citizenship, go back to Asia every year and can even run for president there so you shouldn't be so quick to say that someone isn't part of a culture :/
And fair enough, (although I think wearing a hijab if you're not muslim is disrespectful--but that's another topic)
Was browsing YouTube and found this, which applies to both weeaboos and koreaboos! General rule of thumb is you're ok as long as you're not treating it as an accessory/generalizing a whole country.
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Alienfish
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Of course otaku and weeaboo are two different things, especially since otaku is more like an obsession with certain thing(s) and being a weeb is more a disrespectful of the whole culture and country.
Regarding oppa and senpai, not they are not the same thing, but from my reading context of the post whoever wrote that seemed to think they were, or used it in a "love you senpai" way to address th who(m)ever the post was directed to.
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In the west, sure, but if you're a woman and you're visiting certain Muslim-majority countries, it's disrespectful not to wear one.
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Izzy Reincarnated
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Well in Iran it's like that. All women have to wear hijabs no matter their religion when they are outside, or else they go to jail.
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aliscka
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I went through my weeby stage kind of early (from 8-13) and so I was grown out of it by eighth grade. Granted, I was still an obnoxious kid but I was also 14.
I met this girl who liked anime as much as I did. Only where I was mostly lowkey about it, she was ending her sentences with 'nya' and 'desu' and when she found out I like Gaara from Naruto she threatened to kill me because 'that's my hubby-chan!'
Enter ninth grade where I'm still pretty lowkey about it. I have my other friends who are weeby and still call me 'Betsony' (what my name sounds like translated into Japanese) and yeah, I still really like anime. But I'm not out there about it. I actually was trying to learn Japanese, read books on the culture, was really getting into a bunch of other things besides anime and manga. So I decided to start a Japanese Culture Appreciation club. Yes, anime was going to be apart of it, but it was more broadly about Japan's people, customs, history, etc..
Well, the only people that show up are weebs. Good GOD the weebs. This is also when MLP;FIM was fairly popular so I had sweaty, smelly, obnoxious bronies show up. The seniors that showed up weren't really weebs but did like anime and were convinced that I, as a younger anime fan, was just a 'weeb' and didn't deserve any respect.
Everyone in that club treated me like crap. I tried my best to make everyone happy; brought in anime, some traditional Japanese games, art books, books on the culture, etc.. NOTHING WAS GOOD ENOUGH. The weebs were just weird and would scream and shout because they were imitating their favorite characters and the seniors would sit there, doing nothing but complaining about how stupid the club was and how boring, etc (then why were you there? damn)
Long story short, I still kind of like animes, but mostly I've disregarded the genre for it's usually sexist, rapey tropes and the fans, who are obnoxious *******s. And I will never ever attend another convention to save my life (Naruto fans, you sicken me.)
I met this girl who liked anime as much as I did. Only where I was mostly lowkey about it, she was ending her sentences with 'nya' and 'desu' and when she found out I like Gaara from Naruto she threatened to kill me because 'that's my hubby-chan!'
Enter ninth grade where I'm still pretty lowkey about it. I have my other friends who are weeby and still call me 'Betsony' (what my name sounds like translated into Japanese) and yeah, I still really like anime. But I'm not out there about it. I actually was trying to learn Japanese, read books on the culture, was really getting into a bunch of other things besides anime and manga. So I decided to start a Japanese Culture Appreciation club. Yes, anime was going to be apart of it, but it was more broadly about Japan's people, customs, history, etc..
Well, the only people that show up are weebs. Good GOD the weebs. This is also when MLP;FIM was fairly popular so I had sweaty, smelly, obnoxious bronies show up. The seniors that showed up weren't really weebs but did like anime and were convinced that I, as a younger anime fan, was just a 'weeb' and didn't deserve any respect.
Everyone in that club treated me like crap. I tried my best to make everyone happy; brought in anime, some traditional Japanese games, art books, books on the culture, etc.. NOTHING WAS GOOD ENOUGH. The weebs were just weird and would scream and shout because they were imitating their favorite characters and the seniors would sit there, doing nothing but complaining about how stupid the club was and how boring, etc (then why were you there? damn)
Long story short, I still kind of like animes, but mostly I've disregarded the genre for it's usually sexist, rapey tropes and the fans, who are obnoxious *******s. And I will never ever attend another convention to save my life (Naruto fans, you sicken me.)
Alienfish
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Interesting story, however my weeb phase was more that I was into 90s-early 00s visual kei like Dir en grey and Malice Mizer(I still like some Mizer songs when Klaha was the singer but now I'm almost exclusively into Japanese oldies let alone Ayu and some indie stuff).
Sure I did like anime and manga(even drew my own manga/comic thing in like.. 6th or 7th grade maybe.. I was never into this hubby/waifu thing cause it wasn't as internet-ized as it is today..Mostly cause I read so many series I guess lel.
And yeah I hated how obnoxious and hardcore some people were, like if you don't know/like their favorite series you are nothing or if you don't share my love for whatever mainstream series you're sooo bad. Glad it wasn't like that then cause there weren't that many people at my school who was into it anyways
Izzy Reincarnated
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Wow, some people are just....ugh
That must've been madly wildly intensely incredibly amazingly very stupendously tremendously beyound oh so ANNOYING.
Sorry you had to go through that, dumb weebs ugh
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