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visibleghost
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yeah thankfully it's usually a phase and most former weeaboos are actually ashamed of having once beeing a weeb.
Sometimes the phase just lasts too long smh
also I agree that it's more okay to mix the languages a bit more if you're really learning the language, even though it still is a bit weird in my opinion.
Like, just because I'm learning German doesn't mean that I'll go up to my friends and say "Guten morgen, dear friends!" every day in school :<
Dim
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My older brother and his girlfriend are so obsessed with Japanese anime it's disgusting. It gets in the way of their responsibility too. They live on their own now and rather than paying for important stuff like medical bills, they use their money for freaking conventions and anime figurines. It's annoying as hell.
Another thing that pisses me off is that all weeaboos say is "English Dub is so ********!" I only watch animes like Dragon Ball Z and Naruto and sometimes bleach but I prefer to watch it in ENGLISH DUB. I'd rather know what the hell they are saying rather than reading english subtitles and hearing random crap. English dub voices aren't ******** they are just used to hearing subbed voices.
Another thing that pisses me off is that all weeaboos say is "English Dub is so ********!" I only watch animes like Dragon Ball Z and Naruto and sometimes bleach but I prefer to watch it in ENGLISH DUB. I'd rather know what the hell they are saying rather than reading english subtitles and hearing random crap. English dub voices aren't ******** they are just used to hearing subbed voices.
Oldcatlady
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Ok there we go. They can be annoying, but aren't bad people.
Tbh, i would be annoyed if i constantly saw pictures of lets say cars on fb labbed "look at this mazda 3!!! so cute". it doesnt matter if it's anime or something else. So, if done in excess, it's gonna make my sigh and roll eyes.
Tbh, i would be annoyed if i constantly saw pictures of lets say cars on fb labbed "look at this mazda 3!!! so cute". it doesnt matter if it's anime or something else. So, if done in excess, it's gonna make my sigh and roll eyes.
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A lot of the dubs are really bad though, but i see what you mean
I agree that you should watch whatever version you want, but subs usually give you a better representation of what they're actually saying, so that's why a lot of people prefer subs. I watched attack on titan subbed then dubbed and the English script left out some of my favorite lines. from a person who started out by watching dubs, English voice actors are pretty terrible compared to the original, though there are always exceptions (I prefer inuyasha dubbed!!)
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I don't like dubbing for anything TBH, even TV programs and sht.
However, Black Butler is an eception, due to fact that why the *** would they be speaking Japanese in Victorian England?
However, Black Butler is an eception, due to fact that why the *** would they be speaking Japanese in Victorian England?
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Izzy Reincarnated
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its ok to "act Japanese", just do it right, and educate yourself.
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visibleghost
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oh no don't make this into a subbed vs dubbed thread pls
also Nox your brother and his gf have a serious problem ////
also Nox your brother and his gf have a serious problem ////
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I probably was one at one point, but not anymore.
I remember in like 7th or 8th grade, I got one of my friends into Hetalia. Couple days later she had all the character in her phone and all of their theme songs. She would constantly talk about Italy and Romanio.
I don't consider her a weeb but it became like a instant obsession. I wasn't sure if I should feel good about it or bad.
omg she liked black butler too and I'm like nooooo
I don't consider her a weeb but it became like a instant obsession. I wasn't sure if I should feel good about it or bad.
omg she liked black butler too and I'm like nooooo
I remember there was this one guy in high school who was a pretty big weeb. He's pretty much the only one I've personally come across (not counting the internet, because they're like rats on the internet. Bloody everywhere)
He just totally glorified Japan. Anime was instantly better than Western Cartoons by default, Japanese movies were better by default, Japanese history was better by default, Japanese culture was better by default, Japanese people were better by default...Just such an annoying and arrogant A-hole.
I wouldn't say I've ever had the cringey Weeb phase (thankfully). I've always liked a lot of Japanese stuff and find a lot of it extremely interesting, but the same can be said for a few countries/cultures, including my own (appreciating your own culture disqualifies you from 'weeb' status by default). I've never really obsessed over it, it's always just been one of many other things I've found interesting.
I do want to go to Japan, but mostly because I think it would just be an interesting place to visit as well as to see how wrong my expectations about it are.
One thing he used to do was to draw pictures of girls in the school in an anime art style in skimpy positions and revealing clothing. Now, to be fair, the pictures were really good, but this is a super f*cing creepy thing to do. He used to show them the pictures he drew of them and then get mad when they called him a weird pervert, apparently it being their fault they didn't appreciate softcore anime porn of themselves.
I remember when I gave him the benefit of the doubt and tried befriending him, which I almost immediately regretted. He asked what anime I liked to which I just said Naruto, Dragonaball and other generally 'mainstream' stuff I watched at the time because I liked it and I didn't care it was mainstream. He got so up on his high horse about all this 'real' anime he watched, how I wasn't really an anime fan because "Naruto doesn't count". He also got pretty self important around the fact that the only JRPG's I had played were Final Fantasy games and Kingdom Hearts, which again are apparently mainstream and don't count. Needless to say our friendship was short lived.
There was a time where I was on the bus going somewhere and he ended up getting on it. We exchanged pleasantries (because I was mostly forced to), but a group of people from our school got on the bus and started mocking him. We got off the bus and they followed him, so being 'Nice guy Tao' I thought it would be decent of me to walk with him (despite not liking him).
They forced him into a position where there was going to be a fight and I was ready to help him out (because this is bullying, and bullying just isn't right, even if he was a prick) and he just sort of like did that 'anime hero' thing of pushing me back like he was Goku or something and saying something along the lines of "I've got this". I swear to God, he started trying to do all these moves he saw in anime whilst shouting the names of these attacks (I didn't recognize them, it was just obviously anime inspired). It was one of those moments where you just watch in disbelief and wonder "is this really happening?"
It was super embarrassing to watch and yes, he got his butt thoroughly kicked. Thankfully they left me alone.
I remember when I gave him the benefit of the doubt and tried befriending him, which I almost immediately regretted. He asked what anime I liked to which I just said Naruto, Dragonaball and other generally 'mainstream' stuff I watched at the time because I liked it and I didn't care it was mainstream. He got so up on his high horse about all this 'real' anime he watched, how I wasn't really an anime fan because "Naruto doesn't count". He also got pretty self important around the fact that the only JRPG's I had played were Final Fantasy games and Kingdom Hearts, which again are apparently mainstream and don't count. Needless to say our friendship was short lived.
There was a time where I was on the bus going somewhere and he ended up getting on it. We exchanged pleasantries (because I was mostly forced to), but a group of people from our school got on the bus and started mocking him. We got off the bus and they followed him, so being 'Nice guy Tao' I thought it would be decent of me to walk with him (despite not liking him).
They forced him into a position where there was going to be a fight and I was ready to help him out (because this is bullying, and bullying just isn't right, even if he was a prick) and he just sort of like did that 'anime hero' thing of pushing me back like he was Goku or something and saying something along the lines of "I've got this". I swear to God, he started trying to do all these moves he saw in anime whilst shouting the names of these attacks (I didn't recognize them, it was just obviously anime inspired). It was one of those moments where you just watch in disbelief and wonder "is this really happening?"
It was super embarrassing to watch and yes, he got his butt thoroughly kicked. Thankfully they left me alone.
He just totally glorified Japan. Anime was instantly better than Western Cartoons by default, Japanese movies were better by default, Japanese history was better by default, Japanese culture was better by default, Japanese people were better by default...Just such an annoying and arrogant A-hole.
I wouldn't say I've ever had the cringey Weeb phase (thankfully). I've always liked a lot of Japanese stuff and find a lot of it extremely interesting, but the same can be said for a few countries/cultures, including my own (appreciating your own culture disqualifies you from 'weeb' status by default). I've never really obsessed over it, it's always just been one of many other things I've found interesting.
I do want to go to Japan, but mostly because I think it would just be an interesting place to visit as well as to see how wrong my expectations about it are.
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Hermione Granger
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This thread subject reminded me of this funny comic panel.
I think this comic is also where the meme "you uncultured swine" originated
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crystalchild
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ohhhh my god, i knew this would turn into people calling each other weebs. well done.
as a cosplayer and everything, i've met quite a few. i don't necessarily like or try to interact with them, but i'm fairly tolerant of their presence. hearing people scream 'kawaiiii!' and calling each other 'baka' sure is cringeworthy, but i just ignore them.
also, yes, homestuck is sht. the implications of coolkid getting it on with cranky dude was such a terrible move on hussie's part, what happened to "feeling pretty friggin MATRIMONIAL all a sudden"??? this is infidelity, and needs to stop.
as a cosplayer and everything, i've met quite a few. i don't necessarily like or try to interact with them, but i'm fairly tolerant of their presence. hearing people scream 'kawaiiii!' and calling each other 'baka' sure is cringeworthy, but i just ignore them.
also, yes, homestuck is sht. the implications of coolkid getting it on with cranky dude was such a terrible move on hussie's part, what happened to "feeling pretty friggin MATRIMONIAL all a sudden"??? this is infidelity, and needs to stop.
visibleghost
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This thread subject reminded me of this funny comic panel.
I think this comic is also where the meme "you uncultured swine" originated
lmao that's actually accurate
a weeb in my school keeps casually mentioning hentai. i swear one day i'm going to be done w/ his sht and punch him in the face
DJStarstryker
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Honestly, I generally just hear the term weeaboo used as an insult and never for anything positive. I really, really don't like the term. It's not quite as bad, but it feels almost like calling disabled people the r word. (Not bothering to type it out since it is usually blocked on forum software nowadays.)
Yes, there are some obnoxious people who are big fans of Japan. Generally, the most obnoxious people have never actually been to Japan and make assumptions about Japan that may or may not be accurate. An example of this is assuming every Japanese person watches anime and knows all of your favorites. No, that's not true. There's plenty of Japanese people who don't watch anime.
My problem with weeaboo is that people use it for the obnoxious people *and* the more reasonable people like me. They make me feel like I'm less of a person because of liking Japan.
I'm a big fan of Japan as a country. I went vacation there for a week and then I lived there for 3 years. There's some great things about it. I love the pop culture stuff and the food. I like how Japanese people are introverts like me, so strangers don't start up conversations with me in lines or while I'm buying stuff. I like how they are generally extremely polite; picking up trash after themselves, not blasting music loudly in public, apologizing if they bump into you accidentally, etc. Japan is super safe. You're not going to get robbed or shot. But Japan is also just like any other country. Meaning it's not perfect.
As much as I love Japan, here are the cons about it:
- Very high cost of living. An example: I paid about $50 for my electricity here in Atlanta last month. If I was still in Japan right now, using the same amount of power, I'd pay $150. It's worse when you have to run heat or A/C. Rent and land prices are stupidly expensive. Fruit is stupidly expensive. It keeps going.
- No work-life balance. It is not unusual for people to work 12-15 hours a day, 6 days a week. Using your vacation days that you earned is frowned upon. Yes, I am not joking. Your co-workers will give you a hard time if you take off of work too much.
- No green. This is mostly for Tokyo, but I saw very little green, as in plants, the time I lived there. You had to go out of your way to find it. I lived in a single family house, not attached to anything, and I had no yard. Seriously, not even a blade of grass. My house sat on concrete. This is not uncommon in Tokyo.
- Thin, leaky walls. The walls are super thin in Japan because of the construction style they have. Houses are VERY cold in the winter and it takes more electricity to keep it warm. You can hear everything through the walls. I'm a light sleeper, so every tiny noise woke me up. I could hear people just WALKING past my house and that would wake me up. That's insane. Normally you can't hear stuff that clearly (at least in American construction).
- The Japanese are generally xenophobic. I'm sorry, but if you aren't Japanese, the Japanese people will never completely respect or trust you and you will always be an outsider. That's how it is in a country that is over 97% one race.
Despite me listing all of those cons, I still love Japan. I would still live there if there wasn't the cost issues (again, it's expensive) and the visa issues (it's hard to permanently live in Japan legally if you're a foreigner). As an introvert and a fan of many Japanese things, I feel like I fit in there more than I do in the United States. But Japan also is NOT perfect. There's still certain things that the United States does better. I'm sure the same is true for other countries too - there's always going to be good sides and bad sides no matter which country it is.
Yes, there are some obnoxious people who are big fans of Japan. Generally, the most obnoxious people have never actually been to Japan and make assumptions about Japan that may or may not be accurate. An example of this is assuming every Japanese person watches anime and knows all of your favorites. No, that's not true. There's plenty of Japanese people who don't watch anime.
My problem with weeaboo is that people use it for the obnoxious people *and* the more reasonable people like me. They make me feel like I'm less of a person because of liking Japan.
I'm a big fan of Japan as a country. I went vacation there for a week and then I lived there for 3 years. There's some great things about it. I love the pop culture stuff and the food. I like how Japanese people are introverts like me, so strangers don't start up conversations with me in lines or while I'm buying stuff. I like how they are generally extremely polite; picking up trash after themselves, not blasting music loudly in public, apologizing if they bump into you accidentally, etc. Japan is super safe. You're not going to get robbed or shot. But Japan is also just like any other country. Meaning it's not perfect.
As much as I love Japan, here are the cons about it:
- Very high cost of living. An example: I paid about $50 for my electricity here in Atlanta last month. If I was still in Japan right now, using the same amount of power, I'd pay $150. It's worse when you have to run heat or A/C. Rent and land prices are stupidly expensive. Fruit is stupidly expensive. It keeps going.
- No work-life balance. It is not unusual for people to work 12-15 hours a day, 6 days a week. Using your vacation days that you earned is frowned upon. Yes, I am not joking. Your co-workers will give you a hard time if you take off of work too much.
- No green. This is mostly for Tokyo, but I saw very little green, as in plants, the time I lived there. You had to go out of your way to find it. I lived in a single family house, not attached to anything, and I had no yard. Seriously, not even a blade of grass. My house sat on concrete. This is not uncommon in Tokyo.
- Thin, leaky walls. The walls are super thin in Japan because of the construction style they have. Houses are VERY cold in the winter and it takes more electricity to keep it warm. You can hear everything through the walls. I'm a light sleeper, so every tiny noise woke me up. I could hear people just WALKING past my house and that would wake me up. That's insane. Normally you can't hear stuff that clearly (at least in American construction).
- The Japanese are generally xenophobic. I'm sorry, but if you aren't Japanese, the Japanese people will never completely respect or trust you and you will always be an outsider. That's how it is in a country that is over 97% one race.
Despite me listing all of those cons, I still love Japan. I would still live there if there wasn't the cost issues (again, it's expensive) and the visa issues (it's hard to permanently live in Japan legally if you're a foreigner). As an introvert and a fan of many Japanese things, I feel like I fit in there more than I do in the United States. But Japan also is NOT perfect. There's still certain things that the United States does better. I'm sure the same is true for other countries too - there's always going to be good sides and bad sides no matter which country it is.
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DJStarstryker (not quoting bc it's so long): I get what you mean. People sometimes call other people weeaboos as a joke, and I really dislike it because being a weeaboo is like not great at all, and being called one when you think you're not a weeaboo can be hurtful. I am guilty of kind of throwing the term around a bit too often, I guess, but yeah. ):
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