Japan gets weirder...

[Farnhamia]

This is why we should have dropped a third bomb.

Maybe it's because we dropped the first two.

[Exilia and Colonies]

This is why we should have dropped a third bomb.

Maybe it's because we dropped the first two.

Its not as if the American occupation was the basis for all modern Japanese culture or anything.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Not hurting anyone but is it healthy for themselves to live so deeply in fiction?

We're not discussing religion.

Zing!

[Scarsaw]

I'm sure, but Holocaust denial, even if you're being sardonic, can land you in a pretty uncompromising situation. So think about the content of your posts before actually doing it; you may advocate the dropping of the bomb, but that's your problem. It's common courtesy to at least stay neutral in cases like this.

Holocaust denial? Wasn't that a bit out of left field? I think you need a nice cup of tea there kid and enjoy the summer air for a while.

Anyway, about the topic. Japan rages like that have always scared me, and honestly, I have no clue why so many American teens find Japan so 'kawakii'!

[Lunatic Goofballs]

This is why we should have dropped a third bomb.

My gread-grandfather died in the radiation afterwards, when he went to help the survivors. I never got to meet him because of that, and his selfless nature was completely ignored in his death. So many good people were indiscriinately kileld on that day that I don't really see how you can bring yourself to say things like that.

I would have dropped stink bombs. *nod*

[North Suran]

Anyway, about the topic. Japan rages like that have always scared me, and honestly, I have no clue why so many American teens find Japan so 'kawakii'!

The Western love affair with Japanese culture - especially anime - pretty much started with Pokemon and Dragonball Z, before launching into an epidemic once anime became readily available from the Internet.

[Grave_n_idle]

Anyway, about the topic. Japan rages like that have always scared me, and honestly, I have no clue why so many American teens find Japan so 'kawakii'!

The Western love affair with Japanese culture - especially anime - pretty much started with Pokemon and Dragonball Z...

Wow. Not only are you wrong, you're wrong by decades. That's impressive.

[Conserative Morality]

Really? Pillow love?

[Anemos Major]

I'm sure, but Holocaust denial, even if you're being sardonic, can land you in a pretty uncompromising situation. So think about the content of your posts before actually doing it; you may advocate the dropping of the bomb, but that's your problem. It's common courtesy to at least stay neutral in cases like this.

Holocaust denial? Wasn't that a bit out of left field? I think you need a nice cup of tea there kid and enjoy the summer air for a while.

Anyway, about the topic. Japan rages like that have always scared me, and honestly, I have no clue why so many American teens find Japan so 'kawakii'!

Pfft. The summer air is humid, unfortunately, which has been on my nerves for weeks now.

'Kawaii'=cute. That's one thing I never understood about the transferral of Japanese culture to the West.

[Redwulf]

This is why we should have dropped a third bomb.

My gread-grandfather died in the radiation afterwards, when he went to help the survivors. I never got to meet him because of that, and his selfless nature was completely ignored in his death. So many good people were indiscriinately kileld on that day that I don't really see how you can bring yourself to say things like that.

I would have dropped stink bombs. *nod*

Personally I would have dropped the bong.

Think about it, they're sitting there living their mid-20th century Japanese lives, and suddenly everyone in Hiroshima and Nagasaki is laughing at everything and they all want some twinkys.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Anyway, about the topic. Japan rages like that have always scared me, and honestly, I have no clue why so many American teens find Japan so 'kawakii'!

The Western love affair with Japanese culture - especially anime - pretty much started with Pokemon and Dragonball Z...

Wow. Not only are you wrong, you're wrong by decades. That's impressive.

I watched 'Battle of The Planets' when I was a kid.

[Scarsaw]

'Kawaii'=cute. That's one thing I never understood about the transferral of Japanese culture to the West.

I know what kawaii is, I was using it to play off of the American teens who often use it for everything.

[YLOKANDIA]

But not all 2-D lovers, as Toru Honda recognized, are ready to cast reality aside entirely. I couldn’t help remembering what Nisan told me, Nemutan held tightly in his left arm, as we walked out of the restaurant to the parking lot. “Of course I want to get married,” he said as we drove back to West Hachioji station listening to his favorite Eurobeat CD. “But look at me. How can someone who carries this around get married? People are probably wondering what psychiatric ward I escaped from. I would think the same thing if I saw me.” He widened his eyes in self-ridicule, then, the next moment, his expression became somber. “I’m pretty conflicted inside. People say there are some otaku who don’t want to get married, but that’s not true. Some have so little confidence that they’ve just given up, but deep inside their souls, they want it just as much as anybody else.”


Well at first I also thought it was an epic fail but the above paragraph....I mean you have to sympathize with his plight. He did have a gf before, so we know that there are otaku who are very much capable of having and maintaining [real 3d relationships]......Well I don't know if it's because I'm an INFP (if u don't know go to humanmetrics.com and take the jung typology test....)who are very kind-hearted and can empathize with just about anybody but if you can't, your a cold person straight up.

[North Suran]

Anyway, about the topic. Japan rages like that have always scared me, and honestly, I have no clue why so many American teens find Japan so 'kawakii'!

The Western love affair with Japanese culture - especially anime - pretty much started with Pokemon and Dragonball Z...

Wow. Not only are you wrong, you're wrong by decades. That's impressive.

Or certainly for my generation, at least.


And what is it about the Internet that immediately removes all vestiges of politeness and tact?

[YLOKANDIA]

But not all 2-D lovers, as Toru Honda recognized, are ready to cast reality aside entirely. I couldn’t help remembering what Nisan told me, Nemutan held tightly in his left arm, as we walked out of the restaurant to the parking lot. “Of course I want to get married,” he said as we drove back to West Hachioji station listening to his favorite Eurobeat CD. “But look at me. How can someone who carries this around get married? People are probably wondering what psychiatric ward I escaped from. I would think the same thing if I saw me.” He widened his eyes in self-ridicule, then, the next moment, his expression became somber. “I’m pretty conflicted inside. People say there are some otaku who don’t want to get married, but that’s not true. Some have so little confidence that they’ve just given up, but deep inside their souls, they want it just as much as anybody else.”


Well at first I also thought it was an epic fail but the above paragraph....I mean you have to sympathize with his plight. He did have a gf before, so we know that there are otaku who are very much capable of having and maintaining REAL 3-D RELATIONSHIPS......Well I don't know if it's because I'm an INFP (if u don't know go to humanmetrics.com and take the jung typology test....)who are very kind-hearted and can empathize with just about anybody but if you can't, your a cold person straight up.

*I tried to italicize the phrase "real 3-d relationships" but I'm not proficient posting on forums xP

[Grave_n_idle]

I watched 'Battle of The Planets' when I was a kid.

Exactly. Who doesn't remember literally decades of japanese cartoons - not to mention the Godzilla movies...

[Grave_n_idle]

And what is it about the Internet that immediately removes all vestiges of politeness and tact?

Didn't you say: "This is why we should have dropped a third bomb"?

I'm just sayin'...

[North Suran]

And what is it about the Internet that immediately removes all vestiges of politeness and tact?

Didn't you say: "This is why we should have dropped a third bomb"?

I'm just sayin'...

As a joke.

A little different from picking up on an innocuous comment and breaking out the snark.

[Keferum]

This is why we should have dropped a third bomb.

This is a joke, for the love of God.

The first two probably caused this nonsense.

[Grave_n_idle]

And what is it about the Internet that immediately removes all vestiges of politeness and tact?

Didn't you say: "This is why we should have dropped a third bomb"?

I'm just sayin'...

As a joke.

A little different from picking up on an innocuous comment and breaking out the snark.

I just pointed out you were well, well wrong. Tactfully. I could have been mean about it.

On the other hand, your 'joke' about killing millions of people was ever so tactful.

[NERV arms conglomerate]

in my oppinion that otaku is a bit mad, buit as a western otaku, don't sully the otaku name, we aren't all 2D lovers, and i just happen to be an anime fan...

[North Suran]

I just pointed out you were well, well wrong. Tactfully. I could have been mean about it.

Surely you can see the difference between "You are wrong; Western infatutation with Japanese culture started way earlier than that" and "Wow. Not only are you wrong, you're wrong by decades. That's impressive".

On the other hand, your 'joke' about killing millions of people was ever so tactful.

Although it at least had the advantage of not being unnecessarily malicious.

[Greed and Death]

in my oppinion that otaku is a bit mad, buit as a western otaku, don't sully the otaku name, we aren't all 2D lovers, and i just happen to be an anime fan...

So what your saying is the wife you've been talking about all this time is a pillow ?

[Epicnopolis]

Japan...What the fuck is the matter with you

[Grave_n_idle]

I just pointed out you were well, well wrong. Tactfully. I could have been mean about it.

Surely you can see the difference between "You are wrong; Western infatutation with Japanese culture started way earlier than that" and "Wow. Not only are you wrong, you're wrong by decades. That's impressive".

On the other hand, your 'joke' about killing millions of people was ever so tactful.

Although it at least had the advantage of not being unnecessarily malicious.

You said: "The Western love affair with Japanese culture - especially anime - pretty much started with Pokemon and Dragonball Z..."

You were wrong. By decades.

It's over. Move on.