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Comments

[visp]

Imagine what you'd think of a foreigner who came to the USA because of some favorite obscure TV shows of his and that was all he wanted to talk about. You'd think it was kinda pathetic, wouldn't you?

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's kind of pathetic when people travel from elsewhere in the U.S. to Hollywood for the sake of Hollywood.

[visp]

But what if you want to be in movies? Where else would you go?

[(Anonymous)]

I mean for the sake of being in Hollywood, not job hunting in Hollywood. If you're going to Hollywood for the sake of job hunting in Hollywood, that's not pathetic -- possibly delusional, but obviously some people succeed, so whatever.

[othellia]

I think there's a difference between going to a city renown for its history in making movies and promoting itself as such vs an entire country.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, going to Japan as if it is Animeland is even MORE pathetic.

[othellia]

You do realize that's like saying, "Ugh... all those people who go to Vegas to gamble and see showgirls are so pathetic," right?

It's not only part of the city's history, but also part of their tourism market that puts a lot of local people in business.

[visp]

Well, I've never been there so I wouldn't know. Do they have good clubs and parties?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't know. Does Japan?

[visp]

Depends where you are and what your idea of a good time is. Tokyo has a good nightlife.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't follow your logic. Hollywood bills itself as THE place for movie making history. Maybe you want to take a tour or look at celebrity houses or something. If it's there, why not go see it?

The only way this would make sense for me is if you live there. I live by the beach, but I don't get tourists' love of it because...it's the beach. It's not all that great.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh.

I don't think I could ever not love the beach/ocean, regardless of how much time I've spent there.

[(Anonymous)]

...what?

"It's pathetic to travel to a tourist attraction for the sake of experiencing the tourist attraction."

Do you also hate it when people go to Disney World, Atlantic City, Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, etc?

[forgottenjester]

I've run into those people. They're so surprised that things aren't like the movies and are full of complaints. It's very... irritating.

[insolentwitch]

I live in Northern California, far from Hollywood and nowhere near the beach. I've had family members ask me how often I see celebrities and what it's like to go to the beach and surf everyday.

There have also been people who come to visit and are mad that it's not like it is in the movies and on TV. They expect the entire state to be like Hollywood and San Francisco rolled into a big ball. (The absolute worst is when they expect everyone who lives here to either be a stoner hippie stereotype, gay, or both. There's absolutely nothing wrong with people being either of those, but it's wrong to just assume that everyone in the state fits in two categories.)

[forgottenjester]

For a moment I thought your comment said "North Carolina" and I was like: 0_o

But yeah, I know what you mean. Trust me. Just FYI, a friend of mine now lives in Canada and that hippie/stoner/surfer/gay/do-you-know-this-celebrity? was the one of the main things she got from people. Still gets, actually, even though she's been there for years. Whenever she asks them why they think these ridiculous things about her* they respond, "Well, you know, you're Californian. They're like that. You're like the exception." It's happened so often she's just gotten to the faintly amused stage. So if you ever go there it's best to just say you're American and let it be.

And where I'm from, something that irritates me is that when some people get here they are so surprised that we're not flooded with white people** and can get really racist.

Or they expect the weather to be a certain way and curse the state instead of admitting it's their fault for not checking the weather in the area before coming.

That, or I live in a city near another city. People are constantly forgetting we're not the same city. It's always ends up with them complaining that other city is better and we should be them.

Oh gosh, I started rambling. It appears I have a lot of examples. Sorry about that. But hey, if you've got any more examples so we can even out our grievances I'm willing to listen.

*Some of these people are acquaintances/friends. You'd think they'd know better.
**We have a lot but apparently not as much as they wanted?

[brightblueink]

I lived in India for a time as a teenager, and I once had a man I'd NEVER seen before come up to me at the grocery store and ask, without any prompting, a string of questions like "Have you had sex with your boyfriend?" "Are you on drugs?" "Do you drink?"

Seriously, I almost punched the guy. The only thing I can figure is he wanted to know if I acted like a teen from an American drama would...

[forgottenjester]

I am so sorry that happened to you. That is horrible.

[brightblueink]

Meh, it's fine, it was probably something of a culture clash going on. My brother luckily dragged me away from the guy before I did anything stupid. ^^; And most people there were pretty polite and welcoming!

[forgottenjester]

Oh, I know it was probably just one fuckhead and he's not representative of anyone but himself. It's just a shitty thing to do to someone and I know how one bad thing can just ruin my whole day.

But at least it didn't last long and everyone else was great. I'm happy you had a great time there overall.

[visp]

Heh, you should have asked him "Do you randomly break out into song and dance routines for no reason?" Cause Bollywood says you do.

[brightblueink]

WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT.

[visp]

We always think of the perfect retort later.

Alas

OP

[(Anonymous)]

*shrug* I'm ESL, and obviously worded my secret badly.
I didn't go to Japan because of anime. I do watch anime, yes, but I studied a lot about East Asia for a long time, and I really like history, art, and architecture. I should have really liked Japan.
But you know, sometimes you travel places and it's amazing, and sometimes you just don't go crazy over it. I thought I would really enjoy Japan, but in my head now it doesn't really stand out. There's no logical reason for it.
Maybe it's because my trip was relatively short, so I couldn't properly absorb what I was seeing.

But because I like anime, I thought at least I can enjoy being fandomy, right? But I couldn't, because I just like obscure stuff. So I say, Japan was okay. It's not the most enjoyable trip I've had. It's not objective, it's just how I feel.

But if I say this to my friends, they will be like "what, Japan is so amazing, how can you not say you loved Japan?! It has so much history and culture!!!" also some of them are weeaboos.

Re: OP

[insolentwitch]

That makes sense. It seemed different in your secret, but language differences can cause problems. You explained it beautifully though.