[ SECRET POST #233 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #233 ⌋

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Have some more random bite links! Devilbats. ♥

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 131 secrets from Secret Submission Post #034.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, [ 1 2 ] not!fandom, [ 1 ] too big.
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Comments

[pretentioustfu.livejournal.com]

16: I know where Malaysia is, and WORD. Personally, I think weeaboo and wapanese are thrown around way too much. Yes, there are some creepy people who objectify and fetishize anything to do with Japan, but just because they exist doesn't make EVERYONE, even those who heavily ID with Japanese cultural ideas and want to live there, a weeaboo.

I hope no one's offended at the comparison but here goes:

I find the piling in of admirers, expats, fans, and everyone who as much as likes anime and manga and Japanese food or who thinks Masi Oka and Gackt are sexiness personified in their own ways as "weeaboo" or "wapanese," along with those who are truly uninformed, scary, and obsessive quite annoying. It's very much like people who pile everyone from the truly transgendered to men or women who vary just a little on gender roles in with the stereotypical drag queens and such.

There's a wide range of variance, and some are not just on the same contimum, but in an entirely different sphere of experience, and "weeaboo" and "wapanese" are often used as a pseudo-racist insult aimed at people solely for being appreciative of another culture.