[ SECRET POST #235 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #235 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

- Sorry for the late, fell asleep on the train :D;

Secrets Left to Post: 08 pages, 110 secrets from Secret Submission Post #034.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, 0 not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [1] too big, [1] repeat.
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Comments

Re: tl;dr

[pretentioustfu.livejournal.com]

non-tl;dr answer:

STFU.


answer if you're actually interested in what I have to say:
No. People are objectifying (in a dehumanizing way) otaku and non-otaku persons interested in Japanese culture by lumping all of us in with the worst of weeaboo. Though I don't see any point in arguing this with you since you're only going to mock me for it anyway.

Re: tl;dr

[yummycoffee.livejournal.com]

People are objectifying (in a dehumanizing way)...

Ah okay, I understand what you mean now. I would have mocked you for just saying "STFU" and leaving it at that. Also for the record, I read your whole post, I am not the type that thinks "tl;dr" unless it's literally several pages worth of writing at a teeny tiny point size that make my eyes bleed.

And I'm quite aware that not all people who like anime or manga or Japanesey/Asian things are crazy, smelly otaku (I mean, I like anime, manga and asian things and I don't even come close to matching the otaku profile). But just because I know this, isn't going to change the fact that there are people out there that ARE crazy, smelly otaku furthering the stereotype for the rest of us.

Re: tl;dr

[pretentioustfu.livejournal.com]

*nods* I apologize for that. I thought from your icon that you were a /b/ person, and most people who are from there don't like actually engaging people, just yelling and trolling and running, and whose favorite out to discussion is that "it's tl;dr so fuck you."

Agreed. However, I see the problem not as that some people further the stereotype, but that in our attempts to make sure that we aren't seen as furthering the stereotype, we make it much harder from people to go to the stereotype to not (e.g. "why bother if they're going to hate me for who I used to be anyway?") AND we make it a lot easier for all of us to be hated, especially if we're trying to keep up appearances for people who are convinced that even trying not to be a weeaboo makes us a weeaboo.

Re: tl;dr

[yummycoffee.livejournal.com]

Oh, haha yeah, when I made that icon I was thinking, "Wow, Nodame looks like she's reading something stupid (in context she was trying to study German), what do I think is stupid? Oh /b/, perfect." :D

"why bother if they're going to hate me for who I used to be anyway?" Well who knows if that is what some people are thinking, but they are better off not having friends who think changing oneself for the better is a bad thing. I mean, sure it might be a topic that will get them made fun of for quite some time, but it's something done in jest that could more often than not simply be stopped if the person in question tells their friends how much it upsets them. But then communicating is something us humans pretty much suck at.