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zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Lol that not liking anime equals racism

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atelier morgan
Mar 11, 2003

super-scientific, ultra-gay

Lipstick Apathy
zoux's shotgun approach to trolling did hit a legit problem with japan's war apologia

be less of a poo poo shinzo abe (though i guess he didn't go to yasukuni last year, that's a step up)

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


V. Illych L. posted:

the presenter here looks creepy as all get-out

vice magazine ....... bad???? :wth:

zoux posted:

Lol that not liking anime equals racism

it doesn't, but you're also a racist

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

icantfindaname posted:

why? to give you a strawman to continue your hilarious racism?

zoux's weird poo poo aside idol culture is actually hosed up as hell and i'm curious why its a Thing in japan but nowhere else in the world

like legitimately, what made it that big of a Thing there

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

zoux posted:

Did you know that the practice of taking secret upskirt pics of unaware women was so rampant in japan that japanese phones now come with a camera shutter sound effect that cannot be disabled

this is all phones, grampa zoux

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS

euphronius posted:

Steve jobs was an idiot on labor issues

He might actually have been evil

Steve Jobs had good views on alternative medicine, though.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Im not doing weird poo poo

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

Literally The Worst posted:

zoux's weird poo poo aside idol culture is actually hosed up as hell and i'm curious why its a Thing in japan but nowhere else in the world

like legitimately, what made it that big of a Thing there

this isnt me asking you to explain it i'm just musing out loud because it's interesting, to me

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


Literally The Worst posted:

zoux's weird poo poo aside idol culture is actually hosed up as hell and i'm curious why its a Thing in japan but nowhere else in the world

like legitimately, what made it that big of a Thing there

otakus to market them to because of japan's hellishly repressive social atmosphere, like all their other problems

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

icantfindaname posted:

otakus to market them to because of japan's hellishly repressive social atmosphere, like all their other problems

Problems? Sounds like racism to me im afraid -_-

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

icantfindaname posted:

otakus to market them to because of japan's hellishly repressive social atmosphere, like all their other problems

not now, to start with

it didnt just appear overnight

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


if you can't actually distinguish between "japanese artistic sensibilities are inferior" or "japanese artistic sensibilities are separate but equal to the grand aryan ones and should not mix" and "japan has social problems" then laffo

Literally The Worst posted:

not now, to start with

it didnt just appear overnight

Neither did the otakus?

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold
so the trump live stream is going well

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747
or are oyu saying its symptomatic of japan's "market to your niche so they'll spend a bunch of money" marketing strategy, just taken to its logical conclusion

WoodrowSkillson
Feb 24, 2005

*Gestures at 60 years of Lions history*

cartoons are for children

Raskolnikov38
Mar 3, 2007

We were somewhere around Manila when the drugs began to take hold
the little gray guy bounces around like the ball from pong FYI

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS

icantfindaname posted:

otakus to market them to because of japan's hellishly repressive social atmosphere, like all their other problems

Repressive social atmosphere is the only thing that keeps otaku in check, though.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

icantfindaname posted:

if you can't actually distinguish between "japanese artistic sensibilities are inferior" or "japanese artistic sensibilities are separate but equal to the grand aryan ones and should not mix" and "japan has social problems" then laffo

You apparently are

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good
Anime is really good.

Randler
Jan 3, 2013

ACER ET VEHEMENS BONAVIS
Not all cultures or societies are equally valid.

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


zoux posted:

You apparently are

"NO U"


Literally The Worst posted:

or are oyu saying its symptomatic of japan's "market to your niche so they'll spend a bunch of money" marketing strategy, just taken to its logical conclusion

yes

it's not like idol stuff doesn't exist in the US, look at miley cyrus or whatever, it's just the degree that's different and worse

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

Anime is really good.

Impossible!!!

Disinterested
Jun 29, 2011

You look like you're still raking it in. Still killing 'em?

Randler posted:

Repressive social atmosphere is the only thing that keeps otaku in check, though.

people openly read tentacle porn on the metro in Japan

kustomkarkommando
Oct 22, 2012

Literally The Worst posted:

zoux's weird poo poo aside idol culture is actually hosed up as hell and i'm curious why its a Thing in japan but nowhere else in the world

like legitimately, what made it that big of a Thing there

idol culture isnt that far removed from the early pop music industry in the west, I mean like up until about the late 60s - but then you had a brief revival of the factory style music stables in the 80s with people like stock aitken waterman

the western pop industry kind of veered off in another direction but if they stuck to what they were doing in 61 to the present day you would wind up with the idol system.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006


Is flailing around like an idiot your standard reaction to The Defamation of Anime

Pirate Radar
Apr 18, 2008

You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

zoux posted:

You apparently are

he apparently is what, separate but equal to aryan sensibilities?

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


Disinterested posted:

people openly read tentacle porn on the metro in Japan

i saw a dude watching porn in the campus library the other day. american culture is clearly inferior

GhostofJohnMuir
Aug 14, 2014

anime is not good

zoux posted:

Impossible!!!

I'm watching good anime right now.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

kustomkarkommando posted:

idol culture isnt that far removed from the early pop music industry in the west, I mean like up until about the late 60s - but then you had a brief revival of the factory style music stables in the 80s with people like stock aitken waterman

the western pop industry kind of veered off in another direction but if they stuck to what they were doing in 61 to the present day you would wind up with the idol system.

Erm I dont think western pop stars are forced to shave their heads as penance and give tearful apologies for dating someone

ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


WoodrowSkillson posted:

cartoons are for children

even the pornographic ones? you're a monster

Disinterested
Jun 29, 2011

You look like you're still raking it in. Still killing 'em?

icantfindaname posted:

i saw a dude watching porn in the campus library the other day. american culture is clearly inferior

you seem upset

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

Anime is really good.

tokusatsu is better

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


zoux posted:

Erm I dont think western pop stars are forced to shave their heads as penance and give tearful apologies for dating someone

is this a defense of the Disney tween idol mill?

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Chantilly Say posted:

he apparently is what, separate but equal to aryan sensibilities?

Unable to distinguish between someone levelling correct critiques ofbthe problematic nature of anime and someone being racist

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

I'm watching good anime right now.

What is it

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

icantfindaname posted:

is this a defense of the Disney tween idol mill?

Come on dude

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

icantfindaname posted:

is this a defense of the Disney tween idol mill?

U leap to some pretty absurd conclusions, guy

icantfindaname
Jul 1, 2008


Disinterested posted:

you seem upset

i wasn't upset about it but then i'm not upset by the existence of pornography in japan or people watching it per se either, as long as its not pedo poo poo or whatever

Soup du Jour
Sep 8, 2011

I always knew I'd die with a headache.

zoux posted:

Erm I dont think western pop stars are forced to shave their heads as penance and give tearful apologies for dating someone

did you even read the second half of that post

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ReidRansom
Oct 25, 2004


zoux posted:

Erm I dont think western pop stars are forced to shave their heads as penance and give tearful apologies for dating someone

western pop stars aren't marketed to men

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