Psycho Society posted:

Why defend anime's honor when even Miyazaki thinks it's trash

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

Just saying that hating on anime nerds because of their hobbies is really juvenile poo poo and is not a good look. It does not make you seem like the bigger man/woman. In fact, it makes you seem like a dumb as heck middle school rear end in a top hat. Goons and other people on the internet have a hard-on for hating on anime, which literally not a single person out in the real world cares about, as long as said anime nerds aren't ultra annoying and incredibly socially inept about their interests. Which most people aren't. The vocal minority of the worst kinds of weirdos is not your typical anime fan out in the wild. I have plenty of friends who are into anime and it's just one of their many other hobbies that makes up who they are. Anime is good and cool and you all suck.

monkeytennis posted:

Exactly. And I think the only reasonable response is to leave HIS bedroom door open so that anime tentacle rape porn jerker can't help but see him smashing her back doors in when he walks by to go to the WC.

Bonus point for looking him in the eye and giving two 'thumbs up' gesture without breaking stroke. Or her noticing.

Waterbed Wendy posted:

Please post your favorite animes so we can judge you to see if you are "one of the good ones" or not. Tia.

tactlessbastard posted:

Let me cut to the chase:

Artsy thing
Artsy thing
Cute but creepy thing
Cute but creepier thing
Buckwild pedophilic rape thing

DragQueenofAngmar posted:

Let me say that there is nothing wrong with watching some animes. I like Miyazaki and cowboy bebop and stuff

The problem is that a huge amount of people who like anime just like literally anything that is animated and comes from japan and assume that you are the same. It's really loving bizzare, it'd be like saying you like "books." Not a certain genre or anything, just any words on paper. These people will find out that you like princess mononoke and say "oh so you like anime? Have you watched *gross sexualizing high school situational comedy #857*? Let me tell you ALL about it"

empty sea posted:

Where does Totoro lie on the anime spectrum because it's the only thing I've watched and I want to know how hosed I am.

Because I'm sure there's some kind of horrifying porn about it out there.

Andrast posted:

There's horrifying porn of everything out there.

empty sea posted:

Where does Totoro lie on the anime spectrum because it's the only thing I've watched and I want to know how hosed I am.

Because I'm sure there's some kind of horrifying porn about it out there.

empty sea posted:

Where does Totoro lie on the anime spectrum because it's the only thing I've watched and I want to know how hosed I am.

Because I'm sure there's some kind of horrifying porn about it out there.

empty sea posted:

Where does Totoro lie on the anime spectrum because it's the only thing I've watched and I want to know how hosed I am.

Because I'm sure there's some kind of horrifying porn about it out there.

quote:

I met a Bob (28M) 2 years ago and we hit it off. It got to the point where I was wondering if he was interested in more given the amount of unnecessary touching he was doing. So I asked him if he was interested in dating. He ghosted me for several weeks then resumed things as they had been. We had one talk about how dating works here - he's from a different culture than I am. I made it clear that communication is key and that if he changed his mind he could ask. I also made it clear that if he was interested in dating other people, that here at some point people who are getting into a relationship / dating will talk about it so he should be prepared for that. This all happened about 1.5 years ago. We kept hanging out and being friends since then.

In this time I wasn't dating anyone but that recently changed when I met Sam (28M). When I introduced Sam to my friends, Bob kept asking him why he was at the party and pointed out to him that Bob and I had been friends for years. Bob is now demanding that I explain past actions in terms of "why did you do [thing]?" and seems to be looking for meaning in them. He also keeps asking a lot of questions about Sam when we hang out.

I'd like to keep Bob as a friend but I really don't know what to do with his odd behavior. Should I flat out tell him that just because I asked him out more than a year ago he doesn't have an continual claim on me? Or do I ignore the situation and hope Bob stops being odd.

tl;dr: How can I gently explain to my male friend that just because I asked if he was interested in dating over a year ago that does not mean I was going to never date other people after he said "no" ?

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I've been in a relationship for 3 months now and I'm her first boyfriend. Before we got together she used to kiss a lot of boys, and she did while I had a thing for her. I can't stop thinking about her kissing other boys and it makes me feel awful, even though she tells me that I shouldn't ever think about that because I'm the only one that she wants.

Recently, while at a party she told one of our male friends that she'd be 'loving [me] every night if I looked like [him]'. She was very drunk while she said this so I understood that it was a mistake, but since then I've been feeling very self conscious and like I'm not good enough for her. Again, she tells me every day that I'm everything she's ever wanted, I shouldn't feel this way, and if anything she doesn't deserve me.

Last night we were at a house party (same male friends' house) and as I was going down on her she moaned his name. I stopped and cried, and she spent hours apologising and telling me that it was a mistake. Few hours later, we're at it again and as I'm fingering her she says 'this is [me], isn't it?' I had no idea what to think of this so I just stopped again and questioned her. I'm starting to think that she's thinking of our male friend while we're doing stuff but while she's sober she'll tell me that I'm the best boyfriend in the world and she would never want anybody else.

I'm not sure what to do, because I feel like I love her way too much to break up with her. I don't know what I'd do with my life without her but every time we get drunk together she says something stupid like the examples above that makes me feel like poo poo and also makes me feel like she thinks of other boys in that way. Please help.

tl;dr: Girlfriend told male friend she'd gently caress me every night if I looked like him, and last night moaned his name in bed. What do I do?

Bubblyblubber posted:

"Gonna" it's being optimistic.

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My[29F] sons[7M] friends parents[30s-40sF&M] found out that I'm a horror author,now they treat my son differently and won't speak to me.Non-Romantic

submitted 55 minutes ago by Throwawayauthor6372

My son has yet to notice since his friends treat him the same way they always have, they still play at recess, eat lunch together, etc.

Anyway, I'm a horror author. Mostly southern gothic and body horror some of my stories are pretty brutal and I'm the first to admit that. There was a little controversy recently with one of my books being removed from the middle school library which I 100% agree with. I wouldn't want anyone under 16 or 17 reading that particular one.

During that whole mess my son friends parents found out that I'm the one who wrote the that and other horror novels. They no longer allow their kids to come over to our house or hang out outside of school. One of them won't even speak to me.

I've told my son that they just busy and he's okay with that but I want him to be able to see his friends on the weekends and during summer. How can I make his friends parents comfortable around me again?

tl;dr: My sons friends parents are scared of me. I need to fix that.

Bubblyblubber posted:

My [17m] gf [17f] was drunk and yelled out "poz my neg hole, steve" during sexytimes. My name is Greg, what does this mean???

Ride The Gravitron posted:

Lol she's gonna cheat on him

Ride The Gravitron posted:

My[29F] sons[7M] friends parents[30s-40sF&M] found out that I'm a horror author,now they treat my son differently and won't speak to me.Non-Romantic

flick my Mr. Bean posted:

better than the boyfriend yelling it

where did that phrase come from btw

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I (25f) have a number of dating apps on my phone, very honestly as a mindless distraction during slow times. I feel this is private, my sister (28f) thinks I need to share this with my fiance (25m) of two years.Relationships

submitted 2 hours ago by blueishgrey

I'm going to try and keep this as short as possible because the title says it all.

I have several apps on my phone with my real profile, I will browse these when I'm bored. A lot like how people browse reddit or facebook. I've chatted with a couple of people that has gone nowhere and people that have done really lame and douchey things, I've shared the conversations for the humor.

I was out with my sister last night and tried to show her a dude who instantly sent me dick pics because I thought she would think it was funny. Well opposite, she lectured me and said I needed to confess to my fiance that I was "emotionally cheating." This is ridiculous as I have no intention of cheating.

Honestly if my fiance were doing the same thing then I would not care, but there are parts of my life that I feel should be private. Especially if its stuff I do to sort of just chill out--a similar situation is my boyfriends speech and use of certain terms when he plays video games--it's not my cup of tea but it's what he does to de-stress.

Anyone have any thoughts?

tl;dr: I have several dating apps on my phone that I just sort of use for mindless entertainment. My sister thinks I need to share this with my fiance. I don't and want some amount of privacy in certain things--this would be one of them.

Ride The Gravitron posted:

Subjunctive posted:

Hobbies should be verbs.

Breetai posted:

"Gaming"

Gumbel2Gumbel posted:

I'm going to have to quit playing video games cold turkey when I move in with my girlfriend because I've been hiding it like my pornography and it's gonna be a rough withdrawal

Edit: sorry to make it more relatable to this thread I should say "Hide it like my animes"

Breetai posted:

Or maybe you can just do things you like in moderation like a healthy person.

Ride The Gravitron posted:

Breetai posted:

"Gaming"

Streak posted:

If your hobby is summed up as purchasing something someone else mad then putting it on a shelf and never using or interacting with it it's a pretty lovely hobby!