Comments on: Weeaboo Ideology

By: Ghostlightning, Studiotolatry & Memes [and other things I missed] « Calamitous Intent

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:02:03 +0000

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By: dm

dm — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:01:10 +0000

Very interesting post. However, I couldn’t help but notice the use of the word ‘xenophobia’ in the phrase ‘What if someone truly doesn’t have access to Japanese classes and can only fill their insatiable xenophobia and desire to learn’ — perphaps you meant ‘xenophilia’ or some other antonym?

By: duke

duke — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:24:51 +0000

@Char

You need to learn a little bit more about language and translation.

@whoever posted this blog

Learn how to write. Put down the thesaurus. Reading through your self-important verbiage is like trudging through a bogging mire.

By: manga

manga — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:06:45 +0000

Well. I´ve been to 4chan and whatnot. I didn´t know what a weeaboo was, but now I have one possible translation for it.

I do know certain words and what they mean and so on. And I do watch some shows raw, but I would in no way say that I´m better than the ones who study Japanese in school. I want to do that as well, I just haven´t gotten around to doing it.

@ Aizen: For words like onee-chan, which they use for people that they aren´t related too it would be kinda weird to call them sister, while the word now has double meanings: A bloodrelated older sister or a female older person that the person who said it looks up to.

So we all have to learn every way to use it. That´s why language is so hard, one word having multiple meanings. If I´ve made a misstake, then correct me. Then I´ll learn more which is good.

Here in sweden we have cat food. The label for this catfood is “Pussy”. For the english only readers it sounds so wrong to call catfood this, but we have grown accustomised to it´s double meaning and I don´t even think we pronounce it the same way.

Maybe not of the same caliber but you get the point no?

By: Char

Char — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:38:22 +0000

@ Aizen:
I actually like it when they use words like that (onee-san) instead of sister because there’s no direct translation of the word. The kind of weeaboos I don’t like are the ones who claim characters… usually female fans claiming male characters.

By: 21st Century Digital Boy

21st Century Digital Boy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:47:47 +0000

KORE WA NAN DESU KA?!?!!?

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By: Shance

Shance — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 08:29:11 +0000

Like I said, I wasn’t against the osmosis thing. It’s just that stature needs to be clarified in a sense of knowledge, and the means need not be necessary since we’re all open to that possibility. I’d go through the trouble of talking to someone who doesn’t rather than someone who does, basically because he won’t go inserting his “knowledge” here and there compared to the weeaboo.

Okay, stop. Pride talk again, what the fuck. We do have our own egos that may be hurt according to how we sport, but I guess it should be enough to point out that this is the Internet. Serious business. I need not be the one to hammer a weeaboo a peg or two down, but I know someone else will. And don’t we all know personal information are perfect bait for the-you-know-what?

Also, we’re talking about Omo, weeaboo-wise.

By: newgeekphilosopher

newgeekphilosopher — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 07:55:19 +0000

@jp: I guess it comes down to the time in my life in which I took Japanese. In the days I was trying to learn Japanese not a lot of support was given to struggling students even if they were honestly trying hard to learn. One Design and Technology teacher gave me no support at all and encouraged me to drop the subject because she didn’t want to deal with me. To be fair, my poor Japanese teacher had never encountered a student like me before and couldn’t understand why I couldn’t pick up on the fast talking that the examination question tapes with spoken Japanese on them.

Nowadays students like me get much better support because of educational reforms and compulsory special needs assistance departments. I do much better at subjects I take now because I get not only assistance but I have been more capable at working on my studies, due to the support of my teachers.

There’s nothing really stopping me from taking an extra-curricular Japanese class, but the early Noughties were a different educational climate where students like me were left to fend for themselves in the Australian education system.

By: 21st Century Digital Boy

21st Century Digital Boy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:23:56 +0000

watashi wa egree with some of you anatas. watakushi wa thinks this is super kawaii onegaishimasu!