At 4/15/07 02:57 AM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote:
This is based on the recent joke in the club of basing a religion on anime.
You know what really annoys the crap out of me? An anime fan that becomes obsessed with absolutely everything Japanese. They get it completely fucking wrong. Japan is not some great Mecca for geeks. They make fun of them as much as other cultures do.
In fact, "Otaku" was a derogatory name for anime fans until Americans started wearing it as a badge of honor. It has only recently gained acceptance in Japan. Watch "Otaku no Video" if you haven't already and you'll see just how embarrassed Japanese nerds were in the 80s and 90s.
Most of the women are not that attractive either. They get so damn convinced of all the fallacies they hear about Japan on the internet "Well in Japan there's no age of consent for sex LOL!" True, but what doesn't get mentioned is that if the person you want to engage with is financially dependent of their parents, then THEY can call rape and have you arrested. Under Japanese law, all porn has to be censored, which is why you see the mosaics on parts.
Also, I believe there's a law on the books in Japan regarding how much pubic hair girls in hentai can have. I know some areas expressly forbid it. Besides, despite what you may see in a large number of anime series, it's rare to find a Japanese woman with anything larger than a B-cup.
They treat sushi like it's the greatest food in the world, and that it's all they eat over there. Guess what, raw fish tastes like crap, and it's expensive as hell. The Japanese almost never eat it.
In addition, the Japanese eat rice at every single meal, and that kind of diet promotes chronic constipation. I'm interested in trying Kobe beef (or Tajima beef if you're a beef connoisseur) because it's well-marbled, but I'll probably never see it here in Ohio.
Just because you like one thing to come out of Japan, doesn't mean you have to love everything about it, and treat the country like the holy land, and wish you were born there.
I admit that I'm a bit of a Japanophile, but I'm proud to be an American. Japan is a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.