No.20107
I've been thinking, but the more I think, the more I feel like I need a nice friend to give me a big hug…
Ya know, by any possibly conceivable metric, I am the best poster on this site. I'd go so far as to call myself a contributor, because I bring objective quality into this space. And despite all of that I still get no respect around here. I even go out of my way to help other people with my razor-sharp insight, for absolutely no personal gain, and still I've got zero credibility. Just the other day some guy was asking for anime recommendations in some other thread and I give him a nice one for a critically acclaimed yet underrated hidden gem of a cult classic with action, comedy, drama, romance, you name it. And what happens? The guy decides to watch an anime about some chick in a castle. I shit you not: AN ANIME ABOUT SOME CHICK IN A CASTLE. On a whim. You have one of the best, overlooked anime of all time and you go for an anime about some chick in a castle?!
Is it because I'm not nice enough? Because I'm not comfy enough? Is my level of coziness not on the desired level? I speak softly and present myself humbly, respectful and understanding, always ready to split things evenly and yet you disregard me like this? How dare you? I'm beginning to understand the feelings of all those bitter virgin losers who cried about not getting any after being emotional tampons for chicks on a rebound.
I do everything right but I'm never praised or rewarded… The world is unfair sushis… And good friends are hard to find… I'm feeling so alone…
No.20110
>>20107> Ya know, by any possibly conceivable metric, I am the best poster on this site.No, I don't know. How would I? You complain of how you've gotten zero credibility, but you seemingly lack the identity to associate the credentials with. Although, maybe I would recognize you among the other voices of the sushi rollymous swarm if I'd visited boards other than /lounge/ and /hell/ more frequently.
You say that you go out of your way to provide a helpful response, but to the receiving side your razor-sharp insights may seem something that you were entirely willing, or even excited, to present; something that is simply a more verbose part of casual chatter where nobody has to have the kind of commitment that you have. You say that it's not for personal gain, but you clearly wish you were recognized, acknowledged and beloved for what you do and who you are.
> You have one of the best, overlooked anime of all time and you go for an anime about some chick in a castle?!Maybe they merely were in the mood for a simple anime about a cute girl and not in the mood for a critically acclaimed serious business.
No.20112
>>20107lmao is this for real?
No.20113
>>20112Ctrl+F castle gives no recent results for the threads on otaku/index.html
No.20124
A while ago, I realized that being brought up in the suburbs was a lot more disadvantageous that realized. I didn't really go outside partly because there was no one out there. There was nothing to really do if I couldn't drive. If I lived near more people in a place that was walkable, I'm sure there would've been more clubs and activities to get to know people. It's pretty isolating in the suburbs. I don't see anyone outside. It's like it's dead outside or something. To be honest, I didn't think much of my dependence on my parents to go places because I never went places. I didn't like staying after school since it would be late by the time my parents came by. It's kinda weird my schools were just isolated buildings. My elementary school was just surrounded by trees, so in a way, it was kinda isolated from society in that way. It's not like we were isolated from people like in the sticks.
No.20127
>>20125There actually are plenty of rural places with neighbors and all sorts of amenities but what sucks is not able to go anywhere or do much on your own. So consider somewhere with a public transport system or not too far from the inner city.
Speaking of sticks. Id like some cheese sticks.
No.20129
>>20125It's funny because I wasn't even in the sticks. As you said, though, the less people there are, the less clubs, activities, friends, etc. there are. I think the loneliness of it all would be nice if you lived in a nice house with your hobbies nearby. For kids, it'd probably just be a prison. Lol. Maybe I just don't have any hobbies? Still, it'd be much easier to find hobbies when there are established groups to look at.
No.20130
>>20125You could move to the sticks when your kids enter college or whatever. A lot of retired people do that anyways because of the lower cost of living
No.20132
>>20128I'm terrified of this too. I think time slips more if you are sleeping during the day and not doing enough memorable things in the day or lose it while trying to find stuff online.
No.20133
>>20128Sorry for your loss.
No.20138
>>20128lol I've barely changed since high school as well, academically and physically. However, I've changed a lot personality-wise and in my morals. Maybe you've changed more than you think?
No.20145
Was reading my journal from when I was 9-12 years old. I had written in depth about the then-current climate of webpages in the late 00s and how a lot of websites were shutting down as the internet was undergoing a cultural shift, the rise of Google, Adobe Shockwave supported stuff was quickly being replaced, and then going on about my favorite YouTube channels at the time. The unsettling thing though was every few pages was an entry about being sexually harassed and beaten by my parents, an issue I still face today. On the other hand, it's cool seeing all the random objects I stuck into the journal, a lock of my hair, a ticket stub of when I went to Manhattan, a folded piece of paper about a theater play I went to, for some reason I taped a nut into it (I guess I really liked nuts back then, and I still do today) and the crushed nut's oil is staining the pages now, etc.
Ah… to be a child again. I miss all the old websites and video games I can't browse nor play anymore.
No.20162
>>20138My resolutions are something that I come up with and try to implement continuously, and some of them were made way before that day. Her passing is a date I can look back to, as there were not that many other days of significance these past few years.
>>20138What do you notice about yourself that is different?
No.20164
I hate my job but I can't switch for a whole year. Gotta get through it somehow.
No.20167
I have this weird feeling my parents would really benefit from following the rules of this imageboard. Not even just lurking and posting in this imageboard, but straight up following the rules like keeping it comfy. That's the one rule I make sure to follow in real life when talking to people, and I really think it's made me into a better person. This are a lot more relaxed when you don't bring up religion and politics. That being said, my parents (especially my mom) are obsessed with talking politics. Man, life would be so much better if they didn't talk about it. I want to try to subtly teach them these rules to make them better people. Also, I do remember them more fondly back when I was a kid. They seemed to be a lot nicer and less political when they knew not to talk politics in front of their kids.
Honestly, pretty good vibes right now. ngl.
No.20193
Why is it that I can sleep for 8 hours and still feel exhausted all day? What the hell is wrong with me?
No.20213
>>20194>if not then its the lack of exercise!!!That's possible? I wonder how that works…
Sushi could also look into polyphasic sleep! I had an unusual sleeping pattern back in college but it made my time there more than bearable.
No.20227
>>20226I wish I was young and cute so bad.
No.20247
>>20245The real illusion is that it was ever good in the first place.
No.20248
>>20244Sometimes it's difficult for me to discuss religion because I was raised pagan (all is within the mind of the dreamer type stuff, I just really like Daoism on the side) but make sure not to focus too much on the unnatural and the unreal (humans with wings, demons, fears). Beauty is to be found where you find it not where others tell you it exist.
>All in the world deem the beautiful to be beautiful; it is ugly. All deem the good to be good; it is bad. (Dao De Jing)Just try to focus on what brings you peace of mind. I know I used to be more into following otaku culture closer when I was younger but eventually I had to stop when I felt everyone was going insane for mediocre crap honestly.
No.20253
>>20252No one is the center of the world.
No.20262
>>20248>but make sure not to focus too much on the unnatural and the unrealWe accept for granted that only certain things exist, electrons and but not angels. Reality varies with each era and culture, but our modern 'anti-supernatual' society has embraced a painfully narrow idea of what is real. Since what we take to be real shapes how we feel, think, and imagine, it seems like an uphill battle trying to find peace of mind in this world. I can't stomach paganism. It doesn't sit right with me but I respect the deites and unseen beings.
All industrially mass produced culture, which includes otaku culture among other things, is overwhelming. It alienates from the world and your alienation pushes you to consume more. Conformity replaces consciousness. Sometimes there are shades of beauty in it but its all so exhausting and conformist in its own way. It just ends up serving the system in the end.
>>20252Its a strange paradox of post-modern society. Never before have we been so well connected and yet we are further apart from each other than we've ever been. Daily interactions with others in everyday life has been replaced by commodified platforms that act as spaces for non-personal interactions such as social media and dating apps. Its like eerybody walks past each other without noticing and half the population think this is a good thing and want interaction without personal commitment (like hook up culture). Society is dead or dying. I still think its better to try and meet people irl at random but more and more people react badly to that, like the street is not the place for talking anymore and you are supposed to get to know someone via texting or social media before getting friendly. I really hate this. It feels so cold.
No.20263
>>20262>modern 'anti-supernatual'This is actually a Daoism thing, not a modern thing. Change what you can change, not what you can't sort of thing. It's a concept that diametrically opposes my pagan beliefs but, uhhhhh ummm… hmm…..
I'm thinking about watching Taiho Shichauzo or maybe some Umetsu film later tonight.
No.20264
>>20262I meant more that working a part-time night-shift job prevents me from being online when everyone else is awake.
No.20266
>>20238Consume your media old school otaku style. Forget about watching as many anime or playing as many VNs as possible. Focus on a few and develop an obsessive relationship with franchises and characters that drives your forward without ever moving an inch.
>>20263Go watch taihoshichauzo it has hella hot chicks. Alternatively watch girls und panzer, for the same reasons. Although if you want to stay current I'd suggest marathoning Sword Art Online Alternarive: Gun Gale Online, for the same reaons, and then catching up to the second season, currently on air. I'm yet to meet someone who has regretted watching this masterpiece, a swan song of studio 3Hz, the geniuses behind Princess Principal and Flip Flappers (which you should also watch, for the same reasons).
No.20290
>>20286How about you stop thinking and actually do something? Devkits aren't easy to learn for starters and just daydreaming won't make them easier to use
No.20296
>>20293That's not nice. Are you angry? If not, then why are you so viciously rude, telling that sushi roll to go explode or skin himself?
Either way, I hope you resolve your anger issues and/or learn to be more kind.
No.20303
>>20296Don't sweat it man, world is filled with anger.
>>20293I see, I kinda got stuck on making the framework since I wanted it to be as modular as possible, but then I ended up bit doing anything with that.
Gamedevving is hard
No.20305
>>20304why would minecraft movie trailer absorb so much of your time?
No.20317
>>20305It just made me laugh too hard ok?
No.20339
I'm turning against seeing girls in skimpy outfits. Its disgraceful and wrong to look at and tiring. But is cuteness peverse and disgusting too? Where do I draw the damn line?
No.20341
>>20339I think the amount of content on the internet makes things suck. Nothing wrong with people drawing or looking at what they want, but even ignoring algorithms, both can get tiring and gross when there's a firehose of it that doesn't mean anything to you. I've definitely avoided cute stuff
No.20342
>>20339Clothing is fake. Internet is fake. Nothing is real. Learn to focus…
focus…
focus…
No.20347
>>20339I've felt similarly about this too. The irony being that as this feeling became stronger in me, I started collecting various kinds of dolls, usually inspired by exactly the kind of stuff I've found myself burning out of online.
It's like I still enjoy cutesy characters a lot, but there's something about how they're treated online that annoys and repels me.
No.20348
i estimate that about 30 out of 200 of my youtuber subscriptions are led by women or enbies and the rest are men.
No.20349
are two monsters energy drinks every other day too much?
No.20356
The internet is too much. It fills me with negativity.
No.20361
it's silly in smash games where if you hit an opponent with a move like up tilt that your opponent can hit you immediately afterwards tbh. Like, imagine hitting your opponent before he hits you or outsmarting your opponent so you can exploit that weakness and bam, he gets to hit you back. Like, damn, what's the point then? I'm not even talking in a competitive nature. Never, in fact, so don't mention it. I think it's the same feeling when you just do a regular attack with the a button a few times. It doesn't usually end up doing a lot of damage and your opponent can hit you back for more damage. If there was a tier list for attacks, it'd be like, at D tier or F tier. Or maybe a tier where it's like, "A tier for your opponents". Very cringe attack.
No.20366
>>20364I say otherwise. I love that desk although I wouldn't decorate my own desk as such because it's girly and therefore would bring me a lot questioning glares.
Either way, if you have a desk that looks like that then you have some great taste.
No.20367
>>20366i hate juxtaposition of cute and gruesome which is the basis for the menhera trend. it is also the most popular aesthetic currently and that by definition equals with lack of taste
No.20370
>>20369What color of slimegirl?
No.20377
>>20374
Reported
No.20378
>>20373Staying in the mountains is nice. It's just that the infrastructure (within the USA) sucks when I was up there. The roads were all garbage, and the entire county was poor so less funds to actually make things workable. Also, horrible roads, let alone the mudslides and falling rocks, just incredibly steep and thin. I'm a bit jealous of Switzerland in this regard.
I guess I have an affinity for the mountains because my ancestors settled up there at one point but it was in Appalachia and not in any of the cool, towering gigantic ones that people think are actually worth visiting. /cry
No.20380
>>20367I dont see anything gruesome in that picture. I think with better lighting and camera work it would just be regular cute.
No.20381
>>20380It is full of merch that is related to menhera, which tries to make self-harm and homicide look cute.
No.20382
>>20381Poor Miku and Shinobu…
No.20384
>>20371there are slime girls in the mountains
No.20453
>>20451Yeah, literally any other moderation strategy I know is better than 4chan: normal moderation at least filters out racism, zero moderation at least allows free speech. And 4chan's "sweet spot" is the worst of both worlds. Last two times I got my posts deleted first time for using a smile and second time for saying that my post got deleted for using a smile (moreover I was forcefully redirected to the rule section and required to read the rule saying it's illegal to discuss moderation and mention jannies).
No.20458
I love vocaloids.
No.20459
i love vocaloids too
No.20505
I think ironing my shirt made it lose its colour, now it looks a bit whiter where I ironed the most.
Does anyone know if that's common?
No.20519
>>20513I visit every once in a while and post a bunch of different threads, but it seems the amount of threads I can post in gets smaller… I can only post so much tbh.
No.20521
>>20107mind telling me what your recommendation was?
No.20522
>>20124I feel you, I'm not quite in the suburbs, I've got more trees around, But I feel the same way. Sure I had some older kids on the road, But I couldn't relate to them, and the few who were my age never came out of their houses. I went to a small catholic school, going from knowing everyone and seeing the same people all the time to a highschool with a few thousand kids was wild. I wasn't prepared in the slightest.
No.20523
>>20513If you weren't new, you'd know that it was always like this.
No.20524
And please stop dumping guro trash, you're stinking the place
No.20543
>>20542No, because pet food doesn't have the same regulations that human food has, so you're highly likely to get foodborne illness.
No.20552
>>20545This. I've messed up a whole bunch of life decisions by doing this. I think the key is to be proactive and get stuff done and nip it in the bud before it piles up, but the stress can be overwhelming and I'd rather take the path of least resistance.
No.20589
The reason why smart tech, wearable tech (like apple watch, heart monitors, step counters, all that jazz) are everywhere in media where it's the future is probably because of automation, more resources, and cheaper labor costs. For automation and cheaper labor costs, I can't really go into that without being political, but I am against shafting workers who make these so that everyone can have these technologies at a lower cost. For more resources, we should probably mine some comets or something. I dunno. It's totally possible "we" have more than enough resources to make cheap smart tech, but I was thinking of it "we have TONS of these resources, so we can basically just give away this tech since it's automated and the process of making these devices is refined to a beautiful polish".
No.20611
>>20586I considered having a tulpa but I became concerned it would prevent me from leaving this world.
No.20623
fug I've been in a rut recently. I haven't studied in like, 5 days I'd reckon.
No.20627
>>20623Stop reckoning and get to work.
No.20635
>>20614>wake up>realize that something that happened in my life was AGES ago> I don't like this one bit.Get out of my head
Get out of my head
Get out of my head
Get out of my head
Get out of my head
No.20638
american democracy is baffling. numerous celebrities agitating people to "go vote" but in reality the president is chosen by the strict elite of 540 people in a country of 335 million people. whats the point to the endless flame war on the internet?
No.20641
duck sex
No.20646
>>20638Don't forget lobbying, dark money funding, gerrymandering and voter suppression and the flaws of first past the post voting. At this point I think a lottery of a collection of a few hundred to maybe a few thousand people would be a better democracy than elections.
No.20654
>>20638The US political system was inspired by Ancient Rome. The American “founding fathers” (tyrants), were obsessed with the Roman Republic. It’s no surprise that the US system suffers from some of the same social diseases that plagued the Romans: extreme elitism, unwillingness to reform, political polarization, leaders who do nothing, incompetents, dumbass bureaucrats implementing suicidal policies, arrogant diplomacy, celebrities becoming political leaders, moral degeneration, even the immigration panic resembles the Roman obsession with restricting citizenship so a minority could hold onto special privileges. First time a tragedy, second time a farce. They’ll have a dictator soon, but he’ll be less Caesar and more like Chris Chan.
No.20655
>>20654I'm always amused by how little context or historical awareness can be incorporated into a rant like this. That said, I do agree that we're headed to emperor Chris Chan at some point.
No.20707
>>20700Looks like it is gone. Now someone please edit this page to say
>is a random thing wound when googleing "what is PP'"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_procedural No.20775
Gonna go see the third Sonic movie
It's possibly been more than a decade since I went to the movies.
No.20829
>>20802That's funny. I like an artist, I think I like her because her voice is both soothing and it also gets me kind of horny. Hearing her feels like getting my wand stroked gently. I have been listening to her music pretty much every day since I first found her.
No.20830
>>20829chill… but also who?
No.20834
>>20828what the dickens are you talkin about
No.20836
One shouldn't add "asking for a friend" to the question "how to make a nuclear bomb".
No.20852
>>20851bruno mars, kobe, mac demarco, trent reznor?
No.20853
>>20852Lol no
It was an old /mu/ meme
"The weird frontier between pop and avant-garde: Are these the saviours of music?"
It's been a good time now…
No.20871
>>20870How do you expect a high quality internet community to survive and thrive in this age?
No.20876
>>20875What is "gatekeeping"?
No.20877
>>20876Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication. The academic theory of gatekeeping may be found in multiple fields of study, including communication studies, journalism, political science, and sociology.[1] Gatekeeping originally focused on the mass media with its few-to-many dynamic. Currently, the gatekeeping theory also addresses face-to-face communication and the many-to-many dynamic inherent on the Internet. Social psychologist Kurt Lewin first instituted Gatekeeping theory in 1943.[2] Gatekeeping occurs at all levels of the media structure—from a reporter deciding which sources are presented in a headline story to editors choosing which stories are printed or covered. Including, but not limited to, media outlet owner and advertisers.
No.20884
It's really annoying how the red jelly beans that are fruit flavored are so similar to the red jelly beans that are cinnamon flavored. Both are good but I wanna know what to expect! They should change the color or at least not sell them in the same bag
No.20897
The more I play Touhou and follow Zun's little cult, the less I like it. But I will always appreciate the music and artwork fans make. Without them, Touhou would be just another piece of shovelware.
No.20907
>>20897The Japanese and Asian fanbase can be pretty chill but yeah I feel you on the western fanbase. It's either super safe, politically correct lesbian shipping on twitter (which I kind of despise despite liking touhou yuri) or extremely edgy, right wing people who for some reason like black race-play porn and higurashi with sites like
bantculture. I feel like it's still possible to have a good space for western 2hu fans but those two places are the ones I despise the most. I honestly kind of want to make my own site for touhou fans that isn't a miserable place like
bantculture but still allows some funposting. Not a comfy post, sadly but I will post some comfy tewi to make up for it.
No.20912
Returning to sushi-chan time-after-time for seven years is nostalgic! When I'm feeling sad and lonely, I come here to feel well again. Thank you seisatsu for keeping the bar open :)
No.20921
If you don't have perfect plan of a day it is super hard to achieve anything after yours 9 to 5.
No.20928
Can't spell twinblades without win.
No.20930
Does anyone get random rushed of specific emotions sometimes? For example I'm sitting right now listening to ambient music which is supposed to make me relaxed but I get this weird excitement about future out of nowhere for a few minutes, even though I'm mostly unhappy with my life. Just unpredictable emotions that don't make any sense.
No.20934
>>20907I hate how the internet is now divided between unhinged American right wingers and unhinged American liberals who do their best to spread their cancer everywhere. It’s very depressing. The earlier Touhou games are a lot of fun. The art style from the early windows era is nice even if the artwork and some character designs were imperfect. The only other downside to Touhou is how empty the world is. It’s full of stuff that’s never explained or new stuff is just added on and retconned in. But I guess I can read my own theories into it.
No.20936
>>20934Don't forget about unhinged centrists! Their foul extremism smothers all controversial topics, leaving only mundane trivialities, while real issues remain unsolved due lack of public consideration!
No.20938
>>20936Or the unhinged doors for that matter. If you thought hinged doors are difficult to open, let me tell you, unhinged ones are on a whole different level.
No.20939
>>20938unhinged doors are perfectly safe
No.20944
I've been thinking that I'm such a degenerated human being that I have zero hope of completing my seminary studies and being a good little religious boy. What if people knew I'm a disgusting weeb enslaved to 2D cute girls and males? Slavishly following new releases like a dope addict. What if they knew about my eroge collection? Just look at all those poor normal wannabe scholars who've never fapped to Masumune Shirow's work. They started looking at me funny when I begun defending the righteousness of hentai. It doesn't matter if you're a good pious person if nobody takes you seriously! I better keep a low profile from now on. And since I'm in the seminary, ordinary religious people now come up and ask me dumb questions when I all I want to talk about is anime and video games. Life is so unfair!
>>20936Centrists aren't unhinged. They are dead between the eyes. Like lambs to the slaughter. They'll be the first to go, or maybe the second?
>>20940No that's trash fuck off. Also you don't need to make them yuri/yaoi the ancients had plenty of that stuff already.
No.20946
>>20944What if you're not degenerated at all? What if your purpose in this world is to spread the gospel of otaku? After all, why would God have given you such an obsession with 2D if he did not intend for you to pass it on to others? Perhaps you are the chosen one, the prophet to bring about a new age of religion.
Don't neglect in your study of the 2D, for some day you may be called upon to write the New New Testament.
No.20947
>>20944Nobody really cares what you do with your life.
No.20948
>>20945Sorry I shouldn't be rude. I guess I don't see the point of converting stories to yuri/yaoi, not that there's anything wrong with it but what that sushi roll was saying is not good. House arrests, homophobic dads STOP. On a serious note, this style of writing is why most historical fiction sucks. Although, I've always thought Ihara Saikaku's books would be improved with more yuri content.
>>20946>New GospelPretty sure that's what Anno tried to do. Now the silly Christians wanna burn him at the stake and the other half worship him.
No.20953
The TikTok ban will lead to a future where the internet is broken up into walled off intranets North Korea style. Each geopolitical bloc will have its own intranet. The American emperors will extend bans to websites, services, hardware, and even stuff like programming languages.
>>20952As a male who is losing boyish androgynous looks to age, I envy you but reading the rest of your post makes me not envy you at all. Life is confusing.
No.20954
>>20953People have been predicting that for about a decade now and i think its true, and i hope it happens, because culture is starting to become too globalized. I disliked how there were blm protests in Japan and other countries with hardly any darkies, american drama should stay in America.
No.20957
>>20953It's not the worst, it's not the best. I read the manga Love Me For Who I Am and felt a bit validated about the experience. The synopsis is about a nonbinary person befriending a bunch of guys who like to dress like girls + one who is a transgirl, and their friendship with a homophobic lesbian who learns that other lesbians exist so she can stop being homophobic or something. Very light read and super cute.
The only aspect of my experience I don't enjoy is when I wear a dress usually teenagers or older women will call me trans-related slurs. How does anyone even respond to that?
Anyway, thanks for letting me vent, internet.
No.20958
>>20952Girls natural state is to look like sexy boys.
No.20960
What with all the california rollry talk here, is this place infested by gendies? Looked like such a nice imageboard at first glance, guess now i see why its so dead.
No.20962
>>20954Cultural Americanization has been going on for two decades now, in Japan it’s been going on since at least the 70s. In Korea, they were holding up “stop the steal” signs recently. All human cultures are slowly being crushed under the American jack boot. Uniqueness is basically illegal now and the American cancer spreads everywhere.
BLM protests in Japan weren’t a huge thing. The problem with BLM is it was a completely unprincipled Twitter “movement” that just became an excuse for dumbass behavior.
>>20957This just sounds like the worst trash.
>>20958Disagree. Boys are way cuter than girls but only for a short time. They grow out of it fast. Girls stay cute and sexy for longer. That’s what makes girls better than boys.
No.20963
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>>20962It flows both ways; look at how much anime, nintendo, vtubers, etc. have influenced global culture. Japanese business models like "lean" are prevalent in middle management discussions on efficiency. Not to mention all the weird sexual fetishes that Japan keeps exporting to the rest of the world.
No.20966
>>20964Really depends what you play - older games and indies? Then the Deck is the best way! Multiplayer or triple A titles? No way, Jose…
No.20969
>>20963Japan’s pretty unique because it’s the only society that can compete with America’s culture industry. But it doesn’t exactly flow both ways. America influences Japan more than the Japanese could ever influence America. In much of Asia there’s this attitude that we have to mimic Western culture, that America defines a modern society and Asian culture is to blame for every social problem. In Japan you get this attitude too although it’s less extreme e.g. people blaming poor working conditions on a lack of individualism or bushido or Confucian values. Then there’s the fact that a lot of anime is now produced with an American audience in mind, so they end up pandering to popular American stereotypes of what anime is which dilutes the medium to a bunch of stock tropes and aesthetics.
No.20971
>>20966Define "older", the Steamdeck seemed to be able to deal with modern games fairly well, despite the low graphics.
No.20972
Haku-chan is so pretty. Tsumanne~! ☆
>>20960Like I had mentioned, I'm not genderqueer.
>>20963See how unpopular the type of people who are into that sort of stuff is in the west though. As big as it may seem online in an international setting, it's still a hugely niche demographic within the USA. Besides, while Japanese people try to keep up with the national trends and events in American media, Americans will either not recognize Japanese memes or they'll gain some niche popularity on otaku sites years after the height of popularity within Japanese internet. I've been getting notifications for days for answering a Japanese asking about a western meme (British/English rather than American) from curious Japanese users trying to keep up to date, even though the meme is over a decade old.
It's interesting to interact in more international settings online.
That said, I don't think most anime companies try to consciously appeal to western audiences as what westerners and easterners seem to have completely separate tastes in general (anime that become popular in the west is often full of spectacle, like a Hollywood film, which is why Trigger is so often quoted as a westaboo production company, compared to slower paced, more thought-provoking SOL content that will have a huge pull domestically but are often ignored internationally.)
Although, who knows. I could be wrong, but those are my two cents.
And before I forget, often times western producers in Hollywood will see Japanese media and steal the idea (Perfect Blue -> Black Swan, Paprika -> Inception, Kaiju films -> Cloverfield series, Mecha genre -> Pacific Rim). It almost feels a bit insidious, like in a "I can do better, I have a larger budget" sort of way. The large issue behind this practice is how whatever unique to Japanese media will be watered down and be presented to a global market as an American copy while the Japanese original will be ignored or forgotten to a larger international audience. I hate Hollywood.
No.20973
>>20969> e.g. people blaming poor working conditions on a lack of individualism or bushido or Confucian valuesno one says this
No.20974
>>20972Hollywood is a great example of international influence, any large budget project is made to appeal to a global audience. Same thing with Disney/Pixar.
I'm not even sure what "American culture" is. Gun-toting yee-haw cowboys? Eating hamburgers and kentucky fried chicken? Living in New York City and hanging out with your friends at coffee shops? Wearing cheap mass-produced clothing? It seems to me that a lot of things that are attributed to being "American" are more like generic secular industrialized society traits.
No.20976
>>20974Good point. Yes, secular industrialized society traits, but where do these traits come from? What is their history? Our lives have gradually come under the sway of a secular-liberal cultural and political order that's origins are in 18th and 19th century Europe. As these values are enforced from the top, local cultures die out or get recycled and so the world is slowly becoming more and more one-dimensional and Westernized. Like
>>20972 said, stuff moves but it doesn't move equally.
We are all having our lives colonized by increasing bureaucratization and rationalization (e.g. gender and sexuality labels that are now endless and define people's role in a faceless soulless structure) and the consequence is snuffing out real difference and making everything conform to monolithic models. I don't even know what I'm ranting about anymore. I'm just sad at globalization spreading certain cultural values while destroying other ones.
No.20986
>>20976Yeah, it is unfortunate in some ways that global culture is becoming homogenized. But at the same time, we also have unprecedented access to other cultures through the internet. 50 years ago we couldn't even have this discussion. If the internet remains open and available, it may be inevitable that we eventually approach having a relatively unified Earth culture.
Then we can all get online and complain about how Spacians are ruining the solar system.
No.20989
>>20986> But at the same time, we also have unprecedented access to other cultures through the internetOn one hand, the internet allows one who doesn't fit into the culture of his land to live a more fulfilling life. On the other, doesn't it also lead to a person, who would be happy with his local community, becoming enamored with what he can't experience IRL where he lives? It may well be a major reason for the loneliness epidemic in our supposedly well-interconnected age. When people who would be your friends live thousands of kilometers away, all scattered across the world, you can't hug them, you can't fuck them, you can't share jokes over a beer, you can't live through what would make your life happy and worth living.
And that's just half of the problem. It's also problematic if people around you would find your cultural divergencies disgraceful.
I think that Sei once said that some things that people post here may cost him his friendships. But do you really have friends if you always have to keep your true nature hidden from them? No.20995
Is it strange that I'm attracted to girls when I see them on screens but when I go outside I can't find a single person I'd find attractive and have no interest in getting near them? I think my people skills have degenerated to a really bad level. I can't keep up basic contacts with people. How do I improve from this?
No.20996
>>20995I feel (slightly) HEARD. A lot of the girls in my state are unfortunately not pretty to me. There are pretty girls out there, but MAN, it feels so good to hear someone say the same thing. I once went to Ireland and all the girls there were really cute. It was in that moment where I realized it's not really me. I also have no interest in girls romantically and honestly, sexually, so it's not like I can help you get a girlfriend. Maybe work on your people skills by experience? Think of it as a skill and when you're able to hold friends and conversations, you're ready? It also might not even be just you. A lot of people aren't as socially adept as they used to. Also, maybe keep multiple contacts and if you lose contacts, don't sweat it? Just keep going and learn from your mistakes.
Me, on the other hand, whose brain has adapted to the lack of friends, will not be doing this for I have lost my mind. Thanks for reading, though.
No.21005
>>20989The decline of local communities is definitely an issue. Like you say, online "friends" isn't really the same as having friends in your area.
No.21008
>>21006>I got prodded about my sexuality because I don't like yaoi the other day. Why are people like this? I get questioned about my sexuality all the damn time. I don't know what answer to give but it seems like its become a standard thing to ask before dating. I like yaoishit and yuri so people think I'm weird.
>>20996>I can only enjoy it in manga form. My heart is completely numb.Similar. I feel almost nothing from irl people but find stuff in media attractive.
>>20998I had a ball like that. Just the right mix of stiffness and bounce with squish. I miss that ball so much. Gl sushi! Find the ball! Take it home this time and make sure nobody steals it.
No.21023
>>21021I'm bored. I got tons of work done but now I don't know what to do with myself.
No.21035
Ricing was a bad idea. I have visually messed up my entire system. What a pain in the ass.
No.21044
>>21040Linuxspeak for making your desktop look pretty.
There's a celebrity who keeps stalking me. Guys, don't do that.
No.21046
>>21040>>21044To further explain, it came out of the word "ricer", which was originally used as a derogatory term for Japanese motorcycles (because rice = Asian hahaha amirite guys?)
Then people also started using "ricer" to describe an economy car that had been custom modded to look sporty without actually doing anything to improved the performance. This was an Asian stereotype, and often done on Japanese make cars. Around this time "ricing" also became used as the word to describe someone turning their car into a "ricer".
They probably started using "ricing" with regards to anime-themed Linux mods that look fancy but don't change performance, again because of the Asian association. At this point I think it's more broadly used for any sort of fancy but not particularly functional mod.
No.21050
3 mins into a regular keyboard battle with a Reddit atheist and I decided I'd rather drink orange juice and read a book instead. So I got some AI bot to automate my replies. He didn't notice and I got three chapters read.
No.21053
>>21052for context - installed new Nvidia drivers and my GPU temperate kept on rising under no load
No.21068
Ever since I return to college I've had to deal with others picking on me for being religious. I think I now understand why Hayao Miyazaki is so cranky and hostile. A tradition he loves (hand drawn traditional anime) is dying. Most people see no value in it. And yet we go on living.
No.21074
collecting stocks while you're young(er) that are just meant to accumulate in price so you can sell them later is the equivalent of a squirrel saving nuts for upcoming winter. I mean, you could give those stocks to your kids before you die, but it's not like you're "rich" or anything. You could a few million and stocks, but still make like, 40k a year.
No.21083
>>21073The erosion of any common belief in a higher power has contributed to vitriol and hatred. There isn't a common bridge between different groups of people anymore. You can't intervene and appeal to Christian brotherhood like MLK did because now nobody believes in it and those who do the loudest are degenerate right wing culture warriors who just like the Crusader trad aesthetic despite not understanding anything about Medieval Christianity even.
>>21081>racism I hate discussing this subject. Not because it isn't important, but it goes nowhere and sucks. I have to deal with enough of it irl. You can't really critique anything on 4chan. Virtually every board is a horde of general threads, ragebait, and reposts from Twitter-Reddit, not to mention bot spam. There's neither discussion nor fun there anymore. Its just boring. Ideally, a good community doesn't need heavy handed moderation because the culture by itself encourages and discourages certain types of behavior. If enough people behave with sincerity and kindness, newcomers are less likely to want to cause trouble. The problem is this doesn't scale well as a site gets more traffic and stops being a niche group and there are always retard kids and spammers.
No.21096
I had a moment of clarity today at work. My coworker showed me the argument she was having in the comments of a political facebook post. She was arguing with some random person, who was calling her all types of horrible names based on just her opinions. She was very level-headed and honestly funny with her responses, but I just kind of realized she was talking to a brick wall. There was no way to tell if she was talking with a real person or an AI chatbot, and it kind of didn't matter. The truth is, she took time out of her day (albeit, work time) to respond to this rude comment. And I realized… I would have done the same thing. She's 40 years older than me, but yet I would have fallen for the same trick if it was on a social media app that I use (so, YouTube, the only one I use).
I think I learned to be a bit more mindful of what I read/post on the internet. I've learned that arguing online doesn't do any good, for me or for anyone else. It's one of those things that feels like it scratches a certain itch, but it doesn't. As long as negative comments exist, I'll have the itch to respond to them. So maybe the answer lies in myself, not the internet. Maybe true peace is only achieved once I realize that we're all better off not arguing with strangers on the internet.
But idk.
No.21108
>>21083To be honest, even as someone who believes in a higher power, I would be okay with a secular higher-order principle or virtue that unites people instead of dividing them and leading to a sense of meaninglessness. I only worry because under a naturalistic atheist paradigm, it becomes nigh impossible to appeal to any higher-order notion as it is a metaphysical appeal eschewed under naturalistic atheism’s logic. This isn’t so much “atheists cannot be moral” because that is the opposite of the truth as atheists oftentimes do have a strong sense of morality, but this is more in defiance towards the logical conclusion of this paradigm which is nihilism. What worries me is we are going to uncritically and unconsciously dive so deep into our technocratic, rationalistic, and scientific worldview that we are only concerned with what can be directly observed and applied (which means conceptions such as morality and shared human dignity become obsolete).
As for what you were saying about the right-wing: I completely agree with you. Their problem is they are reactionaries. They do not care about the ideologies they proclaim to align themselves with. They care about Christianity as a means to react against secular liberalism, not the ethos of Christ’s message (which oftentimes goes against their behavior). It also reminds me how seven-eight years ago many of them were obsessed with Ted Kaczynski, but when it came to climate change and biodiversity loss they would pretend it was the stupidest idea ever.
