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[CAiTlin_Beat]

I don't know if I've ever met a weeaboo, but I think I get what one is. There's nothing wrong with liking things, but trying to become what you like, or in this case "wanting to be Japanese because they must be into everything I find so cool over there"...leads to different degrees of failure. I can understand if someone says they are mainly interested in otaku culture or something, but that doesn't represent Japan at all, just a minority. I'm sure because the average American knows very little about Japan, it's probably disappointing for a vast majority of them when the things that become well known about them aren't centered around the more common aspects of their culture.

 

To be fair, I wouldn't expect someone from Japan to know about the United States if all they cared about was our Comic Con culture or whatever, but if they started acting like that was what everything was centered around, then no it wouldn't be accurate at all.

I agree

 

You know this topic has really helped me a lot in learning what a Weeaboo actually is as I've heard many different definitions both online and offline.

[JennyInTokyo]

I come across weeaboos when I attend anime and gaming conventions and sadly it makes me feel so embarrassed to attend sometimes because the event is so fun! It's great to love a different culture but it crosses a line when you get so invested in it that you start to ignore learning about other cultures and it makes you look ignorant. And the problem with people being so invested in learning about Japan is that they don't really educate themselves because they base all of their knowledge of Japan from anime/mange and Harajuku fashions among many other mainstream features of Japan. I'd say the only part of Japanese culture I am invested in is J-pop, and it's just music I listen to everyday, but then people jump to the conclusion I am a weeaboo because I listen to Japanese pop stars. I get asked if I would like to become Japanese amongst other things which makes me express my love for J-pop a lot less.

[Cio'24]

Weeaboos are incredibly embarrassing to be around. A lot of the time there's very little stopping them from bordering into racist territory.

 

Unfortunately I was a self proclaimed Otaku back in high school, several years ago now - looking back on my behavior is incredibly cringe worthy, I don't really want to talk about some of the stuff I did.

 

I still have an interest in Japanese culture now, but I make sure people are aware that interest is not spawned from anime or even idols. I find a lot of Japanese traditions, and history really interesting, as well as the language itself being beautiful and very fun to learn. But of course, I still get called a weeaboo - by my friend's little sister who was completely obsessed with Vocaloid until quite recently. It feels demeaning if she of all people considers me a weeaboo.

[Yossie_Saikou]

Honestly, I don't care about weaboos. They are quite annoying people, but I don't mind so much. If they want to ''live'' like japanese people, fine! They can live their lives and I'll do so. I know some people that are weaboos, but I still love them and it's not so exagerated. But if it becomes super annoying, I'll tell them to calm down and voila! Weaboos aren't a big deal, we should let them breathe. Some are annoying, but at least, they aren't bad people!