How do you cope with the inevitable process of aging? Will you

By wishing I was dead.

I'm already old.

>>135944090
I'm just waiting patiently for transhumanism. Gonna get myself a cyborg loli body and transfer my brain in, it'll be great.

Reminder that Rei is actually a Youth Vampire.
Reminder that she killed Miyu for it.

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>>135944090
I don't know whether she looks smug or if she's trying not cry.

>>135944090

51 myself, I expect to quit in the next 30 years though

Only 2 years left to be a wizard.

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>>135944745
> she

>>135944090
26 here, and my taste keeps getting shittier with each passing year, I don't think I'm quitting anytime soon.

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Could be worse, you know.

>>135944090
I'm 48 years old and with a head full of hair.

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a really working anti aging drug will be made within my life span and I will have enough cash to buy it

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>>135944444
Keep it up, I believe you'll be lucky enough to experience it.

>>135944090
>Will you still like anime when you grow old?
How am I supposed to know this?
Dumb OP

>>135945319
You'll probably get shot by some nigger who wants to steal it from you.

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>>135944090
>tfw I'm 18 and younger than all of you loser oldfags
>have my whole life ahead of me and I can stop being a loser whenever I want, I'm just waiting for the right moment

>>135944444
A ton of people looking like the Major running around

Most of them old guys as well

>>135945464
>tfw posted the same b8 3 years ago

I'm almost 30 and still live with my mom and watch anime all day. I've already fucked up my life too much, at this point there's no going back. I'll continue doing this until it becomes unsustainable, then I'll kill myself.

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>>135945417
I dont live in a shithole,anon

>>135945537
I believe you can change your life around anon. One person believes in you! Genuinely!

I'm a vampire

>>135945543
It's going to becone one within your life span

Also
>saving thumbs

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>>135945639
>It's going to becone one within your life span
No,it will not. I dont live in some shithole like america,UK,Sweden or Germany

Great genetics, I don't care.

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>>135945464
> I can stop being a loser whenever I want

good luck

>>135944783
Quit...living?

>>135945464

I used to think this 20 years ago.

>>135945716
so what you're saying is that you already live in a third world country?

let me guess, you're a monkey?

>>135944444
YOU don't really live, you die.

A copy of your brain keeps living on in robo form.

>>135945515
When you were 15 years old?

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>>135945813
What are you saying anon kun

>>135944090
>How do you cope with the inevitable process of aging?

I will train in hamon until I achieve enlightenment and become immortal.

>>135944090
>Will you still like anime when you grow old?

It depends on how shitty it's gotten by then.

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>>135945464
>have my whole life ahead of me and I can stop being a loser whenever I want

That's pretty much exactly what I did after I went back to medical school in my 30's and got my degree. It far easier said than done though, took three years to get in, 4 years to get through, and now three years to finish residency.

And it doesn't change things as much as one might think. Still a virgin, still have my waifu.

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>>135945464

>you waste the next 10 years and see this post

Its actually despairing how ive lost progressively interest in anime, i begun watching when i was 19 i watched every single anime out then, now i have a difficult time watching harem, or generic ln or manga adaptations, the las show i finished was sakurako san, and it took dedicación to watch, i was a raging fan of monogatari but havent made it past el 3 of owari, currently trying to finish taimadou 35 and the perfect insider, what the fuck has happent to me i used to enjoy anime a lot more ;_;

>>135946112
It's called "becoming a wage slave and losing all passion in life"

>>135945993

Wasn't it weird? I mean going back in your 30s and watching all those younger and more talented people than you

>>135945464
>I'm just waiting for the right moment
anon...

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>>135946112
Maybe you just need a little kick to enjoy some things again. Y'know... some magic...

>>135945464
I've been waiting for the right moment for 10 years.

>>135946342
What sort of magic?, psychoactive magic?, i would truly appreciate advice, maybe im just not visiting the right places and losing a lot of good anime

>>135944090
We're having a lot of these threads lately. Is there some sort of collective existential crisis happening here?

>>135945288
>>135944783
How did you old guys get into anime?

When did you first come to /a/?

I'm 26, and I already feel older than 90% of this board.

>>135946268
>Wasn't it weird? I mean going back in your 30s and watching all those younger and more talented people than you

I look young for my age, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Definitely difficult though, even though mid-30's isn't that old, it makes a difference in how quickly your mind and body can work.

Having experience does buy you some respect though. I had some interesting stories and experiences to tell from my years working in the pharmaceutical industry.

The best part of the experience is how it improved relationships with my family. Dad is proud now and doesn't worry like he did in my NEET days. And imouto looks up to me with adoring eyes, like she did when she was little.

>>135946657
Not the guy you're asking, but I've always liked animation. See enough references around on the net to anime, eventually you need to check it out - but I was already prejudiced by watching dubbed Patlabor randomly on TV back in the 90s and thinking it was pretty good.

I only watch 1-2 series per season, just because I have a fairly low tolerance for crap and pedo bait.

But I keep this shit on the down low in real life obviously.

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>>135946620
>We're having a lot of these threads lately. Is there some sort of collective existential crisis happening here?

The early generation of /a/nons from the 1990's and early 2000's is hitting the age when one has to wake up and starting facing real life.

Even Moot, I think the true reason he left us was that he simply grew out of 4chan.

>When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face.

>>135946951
who is moot?

>>135946605
Whatever fits the mood or works for you. Uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...
>what the fuck has happent to me
Are you not happy with yourself?
Maybe even just a beer can help you to enjoy yourself more. Loosen up those tight strings.
Enjoying yourself = In Joy with yourself.

>>135947039
The creator of memes

I'm gonna kill myself by the time I'm 40

>>135946850
>>135946951
This is why I'm becoming a teacher. I can spend my summers and breaks watching anime and be like the NEET I used to be.

>>135945464
Yeah I said that too three years ago.

>>135946657

I'm slowly approaching your age, and I feel the exact same way. It doesn't help that a large amount of younger posters don't understand the concept of lurking, and as a result the board suffers. Despite being here for many years, I still lurk far, far more than I post as I enjoy the conversations.

Every now and again, threads like this remind me that regardless of age, other /a/nons continue with the tradition of supporting others to follow their dreams.

To be honest i started watching anime "professionally" from 16. Now i'm almost 24 but i'm still watching it. The only problem that i've watched all the good ones and it practically impossible to find decent on-going anime which would be season x of other moe/fanservice anime.

>>135946620
It's the current year.

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>>135947332
>professionally

>>135947332
>professionally

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>>135945464

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>>135947499
hahahahaha good one, my real life will start, like, tomorrow I bet.

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>>135947332
>professionally

>>135946951
My boss still watches anime I'll start worrying when he stops

>>135948083
Do you suck up to your boss with anime knowledge?

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>>135944444

I'm almost a wizard. I'm hoping in 10-20 more years, VR will be more immersive. The plugin style (matrix style) vr will hopefully become real. Then all I need to do is design a machine that feeds me the nutrients and takes care of my shit. Also a machine that pays the rent/electricity.

I don't care about real life in the slightest. Rather be in VR than in real life.

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>>135944444
QUINTS OF CERTAIN LOLIDOM THANK YOU JESUS

>>135944444
>all those 4's

The japanese language is telling me you're going to die in the process.

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>>135944090

Probably, I have a relative whose 50 something years old and likes anime, though he mostly just watches stuff he picks up on DVD. I can't really see myself stopping, as I get older don't really have any other hobbies anyway.

Also, YKK helps to ease the pain with the inevitable process of ageing.

Is it true that older people are more into lolicon/moe than younger?

>>135948561

>lolicon/moe

That's not even a genre, or is this what shitposters say when the mean SoL?

Don't adults in the US still watch Star Wars, capeshit, Game of Thrones and the like?

>>135948839

He didn't say it was a genre, you autist.

>>135948561

I think it's entirely up to the individual. The older I get the more I find lolis to be insufferably annoying.

>>135944090
I hope I age sooner, then I can get away with saying and doing all kind of crazy shit because I'm old.

>>135948851
Yes, and Star Trek, etc. Its no fucking different.

>>135948851
>Star Wars
Nostalgia. Adults probably watched the originals when they were kids.
>Game of Thrones
Which is M-rated?

I get capeshit, though.

Do you any of you guys have trouble imagining yourselves living past 30?

If I'm not married with kids on the way by then, I think I'll just off myself.

>>135944444
Makes me wonder what the fuck happens if you can have an exact copy of your brain in two different places. In that case where is identity/self-awareness?

>>135949437
Then I would already be dead

>>135945464

I thought the same thing 4 years ago.

22 now and finally got a job. I start tomorrow.

What now?

>>135949369
>Which is M-rated?
Not much different from seinen stuff, really.

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>>135949523
Both places. This is why I don't give a shit regarding any kind of advances with copying consciousness, since if you were to do so before you die, you would just die and some asshole copy of you would have all the fun and get to pretend to be you in the process. What we need to do is research preserving the bodies we have.

>>135948492
>dat flashback to young Ojisan and Sensei and the roadblocks
A lot of stuff can pass for iyashikei, but much of it just stops at being some sort of weak tranquilizer. YKK is the first time I actually felt a more fundamental impact.

>>135949523

Why should it be in any place other than both places? You think some magical link between both brains would somehow be established that defies all science just because of your feels?

A copy is a copy. Two separate entities.

>>135950072
Maybe it's too deep for retards like you but in that case where the fuck does consciousness exist if it's not in the brain?

>>135950146

That's the entire point I just made.

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>>135945464
>I can stop being a loser whenever I want, I'm just waiting for the right moment
You naive son of a gun.

>>135950146
Fuck off Karl Pilkington.

head like a fucking orange

>>135950054

Well iyashikei is just healing, the reason YKK has a much greater impact is the mono no aware theme which not all iyashikei shows have as a focus like ykk.

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>>135945464
>I can stop being a loser whenever I want, I'm just waiting for the right moment

>>135949523
You'd have two different self-aware beings. At first, they would also share the same identity. They'd probably diverge rather quickly, but depending on what they do, other people could stay fooled for longer. It could make for nice science fiction
>clones working together to maintain one identity, struggling to keep their duality secret.
>clones fighting each other to take possession of the original singular identity from which they diverged
>clones deciding to put behind their shared identity and trying to force a divergence
>clones unanimously deciding to try both ends of a difficult life question and then meeting up to discuss the results

I think I won't quit totally. If I do I won't suddenly start watching movies like a normalfag, that would be the worst and essentially admitting defeat.

>>135950685

The idea of clones has been explored a few times in SciFi. One I read recently has people creating clones for the day and the integrating their memories in to the original at the end of the day. Or not, if you didn't care. Clones had brightly colored skin to distinguish them from the original, but in every other way were identical.

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The reason I watch anime is for escapism from my life. So the only time I'll quit anime is when my life becomes livable without needing to escape from it.

It's a win-win situation for me. Sucks to be you guys.

>>135950411
>mono no aware
Well, there you have it, an added active ingredient that sets it apart from the usual iyashikei formulations.
But it goes further than that, because YKK actually teaches mono no aware, as opposed to just exhibiting it.

You just digitalize your brain little by little. You start replacing neurons with circuits slowly, one per day or so. This way your consciousness will naturally transition to a digital state instead of the digital version being a copy of your consciousness. I just solved human mortality.

>>135952048
Good, anon. Now create those magical circuits that can replace neurons.

>>135952048

This is not a new idea, you've solved nothing. Especially considering we lack the technology for this.

>>135951545

That looks fucking oishi, what is it

>>135952357
Looks like a beef bowl with red cabbage?

>>135952357

Spaghetti and meatballs.

>>135952048
Great idea, it'll only take 100000000000 days

>>135944090
I worry about this often. I'm 27 now and when I was younger I never had the means to indulge in anime merchandise. I do it now to make up for it and it makes me happy but I still always worry about other adults giving me shit about it. I tell myself I don't care but it's harder when it's your family.

It doesn't help that even people on the internet consider older fans creepy sometimes.

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>>135953951
I don't think you're creepy, anon.

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>>135953951
Everyone on /a/ is a cute loli desu senpai.

>>135953951

27? Goddamn you're old

Take a seat and calm down before you break something and have a heart attack, grandad

>>135951545

This. I'd gladly trade anime for a more fulfilling life.

>>135954657

The problem with a fulfilling life is that it gets boring after a while. I'm married and have kids and I still watch anime.

>>135954755

I'd still trade it for that. I suppose once they grow older they won't want to spend time with you and such but I'd still be happy.

>>135945288
37 here

Got into anime at 16 or maybe even younger

>>135949523
One of them will probably throw a sun at someone and die, so I'm cool with it. Wait, shit, in this metaphor I'm the original Crichton. Still okay with it.

>>135954843

You say that, but having a family doesn't mean you don't need hobbies anymore.

>>135945826
Look, so long as I can use it to one-up that other asshole magician, then I die happy.

>>135954956

Well in this fantasy I'm only trading anime.

>>135950146
Literally retarded.

>>135955011

Reality doesn't work that way, fortunately. You don't have to give up something you love to get something else. You can have both.

>>135947417
>>135947450
>>135947888
maybe he has a blog or something.
I wish I could watch anime professionally, then at least I would find the motivation to do the things I enjoy.

How come I don't find motivation for my only hobby?

>>135944090

I guess ill always love the memories i have of my Japanese cartoons. Even when I grow old and die I wont regret the time i spent making friends that dont exist and will never know of my existence.

They made my life a little worth living.

>>135955306

Hobbies don't require motivation, that's why they are hobbies.

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>Will you still like anime when you grow old?

I am old, I am 30. And I still watch anime and I still read manga.

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Oh yeah.

And were all going to die one day. Lets find something to live for in the meanwhile.

>>135944090
>How do you cope with the inevitable process of aging?
I've stopped ageing mentally years ago.

>Will you still like anime when you grow old?
No, because I already am old.

>>135955306
I have a job related to my hobby (anime/vidya) but the reality is that 99% of the people you work with are people with normal balanced lives and you will be an outcast for enjoying the thing you work with every day more than them.

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People need to stop hoping for the VR revolution.
Even if we'll ever get the technology to have affordable full immersion VR, it's never gonna happen because people think that you can only be happy in life if you work and "contribute to society".

>>135945464
>whenever I want

Why not start now?

>>135955879
>people think that you can only be happy in life if you work

What decade are you living in?

>>135946712
>imouto looks up to me with adoring eyes
This made me smile.
I really wish you all the best Anon.

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>>135945464
>I'm just waiting for the right moment

>>135945826
Depends how you do the transfer.

There's no one bit of your brain that makes you "you".
You can lose a couple of neurons practically anywhere and manage just fine.
When it comes down to it, "you" are basically just the Ship of Theseus.
Do the transfer gradually, replacing a little at a time, and you'd probably be fine.

>>135946951
I'm having an existentional crisis, but I'm 33 soon. I have a good career for years, but my life lost it's flavor. I'm still watching anime and actually reading more manga then ever in my entire life. It's not something you just abandon, if it makes you happier then if you wouldn't do it.

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>>135950251
>Well, it's just how your thoughts are, innit? all faffing around back and forth, you can't even know where they come from, can you? It's just like they say, uhh, with the, you know, the chicken and the egg, you never know which one comes first, do you?

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>>135945464
>ave my whole life ahead of me and I can stop being a loser whenever I want

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>>135958035
>innit?
Perfect.

>>135945826
>>135949523
Why are you retards assuming it will be a copy of his brain? Why can't you just make a cyborg body that can provide the right nutrients to keep the brain alive in a jar in the head while the rest is cybernetic?

>>135957896
Are you me?
I've been exclusively a mangafag since my late 20s
>tfw when refreshing manga-updates hoping something that you aren't already reading will pop up

>>135958035
little monkey fella

>>135944090
>Growing out of anime
That's not how it works faggot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhFDyQpmryI

>>135958706
;_;

I was wondering... at least of you guys who claim to have a mediocre life are just pretending, right?
I mean, considering how tough and self-confident all of you are when you post on /a/, there's no way you are the opposite in real life, right?

>>135952357
Gyudon most possibly. With topping of red pickeled ginger.

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I won't grow old

>>135958268
Tablet did it to me. I was really interested in reading mango, but on an LCD it was tiring. So I invested for a cheap but good-display tablet and it sparked a rush that continues for the past 2 years. I've been through most of my backlog and try new generes each week, it's bliss. The only think I worry, is that I'm reliant on online-manga materials. And if they run out, be removed or dissapear, I'm doomed to again live a flavour-less life.

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>>135955845
that cant be real.

>>135959262
?

It's in OP's pic.

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>>135945464
Haha I though the same thing three years ago.

How wrong I was.

>>135945866
you've got to be 15 if that's your level of comprehension.

Fit, good genes, don't care.

I feel like an old man already, all our bodies are rotting away right now.

The only problem being I'll have no money to retire on because I already sit around all day drinking tea and eating biscuits. Is see no reason to stop watching anime, it might become more depressing to see people being happy though.

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>>135945826
>implying copies can't be equal to the original

>>135959259
I hear you anon, I have a Surface RT that I'm using as my main reading device. I can no longer go back to the days of direct download and PC readers

>>135961112
>copy is equal to the original

That's kind of what a copy is.

>>135944444
Nice quints, cagliostro.

>>135949523
There's a recent game called SOMA that dealt with this topic.

>>135946112
Maybe you're having a mid-life crisis. Curing yourself with anime alone isn't going to help.

>>135955845
Who is this man?

>>135945537

You aren't bored? Jesus.

>>135946245

No. It's called growing up and realizing anime is shit.

hey people in this sub who are those people OP posted

>>135958225
This. Before I die I want to be turned into a machine that just has access to the internet. I'll watch anime and shitpost on /a/ forever and never die. This might come off as a joke but it's not, I've thought a lot about this. Hell, I wouldn't mind if that happened to me right now.

>>135948426
I'll make his loli robo double my lover, his sacrifice won't be in vain

Btw guys why does everyone assume that they are going to die? Does no one have any faith in science?

>>135947039
nice bait

What I've found is that your role in life will be pressured to change naturally even if you don't want it to. You're someone's daughter/son for a long time, and at some point, either society or you yourself determine it's time for you to be a "parent". But that's also a false dilemma, because you don't have to be a parent even if society wants you to be one.

Anime/manga, I've found, is a role you can outgrow. You're a consumer of anime until it gets boring/repetitive/stale, then the only source of originality is your own ability to write a story. You still consume good anime when it comes, but you also recognize that the vast majority of shows are not good, so you aren't willing to settle for less anymore. To meet your high standards, you either have to do it yourself or take the next step to go beyond it.

That's a big reason why I hate millennials and the facebook culture, so many people are willing to give up their wild ambitions because of peer pressure by normals saying it's not socially acceptable to be a chuuni when you're in your late 20's. If you're a career woman and unmarried in your 30's, your some shallow feminist slut. If you're a male, you're a loser, even if you're a medical doctor.

>>135945826
>>135954971
>>135957756
>>135958225
>>135961112
Only ethics prevent us from truly learning what consciousness is like that head transplant onto another body that might be a scam just to make headlines

>>135944444
Reminder that if you don't die a natural death, you prevent yourself from being reincarnated into a fantasy world that has real life elf women.

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>>135944444

>44444

>>135944090
>Will you still like anime when you grow old?
I am old (at least in the older half of the *chan demographic). I grew up watching anime and I must say that I have retreated more and more on the side of manga over the years to find stuff I like.
Given the costs involved in Anime production studios tend to go for the "Sure Thing" model resulting in usually two scenarios. The first one being the "Tried and True" model resulting in a show I've seen 50 times before but with a new coat of paint. The second is "Adaptation of a Runaway Success From Another Medium" which means I've read it in manga form already and am several seasons ahead of anything the show would do.
Neither scenario motivates me to pick up the anime unless the production value is high or if it is an original animated show.
And this is before we get into the 'currently predominant genre discussion'.

I only love anime more as I age. 27 now and I watch nearly every airing anime now and enjoy all of them. Call it shit taste or whatever but I love coming home from work and having at least an hour or two of anime everyday to look forward to.

It's not like I have any other interests besides video games I can afford.

>>135963067
>faith in science

>>135944090
>Kagura's seiyuu
JUST

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>>135963067
>faith in science

>>135945464
You're just like I was 20 years ago. See you in 20 years.

>>135957756
Stallman, please.

>>135958225
Your brain will still age, you dunce.

>all these fucking shitfuck fuckety-fuck fucks making generalizations and statements about the nature of consciousness even though literally no factual or experimental evidence exists for any of it

>>135958225

the brain still ages, it will eventually pickle. What we really need is a way to stop the brain from eventually drying up.

>>135964382

>no factual or experimental evidence exists for consciousness

What?

Answer for you here : I'm 35 and I still love it a lot, but I'm watching less and less anime each season (5 years ago I would watch and foolow until the end about 3/4 of the seasonal anime, now it's down to 3 at the end of the season)
I'm having a really hard time with the usually popular school settings, I'm looking for more original things Japan has to offer, like Shouwa Genroku this season (not saying its top tier, it's just an example).
But I can still appreciate shonen or teen-oriented things a lot, I'm just more demanding.

>>135964457
No factual or experimental evidence exists about the nature of consciousness.
A brain has never been exactly duplicated or gradually replaced or computerized or simulated, so all of these faggots acting like they know what would happen are wasting their time.

>How do you cope with the inevitable process of aging?

By not interacting with the outside world outside of going to work anymore

Fuck balding, maybe I should just start wearing wigs...

>>135964544
>No factual or experimental evidence exists about the nature of consciousness.

But that's wrong.

>A brain has never been exactly duplicated or gradually replaced or computerized or simulated

You don't need to do any of that to obtain evidence of consciousness.

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What the fucking shit happened to her?!

>>135964608
You are not about to drag me into an argument over semantics, so I'll say this one more fucking time.
No experiments or circumstances have ever occurred which would provide insight into what would happen if a brain were cybernetized in some way.
Not even fucking once did I even question whether or not "consciousness" existed or what it even is. The existence of consciousness is not in question.
What's being talked about in this thread, and the "nature" I'm referring to, is how the replacing or simulating of brain material with computerization affects the brain's consciousness.

>>135964701
age

>>135964730
She's only 36!

>>135964701
I don't think anyone told them they'd be on camera that day.

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>>135963018
>This. Before I die I want to be turned into a machine that just has access to the internet. I'll watch anime and shitpost on /a/ forever and never die.

I sometimes imagine that the "posting everyday until you like it" anon is just some cron job running on a dusty server tucked into some closet somewhere. The flesh-and-blood /a/non who set it up died long ago from a Japanese Cold, and he set it up during his final days, so he could continue posting forever.

...well, not forever. Only until the bank account for renewing the 4chan pass runs out. Then the script breaks.

26 is old though.

>>135949437
I got married

The feelings of wanting to die haven't subsided

>>135964701
She's not completely covered in makeup and had her face touched up in Photoshop.

Thinking of joining the military to cure my weeb.

>>135964854
There's a difference between not having makeup on and looking like a middleaged crossdresser.

This shit is scary.

>>135964894
> looking like a middleaged crossdresser.

Don't poke fun, it'll happen to all of us eventually.

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>>135964942

True. This is pretty much me IRL now.

>>135964798
Sakurafish actually responds to other posts sometimes though

>>135964942
I'm not poking fun, I'm legitimately concerned for her.

>>135964714
>No experiments or circumstances have ever occurred which would provide insight into what would happen if a brain were cybernetized in some way.

That's not what you originally said, but fine.

>how the replacing or simulating of brain material with computerization affects the brain's consciousness.

There are plenty of cases of neuroprosthetics. People have their brains "enhanced" by machinery and computers now. It's not like this is some fantasy story. This has been going on for decades. Obviously we can't fully digitize a human brain or replace it entirely with electronics yet, but to claim that we know absolutely nothing about the nature of consciousness with regards to replacing parts of the brain with computers is absurd.

>>135963594
I'm like this too. I always feel bad for those who can't manage to watch more than a couple shows each season because they think the rest is shit. I don't know if I'm easily entertained or if I just really love anime, but I'm happy it's like this.