does /a/ consider "otaku" a derogatory term? people

>>148493911
/a/ considers "/a/" a derogatory term.

There's nothing to not hate here.

/a/ surely consider this thread shit.

>>148493911
If you wear the term like a badge of pride you're a weeaboo faggot.

If you don't label yourself as such because you understand that in Japanese the term is often used derisively then you're still a weeaboo faggot.

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>>148493985
I don't deny that - OP

Here's a better question OP,

Why do you care what this shithole thinks?

>>148494040
You guys are my friends

>>148494072
No we aren't, get the fuck out.

>>148493986
So what's the safe option, anon?

>>148494176
Don't watch anime.

>>148494163
Rude

>>148493911
Otaku is a shit term

If you "identify" as "otaku" you're a colossal dork and stay the fuck away from me.

>>148494176
Being a fencesitting contrarian and shitting on absolutely everything.

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>that guy who says he's an otaku but not a weeaboo

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tfw my cousin brags about being an otaku on facebook and says shes on the good side of fandom and makes posts about how 4chan is the cancer that kills tumblr and instagram.

I want to die.

>>148494189
I don't. I only read hand-drawn images made by orientals.

>>148494220
but that's you, anon. I don't want to be like you.

>>148494276
Does you cousin know that you're kanser?

>>148493986
Simply, don't use the term at all.

If, for whatever reason, you find yourself in a situation where you need to profess your love for anime just say "I like anime".

>>148494364
>I like anime
>so you're an otaku
>No, I just like anime
>but that means you're an otaku.

I don't know how many times I've heard this conversation.

>>148494355
jesus christ no, my family thinks I'm a normie

Showing your power level in regards to anime is a speak when spoken to kind of deal. Even then pick your battles. Some tard brings up Naruto, you keep quiet.

>>148494399
>I guess. Whatever. Putting arbitrary labels on things is ridiculous and meaningless anyway.
This is the best technique for getting out of situation "so you are?"

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>>148494232
>I like anime but only the good stuff not that fanservice crap

>>148494507
But usually, the one who initiates the conversation regarding anime, ergo, the one who reveals his powerlevels, is someone I don't wanna talk to.

Really, the only desirable people who watch anime are those who don't say a thing about it in personal and only talk about it in a pro-mongolian image board.

>>148493911
It's literally a derogatory term that total morons thinks sounds cool because it's in Japanese.

>>148493911
"otaku" is essentially used like "nigger"

It's acceptable to say "Ay yo waddup we iz niggaz and shieeet" but if someone says "Fuck off nigger" it's derogative and you fight him or whatever it is that niggers do.

t. anthropology major

>>148494276
Rape her.

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>>148494637
>anonymous
>desirable

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>be me
>40+ years old
>no peers to talk anime with

>>148494399
>so you're an otaku
to which you reply with "a what?"

And while your buddy is giving you his spiel about how you're not a "real" anime fan you are spending this time thinking how you are going to burn all bridges with this person.

I like to murmer OP lyrics while I work, and my ringtone is an instrumental version of God Knows. No one has ever called me out on it.
I consider power level flashing to be an extreme sport.

>>148494637
There are thise rare occasions where you'll meet someone who has a decent taste.

I found out my coworker is into anime because we were shooting the shit about old JRPGs. I deemed it safe to try to shift the conversation to anime. If he'd said: "anime is for fags" I would have dropped it then and there.

On the other hand I see loads of undesirables, saw a fat dork wearing a Kyubei teeshirt, see the occasional DBZ teeshirt. It's always a gamble.

Living I mean.

>>148494824
that's considered exhibitionism, anon-kun.

>>148494782
How do you burn bridges anon? I've told someone his favorite anime a shit. To which he says we agree to disagree.

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>>148493911
Like 'gamer', its about how you use it.
You are an otaku, but the amount of 400lb naruto cosplayers camping on the door of conventions made you hate the term, and turn to 'weeaboo' to differentiate yourself from these people.
Horsefuckers did the same with 'brony'
I dont think there is an actual word for "gamer", but some of my friends self-identify as autist or videogame addict, and actually take offense at 'gamer' from all the 13 year old minecraft kids.

tl;dr: Its only derogatory in japan and if you're with SAO fans that you could be bundled with.

>>148494925
>"Aw shit I gotta go do something/get home/whatever"
>Avoid all further contact

>>148494399
>i dont eat animal products
>so youre a vegan
>no, i just dont eat animal products
>that means youre a vegan
Why not "i guess, yeah. i dont like it tho" instead?

>>148493911
>people who show their powerlevel are absolute pieces of shit.
Yeah, talking about your hobbies should be a criminal offence.
Fuck this gay place.

>>148494870
If someone can recognize the first five seconds of God Knows through a cell phone speaker or can recognize a song from me mumbling at my desk
>nna..ura...ura...sho
>nna..ura...ura...ne
Then they have earned the right to talk anime with me.

>>148493911
No, but I consider people that refer to themselves as otakus to usually be insufferable little shits with whom I would never ever want to be associated with.

>>148495036
Could lead to further questions like "Why don't you like it?"

>>148493911

>my world, my rules
No. Being called a ''otaku'' it's shit no matter the place or the situation.

is otaku listed in webster dictionary yet?

>>148495036
or say
>I watch anime for fun, but I don't really like it.
hah

ITT
>people who hate their own

>>148495314
>anime club members
>my/our own

>>148493911
Every term that refers to people who over-identify with a subculture, or what they perceive as a subculture is derogatory.

>>148495210
Honestly if someone said that I'd probably do this >>148494782

>>148495036
That could mean he just doesnt eat them right now for some reason but sometimes eat meat.

>>148495314
This place is all about self-hate. If I went out with a Naruto headband while singing in Japanese the people's reaction would probably make me feel less of a piece of shit than /a/'s self-loathing attitude.

When I got arrested in Japan the police asked me if I was an otaku because I had a Yuno key chain. I said no.

>>148493959
>There's nothing but hate here.
ftfy thank me later

>>148495443
>When I got arrested in Japan
Why?
Did policemen gently bully you? They seem the kind to?

From what I get, basically there are 3 anime fans

>casual normalfags
>closet fags (most of /a/)
>otaku (anime club members)

correct me /a/

>>148495443
>>148495496
inb4 public intoxication

>>148495530
No, there are two kinds:
>patricians (me)
>people with shit taste (everyone else)

>>148495581
that's according to taste anon. Its universal

>>148495581
this

>>148495496
I got way too drunk at a nano.RIPE concert. Ended up leaving the club and roaming around Tokyo. The police were pretty chill. They found the whole situation pretty amusing.

>>148495650
they found it amusing because you are gaijin

>>148495573
>>148495650
Let it be known that I called that shit

Good on you anon, getting arrested in Japan of all countries for public intoxication is the big leagues.
You were proper hammered m8.

Honestly, I don't care if they call themselves otaku or weabs as long as they don't incorporate japanese words in their sentences.

>Damn mate, that toy is kawaii as fuck.
>Don't be a baka mate, naruto is obivously better

>>148493911
"Otaku" was never supposed to be a derogatory term for anything. It was just the Japanese equivalent of "nerd". Over the years, the meaning somehow changed and people now think it's a bad think.

t. otaku

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>>148496092
>"Otaku" was never supposed to be a derogatory term for anything

>>148495800
it is mostly girls that use such words, at least as far as i know

>>148496092
otaku used to be just any old pronoun, but lately due to cultural changes has turned from an innocent term into something extremely derogatory. Kind of like "gay" or "queer".

>>148493911

I have never hidden my powerlevel

I'm a fucking spaz and am incapable of guile

That doesn't mean I launch off on tirades about weebshit in front of normalfags, I just answer honestly when people ask me why I'm going on trips/what I did over the weekend etc.

>>148495650
>be policeman in tokyo
>night shift. shit sucks
>spot a gaijin staggering around, guy blasting Patricia on his phone and yelling along
>stop him, he tries to say something in japanese but is way too drunk.
>weeb keychain
>"are you an otaku?"
>iiiiieeee
>yes he is
/a/ group trip to japan when

>>148497124
>/a/ group trip to japan when
This would be

Probably legendary, no matter how it turns out.

>>148497183

We would meme about it for centuries, no doubt

Just don't eat the fucking brownies and don't sleep with your mouth open

>>148497124
One year before olympics?

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>>148497238
>Just don't eat the fucking brownies
Ayyyy
You going to the midwest NF?

>>148497362

Oh, I'm not /k/, I just heard about it

I doubt I could fire a gun without dropping it

>>148497451
>I doubt I could fire a gun without dropping it
I could teach you anon very homo

>>148497499

Well, I am in the midwest