Have you experienced this before?
You areoustideat some place far away from your computer and unexpectedly see a cartoon or anime girl on a random screen or poster. The girl appears a lot cuter than she actually is and you feel like having an heart attack from the cuteness.
If you had seen the same picture online you wouldn't look twice.
picture very related
I cringe when I see anime stuff outside
Isn't that Index? Anyway it's nowhere as cute as you purport it to be.
>>149943595
must hide powerlevel at all cost right?
I know that feel.
>>149943420
>Have you experienced this before?
>You are outside
Nope.
>>149945430
no way I'll ever join these degenerate people
>>149945386
>Anyway it's nowhere as cute as you purport it to be.
Maybe read again:
>>149943420
>If you had seen the same picture online you wouldn't look twice.
Recently experienced this in a lecture when the professor plugged his laptop in and had some anime girl wallpaper. He's quite young, but it was weird to see this at university.
>>149943420
I don't think that happens outside of Japan and maybe a few other places in Eastern Asia, barring ads and such or conventions where it would belong. I know I haven't anyways.
This was in Texas.
>>149945673
that professor is a gangster
>>149945823
>Tomoyo
Good taste.
>>149945673
>some anime girl
What the fuck man, you're supposed to be able to identify every anime girl in existence. Plus it makes the world of difference. Describe this anime girl.
>>149945437
Google "spotlight effect" and you'll see that even if you don't hide your powerlevels in public, no one around you is going to give much of a shit.
Everybody is just as egocentric in public as you are.
>>149945673
Does he have good taste?
>>149946046
Trust me, I tried to find out who it is, but I failed.
The girl has pink hair, was sitting on the right side of the image holding an apple in her outstretched hand. She had short bangs flowing over her shoulders a bit and looked rather mature (not childish). I think there was a moon in the background.
It definitely wasn't Holo (in spite of the apple).
It also was not a 2hu I would recognize.
Google image search for the above terms (anime girl pink hair moon apple) couldn't find the wallpaper.
Maybe it was some deviantart stuff or something else from a single artist.
>>149943420
When I see anime shit on youtube since I tell it t get rid of any anime related crap. I only care about anonĀ“s opinion on anime.
>>149946277
It looked a bit like this, but this is not the exact pic and the girl looked different.
The image was more stilized and as I said, the girld had an apple in her hand.
>>149946277
>>149946397
Are you sure it was a girl and not that pink-haired dude from penguindrum?
>>149946717
Good idea, could be the case, he looks pretty girly.
Thanks for the lead.
>>149946397
>>149947737
Was it this?
>>149946084
This effect clearly doesn't work with /a/ because they hate seeing other people show off their powerlevels.
>>149948094
No, it was 16:9 and the girl/guy was alone sitting on the right, looking to the left with the apple in the outstretched hand (like in your image).
>>149949037
All this guessing. Now I feel like joining in. We must find the professors waifu.
>>149949037
>>149945823
Stuff like that really feel like a fucking portal to another dimension.
When I'm outside because of my job, I never think about anime. Not by choice mind you, I just don't associate anime with real life. It's like my little secret thing that I enjoy when I am comfortable at home and have my privacy.
When I get confronted with anything that is drawn and looks cute IRL I instantly feel it's way cuter than it actually is. It only works with drawings too, I don't see myself drooling over animals or 3D pigs of any sort like girls or babies.
I have never seen a real character from a show outside. At least not unexpectedly. Must feel awesome.
This photo was taken by an anon at a station in the Netherlands several years ago now. It's a shame I never got to see in person, apparently it got removed fairly quickly. At least whoever put it there had good taste.
>>149943420
>>149943420
I've never actually brought anything anime related outside before, and I've never seen it in real life in a while. Last time was a pokemon poster on a dunkin donuts when I was a kid. Bur I don't get the whole powerlevel stuff. Who cares what other people think? It's not illegal, so the only thing you could lose is the good opinion of normalfags. And that really shouldn't matter to you unless you want to be a normalfag yourself.
Last Wednesday I saw a Camaro with an anime sticker on the rear bumper. It has like 6 or 7 girls on chibi form but I couldn't recognize any of them, since it looked way too small two cars ahead of me and I didn't take a photo cause good boys don't use the phone while driving.
>>149945823
Owner's name is Shawn, cool guy.
>>149945823
If I ever get a car that isn't shit I'm going to do something like this.
>>149952860
Nice potato camera
>>149953019
How do you know this?
I saw a guy with a Kotori keychain and a longboard with a Kotori sticker on it at my university's engineering department's student run computer lab a couple of weeks ago.
I just kept staring and thinking of what to say but I was worried about sounding patronizing if I say "Nice keychain man" or "Maki is better"
He left before I could say anything. I wish I had. Maybe I'd made a friend. Fucking ass burgers
>>149950298
thats in japan though
>>149943420
>The girl appears a lot cuter than she actually is and you feel like having an heart attack from the cuteness.
>If you had seen the same picture online you wouldn't look twice.
I've experienced this before, and it's a good way to get me to look at an advertisement or buy some product I wouldn't otherwise have done.
I suppose it's similar to how a normal person might respond to an attractive female. Except I've imprinted on 2D instead, so this kind of encounter is the closet thing to meeting a cute girl that can happen to me (as far as my subconsciousness is concerned).
>>149943420
I saw a Highschool DxD car in Sydney about a week ago.
>>149956601
I talk to him over instagram; he has a mazda rx7 as well and so do I so we started talking, always loved his honda as well.
Itai thread?
I like how you can tell the front bumper was replaced and the owner couldn't be assed to redo the paint job. Either this guy is a terrible driver and rear-ended someone, or someone with better taste intentionally backed into his car.
Saw this in LA
>>149959982
I recognize that parking lot. Judge John Aiso?
There was an itasha car show during Obon. Pic I took
this
>>149957677
Anime never.
>>149945823
That building looks beautiful.
>>149956113
Nice potato comment.
>>149961160
Found it again. Lain was on this wall from 2011 until 2015.
I'd love to do itasha on my bike but it's a good way for it to get pushed over.
>>149950879
I highly doubt the person who owns that car cares much for 3DPD...
>>149961832
What kinda bike are we talking about? You might be able to pull it off if you have a crotch rocket.
>>149961792
What happened then?
Did they erased it or drawn orver it?
>>149962363
They gave the building some fresh paint sometime in the last year.
caught in bay area, lots of itashas here.
there's always people taking pictures of em
>>149962575
The wall looks nice, the building itself it's better but still bad.
What is it used for now?
>>149962754
No idea what the building is. I just happened upon the original graffiti when I was visiting Sao Paulo in 2012. Since then I have been periodically checking up on the wall through street view.
>>149943420
Yes i've experencied it. A few years back i had that tendency, to put much attention when something anime related poped out outside. Now i do the sane thing and i try to ignore it as much as posible.
>>149950298
>back when index was still being animated
those were the daysseason 3 never
>>149943420
Yes, When I attended a Japanese airshow, They have a gunship with anime decals on it.
One of the pilot on my carrier have a picture of Holo in his cockpit.
>>149962601
I have that nerv logo on my car. I like it because its subtle.
>>149961547
stop lying, that was your daki.
>>149961547
too cheap to pay for a seat for your waifu you unfaithful fuck.
>>149943420
I went to Disney World with my family last summer
We were in the Japan part of Epcot going through the shop and at the very end where my sisters were coloring and getting their bears stamped, I saw another section. I just saw the part that said History or Museum or something along those lines. I ask my dad if he wants to come take a look too, because history is always fun.
We walk in and its all this shit like Doraemon, hello kitty, among other things. It turns out that it was an exibit on the history of Kawaii. My dad was just confused and left, I followed as not to seem autistic. I'll be honest I wanted to look but can't show my power level, so I just stared at the rock garden for a bit, which was really nice for that section
>>149967342
>history of Kawaii
>>149967342
herp
>>149967391
Just looked it up, it was actually called "Kawaii - Japan's Cute Culture"
I only saw Japan and Culture and figured it would be history
Why they did this I'll never know. There were a few old couples just sitting in there too, depressed like they would be anywhere else sitting down but this time they really stuck out
>>149967471
derp
>>149967492
This is terrible in a way i can't totally describe.
>>149967342
Last summer? Either it was earlier than that, or that exhibit's been up waaay too long. I remember someone sending >>149967471 to Robin Williams and getting his comments on twitter.
>>149967492
Those are some kawaii rocks right there.
>>149961547
Not a fan of the series but would still cop on purpose in hopes that it would belong to a qt3.14 so that shenanigans may then occur and thus our life together may begin.
>>149967143
Seen a white Jeep with a red NERV logo on the door in Toronto a few years back. Looked pretty cool, unlike most of these cars.
I think most people who put this shit on their cars have zero tact, or artistic sense at all. If you're gonna reveal your power level like that, at least use an image thats high quality, which flows with the contours of your car, or somehow 'works' with it.
>>149950298
>Showing feet in public.
LewdI'd lick it.
>>149943420
What about that town in spain that's for some reason made up to look like the backgrounds from Soronowoto?
>>149967492
Dear god what is that mannequin
>>149967991
what are you talking about? Are you implying the owner of the daki could ever be more desirable than the daki itself?
>>149945823
That's one of the more tasteful itasha I've seen. Reminds me of a motorcycle I saw outside Comiket one year with Fate from Nanoha done up in gold on the black body.
>>149967492
>>149968247
Bet you a million bucks it's some Takashi Murakami piece of shit.
>>149967492
>someone in the official chat at work has an anime girl avatar
>from Monogatari of all things
>it's a chick
>>149968172
Spaniards are secret weebs from ancients times
>Decide to hit up the Uni's anime club for shits and giggles
>Showing's in the same lecture hall where I bombed my Calc II midterm
>They're showing Ping Pong and Azumanga Daioh
>>149968497
And? Nothing wrong with that, assuming he picked the correct girl.
>>149968497
Now's your chance. Invite her to see Kizu III next year.
>someone has an anime avatar
>ask them about it
>they say they have no idea what it is, it just looks cute/sexy/whatever
REEEEEEEEE
No. Thank god I live in a country full of normies.
Where i live there is a donated ambulance and it has eva-01 and umbrella stickers it looks nice
A coworker has an anime character keychain hanging from his rear view mirror, mixed in with a bunch of other stuff.
A few months after he started, he hid it behind some of the other keychains in the bundle, but I never could figure out the character.
It was a girl with blue hair, two red lines on her left cheek, a black dress and a gold sword. I tried googling and checking boorus but never found it.
I also saw a skinny dude wearing a t-shirt with a full body shot of Rei Ayanami walk into a jack in the box with a girl once. Weirded me out more than anything.
I have never been outside, what's it like?
>>149969225
Its shit and highly overrated.
>>149969225
lame, also all people are horrible
>>149969225
It's magnificent and magical a third of the year, and fucking loud, crowded, searing hell the next.
>>149969303
explain yourself
We blogging now?
>>149968497
A fat 26yo virgin from my last workplace had the most visible desk out of the whole team but for some reason he just didn't care. He had some sexy Homura wallpaper with very little clothes on her. He sat next to a corridor which lead to the bathrooms and the kitchen area, so pretty much 90% of the office walked by there. A few days later one of the managers asked me to speak with him and it wasn't a very comfortable talk because I had to confront him like a normalfag(always hide your powerlevel).
>>149969366
W I N T E R B O Y S
>>149968643
I never bothered with those. I almost want to just because there'd probably be at least one cool person with decent taste/interesting to talk to but the possibility of getting roped in or followed around by autistic people flaunting anime in public disgusts me.
>>149968954
>>149969507
Please go on, what did you tell this guy?
Did he change his wallpaper to a non lewd one or did he change it to non anime altogether?
>>149943420
there is a serious need for a containment board for blogposters
>>>/faceblog/
>>149970224
It was pretty straight forward
>Jim, look, I didn't say anything at first because I thought you'd figure it out on your own, but you've had a semi naked loli as your wallpaper for days and it's making me and management uncomfortable.
>But it's my favorite picture:(and it was tagged as SFW. I mean, she's not naked.
>Safe for work? Not in this universe. Not when the CEO comes for a meeting and that's the first thing he sees when he comes out of the bathroom. If you want to keep it at your [work] laptop, fine, but take it out of your monitor.
>Okay, will do.
He had more anime wallpapers but nothing too risque.
I was the tech lead and I was on friendly terms with the guy because he did his job OK and you can't escalate the corporate ladder if you spout scorn and hate every single minute of your day. I secretly loathed him though because he was an obese Nintendo-obsessed Instagram-posting 'I'm such a big lolicon lol' nerd. He literally had none of the self-loathing tendencies a proper otaku should have.
>>149970871
Asshole.
I used to see this every day on my to classes. I heard it closed down a while ago.
>>149971153
He's right though.
>>149971153
Yes. Middlemen (i.e., supervisors) acting between the base workers and management are usually assholes. At least he didn't get fired and nobody called the cops. The guy browsed /b/ for fuck's sake. In America, a company that size would have gotten the guy fired the second HR walked by his workstation.
You're not exactly posting in the nicest toxicity free environment in the Internet.
>>149949947
THIS IS THE IMAGE!
So my memory was crap and it is not actually an apple.
Thank you anon.
oh yeah
>>149971457
And it looks like it's actually a jpop band's album cover not an anime.
>>149970871
>he was an obese Nintendo-obsessed Instagram-posting 'I'm such a big lolicon lol'
Why would anyone do that?
Telling everyone you like little girls is definitely not a good idea in our modern society. It is as if he wants everyone to hide their kids from him.
>>149970871
Did you actually say "loli"?
>>149971457
Looks like it's the official cover of EGOIST's only album. Prof might be way deeper in than it appears. Not bad.
http://www.egoist-inori.jp/disco/archive/?SRCL-8093
What does the creepy professor teach?
>>149971627
He fucked up at hiding his powerlevel if he did.
>>149971646
The course is called "Game Programming".
Assignment is to create a small game in Unreal Engine.
btw. I never said he was creepy.
>>149971565
>>149971646
But judging from the look of the girl and the second song's name on that album
>2. The Everlasting Guilty Crown
it looks like it is Yuzuriha Inori from Guilty Crown to me?
This used to hang in the hallway near my local hobby store.
Funnily enough, the owner was a die-hard nationalist who I couldn't imagine watching anime and it only stocked military plamo.Too bad the shop closed.
>>149971782
They have a pink-haired girl even on the kabaneri single.
http://www.egoist-inori.jp/disco/archive/?SRCL-9070
Probably a vocalist's self-insert.
>>149971546
>>149971646
>>149971782
EGOIST (supercell) was made because of Guilty Crown and went on to make other OP/EDs - Psycho Pass, Kabaneri and the Project Itoh movies.
>>149971848
I see.
>>149971848
>>149971782
Inori is the vocalist for Egoist in the Guilty Crown universe, but Egoist carried on as an actual band after the anime ended.
>>149971782
>>149971848
Actually wait, it is Inori even there.
Case closed I guess.
>>149943420
These posters are all around Tokyo metro
>>149971893
Inori's voice isn't the singer for EGOIST, chelly is. Koeda did "My Dearest", the first OP, though.
>>149971879
This is some good shit.
>>149971921
Not her voice, no, but her character in GC is Egoist's vocalist. I'm guessing that's where using Inori for album artwork comes from.
>>149971879
Maybe I'll integrate this image as an easter egg into my game... might improve my grade a bit in case he finds it.
>>149972039
On second thought that would be totally autistic. Not sure if good idea.
>>149972039
Just make the protaganist a cute pink haired girl with twin-tails.
>>149972160
And fangs.
>>149972039
Use this one
>>149972087
Yah, gotta be subtle about these things. Wouldn't want to accidentally reveal your power level. The safest bet would be to slightly hint at it while also remaining ambiguous. Name something in your game after something neutral from Guilty Crown like "Apocalypse Virus". Or use the word "Supercell" since it's an actual meteorological term you can invoke in relation to hurricanes.
>>149943420
Yes. This thread
>>149968894
this
>>149972340
>Name something in your game after something neutral from Guilty Crown like "Apocalypse Virus".
That sounds like a good idea.
>Or use the word "Supercell" since it's an actual meteorological term you can invoke in relation to hurricanes.
This might be too subtle.
>>149969225
People are shit. Ive seen some get screwed up over little things.
Unless you want to see horrible things, stay inside.
>>149967279
That's clever.
>>149943420
One guy at my company had some anime stickers on this laptop (pic related).
He worked in my office for a week and listened to loud J-Pop music.
Nothing extraordinary but a bit unexpected in a corporate, serious as shit environment.
>>149962601
Bay Area is weeb central. Saw a Flandre car in Cupertino a while back. Didn't get to snap a photo but it had pic related.
>>149969225
kinda like outside scenes in anime except dull and grey and with no cute girls
>>149972474
It's just subtle enough. Normal people don't know what a supercell is, and weebs instantly remember their favorite OPs/EDs. When you google supercell, nothing suspicious comes up. It's pretty much watertight.
In fact you can use both and the weeb will certainly understand it's no coincidence.
>>149972849
>tfw thought supercell would be more mainstream
>tfw had to throw my friend under the bus to keep power level hidden in front of japanese friend
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>>149972888
All that powerlevel and no lessons learned.
If you have to hide your powerlevel from your friends they're no real friends.
>>149972958
This. People literally doesn't care what you watch in your free time unless you're very obnoxious about it.
>>149972888
The only female singer on anime you can bet for something like that is Nana, and that's only if you are in Japan, otherwise every single nip singer is going to reveal your powerlevel.
>>149950298
>Dare yon enter my magical realm jpg
>>149972793
Think I saw that car before. Was it a tan 4 door sedan?
>>149973040
Honestly don't remember anymore, was a while back.
>>149943420
Never actually seen anime irl, apart from Pokemon and DragonBall of course.
>>149972958
Actually, you might be do good on hiding at least loli from your friends and family if you like it. Lolis are a delicate topic.
>>149973029
I learned my lesson, and my power level is still safe.
It's sad though, all the Japanese people always try to trip me up and ask if I'm learning the language because of anime and I have to say bullshit like "I'm just interested in Eastern cultures" (not even necessarily wrong). Fucking otaku, you need to learn English, why won't you talk to me?
At least I can lowkey meme it up by saying that I want to ride the Shinkansen.
>>149972619
Totoro is pretty tame, not to mention well known even in West. Dude may as well be a normie.
>>149973040
I have an ARIA company logo sticker on my laptop that I bought from some /a/non who was talking about making them in aria threads. It's the only sticker on my laptop, and the only public display of power level I have.
And I fucking regret it. On the one hand, nobody is ever gonna know what it is. On the other, people now ask me, "hey /a/non, what's Aria?" I tell them they don't want to know or some other such autistic shit.
Anyway, it terrifies me. I'm scared somebody is gonna look it up. And I don't even know if I want some weeb to recognize it. If they do, they'll probably be autistic enough to start weebing out all over the place. But on the other hand, I'm gonna die alone.
>>149973310
One trick is to give a very vague description of the plot and never explicitly say it's an anime. Just be like "oh it's a tv show reference". And if they try to follow it up, then maybe they're /yourguy/.
>>149973359
>vague description of the plot
>Well it's just about a bunch of girls doing cute things.
>>149973359
In the moment I never want to actually make that connection with people. It's just sheer fucking panic.
>>149973395
Hah, yeah, I wouldn't know where to begin.
>Well, it's a show about girls who row gondolas for tourists on mars. All perfectly normal.
>>149973310
>wearing a handmade Aria scarf near a weeb place
>nobody knows what it is
>>149973029When people ask me what music do I like, I always mention Nana among other normal stuff hoping someone will recognize her.
Nothing of the sort has occurred so far, the only people I have met who liked anime are a guy who loves Bleach and a girl that loves Tokyo Ghoul, I have hidden my powerlevel from both.
>>149973395
>>149973437
"It's about running a tourist attraction on Mars. It's pretty neat stuff."
Easy.
>>149973310
I just tell them it's a show about first world problems.
>>149973395
>post-terraforming mars
>city built after earth's Venice
>crazy adventures of strong women manning (womanning?) the gondolas
It's all about how you wrap it.
>>149973532
>>149972185
He said cute, not a bitch
>>149973476
>>149973486
My autism would never allow this. I just freeze up as my entire life passes before my eyes and I regret every decision I've made in order to get to this point. But I appreciate the advice.
>>149973445
I wonder how often two Aria fans pass each other on the street and will never know.
>>149973458
If I asked somebody what kind of music they're into and they mentioned Nana I would probably ask, "what's Nana?" and then you would say, "oh, she's this Japanese singer..." and then I would get really uncomfortable and change the subject as soon as I could. We would both know why.
>>149973542
Holy shit, those seat covers.
>>149973270
>Dude may as well be a normie.
I sensed good powerlevel potential, seems to be the type to hide his powerlevel just enough so that normies don't give a fuck.
This is a good thread
>>149973565
My response when asked who she is, is something like "well, she is a singer a friend of mine showed me a concert of once, I liked it a lot and downloaded her albums and singles. Pretty good if you ask me."
If you know her, admit it faggot. It is because of people like you that I will never meet someone who I can talk about anime in general.
>>149973553
I bet you like cowtits too faggot.
>>149968874
is this an episode of always sunny?
"Charlie gets brainwashed by the Japanese into supporting trump"
>>149968329
That was my thought as well. But it's awesome how his work trolls normalfag.
>>149973681
>It is because of people like you that I will never meet someone who I can talk about anime in general.
From my experience it is not as great as you might imagine. It's hard to find people who you can have a civil conversiation about anime with.
>>149973632
This is not bizzaro world, or is it?
>>149973766
I got my first waifu after I got my first girlfriend.
>>149973768
He likes Aria though, that's enough for me.
>>149943420
I live in Russia.
Only anime shit I see outside is occasional bags with prints or badges.
>>149968874
https://youtu.be/b96-w5hKKwY
Never thought this will be relevant again. And speaking of weebs who openly show their power level, can you remind me, anons, who was that guy that spamed his twitter with porn/anime pictures while he got elected somewhere?
>>149973565
>My autism would never allow this
If it happens enough, you'll eventually just shamelessly say fuck it and be able to give them a casual explanation.Someone tells me they love Aria and I can't think of a reply so I just give them a smile/thumbs up. Happened 3 times already ;_;
>>149962601
>>149973832
>tfw only heavily got into anime after leaving Russia
ŠŠµŃŠ°Š»ŃŠ½Š¾, missed all the fun stuff.
>>149973768
Which is why you need to find someone with high powerlevel, those are normally not obnoxious unlike the entry level guys who like just the popular stuff.
>>149973681
Can't do it, famalam. Besides, there's one huge problem with making friends with anime fans. That problem is the types of anime fans which exist, and there are exactly two of those:
1. Weebs. They are indiscriminate and love everything just because it's anime, but have only seen entry-level and trash anyway. They're generally unbearable people and you would never have this problem with them anyway because they wear their power level on their sleeve and make everybody really uncomfortable.
2. Elitists. Typical /a/non. They can't abide people who don't share their exact taste, and at the same time don't realize that they have niche tastes anyway.
The first type is blissful ignorance, the second are designed to die alone.
>>149973768
This.
>mfw imouto is a weeb
Jesus it's fucking embarassing sometimes.
>>149973877
I see your point, but there's also a high risk that someone who has watched a lot of anime will sperg out over it.
>>149971662
He obviously didn't silly
>>149973945
I'm afraid I would do this. I've spent a lot of time alone, and now whenever somebody starts talking about anything I'm remotely interested in I get way too excited and go off on some crazy diatribe. By the time I stop I actually feel like I'm shaking and shit. It's like I get an actual adrenaline rush from finally having the opportunity to talk to people about shit. I have to restrain myself. If somebody started talking to me about anime I would just immediately freak them out.
>>149973856>missed all the fun stuff
You can come back for 2018 elections and incoming Iron Curtain along with Moldova and\or Serbia annexation.
Shit would be so fun - you'll be fed up with it.
There are several annual fests in major cities like Moskow, St. Petersburg and Perm.
They're pretty fun even though totally amateur.
>>149974014
I know exactly what you mean.
>>149973902
>huge problem with making friends with anime fans
>the second are designed to die alone.
I'm getting /fit/ flashbacks all over again.
>They can't abide people who don't share their exact taste
As long as you find topics to share and discuss that don't trigger their autism directly you will find the common grounds eventually.
>>149966712
>One of the pilot on my carrier have a picture of Holo in his cockpit.
>>149971842
>Funnily enough, the owner was a die-hard nationalist who I couldn't imagine watching anime and it only stocked military plamo.
/k/ as fuck.
>>149970730
>It usually ends up in my sister begging for me to buy it for her
Are you a generous and doting onii-chan who buys it for her?
In my school.
>>149966712
>>149971842
>>149974571
I remember a thread about weebs in the airforce, how whole rooms were decorated with posters and shit.
>>149974257
Is that a FAMAS?
>>149943420
why is this blog still up?
>>149974695
This cant be real
>>149945823
Ruined by being a huge S T A N C E faggot.
>>149974571
I want to take him shooting, we could finish an 80% and swap out all the furniture, or work together on a different cool project.
>>149974695
I died a bit inside from all that cringe.
>>149974758
Everything but the leather arm brace shit is fine. Without that it would be conceivable that he could be a fun guy who likes anime and stopped giving a fuck, the arm shit makes him a huge faggot desperate for attention
t. armchair psychologist
>>149974705
And that's why I'm not worried about WW3.
Revealing your powerlevel is a risk, but it can pay off if you're in the right setting. When I entered medical school, we all had to tape a personal introductory video that was edited together and played to the class.
I outright said I enjoy anime, and was the only person in the class to do so. Afterwards several of my classmates admitted to me they enjoyed it too, made some good friends through it.
>>149974980
I have two similar white leather ones though they're not so flashy.
I used them while being /fit/ to strengthen wrists after a strain for faster healing.
>>149975023
Average weeb care for IRL less than normie with friends and family does.
>>149975048
Absolutely nobody knows at my job and I work here for 5 years now.
It's scoffed on here and mocked as being gay\girlish, childish thing to like.Which it unarguably is.
>>149962601
Rei fits that soulless car so perfectly.
>blog thread with over 200 replies
/a/ needs to be nuked
>>149975114
>rx7
>soulless
Other than overheating and breaking down all the time, it's probably one of the best affordable sports cars ever made.
What does Index have to do with snowboarding?
>>149976132
Index is shit akin to waterboarding, and from there it's just one ontological step to snowboarding.
>>149976311
Neck yourself Misakaweenie.
>>149975987
>blogging
>t.
So much cancer.,
>>149975086
you can just call whatever capeshit or tv shit they watch childish too(which it is) so that even it out.We all want to be children anyway
>>149976794
Just proving his point, go back to whichever shithole you come from.
My country is full of entry-level weebs, so it's not that weird to see people (usually girls) with stuff related to anime or manga.
I've yet to meet anybody who goes beyond the entry level cancer IRL. Then again, those are usually the most cautious to reveal their power levels.
I have never seen anything anime related ever outside.
Though when I get a car I'm probably gonna Itasha it
I saw a stockings itasha a few times, the guy apparently lives near where I work.
>tfw you're 26 years old and don't give a fuck about subcultures and don't need to hide "powerlevel" anymore
Really great thing.
>>149977361
>don't need to hide powerlevel
You can flaunt your inner-weab.
You just have to be subtle.
>>149976840
>that cap thing under Saori's skirt
What did they mean by this?
>>149977403
Of course. Who the fuck wear anime pins or have anime stickers on bags except kids? It's just bad taste
the only thing i have thats "weebish" is soma's uniform [his original restaurant uniform]
i cant imagine buying anything related to anime that is not hiding power level / subtle
i'm more open about gaming though
I can be in a room of 50 human scums learning Japanese and they wouldn't known. Only anime-related thing I ever bought.
Surprised to see her outside Japan.
>>149974257
I thought you're not allowed to own guns in Japan?
>>149977361
I just never bring it up.
If I see somebody who might be interested in that stuff, I try to test the waters, but unless I trust the other person I just don't bring it up.
Still, I usually have anime wallpapers on my phone and I'm often looking at cute pictures and whatnot, so if somebody asks I don't deny it either.
>>149978025
What kind of cute pictures
>>149978134
Stuff from pixiv or
Pic related, it's a cute picture.
>>149978179
Never browse that shit at work.
Friends know, but normie faggots colleagues will never get a whiff of it.
I never talk anime, politics, religion or sex with them.
I even adapted few degenerative\obsolete speech patterns to appear "down to earth".
It would seems that my disguise is a success for now.
>>149978259
Nah, I usually only do this when I'm around people who don't know me.Once I was out with friends, one of which sometimes browses 4chan. I had this wallpaper and he happened to be looking at my screen at the wrong time, so he asks me "isn't that lolicon?"
He probably thought nothing of it, but I've been using sfw wallpapers since that day.
>>149977188
Frenchfag?
Because this country is seriously full of weeb.
I never got to meet a real anime fan by chance here, but two of my childhood friends ended up becoming otaku as well. The fuckers left to live in Japan.
Sometimes the manager of a manga store will be a true otaku but often they're just retards sucking money out of teenagers. Or they sell both local comic and manga and loath the latter, thinking french comics are "superior" and "intellectual".
Are we blogging?
I once had my phone background as pic-related because who ever gets to look at your phone background anyway.
So I'm waiting at a bus stop when a girl approaches me and asks for to borrow my phone to make a call to someone to help pick her up because she forgot her phone or whatever.
I say yeah sure no worries and hand the phone to her forgetting about my wallpaper.
All in all, I'd like to think it was a positive experience because I get a nice story to tell out of it. Nevertheless I don't have non-subtle wallpapers anymore.
>be at hotel in alabama
>there is a sports car with lots of anime decals
>happen to have sticky notes in my bag
>"you're waifu a shit" stuck on a shinobu sticker
>go back to my room reflect on my actions
>>149978746
Yeah dude, girls are pure creatures and never think of sex 24/7
>>149978642
Close, Italy. The comic store owner of the town I used to study in was a true otaku, though unfortunately he only read stuff in italian. He recommended me lots of good manga.
We have lots of those other types here too, probably less since Italy doesn't produce as many comics as France.
Fuck off cancers.
>>149978025
>at cute pictures and whatnot, so if somebody asks I don't deny it either.
And there is nothing wrong about it. Someone who "calling out you" for having anime pictures is nothing but redneck.
>>149978746
I commend your taste in imoutos, but that's an excessively high power level for a mere wallpaper to contain.
>>149978746
>giving your phone to a random person
>letting random people call random numbers
>>149978634
Gud taste, a fellow dal/nep anon as well
>>149979186
Tsunako is a god. I don't even like DaL that much, but damn I love the characters.
>>149979018
Yeah, no kidding. I told myself that I wouldn't care what people thought if they did happen to see it, but here I am remembering it so I guess in the end I still did.
>>149979026
I mean, I did think about it. I was confident that I could run faster than the average person, much less the average girl, and there was also the issue of potentially refusing help to someone who needed it, so I went with it on a balance of probabilities.
>>149979275
At the very least you can call the number yourself and let them talk from your hand or even set it on speaker.
>>149979026
I would do it because I'm a nice guy (unless the person looks like a thug of course).
I asks them the number, dial it myself and give it to them.
Then, depending on the country where you live you're more or less likely to fall for a scam.
>>149945823
>stanced
Not a lewd wallpaper but I do use this at work
>>149979945
>>149979945
Holy shit, so much cancer.
>>149979945
You need to be put down. It's the kindest thing.
>>149979945
W-where did you get that twintails sticker?Also, it's been a while since they made a Thinkpad that said IBM instead of Lenovo, isn't it?
>>149979945
I bet everyone hates you.
>>149979945
Grade-A pussy deflector, anon
>>149979945
Why would you publicly show the sadpanda out of all things?
>>149980191
He is cancer but who gives a shit about 3DPD. Where the hell do you think you are?
>>149977641
Fuck, that's actually pretty nice. Can you still buy those?
>>149952860
Epic
>>149943420
There is this big asian grocery store near where I live. I go there to get some of those chinese drinks (sweet soymilk, and those juices with the chopped aloe inside) and higher quality instant noodles than at normal grocery stores etc... and for a while they were regularly playing the sao op song over the pa as part of their idk playlist, this went on for months and many under the breath snickers from me while i was shopping there.
>>149980191
its all part of the plan, the more people leave me alone the better my quality of work and the more I get done
>>149980161
that one was custom from stickerapp, its like $10 for a sheet of custom ones.the IBM thinkpad logo is also regrettably a sticker
>>149980220
Not the same anon but
We've got a bit of aggressive counter-feminist backslash going on now especially on the imageboards among /a/nons.
"chans are not needed" refers to the statistically growing number of young males rejecting chasing "commonly accepted" values to attract a mate and spending days fapping and gaming instead.
Publicly showing off sadpanda logo might be a way of letting everyone know "I am strong, independent male. I have no need for a female." or something.
>>149979945
nice one /g/nu bro
>>149980245
Sure. Go to some similar site or the same, make a tshirt yourself and pay for it.
>>149956113
y-you too.
>>149973761
How exactly?
>>149959752
hideous.
he could've put maybe the jolly rogers on there and it would've looked good instead of cheesy
>>149974705
Stop joking man, the army is a strict and serious environment for strict and serious people like myself.
>>149974695
if he lost some of that baby fat, trimmed his hair and stopped flaunting his power level ; he would be a pretty decent looking guy
>>149979945
So this is the power of /jp/ and trumptards
Thread is good.
>>149943420
Is it bad that I don't find Index cute?
>>149982096
It is bad that you use a trip. Kill yourself.
>>149968556
It feels like there are more spanish translated doujins than english ones. Not even kidding.
>>149960315
Guy in the back has a look on his face like "Fuckin' weebs."
>>149971583
He wanted to add his chapter to the Legend of Thad.
>>149945823
Where in Texas? You don't have to be super specific, the building looks familiar to me.
>>149971919
oh my god thats so cute
>>149971919
What does it mean?
Please report all molesters?
>>149977660
>outside Japan
>those runes
>>149970871
>He literally had none of the self-loathing tendencies a proper otaku should have.
He's living the dream. I don't think he should be going around spouting out that he's a lolicon and putting that on his work computer, but I respect his inability to conform to the system.
>>149974695
His arm things remind me of DARK FLAME MASTER
>>149984800
>I respect his inability to conform to the system.
>respect
>inability
>>149985229
It's true, people who go out of their way to appeal to normalfags are losers. I like seeing weirdos who can't be assed to give a fuck about what some asshole thinks. They've got more self respect than people who fake it and never create any meaningful relationships.
>>149969225
meh. just order everything online.
>>149984800
So you'd also respect a retard spilling spagetti in public?
I don't know, it's something I tolerate, but I don't respect it.
>>149943420
>cute stuff
>doesn't belong
do you hate cute things?
>>149985506
>MFW I'm >>149978259
Although I only play normalfag before colleagues.
All my friends know exactly what a degenerate I am and I keep them separate from each other.
I respect those people too, but only if they have some form of stable income allowing them that.
It's pathetic to see 25y\o living with parents leeching off on them being cringy like that.
>>149978259
>I even adapted few degenerative\obsolete speech patterns to appear "down to earth".
It's hilarious to hear weaboos in public say things like "it can't be helped." Stuff like that worms its way into your brain, apparently, and becomes unconscious tells.
>>149969225
Good graphics, shit gameplay.
>>149985837
Nah, it's the staff from classic books.
Dead, obsolete words seldom used anywhere outside literature.
Visited a remote village once and turns out some of them are still in use there.
Decided to adapt a few to hide a fact that I'm a 2D no-lifer.
>>149985560
Depends on the level of spaghetti, but there's nothing wrong with being excited or talking about things you like. If he was screaming and causing a public nuisance or something, like the guy who had loli visible in a public workplace (which reflects poorly on all the people there), then that is pretty shitty, but I still respect that there are people out there that are able to enjoy what they enjoy without giving a shit what other people think of them.
>>149985646
>but only if they have some form of stable income allowing them that.
Of course, I think that's just generally part of being a respectable person though. A mid 20's mooch is cringey regardless of what their interests are.
I'm glad that you have friends you're comfortable with, anon.
>>149985952
I was talking about your general reference to altering how you speak to avoid being caught. I was talking about how I catch people who don't do that.
That being said, though, if you're just adopting random words from classic books like from Dickens or whatever and actually using them in your everyday language, you just have chuunibyou. If anything that's just going to make people suspicious about why you talk like that in the first place. (By the way, if you're an American and you say "bloody" in front of everything it makes you look like an idiot. Americans just don't say that unless they're a) immigrants or b) consciously trying to look "different" for the sake of it, and it's glaringly obvious every time. Just use "fuck" like everyone else.)
Seriously, is "avoiding phrases that only a weaboo would use" just too hard or something?
>>149957677
neat artstyle, sauce on the original ?
>>149970871
>>149969507
>open office spaces
Pure shit.
I'm in a small office with 1 other guy, screens facing away from each other. The only time someone ever looks at my screen is when they're standing directly behind me looking over my shoulder.
>>149986175
>Dickens
Nah, I'm Russian anon and the by classical literature I mean books situated in 17-19 centuries, many written at that time too.
They have thosenow ruraldialect of "old Russian" what we call it. Something similar is used by orthodox Christianity priests although it's ancient, not just old.
People in the boondocks still use them: my grandma and some other relatives back from early Soviet days used them too since they all came from the villages.
>"avoiding phrases that only a weaboo would use"
"-chan" is now a general reference young people use when referring to girls.
It went outside weaboo and got widely accepted here.
"-kun" slightly less so.
I'm always conscious of what I say around my colleagues so there is little chance of letting some nip shit slip.
With friends I just swear in russian.
>>149950376
That's fantastic
>>149986421
>"-chan" is now a general reference young people use when referring to girls.
Shit this really happened? Are you sure its not something that came from Russian its actually -chan from nip?
>>149950376
There was this anime chick graffiti on the concrete walls near the bridge I walk past to get to school every day.I was getting hard over it even then, not even knowing what anime is.
>>149974705
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrSS058pjWw
>>149986586
Yeah, it's more like a "-tyan".
I guess every circle of friends have at least one weaboo who applies labels like "nazi-chan", "boots-chan", "chemistry-chan" or "hystery-chan" and they got stuck.
People love them when referring to third female persons instead of names.
It also helps with telling male stories while keeping an actual name of the girl somewhat secret.
>>149968247
something moeblob?
>>149986421
>"-chan" is now a general reference young people use when referring to girls.
>It went outside weaboo and got widely accepted here.
Really? I never heard that in public.
>"-kun" slightly less so.
It's big in my circle of (non-weeb) friends, but it's kind of an insider.
>Nah, I'm Russian anon and the by classical literature I mean books situated in 17-19 centuries, many written at that time too.
Can you name some authors? Well-known like Tolstoi, or more obsucre?
>>149973839
I think that was in Texas somewhere.
There's a guy in Denver Colorado with a car that has all the K-on girls plastered all over it.
I was riding with a co-worker, and I take great pains to hide my powerlevel at work. He saw it and went, "God damn, what a fucking sad motherfucker."
I kind of laughed along but inside I was crying and really jealous.
>>149973766
Melonpan is loaded as fuck. He could easily get a golddigger girlfriend if he wanted.
>>149973839
>>149986978
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a43543/the-new-travis-county-tx-gop-chairman-is-really-something/
>>149987050
he already has one
>>149974705
He had a bunch of onaholes in a drawer and left his computer camera running when some officers came in to do a check. I wish I still had a link to that, their reaction was fucking priceless.
>>149986836
>never heard that in public
When in a bar with lots of young folks I can hear it at least once per afternoon.
>kind of an insider.
Yeah, IRL it's an insider but in RU internetz its widely used by people weaboo or not.>name some authors
Upf, anon it's like asking to tell a joke: hard to recall any.
>Yefremov, Tolstoi, Bulgakov, Strugackye brothers
But that's mostly soviet time and sci-fi.
Before that I read a bunch of books about Great Pathriotic War (WWII on Eastern Front) and before that a bunch of novels as a kid.
They all had funny old words mixed in too.
>>149987062
He doesn't even address her by her name, just anime boobie girl. Fucking casual. I would at least respect him if he was really into anime.
Sounds like he is just an asshole politician trying to capitalize on make anime great again memes
>>149987109
Um, you don't mean the video this anon posted by chance?>>149986662
>>149987313
>just anime boobie girl
Oda approves.
>>149987062
The biggest issue is that he types like a retard. Trump is a poet and paragon of self-control in comparison.
>>149943420
I can never understand why you would in anyway show off your affection to anime out in public unless you live in japan.
To me and normal fags is anime what mlp or furries is to the internet if shown out in public.
A thousand people will guaranteed judge you and look at you with confused and disgusted look.
Sure you can argue with people that is ok and it is nothing really wrong with it but people will think you are obsessed with anime and judge you even more.
I am glad that i am still in state where i don't have a waifu or any interest in cutesy anime.
>>149987704
>A thousand people will guaranteed judge you and look at you with confused and disgusted look.
And why would you care about NPCs?
>>149980750
Because they think his works are a deep statement against otaku culture. Sophisticated culture critics all over the world take his works seriously. In truth he's an otaku himself and a lolicon, and his works are basically shitposting.
>>149987744
Usually people do care even if they tell people around and themselves that they don't.
It takes a very rare breed of human to completely ignore opinion of those around.
No need to compliment yourself on being that rare human.
Most likely you're not.
>>149987801
You can "care" without caring.
I.e. you can not like being judged, but instead of letting it gnaw on you just write them off. fuck people who judge you for what you like.
>>149987704
>To me and normal fags is anime what mlp or furries is to the internet if shown out in public.
This isn't really true anymore. A lot of young adults in their 20's now grew up in an anime boom, and a lot of people have kids into anime now too. Even if they're not super into anime, there are a lot of people who get nostalgiaboners for Pokemon and DBZ these days.
>A thousand people will guaranteed judge you and look at you with confused and disgusted look.
>Sure you can argue with people that is ok and it is nothing really wrong with it but people will think you are obsessed with anime and judge you even more.
Why does it matter? Even if they think you're some weirdo who cares? They're going to forget about you the second they look away, unless they're people who like anime themselves and come here to post about the time they saw a dude with an anime shirt.
When will you learn that strangers' opinions on what you like are pointless?
>>149987878
>judge you for what you like
>fuck people
Yeah, right.
It's kind of hard to cooperate with people to do a good job when you've already "fuck you" them even if only in your mind.
This approach works in school and uni, but once you get a job - you'll either marginalize yourself putting performance at risk or just decide to keep your interests secret from them to begin with.
Separation of pleasure and business works fine for me.
>>149957677
Where the hell is this thing from?
>>149987984
>When will you learn that strangers' opinions on what you like are pointless?
When will you learn that >>149987994 not every one scoffing at your interests will be strangers?
>>149961792
>Sao Paulo
How?!
>>149988021
You're right, there can be a time and place for everything, the way that anon was talking though made it seem like every time they go outside they're worried about what people think of them.
I don't understand this though
>putting performance at risk
Has someone ever been discriminated against over anime so hard that it affected their work output? Wouldn't the person discriminating against them be at fault here?
>>149987984
I have always been a very awkward guy and i think of every single move that i make.
I overthink everything and i try not to be reliant but not to useless.
I am studying in the art of trading and taking care of a costumer.
And what i have gathered is that it only takes a couple of seconds (~10-20) to get a basic view of who you are. And then 1-2 minutes to get a locked on view on who you are.
If someone get a glimpse on what my hobby's are they might change their mind completely about me.
To others that might not matter that much and not really care for both sides of the coin.
But for me who had a tough childhood involving friends it matter a ton. Probably only a problem for people like me.
>>149987704
I think theres a pretty big difference between 1) obnoxiously walking around with a waifu pillow in public and 2) being honest about it when others ask you (most people won't care).
You don't have to keep it a secret as long as you don't make it the only defining part of your personality. It's the same with fags and a lot of other groups by the way.
>>149987062
>open the article
>it's Neptunia
Oh GOD, I'm laughing so fucking hard right now! That man is REALLY in a league of his own.
>>149988331
>discriminated against over anime so hard
It's not that I will be discriminated against that I worry about.
I'll just think shit about this person after and will be unconsciously uncooperative towards him\her in the future.
Under deadlines and pressure it can make all the difference when you decide not to point out some shit he got wrong out of spite or something.
Makes things harder with big teams and complex projects.
Even if you're conscious of the grudge - it takes time and effort to cut it out from reaction all the time.
I've only experienced this at a bunch of odd jobs I took for experience and fast money, but now I keep weaboo shit away from work.
>>149977903
The yakuza, aniki.
>>149987994
>you'll either marginalize yourself putting performance at risk or just decide to keep your interests secret from them to begin with.
They have their hobbies, I have mine. I expect nothing more than some tolerance.
>>149987704
>I can never understand why you would in anyway show off your affection to anime out in public unless you live in japan.
It's actually worse in Japan. Because everyone knows the bit franchise, and it's more or less accepted to read the big shonen or watch Kamen Rider as an adult, but if you mention something otaku-ish people will instantly understand you are one of them.
Better hide your power-level very deep unless your work in the anime or game businness.
>To me and normal fags is anime what mlp or furries is to the internet if shown out in public.
In many countries since the popularity boom of the "geek" culture it's now considered normal for a young person to read some manga and watch anime. Like playing video-games or watching capeshit movies. Just don't give the impression you're obsessive about it.
My colleagues know I'm into anime and manga, but they just think it's past-time and they don't care.
>>149988423
There is no fundamental difference between the obsessive anime fan and the obsessive sports fan, beyond one being socially acceptable.
That being said just like the sports guy the real otaku get fucking pissed when some casual comes along and starts with their stupid opinions.
So what is the benefit of announcing yourself as an otaku, there is none.
>You don't have to keep it a secret as long as you don't make it the only defining part of your personality.
That is bullshit, you keep it a secret because you get no social capital from admitting to enjoying those things, rather it can cost you capital
>>149988610
Shit.
I wanted to write "It's actually worse in Japan. Because everyone knows the biG franchises"
>>149988547
See >>149988519
Also:
you better learn to expect nothing than cooperation along the job description from the colleagues or you're in for some disillusions anon.
They don't own you shit apart from that.
With an exception of some extreme forms of sexual, racial, religion or other nasty harassments - you're on your own to build a relationship within the work collective.
>>149988700
>you're on your own to build a relationship within the work collective.
You think more otaku would follow the japs on this one. Keep your head down, blend in, be part of the crowd.
>>149971546
fantastic
>>149988623
Admitting you like something is how you find out other people like something and you can bond over it. I once casually mentioned anime while talking to someone I didn't know watched anime, and it turned into a massive conversation about magical girls and now I have a friend who I talk to about magical girls with.
Of course not every conversation can or will go like that, but vehemently denying you're into something that you like is dumb.
>>149988738
>You think more otaku would follow the japs on this one.
I think it's the liberalism that's at play here.
See how >>149988547 people expect colleagues suddenly accepting something about them out of the blue?
Typical special snowflake case.
Main purpose of communicating something is to build a relation with a person.
It is better to choose a time and place where you can GTFO this person in case you're incompatible.
Poor choice to go around doing this at work where only reliable way of avoiding contact with unpleasant people is to quit the job.
>>149988738
Except that's a very Japanese mentality. Just because you know a lot about them doesn't mean you're one of them. In the West, we have this notion of "let your geek flag fly" that we indirectly inherited from the 60s.
Anime is actually starting to become a major part of youth culture. It's not mainstream yet, because it's primarily older adults who get to define what mainstream is, but you'd be hard pressed to find any decent-sized assembly of young people nowadays without getting some people who have a specific interest in some form of Japanese pop culture.
>>149988791
This. But I think you overestimate the average /a/utists ability to "casually mention" something when the situation is right. Instead most people here would seriously embarrass themselves by bringing it up at the worst point in time and in a really cringy way.
>>149973270
>normie watching ghiblishit that isn't chihiro lsd journey
>>149988832
tolerance does not require you to like things or like a person. all that you should do is act professionally and not sabotage other people because you disagree with them.
If you taxidermy roadkill in your free time, so be it. I think it's creepy, but that doesn't mean i'd suddenly treat you like you had leprosy.
>>149988914
>Watched SAO
>Have a wife
>>149989018
and a professional adult does not bring his dead animal collection to decorate the office and neither should the otaku.
time and a place, you want to belt out anime op/ed during karaoke at the bar, go ahead
>>149989127
That was kinda my first reaction too, but then again, my cousin just got married this month, and her entire existence is a festival of geeky cringe.
>>149987071
fucking potato-chan never understood how any girl could coup with that.
>>149989018
>all that you should do is act professionally
Ciz when did other person acting like a dick ever made offended other side to act unprofessional?
The right way is to avoid these situations altogether than relying on some hypothetical professionalism.
>sabotage other people because you disagree with them
I won't do that for a disagreement, but for being a douchebag - I can.
Even though it would mostly be unconscious, but I'll have to control myself around that person all the time.
It's troublesome.
> i'd suddenly treat you
Well not everyone your clones anon.
Many people judge.
Where I live people judge gays, atheists are shunned in low-int groups while believers are shunned in high-int groups.
>>149989193
>her
Like it ever was an issue for a girls.
>>149967342
>>149967471
>>149967492
>>149967511
Holy fuck it used to be so good before too.
Story:
I remember going there as a kid and it was just ancient Japanese art with one section dedicated to modern art and a single print of Rei to represent the whole of anime. This was before I got into anime but my family went again after I started watching it and I wanted to go back to see it again because I actually knew who Rei was and the Japanese art exhibit was neat anyway. I convince my family to go, and keep in mind that Epcot is fairly massive and a long walk so it took some convincing, but eventually we were walking around the countries and got to Japan. We all go inside and find this new meme display of "kawaii culture". My parents turn to me, keep in mind I'm likely 19-20 at the time, and ask why I wanted to come see this cancer and I had to talk my way out of it and explain how I liked the older display.
It's honestly such a shame, the Japanese area in Epcot was already incredibly tacky and the one tasteful section basically got turned into an extension of the trinkets you buy in the store.
>>149989280
Her husband is the same, combined with a level of misanthropy that even puts 4chan to shame.
>>149989289
Why the fuck would you go on a trip with your parents past the age of 18?
>>149975150
It is so cancerous it hurts. But it's not like the rest of the board is any better nowadays either. We used to have shit like that during last decade too though.
>>149989336
They're disney vacation club members and moved to Florida to be closer to their favourite parks, my brother and I flew over to see them for some event and we visited Epcot (the best park) together. It was fun reliving some childhood memories, it really isn't so abnormal.
>>149989330
Maybe It's time to start looking for one too.
Last time I checked they were all reserved out of school.
>>149989336
Not the same anon but
My sister lives abroad and comes back to visit once a year.
We usually take a roadtrip with whole family.
What's so unusual about that?
>>149956838
Fuck off back to /r9k/
>>149989457
I'm still in school, not that my personal rabu raifu is terribly relevant to this discussion.
>>149989280
This picture of that cow laughing offends me.
>>149989551
Like this one?
>>149988791
>>149988994
When someone I don't already know is an otaku try starting a conversation about anime or manga, I do something like this:
If he asks me what anime I'm watching or manga I'm reading, I mention currently airing and hyped shows, and manga that are well-known inside the community but obscure for the common people. For instance I would mention Flip Flappers and Gunslinger Girl.
If he doesn't know about it I'm pretty much sure of his normalfaggotry. If he does, then good we can have a conversation.
Then if he's a weaboo or entry-level anime enthusiast he will usually quickly start talking about battle shonen.
>>149989551
>>149989584
>>149989623
>well-known inside the community
>obscure for the common people
I do the opposite.
Like Nausicaa or Walking Castle.
We can work our way up if he's at comparable powerlevel at the same time I did not reveal mine if he's a normie.
>>149975150
>>149989439
A blog thread once in a while isn't that bad.
The 3x3 or weg threads are much much worse.
Or the SnK tumblrfest thread.
>>149989512
Then you'd better take extra care.
>>149989623
>Not casually asking if he has watched sailor moon
If they dismiss the show outright as shit you can safely ignore them
>>149989766
But when I mention something he doesn't know, he just says "Ha, I don't know about it", and eventually "Tell me more". That's all. I don't flood him with a ton of otaku knowledge.
Your method can work too, but I don't like to start anime conversations with normalfags because it's usually really boring.
>>149989766
For the most part, I try to not be the one who explicitly brings up the subject. I'll do something like wear a themed shirt, casually play OP/ED music out loud, or carry around a poster, and wait for someone to ask about it. If someone else though is doing that though, I may decide to ask about it.
If for whatever reason though I need to actively seek out someone in the fandom, I'll usually look in video gaming areas or look for a MTG table (which you'll almost inevitably find at any college campus), since the interest communities tend to heavily overlap.
>tfw live on a military base and out of nowhere see weeb shit on a few cars
>tfw some coworkers actually watch anime despite beinginfantryand actually have some low powerlevel discussions
It's a surreal feel
>>149989914
>Sailor Moon
The newer one is obviously shit.
The older one I watches to long ago that everything that I still remember is the opening, "But you did not do anything" and "Stab him in the neck Usagi" memes.
>>149989996
>start anime conversations with normalfags
I never do.
On two or three occasions they asked me about that themselves that's why I was cautious.
>Tell me more
You'll get past recruitment stage eventually.
Normies will go on about their lives even if they spent some years succumbed to weaboo shit.
Those who remains can do just fine without advising each other.
Especially so since tastes rarely match.
>>149990124
Like I said, it's a part of youth culture, so of course you'll see it among young grunts. I have an image somewhere where someone sketched a Homura on the whiteboard in his rig.
>>149990068
>not be the one who explicitly brings up the subject
>wear a themed shirt
>play OP/ED music out loud
>carry around a poster
>wait for someone to ask about it
My fucking sides anon.
I do hope you're baiting though.
>>149989914
>Casually asking if he has watched sailor moon
Really, really casually then. It's a bit tricky because if you let a normalfag know that you like it, at best you pass for an idiot. At worst he will think you're a freak.
At least if he doesn't know about Flip Flappers I can tell him "You see it's a really colorful and creative show where the 2 characters travel between different worlds and live adventures". Which sounds pretty much like a standard Ghibli movie.
>>149966362
season 3 will happen if you believe hard enough
>>149990244
I'm not baiting, I assure you.
What I am doing is trying to drum up interest in a new anime club I'm forming, so I do have something of an agenda behind it, or as >>149990167 called it, "the recruitment phase".
>>149990368
>new anime club
>not baiting
Because of this I'm now positive you're baiting.
>>149990455
>I'm now positive
Jesus christ you are speaking to one of the most cancerous tripfags on 4chan and NOW you realize he's baiting? How new are you?
>>149990368
>new anime club
>Haruhi
I see then, makes sense.Except I did not thing those exist
I wore some shit to anime festivals to just to have a topic during random anon encounters there.
Just imagined for a sec doing it myself at work in openspace and my sides exploded from all the cringe.
Yeah there were some anime posters at my local mall.
>>149990368
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDFaNTr44lE
This is what you look like to outsiders.
>>149990513
What do they say. Mr. Trips?
>>149990455
I've actually been mentioning it on /a/ for a while now. My current college has an active weeb contingent, including a Black dude who introduced me to Neptunia, but no anime club. I've just about finalized all the paperwork and whatnot.
>>149990505
A lot of colleges have anime clubs, of varying sizes. One that I know of even puts on its own con every year.
>>149990167
>I never do.
Neither do I. What I meant was when a normalfag starts talking to me about anime, I usually prefer to nip it the bud because it's boring. Then, it depends on the context and the person. If he is really enthusiastic I can recommend him a few things to watch/read.
Then, in my country it's considered pretty much normal to read local comic books as an adult, so being a manga enthusiast isn't that much of a stigma. I just mentions "serious" mangas like Taniguchi or Kamimura and don't tell them I watch CGDCT or Magical Girls.
>>149990557
There was no excuse for such horrible chroma key. A few lights and a uniform green/blue/pink screen is not that expensive.
>>149990068
>play OP/ED music out loud
You're the kind of otaku that makes me want to hide my powerlevel.
>carry around a poster
Genuine question, in what contest would be casual to carry a fucking poster around?
>>149990557
>all fat and ugly
I bet they're all fujos too.
>>149990646
>considered pretty much normal
>read local comic books as an adult
We have newspapers with Putin and Gazprom instead of these.
>>149971546
the autism is strong with this one
>>149990749
Assuming you meant "context", it's actually a poster scroll, so it's easy to roll up when not being hung from something.
In that form, it also makes a decent blunt object with which to threaten violence-inclined assholes with.
I love blasting anime and doujin music from my car when it's hot outside. It's a great feeling.
>>149987025
Living in Denver right now, if I saw this I would probably have a stroke.
>>149990920
>doujin music
What did he mean by this?
>>149990920
And here I was thinking *I* was the only one who did that.
>>149991044
learn the definition of doujin and you'll find out
>>149943420
its called being in japan.
>>149991113
Not the same anon but
>doujinshi
>music
>learn the definitionAt this point I think my penis would be able to pronounce it on his own if I try really hard.
How can doujins have any music?
>>149991044
There are groups that take those funny doujin dialogue cutouts and turn them into songs. My favorites are "My hips are moving on their own" and "The pleasure of being cummed inside".
>>149987062
top kek
somehow a 4channer got elected to a position of power.
and its hilarious
>>149990902
Fuck, yes, I meant context.
And I did think it was one, still sound pretty stupid and autistic.
>>149985962
>loli visible in a public workplace
Got any picture's?
>>149991175
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv6yK47m564
This?
>>149991191
I'll usually hang it up in a highly visible spot near where I'm sitting, where it inevitably brings in people asking about it.
Does any of you guys dare to wear this?I would
>>149961792
Holy shit that's really near from the place I stayed when I went to Brazil some years ago. Too bad I never got to see around.
>>149990902
I fucking knew you were a massive faggot.
>>149991174
Not gonna spoon feed you the definition of doujin because you're retarded, but I will say that you're a retard, retard
>>149991185
>4channer
Anyway, how can you be sure he's one of us, and not some filthy Reddit trash?
>>149990557
This video still confuses me because the butch one doesn't look like the type to do something like this. If I had to guess I'd say she was being blackmailed by her fat friend or something.
>>149991253
>>149990902
>That cringe
>>149991185
>>149991318
He's not, he just finds anime girls hot.
>>149991174
doujinshi =/= doujin
Seriously you need to lurk more.
>>149991253
You randomly hang a anime poster near you regardless of location?
You win, congratulations.
>>149991253
Jesus christ tripfag-san, that sounds autistic as fuck. Does anybody actually ask you about it?
>>149991359
>need to lurk more.
But will it make me diamonds?
>>149973766
I have no GF nor a waifu.
>>149991398
If you can't even take the effort to google "doujin music" you don't deserve an answer.
>>149991372
No, I hang it up in the video game room.
>>149991385
Yes, a lot of people have, actually. And then there's those who already know what it is and call mai daughteru a shit, but it's all just banter.
Stopped giving a fuck long time ago, I live in a big ass city that has a fair amount of weebs. Since I like to exclusivly get with girls who like anime I have to be covertly weeby. With that said I need flipflap merch now.
>>149991419
You can choose your girl friend, your waifu chooses you.
>>149991264
I would. Actually I will, looking for svg/png right now.
>>149991264
I mean, what would even happen if somebody recognized it? There's no way they would never tell you so.
>>149991264
I would , i dont think anyone that does know it will speak up to you as they are trying to hide their own knowledge about it. It would still be fun.
>>149991482
Redbubble there are several.
>>149971546
epik
>>149991264
Honestly it wouldn't even look that out of place compared to a lot of normalfag shirts.
>>149991515
>There's no way they would never tell you so.
Are you sure you are autistic enough to be on this ride?
Half of us would sperg out the other half would turn bright red and run away
>>149991451
So I >>149991228 was right and it's a fucking Tohou mix you arrogant pseudo-elitist prick.
I just called these Tohou or Vocaloid and had a huge portion of them occupying my playlist before realizing they're deteriorating my brain which looks like exactly what happened to yours.
>>149973768
The problem is when you do meet someone else into anime, they are either a filthy casual or have shit taste.One of my co-workers watches every shonin series on crunchyroll and loves talking about them constantly.
>>149991515
>>149991526
>>149991587
>>149991592
I think there would be some awkward laughter and finger pointing before realization hits a person and he shuts up, pretending previous reaction never happened.
>>149991593
Wow, calm down, anon. Doujin music is just a more general term for all of it, lots of doujin music has little or nothing to do with vocaloid or touhou. Ever heard of denpa?
>>149991697
Until you meet the smelly autistic guy that's perfectly willing to publicly embarrass both of you and start a conversation about it.
>>149991566
Thanks
>>149990068
>tfw I now realize that this was the reference for one of the entries to some Blender forum competiton years ago
>>149991593
Not all doujin music is Touhou or Vocaloid.
>>149974571
>opens the case
>fripside starts playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEDs2ez6Fpk
>>149991264
There's absolutely no problem with this shirt. To everyone else, it's really is just a sad panda. Pic related. I made this poster and hung in the office print room.
>>149990199
This image:
>>149981299
I've got an anime tattoo and I've only ever gotten one negayive reaction, ever.
The secret is to own yourself. I don't go out of the way to mention it, but if it comes up, I'm there.
One guy asked mt to torrent dbz for him afterwards
Thanks for reading my blog
>>149991697
You anons must be really awkward to talk with.
>>149991846
>having to shoot airsoft instead of actual bullets
Man shooting must be a shit hobby to have in Japan.
Can derp clommander just fuck of and let us have a civil thread again?
>>149991741
>calm down
He was being an ass about it for two posts!
>denpa
No, I googled it and it looks nice.
But I have a rule against songs with female vocal in it now.
>>149991797
But Tohou and Vocaloid is which is enough for general characterization for me.
>>149991978
>You anons must be really awkward to talk with.
Where exactly do you think you are? are you lost?
>>149991745
I live in Russia mate.
The chances are the same as being hit by meteorite.
>>149992032
>But Tohou and Vocaloid is which is enough for general characterization for me.
What the fuck are you trying to say?
>>149991976
>it's a camwhoring thread now
>>149992032
He was being an ass because you're expected to know this shit, anon. git gud.
>>149991976
At least you got good taste with azusa.
>>149986662
I love this comment:
>Oh god, he's a fucking Missilier. /a/ has access to nukes.ļ»æ
>>149991593
>>149992032
You're a fucking retard anon and I don't like spoonfeeding, but let me correct a little your retardedness.
doujin=self-distributed
Nothing more, nothing less.
I bet you call a Yamatogawa manga doujin, so go back to the sadpanda thread you better belong there.
At least now you're an educated idiot.
>>149979945
Too much shit, keep it simple.
>>149973082
And any kind of ecchi material
>>149992251
>>149992032
>But I have a rule against songs with female vocal in it now.
Afraid of what people might think?
>>149974695
that keyboard is so wrong
>>149992310
That as well, drawn porn is definitely a bad thing to show to anyone.
A local Chinese restaurant I like to eat at has two Blood+ posters.
>>149992363
Orthodox Jews actually have the same rule, bizarrely enough. Men can't listen to singing women. The reverse doesn't apply though.
>>149992096
I know lots of weeaboos who live in Russia and Moscow, anon. You just need to look harder.
>>14999215
S-sorry
How else do you show a tat?
>>149992183
Best girl
>>149987313
I think he's actually just a fucking moron. Still, that should give us all hope.
>>149992491
You don't. And if you really want to you don't post a posed picture showing your entire upper body like a camwhore.
>>149992363
Nah, it's just it makes meextra hornyon top of theusual hornyandI don't have a gf.
Which adds additional irritation on topof being horny.
>>149992470
>Russia
>And Moskow
Seeing how you separated these two you might be an expert on actual situation in Russia.
What makes you think I need to look to begin with?
>>149981299
is that a bow on her back, or is she drawn as a winged hussar
>>149992630
It's always nice to have people to talk weeaboo shit with.
>>149992406
You sir made me kek.
But the older I getwhile being the virgin the more sense I see behind religious laws of muslims and jews.
Like hide the ankles, hide the ass, the boobs and hypnoface on a female.
Why face?
Cuz we have a huge separate porn genre featuring it.
I've actually gone as far as exclude close to all female stimuli from my environment: no anime, no songs, no TV shows, I even learned to looked past them on the street or during the conversation without offending them.It worked too, but felt extra sad.
>>149992813
I agree.
I also didn't say I don't have any.
They're not autistic enough to expose sadpanda publicly too.
>>149991480
I know that much, but i decided that the waifu movement means nothing anymore and the term became just "girl (or character) i want to fap to"
>>149973310
I still have my ARIA Company logo sticker sitting in its envelope and was planning on putting it on my laptop but you might of scared me off of doing it anon.
>>149973310
>I'm gonna die alone.
We all do anon.
The other day, an elderly man, no younger than 70, came into my shop to get his car keys duplicated.
He had two K-On! keychains, one of Ritsu and a matching Mugi.
Do grandpas like anime?
>>149973532
>>149973542
I swear this guy parks his Asuza car there all the damn time in Akiba
>people seriously replying to faggot commander AKA "i've only seen 5 anime series and want toonami allowed on /a/"
http://archived.moe/qa/thread/316518/#316518
https://boards.fireden.net/a/thread/132989194/
>>149993542
That's probably his son's wife's son's keys
>>149993542
>>149993542
Maybe he lives with his nephew and needs a copy of the keys for himself?
>>149993542
Did h-manga with Ritsu, Mugi and faceless ossans taught you nothing about elderly men preferences?
>>149993602
>Toonami
I don't really get it, but what's the difference if the title is Japanese?
>baiting /a/nons by boipucci
Absolutly disgusting I agree.
Anon feelings towards fuckbois are pure and sincere.
It's a sin to exploit them for lulz.
>>149993542
Was he faceless?
>>149993602
I thought it was clear to pretty much anybody that tripfags have mental problems and are to be made fun of.
>>149945823
>Stanced Civic
Disgusting. Good taste on Tomoyo though.
>>149993932
I'm new.
Why should I shun tripfags and how are they any different from namefags?
I thought there was absolutely no anime-related stuff in my town until I saw this very sad itasha parking near my place a few weeks ago. Sorry for shit quality, the sticker in the window says "straight outta gensokyo"
>>149994074
It looks like a girl's car.
Leave a number on the windshield with a cute sticker on the note.
Keep doing it until she succumbs.
You can even follow her home to demonstrate that you're serious in your intentions.
>>149993976
It's just logic, anon. Why would a moderately sane person post on an anonymous imageboard with a trip? I don't need a trip to have a discussion. Neither do you. So why would they?
There's only one acceptable usage for a trip, for example when the Log Snorizon anon came here to have a QA thread. If you use a trip for any other reason you're just being an attention whore, and there's probably something wrong in your head.
>>149994265
*when the Log Snorizon author
>>149994265
That and the fact that 90% of them are insufferable as well as being attention whores.
>>149994265
> there's probably something wrong in your head
Are any of us here actually alright in this department?
I can understand the attentionwhore shunning, just asking.
>Log Snorizon
They have internet in nips jail?
>>149943420
Oh it, it definitely happened the few times.
The reverse also happens, for example last thursday i went to a cafe i usually go and could not help but ogle at the new waitress until a friend sent me some pic of some 2D cuties he found on pixiv. I was lost in though for a while and when she came to bring my order i actually realized did not find cute her at all.
>>149994074
That's kind of cute.
>>149993976
This is an anonymous image board, it is not facebook or twitter.
There is no reason to have a personality here on 4chan, unless you just want the attention or activately contribute to your home board (scanlators on /a/, AMA threads on say /ck/, /k/, /an/ and so on).
>>149994405
>being turned off from disgusting 3D
>by glorious 2D
Huge surprise here anon.
>>149994352
Yes, but at least we try to keep our problems to ourselves. We all wanna have a good time on here, right?
Having a trip is just utterly useless, and bothers you and everybody around you. Please don't be a tripfag.
>They have internet in nips jail?
That was before he was arrested.
>>149994074;_;
>>149984543
Not with those plugsAlso I took the pictures within my third world shithole and I've no idea why they carried kumiko all the way here
>>149994476
>>149994265
Okay, but why do you care?
Can't you just bully him for being an attentionwhore instead?
>bothers you and everybody around you.
I don't even notice the change in name and tripcode every time.
>>149994265
>It's just logic, anon. Why would a moderately sane person post on an anonymous imageboard with a trip
I am pretty sure we are the crazy ones. Its natural to want to have an identity. It takes a special kind of person to forget themselves in a sea of anonymity. The fact we all prefer it speaks volumes about us.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
>>149991318
How can you even say that you fucking idiot?
Kill yourself
>>149994555
>1983
Remember to eat it right anon.
You don't want to add faceless features to your miserable life.
>>149994587
>moeshit is starting to infest the real world too
>>149994620
It goes against the principles or something. Plus, as the other anon mentioned, they just act like self-important cunts all the time, being recognizable adds greatly to that.
You can't act like that if you're just another anon. Thus, being a tripfag not only enables these faggots, it also feeds their egos.
bump
>>149994194
>It looks like a girl's car.
I think it's more likely that it belongs to some /jp/ reject. I'm really not obsessive about hiding my powerlevel, but I don't feel any desire to meet the owner of that car. Still nice to see stuff like that once in a while, though.
>>149994587
Nice disklavier.
>>149991987
Does it make much of a difference? The principles are the same, right?
>>149988003
Kill yourself retard.
>>149994963
wch 2hu wud he fuk
>>149973854
>give them a smile/thumbs up.
Fucking scratch it off maybe?
>>149994963
Maybe you should read the rest of his post to discover that he was being sarcastic.
>>149995172I know, but I didn't want to post the second image without text
>>149992015
>Not filtering him
>>149973766
I yelled at my girlfriend yesterday because she accidentally sat on my Homura daki.
Girl's gotta learn her place.
>>149996571
What about your girlfriend's son?
>>149996571
>her place.
>>149988003
I was about to tell, but you're a tripfag
So I'll give you a hint instead, the author is usually character disigner in cult classics that are often thought of as pretentious
>>149994674
>>149993976
We (I don't claim to be speaking for you, but for myself and what I perceive to be the unspoken consensus in order to illustrate the true intrinsic value of anonymity) don't prefer it as individuals, we prefer it because of the larger social impact it has on our community.
The most important thing is that we don't have reputation (for individuals, anyway). This has a lot of implications. First, each of my posts are judged by their individual merit, by the merit of the elemental ideas contained therein, not by who I am or who I have been in the past (though we do of course still find ways to launch ad hominem attacks). In some ways this is a more pure form of discourse and of debate. The ideas are supported only by themselves, not by the reputations of those expressing them.
The other large impact is that anonymity allows for the caustic, abusive culture of 4chan. This culture of shibboleths and merciless xenophobia is the immune system of 4chan, and /a/ specifically. We have no way of actively screening migrants to /a/ because anybody can just show up and post whatever they want, so we screen them reactively. When a poster breaks social taboo they are intellectually berated until they must either give up and leave or come to greater understanding of the culture of /a/. This is what separates us from the reddits and the MALs of the world. Blatant weaboos, entry-levels and normal-fags all quickly get screened out. There is an intellectual bar that must be met in order to be allowed onto this ride. This has pros and cons, of course. On the one hand, trolling is rampant which is obviously bad, but on the other hand, trolling is rampant which is obviously good.
>>149996732
>>149957677
But i asked it too, can't you just answer me ?
>>149996853
So you bully the attentionwhores in quitting or knowing their place?
Sounds normal.
>>149996974
Fuck off
>>149997024
Fuck you too nigger
>>149997079
>racism
>>>/pol/
>>149996984
Well, tripfags are a special case. They flout the most basic tenants of our culture. They understand enough about the nature of 4chan to know why tripfagging pisses everybody off, but they also know there's nothing we can really do about it outside of intellectual abuse. If board culture is the immune system of 4chan, then tripfags are truly the cancer.
>>149991976
nigga what if your grandkids see that what the hell are you gonna say to them
>>149997500
>/a/
>grandkids
Don't tell me you still have hope.
>>149997500
Isn't it obvious? He'll say that even though he married their grandmother, azunyan will always be his true waifu.