and sing to japanese songs, they even sing to american songs

whats the big deal? 🤔

Weeb

I mean what you're describing is obviously misplaced disgust, but a kid being almost exclusive into media from the island of japan is pretty pathetic, and just turns one into a bore to talk to.

its one thing to get lost in the rabbit hole for a few years but I question the mental health of anyone who can't bring themselves to consume anything else

The stigma is totally understandable though

Just kind of annoying when someone finds out you can speak Japanese and they give you that look

I know what you mean, but people will look at anyone weird who seems to be just a little too into their hobby

unless its creative like writing, art, dance, something along those lines

it is disgusting, and barely any individuals seem to be living the "weeb" lifestyle highlighted in those filthy frank videos.

the term weeb now seems to be directed at any otaku, or anyone infact.

i think it's still rude and insulting, japanese or not.

I think identifying as an otaku is a telltale sign

indeed

doesn't even have to be otaku anymore

just related to japan

I don’t even watch anime or anythibg

otaku's just the japanese word for nerd is it not?

I just like the Japanese aesthetic

really is quite frustrating when you have an 11 year old obsessed with filthy frank yelling at you elementary grade insults with the term weeb and anime tits woven into them

yes but its associated with gaming and anime mostly

in japan

its a worthless term for western individuals

if you need to identify yourself by your hobbies, you're just an anime nerd

I say all this having watched some 250 anime and read dozens of VNs

and I don't know how many manga

I'm sure once we all have perfect machine translator earpieces it'll just auto translate the word to nerd

That's not even to say japanese words can't be adopted into english, hikikamori is a recognized medical condition in psychology unique from any other

or umami in cooking

yeah there are japanese terms that cant be translated into english without expanding on the meaning

like sayings, expressions

which change with society, slang is an example. no translator can keep up with that i dont think

not so

it would be an impressive achievement if any translator could

AI translators are already as good at translating as people are

they'll be better in a couple years

?

where

i think its more rewarding to learn the language yourself

you'll learn the language's culture if you do

https://research.google.com/pubs/MachineTranslation.html