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

Its hard to find any smoking gun for you, but machine translation has been a subject of research pretty much since google started actively funding RND, and other institutions are as well. It'll happen before too long

Learning a language is valuable, and it makes you a better thinker, but not everyone can or will do it

call me a traditionalist but this gives me a bad feeling

why

instant translation means any idiot in the world can seamlessly communicate with any other idiot

as if we needed more idiots communicating with other idiots

the barriers in culture will begin to erode and we'll more easily transition into a globally minded species

jokes aside

learn arabic - understand the definition of peace