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[darkflagrance]

Or, in contrast to economic and political factors, people just like anime because Japan became wealthy enough in the 90s to begin exporting it, and it caught on due to natural merits/filling a gap in the US consumer audience~

America and Japan have vastly different preconceptions of animation and its appropriate audience after all~
Few American cartoons attempt to pursue the narrative arc or characterization in Japanese animation~

[Yannanth]

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[Loud Whispers]

I don't know what you think 'yaoi' is, but it most definitely is not concerned with language.
*The more you know, you grammar defying heathens.

[RedKing]

@Yannath: Err....if my family life were as buggered up as what you described, I'd have dreams of moving to the other side of the world too. Just sayin'.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I wonder if the Japanese have a weeaboo equivalent phrase for someone that's super into America.

Yeah, it's "Japanese". I don't think you comprehend quite how much Japan is into America. In 2010, Japan gave the highest approval rating of the US at 90%, edging out the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, and the United States itself.

Oh no, no, no....try going back 10-15 years before that. Robotech, dude. ROBOTECH. Star Blazers. Voltron. Anime was becoming hot shit in the US during the late 70's and 80's. Not to mention the ninja and samurai crazes in the same time period.

Well, excuse me for having been dead then.

Now you're seeing something of the same thing with China. People sense a rise in their power, so they're keenly interested in Chinese culture to figure out what they're doing right.

There are some vital differences here. For one thing, Japan does not strangle its own cultural expression like China does, and the knowledge that such a thing is even happening puts off a lot of Americans.

Not incidentally, that's a large part of the Japanese obsession with American culture. After utterly defeating them (still the ONLY foreign power to do so), they became fascinated with American culture, thinking it must hold the secret to our power. Apparently the lesson they drew was that American superiority was powered by Betty Boop eyes and neon. 

America: We did in four years what the Chinese and the Mongols failed to do in thousands.

[Darvi]

Oh shit MSH's a zombie!

[Loud Whispers]

America: We did in four years what the Chinese and the Mongols failed to do in hundreds.

*With massive industrial force + the only recorded deliberate use of nuclear weapons on people.

As for the Mongols, technically it was Koreans with Mongolian backing. The Mongolians were fine with conquering the rest of the world, and were just fine instilling fear in that island for 500 years without setting foot on Japan. Also Kamakaze. Katanas. Massacres. Wealth disparities. Not exactly things to be proud of.
"YEAH WE KILLED YOU BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE DID!"

Although I don't recall what this has to do with grammar, or Nazis.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

America: We did in four years what the Chinese and the Mongols failed to do in hundreds.

*With massive industrial force + the only recorded deliberate use of nuclear weapons on people.

A win is still a win. Plus, it turned out alright in the end, just look at Japan today.

[Loud Whispers]

America: We did in four years what the Chinese and the Mongols failed to do in hundreds.

*With massive industrial force + the only recorded deliberate use of nuclear weapons on people.

A win is still a win. Plus, it turned out alright in the end, just look at Japan today.

An unnecessary application of energies is still unnecessary, and how Japan is today is in no thanks to a lot of aid from the USA and friends. Seems rather silly to say that you would prefer to say "YEAH WE MASSACRED YOUR CIVILIANS THANK US PLZ" as aversed to "we helped a whole lot of your people out of famine even though you fought us!"
And there are no winners in war.
Unless it's a grammar war.

[freeformschooler]

Is this an inappropriate time to call attention to the adorable :3 in the OP's avatar? Because I think it's relevant somehow.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

America: We did in four years what the Chinese and the Mongols failed to do in hundreds.

*With massive industrial force + the only recorded deliberate use of nuclear weapons on people.

A win is still a win. Plus, it turned out alright in the end, just look at Japan today.

An unnecessary application of energies is still unnecessary, and how Japan is today is in no thanks to a lot of aid from the USA and friends. Seems rather silly to say that you would prefer to say "YEAH WE MASSACRED YOUR CIVILIANS THANK US PLZ" as aversed to "we helped a whole lot of your people out of famine even though you fought us!"

I'd just like to point out first that the nukes we used against Japan were nothing compared to the firebombing campaign that nobody talks about. That's how nukes are. When used as weapons, they're more efficient at shock and awe than actually killing people, though they are very efficient at that.

I don't prefer either statement. I think the US achieved a great military victory in defeating Japan, and a great humanitarian victory in building it up to a modern, free nation afterwards.

[Loud Whispers]

Is this an inappropriate time to call attention to the adorable :3 in the OP's avatar? Because I think it's relevant somehow.

That's an internet culture thing :3

I'd just like to point out first that the nukes we used against Japan were nothing compared to the firebombing campaign that nobody talks about.

Well everyone talks about everything relevant, but the fact of the matter is it is the only time when they were used against people (and weapons of mass destruction aren't named as such because they bake great cakes) and people brag about it in the modern world for some reason, in a fit of nationalistic pride.
It's almost as if people take joy in death these days.

[Cthulhu]

I use tildes ironically, to express distaste for the whole thing, usually just saying tildes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Frumple]

I avoid most of the 'yaoi' crap and the like. I just don't like it when the English language is bastardised like that.

We actually seem to be slowly appropriating a few words like that, from what I've seen. It's understandable, seeing as that's generally what english does when someone's got a word we don't. Certainly simplifies discussion in a few cases.

Incidentally, the concept of bastardizing english (of all things) is kinda' hilarious, thinking on it. Least when it comes to loan words, anyway. It's hard to bastardize what's basically the (current, major) omnibastard of languages

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Yes, English will steal your entire language if you aren't watchful.