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japanophiles > anglophiles > dudes obsessed with nazi germany > medieval larpers

[DJ]

Hail Britannia

[Askot Bokbondeler]

japanophiles > anglophiles > dudes obsessed with nazi germany > medieval larpers

i'd invert that, really

[Cthulhu]

anglophiles > dudes obsessed with nazi germany > japanophiles > medieval larpers

[subject name here]

japanophiles > anglophiles = dudes obsessed with nazi germany > medieval larpers

[DJ]

England is more awesome than Japan in every possible way!

[subject name here]

it's more of a question of rather you prefer whites or asians really since they're both funny little xenophobic island nations

[DJ]

Has BNP won any elections while I wasn't looking?

[subject name here]

are you saying britain loves immigrants

take me to the imaginary britain that isn't ever racist or xenophobic


like japan

(lol you're the same get used to it)

[KaelGotDwarves]

People like things that are different or exotic.

At first I thought it was just a white guy attracted to asian women thing. Then I realized certain white women also get that attraction to asian males, just as some asians do to whites. It was a strange experience for me figuring that out. (It's why I don't go to animecons anymore- I had all these weeaboos and underage bisexuals attempting to drag me into their hotel rooms and buddha-only-knows what STDs they had)

I mean, hell, as a language French is super sexy to me and even though I don't have much use for it I'm learning it this summer. I suppose it's always applicable in melting women. They seem to love that stuff more than I do.

[DJ]

Actually, I'm Bosnian. I don't really know how people over her would respond to immigration, since we don't get much of it.

Anyway, when I was in London it seemed fairly multicultural, dunno if it's indicative of the rest of UK.

[KaelGotDwarves]

UK's a pretty big place. They also have their chavs and racist pricks, same as anywhere else in the world. Thankfully they don't make too much of a vocal majority depending on where you live.

I'd argue certain parts of the southern US are the worse, because you have people who are otherwise mostly-educated and nice people who are still racist. That was my experience when I was there.

[Grakelin]

Most of my DnD group are horrific weaboos. There's only really me (currently I'm the DM) and our wizard who aren't A: obsessed with Japan and B: ranging from mildly odd to full-on skin-crawling unwashed weirdness.

You can never tell if you're a massive deviant, though. If everybody else seems to be a loser except for you...

[Footkerchief]

People like things that are different or exotic.

That's part of it, but I think modern Orientalism is also rooted in social alienation.

[Mfbrew]

There isn't really a Japan craze - it's just an illusion.

Lots of us are unknowingly weaboos for America, Canada, England, etc but our cultures are so damn similar we don't even realize we're doing it.  If you're American and you're obsessed with low brow comedy and mary jane, there's a good chance all of your favorite humor styles and comedians are from a Canadian cultural heritage.  If you're British and you're all about the hip hop scene, you're being wamerican.

Japan just stands out more because their culture is so different, and because of all the tentacles and bright colors.