Is having an inconsistent kind of anime as favorites a sign that a person has widened his/her horizons? Or its just pretentiousness?
| You know, for example (me)having stuff like League of the Galactic Heroes and Tatami Galaxy in the same list as Fairy Tail and Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry... From that example, you know the gist. |
| theres no excuse for rakudai being there regardless of whatever else is on there |
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| I have School Days and Gankutsuou in my favorites list ... But other than those, most of my favorites is pretty generic stuff besides Gungrave. I like to imagine I just have a wide array of directions I can swing my favor in. It just makes recommending anime to me a bit harder. |
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| Okay, for one let's assume that in your example, you are not retarded. Now that we've established this, some anime are more similar then you think. The original FMA and FLCL look different on paper, but they have very similar themes that talk about life and it's difficulties. Same thing for something like Cowboy Bebop and Katanagatari. Someone might watch LoGH/Tatami/FT/Rakudai and appreciate the message and style, which might be similar. or you're retarded and put "elitist anime" in your favorites along with "guilty pleasures" to make yourself seem smart even if you've only seen one episode of galaxy and LOGH. |
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| How is having varied taste in any way pretentious? |
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RainyRai said: or you're retarded and put "elitist anime" in your favorites along with "guilty pleasures" to make yourself seem smart even if you've only seen one episode of galaxy and LOGH. I've watched it all in entirety. I can have a lengthy discussion about it if you want to. xD |
| Well even inconsistent anime lists do have some sort of running trend usually Like mine looks kinda inconsistent to some But at a closer look, its primarily dramas |
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Caffeine said: do you know the meaning of the word pretentious? Of course and it's acceptable to use here. |
| Judging one person by their favourites is pretty dumb. Please don't do it. ... ... Except if they like SAO. If they like SAO, they have shit taste and nothing can redeem it. |
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| Neither. It just means they like more than one thing. In your case though, it means your taste is consistently... SAO. |
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| You like what you like m8, unless of course you really are pretentious and just looking for attention...? |
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| i feel like some ppl just mix "critically acclaimed" anime with "guilty pleasure" or "generic" anime almost as a disguise. i know for certain some ppl don't put certain anime on their favorites list cause they feel thats not the favorites list is for, but others probably are just too afraid to let ppl know they really enjoyed a certain anime but fuck it, just put w/e YOU want to, i don't see why anyone would give a damn what someone feels about their favorites list. if ppl are interested in whether or not i like non harem anime, they can simply look at my list itself @CapitalistGod you really should stop letting what others think bother you so much lol @Ecchi_Hater_9000 i dun found my sworn enemy wait, theres 9000 of you? or over 9000?...... oh well..... time to kill you all.....( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
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| It just means you're you(?) I mean what else could it possibly mean? Unless you mean to say that it does mean that you're unique unique, which by all means everyone is. |
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| It could mean that you're pretentious or trying too hard to show off how you have an open mind but if I come across such a person I'm gonna assume that they give all kinds of anime an equal shot. |
CapitalistGod said: Caffeine said: do you know the meaning of the word pretentious? Of course and it's acceptable to use here. i don't exactly understand how a person liking an inherently romance show, but also liking a show about death and destruction is in any way pretentious if i watch totally spies at 3pm and watch a documentary about migrating elephants at 7pm does that mean i'm pretentious? people can like things on different ends of the same spectrum and not do it to be showy. almost everybody does and only a select few are conceited and stupid enough to think that enjoying spongebob and enjoying game of thrones is brag worthy. maybe i'm just arguing because the word pretentious pisses me off it's just like the music taste argument. people that like metal also like hip hop for example. people can't really help what they enjoy, and though some do use it to give themselves some sort of...weird social advantage and self verification, most people don't expect to get blown for having a diverse taste. ...unless you're both insecure and narcissistic. most people don't generally like one thing, over and over and over again, because after a while that gets boring. it's hard for people not to discover new and interesting things, so if they like them, they like them. but these people get ragged on all the time for having a varied taste or for liking "obscure" things, but having unique interests is in no way pretentious-unless obviously you're clueless and do it for praise-which is just not the case most of the time. some oppressive people just get...offended(?) and think "hey, that person likes different things than i do, what a tool, what a try-hard, what a showoff, they're just doing it because this, this and this" etc but in reality, they're just someones interests. hobbies. pastimes. they're things that make up someones personality. people can't exactly help what they like, and it's in no way pretentious ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
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| I really never thought about this or someone having this question when they see my list, not that it is worth my concern anyway. I just put anime in my favorite list and it just consist of what I really like and that's about it. |
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| I'd see it as evidence that someone has watched a lot of different stuff and I can only imagine that their list would be similarly diverse. Not sure how that's pretentious. In any case, favorites should be special to you, so why would it even matter? |
| my favourite list would be more than half super robo if it was my actual top 10 :V as it stands now, it's just 2/10 i deliberately tried to diversify it with favourites from other genres |
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| I don't think it matters. The list and scoring would tell us all much more about someone being inconsistent or possibly being pretentiousness rather than the favourites list. Even then I wouldn't really care since people can have a variety of taste, some people may like certain genres a lot more than the rest, while others have no real preference. |
| Having different kinds of anime in their favorites just means that they're watching more anime that they like. We're allowed to watch more than one kind of genre, right? |
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| My favourites list includes Fullmetal Alchemist (03) and Ore Twintails. I like different anime for different reasons. It's boring to have a list of all the same type of anime as favourites. |
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| No, OP you just widened your horizons . Everyone feels the need to widen their horizons at some point and move out of thier comfort zone, sticking to one type can get boring . |
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Cishet said: I liked SAO fite me.SAO goat and that's faxxxx.Judging one person by their favourites is pretty dumb. Please don't do it. ... ... Except if they like SAO. If they like SAO, they have shit taste and nothing can redeem it. |
kryptic2g said: Cishet said: I liked SAO fite me.SAO goat and that's faxxxx.Judging one person by their favourites is pretty dumb. Please don't do it. ... ... Except if they like SAO. If they like SAO, they have shit taste and nothing can redeem it. this is a low quality bait dont take it =D |
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tragedydesu said: Feelsbad i actually enjoyed it i guess i have shit taste ayy.kryptic2g said: I liked SAO fite me.SAO goat and that's faxxxx. this is a low quality bait dont take it =D |
| I like to think I have varied taste, at least based on my favourites, it's largely just because I don't always want to watch anime for a "deep, intellectual" experience, sometimes I just like good old-fashioned fun. I try to see good things in every genre, even those I tend to avoid. |
| I suppose it does, I have both KonoSuba and Akira in my favourites. |
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| Either, or, or neither it depends on the intent. |
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| As long as it entertains and stimulates my brain then its a show for me. I don't see why different shows putting them on your list would make you a pretentious.Not every show you like will be liked by others. |
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Mamster-P said: @CapitalistGod you really should stop letting what others think bother you so much lol Haha! I don't really care, I'm just interested in people's thoughts on this since it's been on my mind lately... haha! ANd from what I see, pretty boring opinions across the board...xD |
CapitalistGod said: Mamster-P said: @CapitalistGod you really should stop letting what others think bother you so much lol Haha! I don't really care, I'm just interested in people's thoughts on this since it's been on my mind lately... haha! ANd from what I see, pretty boring opinions across the board...xD good... cause it really shouldn't matter, but i don't understand the "it just means they have varied tastes" response just cause your favorites list are all similar genres doesn't mean you don't have varied taste lol it just means that since the spots are only limited to 10, if you prefer a genre, and don't want to lie, your list is going to be mostly that i obviously prefer harem/ecchi/moeblob, but that doesn't mean there aren't shows that aren't those that i have enjoyed more so than many harem/ecchi/moeblobs |
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| In my opinion it's just a person that has a wide taste on anime, nothing to do with anything you said. I don't really see a sense in this question. And I actually find it interesting when someone has a lot of variety in its list. People who have the same kind of shows just kinda bore me a lot. Whenever I see a list with just for example old classics like Cowboy Bebop, GITS, Evangelion, Akira and that kinda shows I just lose my interest in them. It's not that I don't like that shows, what bores me is the "culture"? around them. Don't know if I explained myself well. |
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CapitalistGod said: You know, for example (me)having stuff like League of the Galactic Heroes and Tatami Galaxy in the same list as Fairy Tail and Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry... That's the kind of list I expect from a person who actually liked some of the "elitist" shows. It shows that the maker it a real person who has some way of choosing which shows he/she likes beyond "these shows are praised by the elitist crowd a lot". Even if I am unable to understand what do these shows have in common. |
| Meh, I don't think it's an indicator of anything. People have different tastes. Some people only enjoy anime in certain genres whereas others are able to enjoy a wider spectrum. So obviously sometimes you get people whose favourites are all in one genre (or 1-2 genres) and others where their favourites seemingly have nothing in common. Also, tastes change with time as do favourites. I mean, I like to think I have a decent variety of favourites. They're not super across to board, but there are several different genres in there. |
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| My top 25 is out of control... - Aria the Origination - Yuru Yuri - Kingdom - Gakkatsu - Death Note - PriPara I got no rhyme nor reason.. |
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| Someone who has a variety of different anime in their favorites is more interesting then someone who has all the regular intellectual anime in their favorites. |
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| Who cares? It's your choice to like what you want. But if you think Rakudai and Fairy Tail are as good as Tatami Galaxy and LoGH then you probably don't have a concrete set of values that makes a good anime for you. Is this a bad thing? No. But it just means that your opinion has less credibility because of inconsistency. Personally I think Rakudai Kishi and Fairy Tail are terrible anime but it's up to you to enjoy what you like. |
| You like what you like. I love Fairy Tail and Shingekin no Kyojin, I don't see the problem. |
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| It means you love all kind of stuff. People who have very similar animes thay love (or watch). pretentiousness? I don't think. |
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| ...Why would it be pretentious? Your favourite anime are your favourite anime. They may or may not conform to a trend. All of mine have a focus on comedy, whether it's the prime focus (Detroit Metal City) or has humorous situations in it occasionally (Shouwa Genroku). I'd say no matter how broad one's tastes are, there's going to be some sort of pattern in their favourites, unless they've specifically set out to make them as diverse as possible. Everyone has their preferences, even if they like everything / most things. Shouwa Genroku might be vastly different in style and tone to the rest of my favourites, but that's a mark of just how much I liked it and how excellent it was. But there's still a clear pattern in the rest of my favourites, so even when there's the odd 1-3 anime that are different from the rest, you can still get the underlying idea behind them all. jaesuk97 said: Who cares? It's your choice to like what you want. But if you think Rakudai and Fairy Tail are as good as Tatami Galaxy and LoGH then you probably don't have a concrete set of values that makes a good anime for you. Is this a bad thing? No. But it just means that your opinion has less credibility because of inconsistency. Personally I think Rakudai Kishi and Fairy Tail are terrible anime but it's up to you to enjoy what you like. Having an anime as your favourite =/= thinking it's good or high in quality. Not to mention that you can't even compare Rakudai and Fairy Tail to Tatami Galaxy and LogH. They set out to entertain in vastly different ways, so comparisons of quality are meaningless. flannan said: CapitalistGod said: You know, for example (me)having stuff like League of the Galactic Heroes and Tatami Galaxy in the same list as Fairy Tail and Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry... That's the kind of list I expect from a person who actually liked some of the "elitist" shows. It shows that the maker it a real person who has some way of choosing which shows he/she likes beyond "these shows are praised by the elitist crowd a lot". Even if I am unable to understand what do these shows have in common. So if someone has a set of favourites it makes them less of a real person? What sort of bullshit logic is that? If someone had all ecchi harem anime as their favourites, they wouldn't be written off as being unreal, so why the double standard when it comes to "elitist" anime? They all have something in common, so it makes sense for one to enjoy them all. The same for any style or genre of anime. I really can't understand this bullshit hypocrisy thrown at those who like a certain style of anime. |
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| Unless you are a poser, that just means you likes many different things and that your taste is wide. Just that. |
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| Oh cmon, some of the top 50 reviewers here even have Elfen Lied on their Favorites, what's wrong with that? |
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