We only hear about the good sides of discovering this medium ect but what about the bad? Like anime addiction? And before you say "It is just fiction, it doesn't affect me" You are wrong! The internet and social media are just digital data on a square screen but it does affect all our lives!  EDIT; I thought of a better example. Imagine of someone who has never known highschool love; he discovers anime, and watches a dozen romcoms and he begins to long for love, for things past his time... only to realize he will never have that; and they become depressed. In this case anime literally gave this hypothetical person a real life mental condition! |
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| obsession aka otaku and addiction is a mental disorder anyway but how many are really clinically diagnose by this? its rare and most of the time there is already an underlying mental health problem of the victim or consumer this is like the right wingers complain about porn making rapists or video games makes people violent but the overwhelming statistics does not show that for decades now |
| ofc it has, everything has downsides and upsides. |
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| There's an otaku in Back Street Girls who went bat sh*t crazy when his mom shrew away his anime/idol stuff. Reminded me of a news I read in an English translated site with a similar story. So I bet anime has impacted someones life negatively. |
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| Anime and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. |
SpunkertMay 10, 9:48 AM
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| I don't think anime itself is usually the primary cause of negative impacts on someone's life. They probably have pre-existing mental disorders, coping mechanisms, or engage in escapism, etc. There are definitely some underlying issues before anime is even considered the problem. |
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@deg It is not considered and official addiction yet, but with game addiction, and soon to be porn addiction, it might become one. And need I remind you, there were cases where kids killed themselves over their favorite character dying!
| @tappioca again most of the time this rare cases of mentally sick people already have some mental problems to begin with, anime or any entertainment they set their minds on is just the trigger |
| Anything could have impacted someone's life negatively. I'm sure there are people who have died by choking on water. so yes, anime is no exception to this. there are infinite possible contexts where anime could be good, bad and anything in-between. |
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Anything could have impacted someone's life negatively.
I'm sure there are people who have died by choking on water.
so yes, anime is no exception to this. there are infinite possible contexts where anime could be good, bad and anything in-between.
I'm sure there are people who have died by choking on water.
so yes, anime is no exception to this. there are infinite possible contexts where anime could be good, bad and anything in-between.
APolygons2 said: I'm sure there are people who have died by choking on water. People have died drinking water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication |
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APolygons2 said:
I'm sure there are people who have died by choking on water.
I'm sure there are people who have died by choking on water.
People have died drinking water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
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| sure it has, but food can also very negatively effect someone... If someone has underlying problems and they solve it by over consumption of something I don't think anime is all that bad If you introduce anime to a sane individual it wouldn't effect them negatively |
| Probably the Porygon episode from Pokemon...since it cause seizers... Seriously though I'm sure any media could negatively impact someone mentally but probably because of outlying issues in their life and not directly associated to the media they are consuming. And then there was the "Endless Eight"...I'm sure that hurt more than a few people mentally... |
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| A mere cartoon doesn't affect me negatively at all fortunately. But there were some cases when someone fell in love with a Japanese cartoon character so much that they ended up marrying those cartoon characters, like some Korean guy who married Fate Testarossa from Nanoha series because he was so obsessed with her, he even took a pillow with her pic and went to restaurant and amusement park with that pillow. |
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| Depends what you mean by negative. Obsessing over waifus and becoming an otaku is seen as negative to a lot of people, however the actual person with the obsession is happy. I think anything can have negative impacts if you become addicted to it. |
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| Anything can have negative (as well as positive) effects. While everyone indulges in escapism, doing so to excess can cause issues. And at times, it can no longer serve as a distraction, and emptiness can crawl in. On another note: To be fair, watching Evangelion when I was in junior high probably didn't help my already tenuous mental health. Lol. |
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| I mean if someone gets addicted to anime and isn't doing shit with their life like and is only watching anime then it can defiantly have a negative impact on someones life. |
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| it all depends on the person. if they allow it to it will. on the other hand anime has the power to better someone's life to. it all depends on the person which direction they wanna go in |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Yeah. OBSESSION. Just look at this site. |
| Yeah, it ruined an entire generation of men. |
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| Anime is ok, as long as you dont look up hentai of underage anime girls aka lolicon. |
| "Do you think anime has ever negatively impacted someone's life?" Well, sure. Too much is too much. |
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tappioca said: i mean I didn’t need any help feeling this way during high school and that was well before I watched much anime let alone romcoms. I see this more as people having negatively impacted their own lives and using anime the same way any person with an unfulfilling life might use alcohol, books, or whatever gives them a dopamine rush to try and patch over their issues. Imagine of someone who has never known highschool love; he discovers anime, and watches a dozen romcoms and he begins to long for love, for things past his time... only to realize he will never have that; and they become depressed. |
and i guess that i just don't know |
| lolis normalized that certain kind of activity Waifus bait people into falling love to fictional characters who never interacted with you power of friendship even though this world only has people betraying you and capitalizem( Not including teamwork) |
Ratris_DecisionMay 11, 6:36 AM
| It does when you no longer attend to your responsibilities. |
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| According to Andrew Dobson, anime ruined his life. Had nothing to do with his own actions, or anything. For some peak lolcow comedy I'd recommend watching this. |
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| Anime as a medium is the same as every other media in that regard. People can choose to take inspiration from it or get depressed from it. But in the end, it's all just fiction and reality is, most often than not, very different. |
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| probably for whoever thought it would be a good idea to burn down kyoani lol |
| If they look at lolicon/shotacon hentai or furry porn, then yes, it has negatively affected their life... |
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