| Happens a lot with me, if you look at my favorite anime, and compare it to the favs of someone else... People tell me I have shit taste alot. Like my favorite anime this season is Acchi Kocchi, and people either think I'm trolling or shit taste. |
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| I can understand why someone would hate something I love or love something I hate. Everything has its own appeals and turn offs. I'd actually be more interested in being friends with that person since they'll probably have a different perspective on anime. Now, if someone with opposite tastes says I have terrible tastes and/or tries to convince me to think differently, then the warning signs will go off in my head. |
| Yeah, that's a pretty juvenile line of thinking, in my opinion. Even within just anime, there's always so much to discuss, especially with those that don't share your opinion. Otherwise, it's more or less just a dry, mindless agreefest, usually. That's what I'd like to think anyway. I'm always itching to talk about anime, and have reached out to so many, but either most here just want to make lists and aren't very talkative, or get turned off by how many... unpopular ratings I've made, I guess. |
FauxAznJun 14, 2012 6:19 PM
RLinksoul said: In my case, not really because there's so much more to talk about than anime... but in a forum all about anime I wouldn't be too inspired to reach out to that person. Lol, nice politically correct save right there. If we are basing a development of friendship strictly from anime list, then i wouldn't get along with a lot of people here. But, still it wouldn't be cause of the list per-se. I wouldn't mind if someone said they hated Black Lagoon or Evangelion, i could still be cool with them. But, if they said Black Lagoon and Evangelion were bad, then we would have a problem. |
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| LOL I thought this for the first time yesterday when I read someone's flame comment on an anime series that I really loved watching. I've never thought so just looking at someone's list or our shared anime scores though.. sometimes it's fun to have someone that you can just disagree with in discussion, especially if you can come to appreciate that person for their personality and other likes. |
| Hell no!!! no way!! i cant get along with them, EVER!!!!!!!!! nah im just trolling who say ppl with different taste cant be friends or get along with |
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| I hardly visit profiles, and when I do, it is to help people recommend a title for them. I rarely think about making friends with them. But I know a guy who has pretty different than mine and is still a friend in real life. So no, I rarely make that train of thought. I do make this assertion on the forum though if a guy continously try to disagree with me. |
| Nah, I'm always curious to have discussions with people who have different tastes with me. It's interesting to see why they like the things I don't and why they don't like the things I do. Plus, there's more to discuss than just anime. :P |
| I havent really found someone with ratings completely opposite to mine, but i havent really watched that many anime. |
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| With some of my favorite anime, I can see why some people would not like it. If they really like some anime I think our bad, I can also see that. If however, they love anime I think our bad, and dislike multiple anime I really like from multiple genres then I don't see what the point would be in talking to them. Real life friends are different, obviously. |
| No. I don't judge people by the stuff they put on their lists. Even if it is Hentai, or whatever, I don't care. What they enjoy watching is what they enjoy watching, even if their tastes clashes with mines. And plus, we could always talk about other things. We don't necessarily have to talk about anime all the time on this site. |
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| I'm always trying to get my real friends who watch anime to make a mal so that I can have a good time teasing them about their horrible taste. I love arguments. It's what makes forums fun, I don't wanna talk with only people who agree with me, that would be extremely boring. |
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| Yeah, most of the people on this site fall into that category for me. |
| I watch such a wide variety of anime that it doesn't really matter what others watch, because odds are I'll like it. The only things I don't really enjoy are the really long series, or things like Evangelion or Haruhi. But for every series I don't like that a large majority of the anime-watching world does, there are three or four (or more) shows that I like that those people probably also like. Either way, I don't much care. I can get along with people regardless. |
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| actually the only 3 people i talk to on mal seem to border on polar opposite tastes to mine and really.....i dont care, im not gonna fuck things up over something as petty as different tastes |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Different tastes - Fine Dissing my favorite anime - Not fine Also, the kind of anime you like says something about you. Sometimes that anime doesn't really say good things. I might be reluctant to friend someone that has both Bleach and Nataro in their top favorites. To me, personally, that says either "little boy" (please note, I am 31) or realllly needs to watch more stuff. In the second case I might try to take them under my wing so to speak and rec some anime. In the first case... not really the kind of person I reach out to. The only other anime I would react strongly to being a favorite is some train-wreck like Reign the Conqueror.. .you know, the kind of stuff that is so bad all the people that directed/animated/storyboarded it should be lined up and shot. |
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| There is little correlation between my tastes in anime and my ability to get along with someone. 1. Who you are online is not who you are in real life, so most discussions on here do not reflect how you would react with someone outside. 2. If friendship was just about anime taste then how would I make friends with anime haters? 3. Some of the people who share my taste in anime are pricks while at the same time I've seen people with opposite taste that are nice and open-minded individuals. 4. Usually I end up having anime compatibility, not because it started that, but because it grew that way. As you spend more time around certain people you pick up more of their traits and they, yours. |
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| I'm totally okay with someone having different taste as long as it isn't embarrassingly bad. Having superficial and painful ecchi shows among your highest rated wouldn't really make a good impression on me, that's for sure. And if people really hate my favourite shows? Don't mind it one bit. I know very well that they aren't everyone's cup of tea and I kind of prefer it to be that way. Would probably like to know the reason why they dislike them so much if we were to become friends though. |
GuZJun 15, 2012 1:10 AM
| No. People have different tastes and opinions and I'm fine with that. |
| It doesn't bother me at all, really |
GuZ said: I'm totally okay with someone having different taste as long as it isn't embarrassingly bad. Having superficial and painful ecchi shows among your highest rated wouldn't really make a good impression on me, that's for sure. And if people really hate my favourite shows? Don't mind it one bit. I know very well that they aren't everyone's cup of tea and I kind of prefer it to be that way. Would probably like to know the reason why they dislike them so much if we were to become friends though. Pretty much like this. I'm not at all bothered with how much someone's taste differs from mine, but I'd rather they make concrete arguments as to why they disliked it, rather than simple one liners like "it sucked blah blah blah!". |
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| You can say you enjoyed Guilty Crown. That is fine because it is possible to enjoy even a piece of shit series. However when you give it a 10 and give an anime like Mushishi a 3, then we got a huge problem here. |
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BloodRequiem said: Funny you should say that. I intend to watch both of those anime soon in shifts. Figured Guilty Crown will make Mushishi look better and using Mushishi to take breaks from Guilty Crown will keep me sane.You can say you enjoyed Guilty Crown. That is fine because it is possible to enjoy even a piece of shit series. However when you give it a 10 and give an anime like Mushishi a 3, then we got a huge problem here. |
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| I'd probably get into a discussion with the guy to know exactly why he hates it... I mean, some people really have no idea why some things go that way in some anime. They can't comprehend much of the story or characters and then they bash on them because of their lack of grey matter. Now it depends on the genre. If they disliked an Ecchi and they start by saying "the story sucked" then I think I'll simply facepalm and ignore the guy. It depends on so many things. But, most of my cases don't go well, and I usually start the bashing if they have no argument whatsoever. |
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DrunkenBlowfish said: Funny you should say that. I intend to watch both of those anime soon in shifts. Figured Guilty Crown will make Mushishi look better and using Mushishi to take breaks from Guilty Crown will keep me sane. Just a random advice: Mushishi is best experienced in (very) small portions and I wouldn't really recommend watching more than one episode at a time. Also don't expect any plot development or climax whatsoever since it's highly episodic. Other than that, it's one of the most soothing and philosophical shows around. As for Guilty Crown... if you have to watch then get it over with as quickly as possible, judging from your taste. Think about it as pulling off a plaster that's sticking tightly to your aim hair. |
Ryekeel said: You know what they say, opinions are fine and all, but if you can't remotely back it up, it's worth shit. Harsh, but it seems many people fail to realize this.GuZ said: I'm totally okay with someone having different taste as long as it isn't embarrassingly bad. Having superficial and painful ecchi shows among your highest rated wouldn't really make a good impression on me, that's for sure. And if people really hate my favourite shows? Don't mind it one bit. I know very well that they aren't everyone's cup of tea and I kind of prefer it to be that way. Would probably like to know the reason why they dislike them so much if we were to become friends though. Pretty much like this. I'm not at all bothered with how much someone's taste differs from mine, but I'd rather they make concrete arguments as to why they disliked it, rather than simple one liners like "it sucked blah blah blah!". |
| Well most of my friends don't really watch anime, the only one that really does only watches like two or three shows, one of which I got him into. As for on this site, I don't really have people that I talk to on here consistently about anime or anything else for that matter. However, I do like to look at other people's profiles and see how their taste compares to mine. The only people I wouldn't really want to talk to are those that hate all popular stuff just because, and those who have average scores of like 5 or lower. If you are going to talk to me about how bad most anime is, then I'm not interested. Same thing with bashing popular shows. I have met a lot of people that love to bash popular stuff just because it is popular, and they don't even know anything about it. Other than that though, I like mostly everything, except yaoi/shounen-ai and stuff like that, so I'd be fine with taking recommendations from friends. |
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| no, i'm more afraid of not watching the same shows as the other person. |
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| Well if you both loved the exact same thing what would there be to talk about? |
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| I have a real-life friend who absolutely loves magical girl anime and watches it almost exclusively. I'm not a fan of magical girls, yet we can still talk about anime and recommend each other things that we might not have considered watching before (I got him to watch Mononoke, he got me to watch Madoka Magica). Opposing tastes isn't really a big deal in a lot of situations. |
| It doesn't bother me at all, for two reasons: -Of course it's their taste and I can't deny it, doing that would mean taking a route of elitism and pretentiousness that I personally dislike. And as it doesn't affect me on a personal level, I can't say I ultimately care. -I think every show is defendable to the point that one feels necessary, and yes, also criticizable. Hearing very thoughtful and interesting comments on stuff I don't like has shown me that any show, as bad as it may look, can be looked with respect or even great interest. |
| one of my classmates hates the types of anime's i watch, yet we get along perfectly. |
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FauxAzn said: Yeah, that's a pretty juvenile line of thinking, in my opinion. Even within just anime, there's always so much to discuss, especially with those that don't share your opinion. Otherwise, it's more or less just a dry, mindless agreefest, usually. That's what I'd like to think anyway. I'm always itching to talk about anime, and have reached out to so many, but either most here just want to make lists and aren't very talkative, or get turned off by how many... unpopular ratings I've made, I guess. Agreed. |
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| If you can be friends with people that don't like anime at all then you can be friends with anime fans that have different favorites than you. It's pretty superficial and childish to think otherwise. |
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Anime_Name said: if you cant be friends with people because of opposite tastes on anything then your just being childishIf you can be friends with people that don't like anime at all then you can be friends with anime fans that have different favorites than you. It's pretty superficial and childish to think otherwise. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Ahh I have felt that. It's tough because that can likely give you a whole lot of information about them as a person. Since anime is generally pretty deep or meaningful, it can show you what that person values. If they like things you hate, chances are they don't feel the same way about the things you value. x__x;; |
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| I really get angry when a person hates the anime i love, but I can tolerate it and if that person wants I can talk with (s)he and we can be friends. |
If they like things you hate, chances are they don't feel the same way about the things you value. x__x;; But that doesn't make friendship impossible. Hell a big part of having real friends is knowing that their opinions are different from yours and accepting those differences. |
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Anime_Name said: If you can be friends with people that don't like anime at all then you can be friends with anime fans that have different favorites than you. It's pretty superficial and childish to think otherwise. I don't think this is the real problem some people may find here in MyAnimeList. Being a place that deals primarily with anime and manga I can understand -not share- the idea that some people may have towards fans who have very different tastes. The attitude of trying to avoid confrontation is quite common in this place, and they may think that trying to be friends with those fans in MyAnimeList would lead to disagreements and situations that will make them feel uncomfortable, because the conversations would be set on anime and manga after all. I can't say I agree, it's just that I see other possible reasons other than being juvenile and non-accepting. Specially in this site, in real life there's other ways to build a relationship, but in this one there's a clear focus. |
| @Anime_Name Although that's true, it all depends on what you're talking about. If it's something very serious and they don't value it, then you're talking about some serious issues. Say people who're seriously into ecchi or overly sexual things. I am not a very sexual person and prefer to keep things like that private and out of my anime (as I've said on MAL before, if I'm looking for sex or things like that in an anime, I might as well watch hentai). So if someone is like that, it's unlikely we'll get along. |
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jal90 said: Anime_Name said: If you can be friends with people that don't like anime at all then you can be friends with anime fans that have different favorites than you. It's pretty superficial and childish to think otherwise. I don't think this is the real problem some people may find here in MyAnimeList. Being a place that deals primarily with anime and manga I can understand -not share- the idea that some people may have towards fans who have very different tastes. The attitude of trying to avoid confrontation is quite common in this place, and they may think that trying to be friends with those fans in MyAnimeList would lead to disagreements and situations that will make them feel uncomfortable, because the conversations would be set on anime and manga after all. I can't say I agree, it's just that I see other possible reasons other than being juvenile and non-accepting. Specially in this site, in real life there's other ways to build a relationship, but in this one there's a clear focus. But that begs the question that does merely having different opinions on an anime list mean conflict will arise? Since anime is a niche market to begin with I can only assume that many of us here have friends that are not into anime at all and conflicts over our interest in anime has not been detrimental to our social lives. If it's something very serious and they don't value it, then you're talking about some serious issues. Of course degree of seriousniess matters but that's not something you can readily judge from an anime list or review. Say people who're seriously into ecchi or overly sexual things. I am not a very sexual person and prefer to keep things like that private and out of my anime (as I've said on MAL before, if I'm looking for sex or things like that in an anime, I might as well watch hentai). So if someone is like that, it's unlikely we'll get along. Well I hate to burst your bubble but there are plenty of sexual people out there, you probably even know some, but the only difference between your neighbors and the folks on MAL is that you know what kind of kink someone is into IF they put it on their anime list.(Knowing what someone likes doesn't mean they are going to try to include you) Please don't think that not knowing what someone's fetish is means they don't have a fetish. |
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Tachii said: Ryekeel said: You know what they say, opinions are fine and all, but if you can't remotely back it up, it's worth shit. Harsh, but it seems many people fail to realize this.GuZ said: I'm totally okay with someone having different taste as long as it isn't embarrassingly bad. Having superficial and painful ecchi shows among your highest rated wouldn't really make a good impression on me, that's for sure. And if people really hate my favourite shows? Don't mind it one bit. I know very well that they aren't everyone's cup of tea and I kind of prefer it to be that way. Would probably like to know the reason why they dislike them so much if we were to become friends though. Pretty much like this. I'm not at all bothered with how much someone's taste differs from mine, but I'd rather they make concrete arguments as to why they disliked it, rather than simple one liners like "it sucked blah blah blah!". Ha! True! Can't be helped, I guess. |
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| @Anime_Name I disagree. You can get that pretty well from some anime. Not all of them, but you can get a pretty good impression. I don't care if someone is into something or has fetishes. I care if it's something they are very public about. It's not my business and I can't say it's really anyone else's. In real life I'm not a fan of people who talk about sex a lot or crack sex jokes constantly, and I sure don't want that in my anime either. If you like hentai or ecchi and don't put it on your list, you're likely keeping it personal. That's a-okay. If you have your list full of ecchi things and that's what you really enjoy, chances are I'm not interested in being your friend. |
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Anime_Name said: jal90 said: Anime_Name said: If you can be friends with people that don't like anime at all then you can be friends with anime fans that have different favorites than you. It's pretty superficial and childish to think otherwise. I don't think this is the real problem some people may find here in MyAnimeList. Being a place that deals primarily with anime and manga I can understand -not share- the idea that some people may have towards fans who have very different tastes. The attitude of trying to avoid confrontation is quite common in this place, and they may think that trying to be friends with those fans in MyAnimeList would lead to disagreements and situations that will make them feel uncomfortable, because the conversations would be set on anime and manga after all. I can't say I agree, it's just that I see other possible reasons other than being juvenile and non-accepting. Specially in this site, in real life there's other ways to build a relationship, but in this one there's a clear focus. But that begs the question that does merely having different opinions on an anime list mean conflict will arise? Since anime is a niche market to begin with I can only assume that many of us here have friends that are not into anime at all and conflicts over our interest in anime has not been detrimental to our social lives. That's why I am making a difference between real life and MAL life. This site is for anime/manga fans and therefore the primary way of meeting people is through these things. Considering that most of the conversations will go, predictably, about this terms, that would mean a situation of "risk" for those who want to avoid any kind of discussion/confrontation. |
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