| The term `weeb´is just a more derogatory way of saying otaku.To me they´re pretty similar. |
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| Not really. They mean the same thing, it's just that Japanese people use the world "otaku" to describe what westerners consider a "weeb". Edit: As the comment below me states otaku can include a wider variety of "nerd" hobbies, when it comes to Japanese stuff though they are the same. |
149597871Feb 10, 2020 6:32 AM
| Well I've been told that otaku pretty much means anyone with an obsessive hobby which can be anything like movies, games, sports etc not just anime. A weeb in its original term reffer to someone who has an obsession with japanese culture not just anime but now nobody cares about those specifics anymore. Personally I see myself as neither of them but I don't mind if I'm called so. |
| Nowadays the difference is moot. Otaku for the Japanese simply meant what we used to call nerd back in the 1990s. Weeb is someone who is overly obsessed with Japanese culture. All these terms fell in a single spectrum nowadays. People in the west will use the word weeb for any otaku. Old western people barely know the word otaku, weeb/NEET, so they still use the term nerd. And, maybe I was a weeb but I don't think so. I like some aspects of Japanese culture, especially the street racing culture(drifting,touge), and some of their car culture, in addtion to anime. I may be a little obsessed with it but I like other countries' automotive cultures as well, including our national culture so I think I was partly weeb. I hate Itashas and Bosozokus though. |
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| weeb is a funnier slang to write while otaku feels cringy af considering its a japanese word being mentioned to describe something that the west already has (nerd, geek, etc) |
| Weebs: Ew, gross. Self-aware weebs: We know limits and boundaries, thus we're cool. Otakus: You do you in Shinjuku. |
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| I voted "No", as an answer to the question in the title, but to answer the poll question; yes. If you're unironically using "otaku" instead of "nerd" (etc.), you're already a weeb. |
| its the funniest thing cuz people get triggered when people call them weebs so the politically correct term for them is otaku yet in japan, people use the word otaku in a derogatory way to insult others. So in truth, they're the same thing. |
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| Between a weeb and an otaku, one can't get laid on Christmas Eve with Najeeb, and the other one would probably marvel at the flame towers of Baku, rather than bore themselves spending hours listening to gagaku. |
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| An Otaku is just someone who's very passionate about their hobbies, pretty much another word for nerd or geek. You can be an anime otaku, a game otaku, a train otaku, etc. People tend to assiocate the word "Otaku" with anime related stuff though, at least i tend to. Weebs are like Otaku on acid haha. They tend to be very loud and obnoxious, they throw Japanese randomly into their speech. Basically a weeb is someone who wishes they were Japanese. |
FancyjasperFeb 11, 2020 1:34 AM
| As others have said, otaku is basically Japanese for nerd. Though in the west it's primarily used with anime nerds. Also I don't know how common this is nowadays, but in the past a lot of western anime fans (like 14-year old me) used to call themselves otaku unironically. On the other hand, weeb seems to be more derogatory and I don't think I've seen anyone call themselves a weeb unironically. |
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| no, weeb and otaku are just the same type of degenerate |
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fancyjasper said: An Otaku is just someone who's very passionate about their hobbies, pretty much another word for nerd or geek. You can be an anime otaku, a game otaku, a train otaku, etc. People tend to assiocate the word "Otaku" with anime related stuff though, at least i tend to. Weebs are like Otaku on acid haha. They tend to be very loud and obnoxious, they throw Japanese randomly into their speech. Basically a weeb is someone who wishes they were Japanese. You are on fire with your helpfulness today lol ๐ฅ Thanks for the image breakdown. I am ๐ฏ Otaku according to this when it comes to anime and Japan. I even had a Japanese girlfriend once but she was the one who approached me and when she asked me to come to Japan with her I declined because I saw a lot of anecdotal YouTube videos of black people being treated like aliens over there. |
| But wait I thought it was the same thing |
| If I use a Japanese word to describe a weeb then I'm a weeb myself |
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| In common usage it has basically become one and the same. Weeb got broadened from someone who denounces his own culture in the hopes of adopting the Japanese one to somone who likes anime intensely enough. No one cares about the term otaku anymore. |
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| NEET and a hikikomori: one actually goes outside more than once in a blue moon. The answer is what fancyjasper said, but let's be honest, we all call ourselves weebs. |
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FlowersInTheRain said: I call myself a weeb just because it's easier, and the meaning behind the word 'weeb' is rather outdated for 2020.Bunille said: NEET and a hikikomori: one actually goes outside more than once in a blue moon. The answer is what fancyjasper said, but let's be honest, we all call ourselves weebs. I showed Fiancée that image and she said she definitely wouldn’t be with me if I was a Weeb. She said I am definitely Otaku and that the people I describe from the forums are definitely weebs. Sorry, those of you who get all pissy about your online friends. What's that related to? The definitions are a joke. I don't take them seriously. |
BunilleFeb 12, 2020 1:29 PM
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| Pretty sure weeb is used just to shitpost nowadays, even if you're the most academic and physically fit chad you're still a weeb [of course no one actually thinks anyone is a weeb but it's just to fuck around] |
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shirakawa_megumi said: Do you really think they don't come all over their train memorabilia? I know I don't.123fendas said: Otakus are people who are necessarily very devoted to Japanese media And here you are wrong, otaku is Japanese word, and it's not exclusive to anime or manga. It's word with meaning of someone being knowledgeable/obsessed/unhealthy into something. Just like everything it depends on who you ask. There are for example train otakus, who go after trains instead of anime girls. They don't even make them into waifus! Fucking weirdos. You can google that if you want to see what's that about. ้ป่ปใชใฟใฏ |
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Kosmonaut said: shirakawa_megumi said: Do you really think they don't come all over their train memorabilia? I know I don't.And here you are wrong, otaku is Japanese word, and it's not exclusive to anime or manga. It's word with meaning of someone being knowledgeable/obsessed/unhealthy into something. Just like everything it depends on who you ask. There are for example train otakus, who go after trains instead of anime girls. They don't even make them into waifus! Fucking weirdos. You can google that if you want to see what's that about. ้ป่ปใชใฟใฏ Does someone in Japan moemorphed trains too? I mean I'm not well informed into train otaku culture so I don't know. But you know, they go out and photoshoot 3d trains, so I don't know... Doesn't seem to plausible they'll go for 2d moemorphism, but it's that memorabilia is looking like actual trains, then it's possible. Train otakus in wild  |
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shirakawa_megumi said: Kosmonaut said: Do you really think they don't come all over their train memorabilia? I know I don't. Does someone in Japan moemorphed trains too? I mean I'm not well informed into train otaku culture so I don't know. But you know, they go out and photoshoot 3d trains, so I don't know... Doesn't seem to plausible they'll go for 2d moemorphism, but it's that memorabilia is looking like actual trains, then it's possible. Train otakus in wild I can't vouch for anyone else but I've thought about making sweet love to the Hankyu 9300 a number of times. |
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Scud said: shirakawa_megumi said: Does someone in Japan moemorphed trains too? I mean I'm not well informed into train otaku culture so I don't know. But you know, they go out and photoshoot 3d trains, so I don't know... Doesn't seem to plausible they'll go for 2d moemorphism, but it's that memorabilia is looking like actual trains, then it's possible. Train otakus in wild I can't vouch for anyone else but I've thought about making sweet love to the Hankyu 9300 a number of times. I'm happy for you, I'm just your typical, conservative when it comes to making sweet love, and only thinked about making love to anime girls, girls with animal ears and tails, flat but not very smol, just petite lolis also incest. I though sexually about my two female first cousins irl! But trains. Not really into trains. How someone loves train? |
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shirakawa_megumi said: The same way one loves a car, with dedication, lube and a strong enough will. Don't doubt love, Megumin.Scud said: I can't vouch for anyone else but I've thought about making sweet love to the Hankyu 9300 a number of times. I'm happy for you, I'm just your typical, conservative when it comes to making sweet love, and only thinked about making love to anime girls, girls with animal ears and tails, flat but not very smol, just petite lolis also incest. I though sexually about my two female first cousins irl! But trains. Not really into trains. How someone loves train? |
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Kosmonaut said: shirakawa_megumi said: The same way one loves a car, with dedication, lube and a strong enough will. Don't doubt love, Megumin.I'm happy for you, I'm just your typical, conservative when it comes to making sweet love, and only thinked about making love to anime girls, girls with animal ears and tails, flat but not very smol, just petite lolis also incest. I though sexually about my two female first cousins irl! But trains. Not really into trains. How someone loves train? Well I don't doubt it, asking for specifics. I for one have souls of sister lover and engineer. I mean, if I were to design train onahole for people like Scud, I'll have to know how it works for them. I can make electronic board, write code for automation, search for materials to imitate that big, powerful train, but I need little information. But now that I think, isn't that just Shimakaze on land...? She is also big, powerful, steel cutie... |
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fancyjasper said: That's not what a weeb is according to Google.An Otaku is just someone who's very passionate about their hobbies, pretty much another word for nerd or geek. You can be an anime otaku, a game otaku, a train otaku, etc. People tend to assiocate the word "Otaku" with anime related stuff though, at least i tend to. Weebs are like Otaku on acid haha. They tend to be very loud and obnoxious, they throw Japanese randomly into their speech. Basically a weeb is someone who wishes they were Japanese.  |
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Jokah said: fancyjasper said: That's not what a weeb is according to Google.An Otaku is just someone who's very passionate about their hobbies, pretty much another word for nerd or geek. You can be an anime otaku, a game otaku, a train otaku, etc. People tend to assiocate the word "Otaku" with anime related stuff though, at least i tend to. Weebs are like Otaku on acid haha. They tend to be very loud and obnoxious, they throw Japanese randomly into their speech. Basically a weeb is someone who wishes they were Japanese. Don't believe that leftist corporation. The true definition is It's so funny how world shifted from just few years ago. |
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Jokah said: fancyjasper said: That's not what a weeb is according to Google.An Otaku is just someone who's very passionate about their hobbies, pretty much another word for nerd or geek. You can be an anime otaku, a game otaku, a train otaku, etc. People tend to assiocate the word "Otaku" with anime related stuff though, at least i tend to. Weebs are like Otaku on acid haha. They tend to be very loud and obnoxious, they throw Japanese randomly into their speech. Basically a weeb is someone who wishes they were Japanese. Are you using the same fake image that you used years ago in a similar thread Troll-san? That's adorable!! (โงโฝโฆ) |
| This is a bit of a tricky question. I think that the words should have separate meaning, but unfortunately the meaning has shifted to the point where they are essentially synonyms. I don't entirely understand why people insist that Otaku must be a Japanese word with strictly its Japanese meaning and that it can not have a separate meaning in English. Or even further that using it is weeby by default. English has plenty of words taken from Latin and French and no one calls people who use them Frenchboos or Latinboos and their meaning doesn't necessarily stays the same either. I would say it's legitimate for the word Otaku to have its own meaning in English, which would essentially mean anime fan (in a more obsessed meaning than just regular casual watcher). While the word weeb would remain as word for someone who is too obsessed with Japanese culture in general and in a way where they actually disrespect this culture because they never actually studied it deeply (but rather took their knowledge of Japanese culture mostly from anime, which as we know isn't always very accurate). And then there is word Japanophile for people who do this in a more respective manner when they actually understand it and don't just use random Japanese words when speaking to someone who doesn't know Japanese as someone who is a weeb might. And that's more or less how this was perceived until maybe 5, or possibly more now, years ago. But as so many other words right now (and possibly ever) these words were increasingly used with disregard for their definition, to the point where, in anime community at least Japanophile is practically non-existed word, and weeb and otaku are essentially synonyms, so I digress. I suppose people will figure out new words for this eventually. Until then we are all weebs here, whether we want to or not. As for Hikikomori vs NEET, the definition still remains fairly clear. Hikikomori is someone who never goes out of their house, be it because of some kind of fear or just because they don't have the need to. NEET is someone who is not in education, employed or in training. But they still go outside. Hikikomori in theory could be employed and work from home I suppose, so it's not possible to say that all Hikikomori are NEETs either. |
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fancyjasper said: Long time no see. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the picture is real. You have been educated and you're welcome.Are you using the same fake image that you used years ago in a similar thread Troll-san? That's adorable!! (โงโฝโฆ) |
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| a weeb is someone who obsesses over anything and everything japanese, they also add phrase endings to english sentences that make no sense and they say random japanese words instead of their own language’s version an otaku is someone who is just overly obsessed in a hobby, like gaming or exercising for an example. long story short, it’s better to be an otaku over a weeb |
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| Theyre pretty much the same. I think that usually what happens is that people who call themselves "otaku" are more new to anime than people who call themselves "weeb" |
| They both are technically the same, but it just depends on who you ask and at what time period you are referring to. Otaku in Japan means someone who is obsessed with something (anime, video games, trains, ect.). In the west, the word is mostly used between fans of anime, and other things related to Japanese culture (manga, JRPGS, visual novels, food, tea, dakimakuras, vocaloids, ect.). Now, here's where it gets kinda complicated: the word "weeaboo" originated on 4chan, after moot word filtered the word "wapanese" to "weeaboo". Wapanese, Japanophile, and weeaboo, all meant the same thing, and it was basically a derogatory word for people who tried to "be Japanese". And that's a very important distinction between weeaboo and otaku. Weeaboos tried to "be Japanese" by randomly using Japanese words with people on the streets, and sometimes even lying about their nationality. That is the reason WHY weeaboos were so despised, because they were insulting to actual Japanese people! Now, all that being said, the "weeaboo" stereotype is more of a 2000s thing. By the early 2010s, most "true weeaboos" had already died out, and the word "weeb" is mainly used between regular anime fans, essentially making it the n-word, but, for anime fans. I can guarantee you that the average person who calls himself a weeb started watching anime sometime after 2013, uses reddit, is between the ages of 15 to 21, and doesn't do any of the cringy things "real weeaboos" from the 2000s did. And THAT is what I think the distinction is between "weeaboo" and "otaku". Otaku is a more oldschool word whereas weeaboo (or simply "weeb" as everyone says nowadays) is the more "modern" way of referring to anime fans. WOW, this is a surprisingly complex topic. |
| An otaku is someone who occasionally watches anime and likes to talk about the most popular shows with their friends. A weeb is when you post on an anime forum and have an anime avatar and signature, which somehow makes you think you're better than 90% of the world. |
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