Will you ever grow out of MAL?
| Maybe the forum. |
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Jackrabb1t said: Why are you leaving us ;_; And I was pretty surprised that option was so bare too. Wow, I'm the only one to pick option 3? |
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| When I get married someday |
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| Like the many others who have gone on, a day will come when the majority of us currently here will be little more than memories. |
| At times I usually forget since using MAL on phone isn't so great. no good apps on it too. I barely be on computer but when I am I'm usually here so I really dont know if I'll forget or not. |
| If MAL is still running in 20 years it's going to be amusing seeing people that have been around for that long. You know there will be at least one person with a 20+ year old account and several million posts. |
Protaku94 said: Well, I'm reasonably sure that I'll be gone for ~6 months starting sometime around June/July. And honestly after that due to time constraints I might just not be interested in MAL. Who knows.Jackrabb1t said: Why are you leaving us ;_; And I was pretty surprised that option was so bare too. Wow, I'm the only one to pick option 3? |
| How do you mean ? To talk about anime theres millions of places on the net. /a/ is a hotbed for anime topic discussion. Whatever. But this is MAL, this is the place to go to shit post. |
| Perhaps if I find Morpheus and he asks me whether I want to take the blue pill or the red pill. Until then I'm stuck in the MALTRIX. |
Jackrabb1t said: MAL will miss you if you leave ;_; And if you still love anime by then, MAL will be here hopefully lol.Protaku94 said: Well, I'm reasonably sure that I'll be gone for ~6 months starting sometime around June/July. And honestly after that due to time constraints I might just not be interested in MAL. Who knows.Why are you leaving us ;_; And I was pretty surprised that option was so bare too. |
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Protaku94 said: Well, thanks, Protaku94! We'll see what happens... No point crying about what may or may not happen now though...Jackrabb1t said: MAL will miss you if you leave ;_; And if you still love anime by then, MAL will be here hopefully lol.Well, I'm reasonably sure that I'll be gone for ~6 months starting sometime around June/July. And honestly after that due to time constraints I might just not be interested in MAL. Who knows. |
Jackrabb1t said: Well I hope you're happy in your absence of MAL ^_^ It doesn't sound like you want to go, but life happens I suppose.Protaku94 said: Well, thanks, Protaku94! We'll see what happens... No point crying about what may or may not happen now though...MAL will miss you if you leave ;_; And if you still love anime by then, MAL will be here hopefully lol. |
I envy your delusion; I wish I could live in it |
| Not for a long time, at least. Thinking about ever leaving MAL is so sad. :'c |
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| Sure, I've left other forums so why not this one? |
| I could see myself getting bored of mal |
| Yes. I already moved on from it years ago and pretty much buried my previous account. I drop in every once in a blue moon, but I don't stay long when I do. I've moved on. |
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| Probably drop the forums in a few years. Might use the listing feature for as long as I watch anime/read manga |
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Protaku94 said: I don't have a basement though xDBambi_ said: But your home's basement is still part of your home, and home is where the heart is <3Oh I really was! MAL is just the basement I lurk it. |
| Maybe when a better listing site shows up, but until then I'm content using MAL. I've already collected the members that I've found interesting and put them in a nice Skype group anyway, so even if I left I'd still have the people of importance around that I've met here. |
| You don't just "move on" from places you enjoy spending time at unless they start censoring content or it becomes more or less unrecognizable from how it was a few years ago, like if the site gets a complete overhaul. What would kill MAL is if it gets infiltrated by censor happy moderators who find some content "problematic" Judging from the current casual discussion i'd say MAL isn't faced with that issue and due to nature of Anime and the community it influences, it will probably never be an issue. Anime is your hobby, you won't "grow out of it" if you truly enjoy it. |
MdDaniels said: Anime is your hobby, you won't "grow out of it" if you truly enjoy it. What a ridiculous statement. Of course you can. People grow out of hobbies all the time. What you enjoyed doing when you were 13 or 14, you may not necessarily still enjoy when your 25 or 26 |
| I'd still use the listing feature for as long as possible. I don't like any of the other sites lists. If I wasn't a mod, I'd ditch the CD board altogether and stick with the ongoing show discussions for the most part. |
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Qans said: MdDaniels said: Anime is your hobby, you won't "grow out of it" if you truly enjoy it. What a ridiculous statement. Of course you can. People grow out of hobbies all the time. What you enjoyed doing when you were 13 or 14, you may not necessarily still enjoy when your 25 or 26 When I was 10 I would stand on my roof and throw my G.I Joes as high into the air as I could and watch them slam into the ground. I wish I didn't grow out of that hobby. |
| When my permaban comes I will have no choice but to move on from MaL. That hammer is waiting for me, already hit me 6 times. :/ |
| i already moved on from a different forum that i had 22k posts on >_> so yeah, maybe one day but who knows, maybe not! :D |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
| Maybe. Myanimelist isn't a lifestyle and I barely call using it a hobby of mine. I don't see myself quitting anime anytime soon and I'll probably stick to MaL until a new version (if there is ever one) with the ability for ten favorite anime and more options gets made. |
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Bambi_ said: Why do you go lurk in random basements then o.0 Such stalker lolProtaku94 said: I don't have a basement though xDBut your home's basement is still part of your home, and home is where the heart is <3 |
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| Not until I become admin. |
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Qans said: MdDaniels said: Anime is your hobby, you won't "grow out of it" if you truly enjoy it. What a ridiculous statement. Of course you can. People grow out of hobbies all the time. What you enjoyed doing when you were 13 or 14, you may not necessarily still enjoy when your 25 or 26 I don't think so, growing out of Anime seems as ridiculous as growing out of video games, sure if you do nothing but video games or anime for 6 months with very little inbetween you may get burnt out for a while, and when this happens this is when people say "Oh, I think I have grown out of it" when really you're just entering, leaving and reentering phases. Throwing toys in the air I don't believe is a fair comparison. |
| I tried once but failed. |
| The second choice definitely. I have been on other forums much longer than I have on MAL, and I gradually become less active over time. Often within a year or two. I still participate, but not as often. I just lurk. MdDaniels said: I don't think so, growing out of Anime seems as ridiculous as growing out of video games, sure if you do nothing but video games or anime for 6 months with very little inbetween you may get burnt out for a while, and when this happens this is when people say "Oh, I think I have grown out of it" when really you're just entering, leaving and reentering phases. If you use define "growing out of something" so loosely, we may not be "growing out" of anything. As for me, I haven't played video games actively in years. I virtually missed all of last generation. Will I come back to video games? Maybe. But I might have less time to spare. I came back to anime after leaving it for three years. Who knows? |
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MdDaniels said: Qans said: What a ridiculous statement. Of course you can. People grow out of hobbies all the time. What you enjoyed doing when you were 13 or 14, you may not necessarily still enjoy when your 25 or 26 I don't think so, growing out of Anime seems as ridiculous as growing out of video games, sure if you do nothing but video games or anime for 6 months with very little inbetween you may get burnt out for a while, and when this happens this is when people say "Oh, I think I have grown out of it" when really you're just entering, leaving and reentering phases. Throwing toys in the air I don't believe is a fair comparison. I think people who say they've grown out of anime and abandon the medium are just people who didn't like the medium as much as they thought. I think the true fans stick with anime or leave it for reasons beyond growing out of it. |
KagamiNov 22, 2014 11:04 PM
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MdDaniels said: Qans said: What a ridiculous statement. Of course you can. People grow out of hobbies all the time. What you enjoyed doing when you were 13 or 14, you may not necessarily still enjoy when your 25 or 26 I don't think so, growing out of Anime seems as ridiculous as growing out of video games, sure if you do nothing but video games or anime for 6 months with very little inbetween you may get burnt out for a while, and when this happens this is when people say "Oh, I think I have grown out of it" when really you're just entering, leaving and reentering phases. Throwing toys in the air I don't believe is a fair comparison. I enjoyed american cartoons when I was young, I don't enjoy it anymore. I enjoyed meaningless games like hide and go seek and tag when I was young, I don't anymore. I used to love playing guitar in my early teens, yet the past few years thinking about practicing my guitar gives me a headache. People stop enjoying stuff eventually. I love anime now and posting in these forums, but in my late 40s I don't think I can promise that I still will, I'll probably have moved on to other hobbies/interests. That's just how life works man |
I agree that people move on from hobbies, but if its a hobby you truly love then I'd say those chances of completely moving on are way less. Games like tag is something most kids do and is far from a hobby and the same could be said with watching cartoons with a kid mindset. Watching American Cartoons as a kid/teenager doesn't make it linked with the term hobby. For something to be considered a hobby you need to certainly have a passion for it. A passion that goes beyond everyday childhood interests such as tag/watching cartoons. I get your point, but bad example is all. |
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Qans said: MdDaniels said: I don't think so, growing out of Anime seems as ridiculous as growing out of video games, sure if you do nothing but video games or anime for 6 months with very little inbetween you may get burnt out for a while, and when this happens this is when people say "Oh, I think I have grown out of it" when really you're just entering, leaving and reentering phases. Throwing toys in the air I don't believe is a fair comparison. I enjoyed american cartoons when I was young, I don't enjoy it anymore. I enjoyed meaningless games like hide and go seek and tag when I was young, I don't anymore. I used to love playing guitar in my early teens, yet the past few years thinking about practicing my guitar gives me a headache. People stop enjoying stuff eventually. I love anime now and posting in these forums, but in my late 40s I don't think I can promise that I still will, I'll probably have moved on to other hobbies/interests. That's just how life works man ...watch adventure time and play guitar? ^_^ |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
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| People rarely keep all of the interests they had as a child. You may not think "wow, anime is childish" but that doesn't mean you will still enjoy it as much. People move on. They change over time. It doesn't mean you will change, but you might. It's stupid to imply that others wouldn't. You'll probably think MAL is childish once you get older - you don't even need to be old to see that. |
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| I only got back to it like 3 weeks ago, I'll keep coming and going as long as I'm still talking to a few ppl |
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American cartoons are made specifically for children and do not cover a wide range of genres unlike Anime. Playing guitar and making a living out of it takes dedication and talent which you don't really need for Anime in order to just sit back and watch it. Like I said to me it is the same as saying that you're "growing out" of video games, movies or books, saying that about a whole industry is a very blanket statement to make, but you may burn yourself out for a while until some great new movie, book, anime or video games comes along. Well "growing out of something" generally implies that they are leaving it behind altogether, which I find very hard to take seriously in regards to something like Anime or video games. |
MdDanielsNov 23, 2014 7:20 AM
| Well,i hope i`ll never move on from MAL,buuut you never know what`s gonna happen right? I wish i`ll never stop watching anime/reading manga and i hope that one day i`ll be able to watch anime with my kids and so on... I have the feeling that when i`ll stop watching anime,at that moment i`ll "give up" on my childhood. I may grow old but i`ll never grow up~ lol :))) |
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worldeditor11 said: The one person who got me into MAL became inactive the day after I registered and I was like what. But I've met some cool people that make being active still fun ^_^ So I'm thinking I'll be around for a while lol.I have already move on from MAL due to different circumstances between now and then. Besides that, most of my niggas stop posting here regularly so this gives me another reason to stop visiting the MAL forums on a daily basis. |
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| After 5 or 10 more years MAL will be dead. Mark my words. |
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| Maybe...I don't really know |
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| It's too tiring to think about the future. As of now I will not be leaving MAL anytime soon. I enjoy posting and being part of this community. |
| I rarely post nowadays. My main purpose in joining this community was its anime tracking facility. It's also very convenient as I can easily filter out specific anime genre I am looking for. Other that that, I don't see myself leaving this place any time soon. Now, if only they didn't log you out every single time your IP changes, maybe I'd be happier. |
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