| I've told this story a couple times here: People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with, so in the last three seasons I've been watching 10-20 seasonals. The issue being that it wasn't true, and people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places. No Tweets nor videos about the vast majority of them. It's also an issue that, this season, most of what I've watched was either meh or bad. It would be one thing if I had no content about it nor people to talk and they were good. It would also be one thing if they were bad, but I had content about it and people to talk to. But currently I have neither. Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead? |
thewiru said: people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places yes, talking about anime requires you to go places, no one will randomly start a talk with you but it is true that seasonals are more talked about than already finished airing anime. |
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Reply to Catalano
thewiru said:
people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places
people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places
yes, talking about anime requires you to go places, no one will randomly start a talk with you but it is true that seasonals are more talked about than already finished airing anime.
| @Catalano If I have to manually go to /a/, there's not much of a point. I wanted people talking about anime to appear on my Twitter timeline, my YouTube feed, the FB pages and groups I follow, etc |
| I think you should watch the stuff you actually want to watch...IDK if that is seasonals or older stuff for you. While you are a special case, for your average anime fan, who has been in the hobby for a decent amount of time...yeah I would say it's best to cut down on seasonal watching (honestly anymore than 5-7 a season sounds insane to me). I mean IDC what media hobby you follow, if you are largely only keeping up with recent stuff, you are getting a very limited view of that hobby. Personally I like variety, and I think variety is what keeps you invested in hobbies long term. |
thewiru said: The issue being that it wasn't true, and people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places. I still don't understand why you're so against episode discussion threads. Does it really matter if the discussion happens at specific places rather than all over the internet? The MAL forums might be a bit limiting but you don't seem to like the /a/ way either. Is watching older anime gonna solve your issue which mainly seem to be about finding places to discuss anime at? Probably not because what you're looking for might not even exist |
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thewiru said:
The issue being that it wasn't true, and people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places.
The issue being that it wasn't true, and people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places.
I still don't understand why you're so against episode discussion threads. Does it really matter if the discussion happens at specific places rather than all over the internet? The MAL forums might be a bit limiting but you don't seem to like the /a/ way either. Is watching older anime gonna solve your issue which mainly seem to be about finding places to discuss anime at? Probably not because what you're looking for might not even exist
| @NS2D It would be one thing if there was discussion in the episode discussion threads, but MAL literally designs it to make people think it's a place for them to leave mini-reviews instead. /a/ threads at least have it's first posts be something close to "live-tweeting", so you can comment about each part. It's just... not like me commenting seasonals with friends 6-7 years ago. Like holy shit, why are my SNS timelines flooded with people talking about movies or NETFLIX series I don't watch, but not a single one doing so for anime? I just want that, but for anime instead, it shouldn't have to be difficult, it really shouldn't. |
thewiru said: @thewirubut MAL literally designs it to make people think it's a place for them to leave mini-reviews instead. Yeah the people just writing a recap of the episode without any personal thoughts on it never made much sense to me either thewiru said: /a/ threads at least have it's first posts be something close to "live-tweeting", so you can comment about each part. I haven't been there for years but following big seasonals like Darling in the Franxx there were a lot of fun even outside of the threads that happened right as the new episodes dropped. All the speculation and shitposting were peak entertainment thewiru said: Like holy shit, why are my SNS timelines flooded with people talking about movies or NETFLIX series I don't watch, but not a single one doing so for anime? I just want that, but for anime instead, it shouldn't have to be difficult, it really shouldn't. Even with live action shows I feel like there isn't anything with true mass appeal that everyone watches anymore. Not since Game of Thrones and Marvel Endgame. Everything is more divided than ever before so if you want to discuss a certain movie or tv series you have to go out of your way to go to where that fanbase is |
thewiru said: I've told this story a couple times here: People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with, so in the last three seasons I've been watching 10-20 seasonals. The issue being that it wasn't true, and people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places. No Tweets nor videos about the vast majority of them. It's also an issue that, this season, most of what I've watched was either meh or bad. It would be one thing if I had no content about it nor people to talk and they were good. It would also be one thing if they were bad, but I had content about it and people to talk to. But currently I have neither. Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead? So you didn’t sign up for seasonal shit. You signed up for a social experience that doesn’t actually fucking exist, like buying a treadmill to meet people at the gym and then realizing everyone just jogs alone while silently judging the tacky socks you wear. lol Watching 10–20 seasonals a season expecting people to talk about them is basically trying to summon a genie by microwaving a fucking burrito. You’re doing a lot of work, you’re emotionally invested, and yet… nothing comes out except a weird foul smell and regret. lol Most modern seasonals are like themed hotel soap... the shit is functional, occasionally fucking amusing, and immediately forgotten the moment you start gooning and put yourself in a cum coma. You chased conversations like it was a golden ticket hidden in a chocolate bar brought to you by a creepy "Wonka" guy, and instead all you got was a mouthful of wax with a toxic after taste and the hint smell of semen from your last gooning session. lol Here’s a real pro tip for your ass... stop trying to manufacture social interaction through anime like some wizard playing chess with retarded pigeons. If meaningful conversation is the goal, anime is about the shallowest possible vehicle to force it with complete strangers. And if specific titles don’t actually matter to you, then the medium itself was never the fucking point. lol Even if you switched to obscure, niche, galaxy‑brain shit, it wouldn’t fix the problem. Without real people to talk to, discussing anime like this is only marginally more satisfying than trying to argue with shit like Google AI... and at least the AI pretends to fucking listen. lol |
ColourWheelDec 19, 10:18 PM
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| Death of the message board is a problem. Even 11, 12 years ago, the message board I went to had big topics for seasonals. The anime fandom is 20x bigger since then, but there's nobody to discuss this shit with lol. The zoomies all just watch flavor of the month shit |
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thewiru said:
but MAL literally designs it to make people think it's a place for them to leave mini-reviews instead.
@thewirubut MAL literally designs it to make people think it's a place for them to leave mini-reviews instead.
Yeah the people just writing a recap of the episode without any personal thoughts on it never made much sense to me either
thewiru said:
/a/ threads at least have it's first posts be something close to "live-tweeting", so you can comment about each part.
/a/ threads at least have it's first posts be something close to "live-tweeting", so you can comment about each part.
I haven't been there for years but following big seasonals like Darling in the Franxx there were a lot of fun even outside of the threads that happened right as the new episodes dropped. All the speculation and shitposting were peak entertainment
thewiru said:
Like holy shit, why are my SNS timelines flooded with people talking about movies or NETFLIX series I don't watch, but not a single one doing so for anime?
I just want that, but for anime instead, it shouldn't have to be difficult, it really shouldn't.
Like holy shit, why are my SNS timelines flooded with people talking about movies or NETFLIX series I don't watch, but not a single one doing so for anime?
I just want that, but for anime instead, it shouldn't have to be difficult, it really shouldn't.
Even with live action shows I feel like there isn't anything with true mass appeal that everyone watches anymore. Not since Game of Thrones and Marvel Endgame. Everything is more divided than ever before so if you want to discuss a certain movie or tv series you have to go out of your way to go to where that fanbase is
NS2D said: I haven't been there for years but following big seasonals like Darling in the Franxx there were a lot of fun even outside of the threads that happened right as the new episodes dropped. All the speculation and shitposting were peak entertainment Those were the days, those were the days...  |
thewiru said: Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead? Better create way less threads and watch older stuff instead. |
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thewiru said:
Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead?
Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead?
Better create way less threads and watch older stuff instead.
| @Zarutaku Online Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 23693 |
thewiru said: People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with, You get people to talk about anime with if you have something actually interesting to say. Somehow, you got a bunch of people convinced you are indeed that kind of person, yet you still complain about not having people to talk to? Even though you constantly get tens to hundreds of replies to your threads? |
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thewiru said:
People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with,
People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with,
You get people to talk about anime with if you have something actually interesting to say. Somehow, you got a bunch of people convinced you are indeed that kind of person, yet you still complain about not having people to talk to? Even though you constantly get tens to hundreds of replies to your threads?
| @MelodyOfMemory Most of my threads aren't directly about any specific anime (Again, you can't do those on AD), but rather about stuff like the industry, community, culture, etc |
| Put your effort on posting in any of those places you say you can't have a talk about anime, talking about anime, and hope the algorithm guide other wirus there to engage with you about anime. Otherwise you are passively waiting something. The world is a mirror. |
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| No, seasonals are wonderful. Just watch whatever titles u like the most! |
| I need somebody who can love me at my worst No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth 'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst If you stay forever, let me hold your hand I can fill those places in your heart no else can Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim |
| Yes, they are boring just watch old anime. |
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| No idea, how would I know? After all, you know yourself better than I know you, I guarantee that. Same with knowing what stuff you like and what is meh or disliked by you. You may follow this advice as well when looking for the answer: Good luck! |
thewiru said: people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places True, and two of those very specific places are MAL and 4chan. thewiru said: It's also an issue that, this season, most of what I've watched was either meh or bad. I'm ok with finding a few anime that I like and some more that are watchable. Most seasonals are bad but I'm not going to complete them, I prefer trying 1-2 episodes and then dropping over not trying at all (even though I won't literally try every new anime in a season). thewiru said: Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead? It depends on your taste. If you think you can still find plenty of good anime by digging through old stuff, go do that. |
Reply to ColourWheel
thewiru said:
I've told this story a couple times here: People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with, so in the last three seasons I've been watching 10-20 seasonals.
The issue being that it wasn't true, and people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places. No Tweets nor videos about the vast majority of them.
It's also an issue that, this season, most of what I've watched was either meh or bad.
It would be one thing if I had no content about it nor people to talk and they were good.
It would also be one thing if they were bad, but I had content about it and people to talk to.
But currently I have neither.
Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead?
I've told this story a couple times here: People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with, so in the last three seasons I've been watching 10-20 seasonals.
The issue being that it wasn't true, and people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places. No Tweets nor videos about the vast majority of them.
It's also an issue that, this season, most of what I've watched was either meh or bad.
It would be one thing if I had no content about it nor people to talk and they were good.
It would also be one thing if they were bad, but I had content about it and people to talk to.
But currently I have neither.
Should I watch way less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead?
So you didn’t sign up for seasonal shit. You signed up for a social experience that doesn’t actually fucking exist, like buying a treadmill to meet people at the gym and then realizing everyone just jogs alone while silently judging the tacky socks you wear. lol
Watching 10–20 seasonals a season expecting people to talk about them is basically trying to summon a genie by microwaving a fucking burrito. You’re doing a lot of work, you’re emotionally invested, and yet… nothing comes out except a weird foul smell and regret. lol
Most modern seasonals are like themed hotel soap... the shit is functional, occasionally fucking amusing, and immediately forgotten the moment you start gooning and put yourself in a cum coma. You chased conversations like it was a golden ticket hidden in a chocolate bar brought to you by a creepy "Wonka" guy, and instead all you got was a mouthful of wax with a toxic after taste and the hint smell of semen from your last gooning session. lol
Here’s a real pro tip for your ass... stop trying to manufacture social interaction through anime like some wizard playing chess with retarded pigeons. If meaningful conversation is the goal, anime is about the shallowest possible vehicle to force it with complete strangers. And if specific titles don’t actually matter to you, then the medium itself was never the fucking point. lol
Even if you switched to obscure, niche, galaxy‑brain shit, it wouldn’t fix the problem. Without real people to talk to, discussing anime like this is only marginally more satisfying than trying to argue with shit like Google AI... and at least the AI pretends to fucking listen. lol
| @ColourWheel "Most modern seasonals are..." no, they are not. Pretending like most new works are shit (or more generic than back then) today, is nothing but boomer-talking. Baseless and only spreads negativity without a reason. Also you seem to have a particular loathe against this one user without any reason at all. And I ask myself: If anime is that much of a shallow conversation subject in your eyes, why do you even watch them? Especially 205 days of them? It's only natural to want to have friends or mutuals, who share your hobby, but you appear in every topic to blame this guy for his wish. |
Tressym said: ColourWheel said: @ColourWheel So you didn’t sign up for seasonal shit. You signed up for a social experience that doesn’t actually fucking exist, like buying a treadmill to meet people at the gym and then realizing everyone just jogs alone while silently judging the tacky socks you wear. lol Watching 10–20 seasonals a season expecting people to talk about them is basically trying to summon a genie by microwaving a fucking burrito. You’re doing a lot of work, you’re emotionally invested, and yet… nothing comes out except a weird foul smell and regret. lol Most modern seasonals are like themed hotel soap... the shit is functional, occasionally fucking amusing, and immediately forgotten the moment you start gooning and put yourself in a cum coma. You chased conversations like it was a golden ticket hidden in a chocolate bar brought to you by a creepy "Wonka" guy, and instead all you got was a mouthful of wax with a toxic after taste and the hint smell of semen from your last gooning session. lol Here’s a real pro tip for your ass... stop trying to manufacture social interaction through anime like some wizard playing chess with retarded pigeons. If meaningful conversation is the goal, anime is about the shallowest possible vehicle to force it with complete strangers. And if specific titles don’t actually matter to you, then the medium itself was never the fucking point. lol Even if you switched to obscure, niche, galaxy‑brain shit, it wouldn’t fix the problem. Without real people to talk to, discussing anime like this is only marginally more satisfying than trying to argue with shit like Google AI... and at least the AI pretends to fucking listen. lol "Most modern seasonals are..." no, they are not. Pretending like most new works are shit (or more generic than back then) today, is nothing but boomer-talking. Baseless and only spreads negativity without a reason. Also you seem to have a particular loathe against this one user without any reason at all. And I ask myself: If anime is that much of a shallow conversation subject in your eyes, why do you even watch them? Especially 205 days of them? It's only natural to want to have friends or mutuals, who share your hobby, but you appear in every topic to blame this guy for his wish. @Tressym You’re arguing against positions I never actually took... swapping in your own words and then reacting to that shit instead. At no point did I say “most modern seasonals are shit” in a nostalgic, back-in-my-day sense. Even if I did, that would still be as valid as an opinion as someone saying "most modern seasonals are fucking fire". What I said is that most seasonals are disposable as conversation, which is a completely different claim. That’s not a value judgment about quality, it’s an observation about churn. They’re consumed quickly, briefly discussed, and replaced just as fast. Plenty of them are fine... but “fine” doesn’t generate sustained discussion, especially in an environment where even last season’s hits are already fucking forgotten. Second, there’s no “personal loathe” here. That’s projection. I’m responding to a recurring idea, not a specific person. If the exact same argument were posted by anyone else, the response would be identical. Framing anime primarily as a social tool and then being confused when it fails at that job is a premise worth criticizing. As for “if anime is such a shallow conversation subject, why do you even watch it?”... that shit is a false binary. I watch anime because I enjoy anime. I don’t watch it expecting it to manufacture friendships or meaningful conversations with strangers. Those are two very different relationships to a hobby. Wanting friends or mutuals who share interests is normal. Treating the interest itself like it’s supposed to solve that problem is where the disconnect happens. That’s not blame... it’s diagnosis. And third, just my fucking read here... the issue here isn’t anime at all, it’s loneliness. If you’re asking what to watch purely so you can have conversations, then the medium was never the fucking point... it’s just being used as conversational duct tape. lol The only genuinely meaningful anime conversations I’ve ever had are with people I already know in real life. Online, most discussion collapses into drive-by takes, one-liners, or threads buried in niche subforums built to contain that noise. And clearly, that ecosystem isn’t satisfying for the OP... because people don’t actually spend their days forming deep, sustained conversations with total strangers over whatever happened to air this season. That’s not a moral failing. It’s just fucking reality. lol |
ColourWheelDec 20, 4:10 AM
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| If watching whatever you want makes you happy then why not watching it, but if you feel something is not right like forcing yourself in to sth you does not like then it's best to drop in favor of doing sth you like. |
| Greatest shitposter under the heavens. Greatest anime tourist on the planet earth. |
| I find seasonals useful for talking in the specific boards for them but only on the episodes since there is some flaw how MAL is laid out. Outside MAL usually only a small handful get talked about while airing or right after airing. Since you need to keep in mind some people wait till season completion to watch either because they prefer physical media or just want to binge watch. |
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| Are you even aware that you just admitted that watching Anime isn't actually fun, for you, unless you can talk to people about it.......unless it circles back to you and what you think, at some point? 😂 Stop, dude. |
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Are you even aware that you just admitted that watching Anime isn't actually fun, for you, unless you can talk to people about it.......unless it circles back to you and what you think, at some point? 😂
Stop, dude.
Stop, dude.
| @Merve2Love I mean, you're kinda encouraging him by answering all his attention-seeking egocentric threads. I'm starting to consider making shitty threads too, hoping to be noticed by Merve-senpai 😔 |
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| Watch what you enjoy, not what others do. If someone wants to talk about anime with you, You should talk about anime that you generally enjoyed, Not seasonals. If you do watch a seasonal, choose one you’ll like, not the popular ones like Gachiakuta, If you don’t want to watch it, Don’t. |
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@Merve2Love I mean, you're kinda encouraging him by answering all his attention-seeking egocentric threads. I'm starting to consider making shitty threads too, hoping to be noticed by Merve-senpai 😔
| @Deathko It's weird. I'd think that by spamming these forums with these vapid Just Asking Questions threads for at least 3 years (based on what I've seen of his post history), he continues doing it because he gets some perverse thrill out of it. Yet his threads are constantly about how boring, vapid, and empty his life is. What perplexes me is how people continue to take him seriously despite how long he's been at it. Even refusing to reply to him doesn't work because he has so many enablers. Though honestly, getting noticed by Merve-senpai is indeed a noble motivation. |
Thanks to @KIOSHI_17 for the wonderful present! |
| For 2025 I planned to not watch seasonals anymore. I only watched them after being aired. Result? I have in general less to talk about. It's basically a degradation from savy early adaptor to an average plebian tourist. For 2026 I plan to watch seasonals again. Going on a hunt for the good stuff during the season was way more fun then waiting and see what the Peoples Republic says. I have no clue what you should do. |
| I can't wait to play as Rex in Ace Combat 8! YEEHAW! About F time! I'm not a boomer, you're the boomer! If digital buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing |
thewiru said: People told me to watch seasonals if I wanted people to talk about anime with You literally are on a site where you can talk about any anime or anime related topic. You literally make a thread at least once every other day wanting to talk about nonsensical things (and you made 3 just today LMAO). WTF are you on about?! How can you even watch 20 anime per season and talk about every single one?! Do you not have a life?! |
VForValhallaDec 20, 9:52 AM
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| Yes, you spend way too much time watching anime and posting nonsense about it, when you could go outside, touch grass, hit the gym, get a job, interact with people IRL. |
| Watch anime, post in the episode threads ensuring your comments make an attempt at promoting discussion then see what happens. The nature of forums is this will be hit and miss affair but if you see a poster making interesting remarks/comments on a fairly regular basis then try friending them. This counts double if you share similar opinions. If you are engaging and approachable then you can build a network of friends. It has got to be real cause if you just want friends to puff up your twitter or other social networks then people will not respond well to that. Bottom line is you should only watch anime/seasonals if you have a genuine desire to watch them. Don't do it for social credit or to make your feed look great. If you force yourself to watch then you will not enjoy the viewing and will be less likely to post anything decent on any anime board you trawl. |
| That's up to you. I can't decide for you, but I usually don't follow seasonal anime. |
| people will talk about popular stuff more then seasonals... people as me about anime, they ask me about demon slayer... or when will gojo appear in it? so real life people won't work... idk what you mean tag people on episode discussion, i don't watch seasonal till the last 2 week except 2 or 3... so it's good discusssion, we talk about the seasonal a lot and i'm talking about underdog anime Just don't watch shows that you're not interested in... We talked about character and writing, even the equality in fan service it provides, I'm talking about gnosia... @Merve2Love i agree wiih you there... The other user wanted to be noticed by you, so I thought yes, why not... |
-_-NyxCiara-_-Dec 20, 9:58 AM
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Reply to Deathko
@Merve2Love I mean, you're kinda encouraging him by answering all his attention-seeking egocentric threads. I'm starting to consider making shitty threads too, hoping to be noticed by Merve-senpai 😔
| @Deathko I wish he was just baiting me. But he's not^^ He hates this. He actually wants you/us to discuss him and his taste, in a serious way, in Anime-Discussions, every day ...that's the irritating part. He means it. |
Merve2LoveDec 20, 10:29 AM
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Reply to MelodyOfMemory
@Deathko It's weird. I'd think that by spamming these forums with these vapid Just Asking Questions threads for at least 3 years (based on what I've seen of his post history), he continues doing it because he gets some perverse thrill out of it. Yet his threads are constantly about how boring, vapid, and empty his life is.
What perplexes me is how people continue to take him seriously despite how long he's been at it. Even refusing to reply to him doesn't work because he has so many enablers.
Though honestly, getting noticed by Merve-senpai is indeed a noble motivation.
What perplexes me is how people continue to take him seriously despite how long he's been at it. Even refusing to reply to him doesn't work because he has so many enablers.
Though honestly, getting noticed by Merve-senpai is indeed a noble motivation.
MelodyOfMemory said: he continues doing it because he gets some perverse thrill out of it. Yet his threads are constantly about how boring, vapid, and empty his life is. I couldn’t agree more with this statement. Most of the “discussions” he wants to have basically boil down to “you do you” answers. Yet I still see him and a few others writing essays, as if they’re having some tea-sipping intellectual discussion about theoretical science. Even if, let’s say, he started watching anime in 2014, the way he phrases everything makes it seem like he just discovered this community or it’s something he should already know through general life experience, unless he’s an actual child. He basically gave away the fact that he only watches anime in order to “talk” about it, and if he can’t do that, he sees no point in watching so many anime (LOL). So he essentially answered his own question. On top of that, he claims to be on every social media platform, but he still can’t find people to talk to? There are groups for literally every single anime on Reddit, Facebook, and even the very website where he asks these idiotic questions! I’m convinced he does this because he gets a dopamine hit every time someone becomes part of “his conversation,” which, as you said, reflects how empty his life is. |
VForValhallaDec 20, 11:47 AM
Reply to VForValhalla
MelodyOfMemory said:
he continues doing it because he gets some perverse thrill out of it. Yet his threads are constantly about how boring, vapid, and empty his life is.
he continues doing it because he gets some perverse thrill out of it. Yet his threads are constantly about how boring, vapid, and empty his life is.
I couldn’t agree more with this statement.
Most of the “discussions” he wants to have basically boil down to “you do you” answers. Yet I still see him and a few others writing essays, as if they’re having some tea-sipping intellectual discussion about theoretical science.
Even if, let’s say, he started watching anime in 2014, the way he phrases everything makes it seem like he just discovered this community or it’s something he should already know through general life experience, unless he’s an actual child.
He basically gave away the fact that he only watches anime in order to “talk” about it, and if he can’t do that, he sees no point in watching so many anime (LOL). So he essentially answered his own question.
On top of that, he claims to be on every social media platform, but he still can’t find people to talk to? There are groups for literally every single anime on Reddit, Facebook, and even the very website where he asks these idiotic questions!
I’m convinced he does this because he gets a dopamine hit every time someone becomes part of “his conversation,” which, as you said, reflects how empty his life is.
VForValhalla said: Most of the "discussions" he wants to have basically boils down to "You do you" answers. But still I see him and a few others write essays, as if they are having some tea sipping intellectual discussion about theoretical science. And I hate the "you do you" answers while liking the essay ones. VForValhalla said: Even if let's say he started watching anime in 2014 2012 VForValhalla said: the way he phrases everything seems like he just discovered this community or it's something that he should already know through life experience in general, unless he is an actual child. Things change: The groups and pages I used to follow almost a decade ago are no longer active, neither are the anitubers I used to follow, etc In a way, things changed so much that it's just like I just discovered this community. VForValhalla said: He gave away the fact that he only watches anime to "talk" and if he can't do that he sees no point in watching so many animes. IDK why you frame this as a "gotcha". You agree with me, if you didn't think that a hobby is a collective thing, you wouldn't even be on MAL forums to begin with. VForValhalla said: On top of that he claims to be on every social media but still can't find people to talk to? There are groups for literally every single anime on Reddit, FB and the very website he asks these idiotic questions in! OK, link me some. |
Reply to thewiru
@Catalano
If I have to manually go to /a/, there's not much of a point.
I wanted people talking about anime to appear on my Twitter timeline, my YouTube feed, the FB pages and groups I follow, etc
If I have to manually go to /a/, there's not much of a point.
I wanted people talking about anime to appear on my Twitter timeline, my YouTube feed, the FB pages and groups I follow, etc
| @thewiru I don't exactly know how to comment on this. I have no words. but I think you realize what you just wrote. if it's any help, I also miss live watching anime with friends, but they had very different taste from mine (seasonal throwaway romcoms) |
| 馬鹿げた倫理 全部ガラクタで |
| Considering that it brings you nothing but frustration, I recommend watching less. Most people understand that if something makes them unhappy, they should stop doing it. Even children understand this without needing to be told. thewiru said: people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places Then go to those "very specific places." |
perseii said: thewiru said: people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places Then go to those "very specific places." This is just my educated guess, though I will admit, I could be totally wrong about this shit... But I get this very strong impression that thewiru has already found those "VERY specific places", and they just weren't fucking living up to whatever fantasy he had in his head about them. lol Take the MAL subforums for specific titles, as an example. Some random User makes a thread, the shit can just fucking sit there like an abandoned mall kiosk for days before someone dumps in a reply. I have seen threads made where nobody replies in them at all. That is just the reality about seasonal content when it comes to this medium. It feels like thewiru wants discussion spaces that operate 24/7 for him, like a diner where one can walk-in and bust a nut at the counter at 2:43 a.m. and demand some really obscure shit to shove down their fucking throat. Like engaged in philosophical debate on the level of "Comcast on-demand" back in the late 2000s. But that’s not how conversations with strangers online work anymore. Shit just changes over time. Like I can't log into a local IRC network and find some random stranger willing to fucking talk to me, that is using DOS as their operating system, like it's 1990. lol Even entire websites solely created around something as mainstream as "Game of Thrones" eventually all died out too. There’s only so much to say in online arenas about shit before people just move the fuck on. Where most of the "Game of thrones" online websites just fucking disappeared, only a year after the series finished airing. The dude has been looking for a "full body hand job", always walking into a sketchy massage parlors named "Happy Endings", and only ever being offered a handshake after a shitty back rub. lol |
ColourWheelDec 20, 2:33 PM
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| @MelodyOfMemory I personally don't mind, I sure ain't making any threads myself so it'd be a bit... huh... cavalier to complain. Simply ignoring the threads that are not interesting is usually the better move, especially since some good old controversy/shit-flinging can quickly turn a thread into the attraction of the week. I'm sure OP does know what Merve thinks of his threads and clearly, telling him is not discouraging him. @Merve2Love You know what they say about bad publicity. And... I think you underestimate our ability to secretely enjoy getting bullied by women online, to be honest. Especially in this community, for obvious reasons (^: |
Prophetess of the Golden Era |
| "Should I watch less seasonals?" Are you having fun with you current approach? No? Is your displease related to the excessive amount or to the quality? Maybe watch less, but better selected titles... "People told me to watch seasonals" Maybe they didn't meant it literally. but more in the sense of "Pay more attention to seasonals!"? "less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead" How about both? Schedule evening/evenings for new and old stuff. I was doing that once - good times, but the efforts to select older stuff took me a bit more resources that wanting to invest and there were a lot of duds when I went only by popularity. |
Reply to ColourWheel
perseii said:
Then go to those "very specific places."
thewiru said:
people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places
people don't talk about seasonals at all unless you go to VERY specific places
Then go to those "very specific places."
This is just my educated guess, though I will admit, I could be totally wrong about this shit... But I get this very strong impression that thewiru has already found those "VERY specific places", and they just weren't fucking living up to whatever fantasy he had in his head about them. lol
Take the MAL subforums for specific titles, as an example. Some random User makes a thread, the shit can just fucking sit there like an abandoned mall kiosk for days before someone dumps in a reply. I have seen threads made where nobody replies in them at all. That is just the reality about seasonal content when it comes to this medium.
It feels like thewiru wants discussion spaces that operate 24/7 for him, like a diner where one can walk-in and bust a nut at the counter at 2:43 a.m. and demand some really obscure shit to shove down their fucking throat. Like engaged in philosophical debate on the level of "Comcast on-demand" back in the late 2000s. But that’s not how conversations with strangers online work anymore. Shit just changes over time. Like I can't log into a local IRC network and find some random stranger willing to fucking talk to me, that is using DOS as their operating system, like it's 1990. lol
Even entire websites solely created around something as mainstream as "Game of Thrones" eventually all died out too. There’s only so much to say in online arenas about shit before people just move the fuck on. Where most of the "Game of thrones" online websites just fucking disappeared, only a year after the series finished airing.
The dude has been looking for a "full body hand job", always walking into a sketchy massage parlors named "Happy Endings", and only ever being offered a handshake after a shitty back rub. lol
ColourWheel said: This is just my educated guess, though I will admit, I could be totally wrong about this shit... But I get this very strong impression that thewiru has already found those "VERY specific places", and they just weren't fucking living up to whatever fantasy he had in his head about them. lol Kinda? Like, r/anime is a no-go, so are MAL episode threads. A Discord server I'm in comes close, but there's very little activity there. The second closest thing would be /a/. You might call it "fantasy", but I'm referring to experiences I've lived though in the past, and I just wanna find more of them. ColourWheel said: It feels like thewiru wants discussion spaces that operate 24/7 for him You talk like this is absurd, despite the fact that, from my experience, video-game discussion operates like this, and the same goes for stuff like popular current TV series and movies. So why isn't that the case to anime? I'll just be going back to the semantic discussion of what "mainstream" means, because otherwise everyone here would agree that, by my definition, anime isn't mainstream at all. |
Reply to alshu
"Should I watch less seasonals?"
Are you having fun with you current approach? No?
Is your displease related to the excessive amount or to the quality? Maybe watch less, but better selected titles...
"People told me to watch seasonals"
Maybe they didn't meant it literally. but more in the sense of "Pay more attention to seasonals!"?
"less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead"
How about both? Schedule evening/evenings for new and old stuff.
I was doing that once - good times, but the efforts to select older stuff took me a bit more resources that wanting to invest and there were a lot of duds when I went only by popularity.
Are you having fun with you current approach? No?
Is your displease related to the excessive amount or to the quality? Maybe watch less, but better selected titles...
"People told me to watch seasonals"
Maybe they didn't meant it literally. but more in the sense of "Pay more attention to seasonals!"?
"less seasonals and just watch older stuff instead"
How about both? Schedule evening/evenings for new and old stuff.
I was doing that once - good times, but the efforts to select older stuff took me a bit more resources that wanting to invest and there were a lot of duds when I went only by popularity.
alshu said: How about both? I'm already doing "both", but there's only so much I can do... |
thewiru said: You might call it "fantasy", but I'm referring to experiences I've lived though in the past, and I just wanna find more of them. If you would have fully "digested" all the shit, that I took the time to write, for your benefit... you might have gotten the clue that shit changes over time. I thought my reference to 1990s internet culture would have clued you in on that. lol I will even post the shit again for you, to read over and over and over again, till that shit is basically embedded into your soul... lol ColourWheel said: This is just my educated guess, though I will admit, I could be totally wrong about this shit... But I get this very strong impression that thewiru has already found those "VERY specific places", and they just weren't fucking living up to whatever fantasy he had in his head about them. lol Take the MAL subforums for specific titles, as an example. Some random User makes a thread, the shit can just fucking sit there like an abandoned mall kiosk for days before someone dumps in a reply. I have seen threads made where nobody replies in them at all. That is just the reality about seasonal content when it comes to this medium. It feels like thewiru wants discussion spaces that operate 24/7 for him, like a diner where one can walk-in and bust a nut at the counter at 2:43 a.m. and demand some really obscure shit to shove down their fucking throat. Like engaged in philosophical debate on the level of "Comcast on-demand" back in the late 2000s. But that’s not how conversations with strangers online work anymore. Shit just changes over time. Like I can't log into a local IRC network and find some random stranger willing to fucking talk to me, that is using DOS as their operating system, like it's 1990. lol Even entire websites solely created around something as mainstream as "Game of Thrones" eventually all died out too. There’s only so much to say in online arenas about shit before people just move the fuck on. Where most of the "Game of thrones" online websites just fucking disappeared, only a year after the series finished airing. The dude has been looking for a "full body hand job", always walking into a sketchy massage parlors named "Happy Endings", and only ever being offered a handshake after a shitty back rub. lol thewiru said: You talk like this is absurd, despite the fact that, from my experience, video-game discussion operates like this, and the same goes for stuff like popular current TV series and movies. So why isn't that the case to anime? For one thing, because Anime isn't fucking gaming. lol And no one is talking about "Game of Thrones" 24/7 anymore, it's 2025 now. that shit ended like in 2019. Even films only get talked about for so long till they are toss to the side, where if you missed that window for engagement, it's fucking gone forever... and it's not like any of this shit is even that fulfilling or meaningful to begin with... you will get some random loser say some shit like "I would totally bang daenerys targaryen" or someone would say some shit like "fuck, sophie turner is like hot as fuck now, would totally do her from behind, now that she is all grown up!". lol |
ColourWheelDec 20, 4:03 PM
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Reply to ColourWheel
thewiru said:
You might call it "fantasy", but I'm referring to experiences I've lived though in the past, and I just wanna find more of them.
You might call it "fantasy", but I'm referring to experiences I've lived though in the past, and I just wanna find more of them.
If you would have fully "digested" all the shit, that I took the time to write, for your benefit... you might have gotten the clue that shit changes over time. I thought my reference to 1990s internet culture would have clued you in on that. lol
I will even post the shit again for you, to read over and over and over again, till that shit is basically embedded into your soul... lol
ColourWheel said:
This is just my educated guess, though I will admit, I could be totally wrong about this shit... But I get this very strong impression that thewiru has already found those "VERY specific places", and they just weren't fucking living up to whatever fantasy he had in his head about them. lol
Take the MAL subforums for specific titles, as an example. Some random User makes a thread, the shit can just fucking sit there like an abandoned mall kiosk for days before someone dumps in a reply. I have seen threads made where nobody replies in them at all. That is just the reality about seasonal content when it comes to this medium.
It feels like thewiru wants discussion spaces that operate 24/7 for him, like a diner where one can walk-in and bust a nut at the counter at 2:43 a.m. and demand some really obscure shit to shove down their fucking throat. Like engaged in philosophical debate on the level of "Comcast on-demand" back in the late 2000s. But that’s not how conversations with strangers online work anymore. Shit just changes over time. Like I can't log into a local IRC network and find some random stranger willing to fucking talk to me, that is using DOS as their operating system, like it's 1990. lol
Even entire websites solely created around something as mainstream as "Game of Thrones" eventually all died out too. There’s only so much to say in online arenas about shit before people just move the fuck on. Where most of the "Game of thrones" online websites just fucking disappeared, only a year after the series finished airing.
The dude has been looking for a "full body hand job", always walking into a sketchy massage parlors named "Happy Endings", and only ever being offered a handshake after a shitty back rub. lol
This is just my educated guess, though I will admit, I could be totally wrong about this shit... But I get this very strong impression that thewiru has already found those "VERY specific places", and they just weren't fucking living up to whatever fantasy he had in his head about them. lol
Take the MAL subforums for specific titles, as an example. Some random User makes a thread, the shit can just fucking sit there like an abandoned mall kiosk for days before someone dumps in a reply. I have seen threads made where nobody replies in them at all. That is just the reality about seasonal content when it comes to this medium.
It feels like thewiru wants discussion spaces that operate 24/7 for him, like a diner where one can walk-in and bust a nut at the counter at 2:43 a.m. and demand some really obscure shit to shove down their fucking throat. Like engaged in philosophical debate on the level of "Comcast on-demand" back in the late 2000s. But that’s not how conversations with strangers online work anymore. Shit just changes over time. Like I can't log into a local IRC network and find some random stranger willing to fucking talk to me, that is using DOS as their operating system, like it's 1990. lol
Even entire websites solely created around something as mainstream as "Game of Thrones" eventually all died out too. There’s only so much to say in online arenas about shit before people just move the fuck on. Where most of the "Game of thrones" online websites just fucking disappeared, only a year after the series finished airing.
The dude has been looking for a "full body hand job", always walking into a sketchy massage parlors named "Happy Endings", and only ever being offered a handshake after a shitty back rub. lol
thewiru said:
You talk like this is absurd, despite the fact that, from my experience, video-game discussion operates like this, and the same goes for stuff like popular current TV series and movies.
So why isn't that the case to anime?
You talk like this is absurd, despite the fact that, from my experience, video-game discussion operates like this, and the same goes for stuff like popular current TV series and movies.
So why isn't that the case to anime?
For one thing, because Anime isn't fucking gaming. lol
And no one is talking about "Game of Thrones" 24/7 anymore, it's 2025 now. that shit ended like in 2019. Even films only get talked about for so long till they are toss to the side, where if you missed that window for engagement, it's fucking gone forever... and it's not like any of this shit is even that fulfilling or meaningful to begin with... you will get some random loser say some shit like "I would totally bang daenerys targaryen" or someone would say some shit like "fuck, sophie turner is like hot as fuck now, would totally do her from behind, now that she is all grown up!". lol
| @ColourWheel Yeah, the only discussion you'll find about Game of Thrones is how everyone hated season 8, or maybe some memes about GRR Martin making video games of all things instead of writing books... |
thewiru said: I'm already doing "both" Yeah, but I am failing to see a system or regularity. thewiru said: only so much I am also failing to see optimisation, which will allow you to check more stuff. Like why not dropping One Punch Man 3, Tougen Anki or Ansatsusha de Aru Ore no Status ga Yuusha yori mo Akiraka ni Tsuyoi no da ga? Or maybe Devilman Lady? Do you like those? Do you have interesting conversation with other fans about those? And I am not trying to tell you what to watch, if the listed ones are making you happy, just watch more like that! I am just trying to randomly piece together what's in the core of your complaint. It's literally impossible to watch everting or even to find "what is worth it"...since your understanding of that changes with your mood and your experience. Just find the optimal formula for checking new stuff, but also checking old stuff and most importantly make the process fun and go on a whim from time to time. The volume shouldn't be you goal, but being entertained and learning a thing or two from time to time. |
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