| From what I've seen at anime clubs, conventions and other gatherings, that seems to be the case. I haven't met anyone who looks like they would be able blend in with at your average college/sorority frathouse or corporate office. I'm willing to be proved wrong though. Would be interesting to see some bleach blonde preppy girl be into magical girl or even male idol anime for one thing. |
| I wish Cowboy Bebop never existed. |
Ahegyao said: where you live do people look so stereotypical that it's immediatly obvious they belong to one of these places?I haven't met anyone who looks like they would be able blend in with at your average college/sorority frathouse or corporate office. |
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| LOL well as someone who looks like the opposite of an anime fan and has friends who do as well, i wouldn't be surprised at this point if anyone was low key watching anime although honestly i don't find too many of those kinds of people being anime fans |
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romagia said: Ahegyao said: where you live do people look so stereotypical that it's immediatly obvious they belong to one of these places?I haven't met anyone who looks like they would be able blend in with at your average college/sorority frathouse or corporate office. Ironically enough, I live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the US and seriously, this is the one group of people I have not even seen express any kind of interest for anime/manga. I've met hardcore gangstas who loved DBZ for instance. EcchiLordMamster said: LOL well as someone who looks like the opposite of an anime fan and has friends who do as well, i wouldn't be surprised at this point if anyone was low key watching anime although honestly i don't find too many of those kinds of people being anime fans Maybe, but I feel like they're the ones who're more easily turned off by anime/manga since most of them don't pander to their tastes. |
| I wish Cowboy Bebop never existed. |
| you'd never guess i'm such a giant weeb irl. i'm super into fashion and look like the type of person who would spit on your grandma (i wouldn't, i get along really well with old folks - also, that's what i've been told) i've also had a friend who was a broker and dressed super sharp but was a giant ass weeb. i still have lots of weeb friends who wouldn't fit the part at all, judging by their aesthetic. |
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| I was on the homecoming court in high school and I was president of anime club. You can be a giant weeb and popular at the same time. You don't have to choose. |
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| there are a lot of them, they just won't show off to everyone in the world that they love anime so much it some of my friends, group mate for presentation and myself also like that although I think "preppy" isn't really the suitable word for non-nerd-look-a-like people. I don't know how is it in USA, maybe more rare. but I have 1 crazy well known example, check melon pan youtube channel |
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| "you don't look like someone who likes anime" i've gotten this phrase so many fucking times, and its funny in general how people react when they realize who i am, cause many times i've gotten the cold shoulder from anime fans until they find out my weeb level XD |
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Jonouchi-Katsuya said: I was on the homecoming court in high school and I was president of anime club. You can be a giant weeb and popular at the same time. You don't have to choose. Preppy doesn't always mean popular. You can dress in Vineyard Vines polos and Sperry's boat shoes and still be the buttmonkey of the group. |
| I wish Cowboy Bebop never existed. |
| Well, that country must not have been Asian then. |
| I once watched anime while waiting for the autoclave to finish sterilizing the equipment. For all you know, your doctor is an anime fan. Anything is possible. |
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Ahegyao said: this is a double implication sort of thingromagia said: where you live do people look so stereotypical that it's immediatly obvious they belong to one of these places? Ironically enough, I live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the US and seriously, this is the one group of people I have not even seen express any kind of interest for anime/manga. I've met hardcore gangstas who loved DBZ for instance. what you say sounds like [someone is preppy] => [do they like anime?] but my post was more like [someone likes anime] => [are they preppy?] and this one is harder to say for sure |
romagiaJul 3, 2017 6:15 AM
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romagia said: Ahegyao said: this is a double implication sort of thingIronically enough, I live in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the US and seriously, this is the one group of people I have not even seen express any kind of interest for anime/manga. I've met hardcore gangstas who loved DBZ for instance. what you say sounds like this [someone is preppy] => [do they like anime?] but my most was more like [someone likes anime] => [are they preppy?] and this one is harder to say for sure No need to complicate things. It's what said on the tin. Based on observations, I made a hypothesis. People here are offering their case studies to challenge it. |
| I wish Cowboy Bebop never existed. |
| Most people who are really into anime dress like they can't fit in (including me but I dress normal when I'm at a job) and the ones that dress normal are into the most popular anime like Bleach, Naruto/Boruto, Tokyo Ghoul, and Dragon Ball. |
GangsterCat said: there are a lot of them, they just won't show off to everyone in the world that they love anime so much it some of my friends, group mate for presentation and myself also like that although I think "preppy" isn't really the suitable word for non-nerd-look-a-like people. I don't know how is it in USA, maybe more rare. but I have 1 crazy well known example, check melon pan youtube channel Preppy doesn't mean non-nerd. It's people who like getting involved in pep rally's and have a lot of school spirit, while usually being a fake asshole. (at least that is the negative connotation of high school). So cheerleaders are almost always preppy. Band members are sometimes preppy. Preppy people are usually popular, but you don't have to be preppy to be popular or cool. |
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Extect said: GangsterCat said: there are a lot of them, they just won't show off to everyone in the world that they love anime so much it some of my friends, group mate for presentation and myself also like that although I think "preppy" isn't really the suitable word for non-nerd-look-a-like people. I don't know how is it in USA, maybe more rare. but I have 1 crazy well known example, check melon pan youtube channel Preppy doesn't mean non-nerd. It's people who like getting involved in pep rally's and have a lot of school spirit, while usually being a fake asshole. (at least that is the negative connotation of high school). So cheerleaders are almost always preppy. Band members are sometimes preppy. Preppy people are usually popular, but you don't have to be preppy to be popular or cool. I guess I am confused. I was top 5 most popular girls. There were by definition no preps at my school? Inner city school. I was voted "most spirited", "Most humorous", "Most inspirational". I appeared in the yearbook 28 times (it is actually more times than any other individual) without being in a sport- basically, what I did was attend a club for every day, and be in electives which also got you a picture, and be in the college program, and go to EVERY.SINGLE.SCHOOL.DANCE. And go to every sporting event I could! :D I supported everyone in their dreams but I was mostly a nerd's hero! I had my shonen ai manga with me everywhere. Dressed as Misa most days. Or in some visual kei fashion. Did weird stuff like wear ball gowns and capes to school and it wasn't a spirit day! XD Fuck. People loved me though! I did all the video production videos for the morning announcements. And I was FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE. Even got into ska music. :P |
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Extect said: well im an asshole and a band member, so i guess im one of them...GangsterCat said: there are a lot of them, they just won't show off to everyone in the world that they love anime so much it some of my friends, group mate for presentation and myself also like that although I think "preppy" isn't really the suitable word for non-nerd-look-a-like people. I don't know how is it in USA, maybe more rare. but I have 1 crazy well known example, check melon pan youtube channel Preppy doesn't mean non-nerd. It's people who like getting involved in pep rally's and have a lot of school spirit, while usually being a fake asshole. (at least that is the negative connotation of high school). So cheerleaders are almost always preppy. Band members are sometimes preppy. Preppy people are usually popular, but you don't have to be preppy to be popular or cool. |
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Jonouchi-Katsuya said: Extect said: Preppy doesn't mean non-nerd. It's people who like getting involved in pep rally's and have a lot of school spirit, while usually being a fake asshole. (at least that is the negative connotation of high school). So cheerleaders are almost always preppy. Band members are sometimes preppy. Preppy people are usually popular, but you don't have to be preppy to be popular or cool. I guess I am confused. I was top 5 most popular girls. There were by definition no preps at my school? Inner city school. I was voted "most spirited", "Most humorous", "Most inspirational". I appeared in the yearbook 28 times (it is actually more times than any other individual) without being in a sport- basically, what I did was attend a club for every day, and be in electives which also got you a picture, and be in the college program, and go to EVERY.SINGLE.SCHOOL.DANCE. And go to every sporting event I could! :D I supported everyone in their dreams but I was mostly a nerd's hero! I had my shonen ai manga with me everywhere. Dressed as Misa most days. Or in some visual kei fashion. Did weird stuff like wear ball gowns and capes to school and it wasn't a spirit day! XD Fuck. People loved me though! I did all the video production videos for the morning announcements. And I was FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE. Even got into ska music. :P Yup you sound like you where a lot like a preppy kid. just with added anime stuff (also means you where probably less fake because you weren't a closet anime fan). so it's official preppy people can be into anime. FYI the fourth answer on urban dictionary has a good explanation of the American connotation http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=preppy Especially with this quote -See that kid with the black pants, the nose ring and the mohawk? Instead of shoving him into a locker, I think I'll introduce myself and shake his hand, because I'm a true preppy |
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Extect said: Jonouchi-Katsuya said: I guess I am confused. I was top 5 most popular girls. There were by definition no preps at my school? Inner city school. I was voted "most spirited", "Most humorous", "Most inspirational". I appeared in the yearbook 28 times (it is actually more times than any other individual) without being in a sport- basically, what I did was attend a club for every day, and be in electives which also got you a picture, and be in the college program, and go to EVERY.SINGLE.SCHOOL.DANCE. And go to every sporting event I could! :D I supported everyone in their dreams but I was mostly a nerd's hero! I had my shonen ai manga with me everywhere. Dressed as Misa most days. Or in some visual kei fashion. Did weird stuff like wear ball gowns and capes to school and it wasn't a spirit day! XD Fuck. People loved me though! I did all the video production videos for the morning announcements. And I was FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE. Even got into ska music. :P Yup you sound like you where a lot like a preppy kid. just with added anime stuff (also means you where probably less fake because you weren't a closet anime fan). so it's official preppy people can be into anime. FYI the fourth answer on urban dictionary has a good explanation of the American connotation http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=preppy Especially with this quote -See that kid with the black pants, the nose ring and the mohawk? Instead of shoving him into a locker, I think I'll introduce myself and shake his hand, because I'm a true preppy The least honest thing I did was lie about liking Higurashi. XD I also lied about liking Elfin Lied. I wanted my animu friends to think I was cool! I also said I didn't like Sailor Moon. To be cool like them. Buuuuut I gave up on that. There were aspects of lying I guess... but I think my friends knew I didn't like horror much given I covered my eyes and hid in friends shoulders. "tell me when it is over!" lol My friends would call my a pussy a lot. But I did get LOTS of new people into anime, was able to get anime club events going. Hosted anime club parties with treats (I still to this day make my own baked goods to impress) (I would have lost all anime cred if I told them I was still watching Pokemon) Gotta have food for your friends. Oh and I had connections to popular kids who had jobs at pizza places- free pizza at anime club sometimes. <3 |
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Jonouchi-Katsuya said: Extect said: Yup you sound like you where a lot like a preppy kid. just with added anime stuff (also means you where probably less fake because you weren't a closet anime fan). so it's official preppy people can be into anime. FYI the fourth answer on urban dictionary has a good explanation of the American connotation http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=preppy Especially with this quote -See that kid with the black pants, the nose ring and the mohawk? Instead of shoving him into a locker, I think I'll introduce myself and shake his hand, because I'm a true preppy The least honest thing I did was lie about liking Higurashi. XD I also lied about liking Elfin Lied. I wanted my animu friends to think I was cool! I also said I didn't like Sailor Moon. To be cool like them. Buuuuut I gave up on that. There were aspects of lying I guess... but I think my friends knew I didn't like horror much given I covered my eyes and hid in friends shoulders. "tell me when it is over!" lol My friends would call my a pussy a lot. But I did get LOTS of new people into anime, was able to get anime club events going. Hosted anime club parties with treats (I still to this day make my own baked goods to impress) Gotta have food for your friends. Oh and I had connections to popular kids who had jobs at pizza places- free pizza at anime club sometimes. <3 Haha, I said the negative connotation is being fake. So that doesn't mean it's always true. I figured just the fact that you didn't hide you are an anime fan means you weren't fake |
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Extect said: Yeah. I didn't ever want to be fake. But damn. If you told people you still watched Pokemon in high school and weren't just playing the games (I was doing both). I mean the games were bad enough. XD College wow people didn't care. I loved college. Jonouchi-Katsuya said: The least honest thing I did was lie about liking Higurashi. XD I also lied about liking Elfin Lied. I wanted my animu friends to think I was cool! I also said I didn't like Sailor Moon. To be cool like them. Buuuuut I gave up on that. There were aspects of lying I guess... but I think my friends knew I didn't like horror much given I covered my eyes and hid in friends shoulders. "tell me when it is over!" lol My friends would call my a pussy a lot. But I did get LOTS of new people into anime, was able to get anime club events going. Hosted anime club parties with treats (I still to this day make my own baked goods to impress) Gotta have food for your friends. Oh and I had connections to popular kids who had jobs at pizza places- free pizza at anime club sometimes. <3 Haha, I said the negative connotation is being fake. So that doesn't mean it's always true. I figured just the fact that you didn't hide you are an anime fan means you weren't fake Talents: Can name all the pokemon- makes you friends in college. |
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| This is all well and good, but there hasn't been much actual examples to prove that there are preppy kids into anime. |
| I wish Cowboy Bebop never existed. |
| I might not be "Preppy", but I definitely am not someone you would expect to watch anime. I am on the varsity soccer and swim team at our school and love sports. Surprisingly, I have found that almost all of the guys on the teams have watched at least naruto/some sort of anime. So, either we are a strange school, or most guys don't go out and say they watch anime unless the topic is brought up. |
| And before anyone gets triggered, I do understand that just because you watch anime doesn't mean you don't play sports. lol |
| I'm a fairly girly girl with a 'normal' look. I blended in easily enough at uni. |
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| Here's the funny thing~ I can guarantee the most popular kids at our school (Cheerleaders, Volleyball Players, and Football players) do not watch anime. The anime group at my school is made up of mostly females with the exception of me and a few others. The people I know are dweebish/hella nerdy (myself included). Nobody ever guesses that I enjoy watching anime though. It must be because I come across as being very serious in real life which people don't normally associate with fans of the genre (no offense anyone). Btw, forgot to mention I live in a small rural town where everyone 'knows' everyone. |
rayneey_Jul 8, 2017 9:03 PM
| Well this may not be a preppy test, but there are various "facial beauty tests" online. There is an accepted set of proportions among the beauty fanatics, you can see where you fall on the spectrum haha... https://www.prettyscale.com My results: 59% You are not bad! Prominent Features Good face shape Forehead too small Wide interocular distance Nose too wide for face Normal mouth size Normal chin Poor face symmetry |
| Am i the only one here that has no clue what preppy means? |
| For lols I ran it on Kougami from Psycho Pass 25% You are ugly! Prominent Features Face too wide Forehead too small Wide interocular distance Nose too narrow Mouth too wide Chin too small Bad face symmetry |
Lord_Lamington said: Am i the only one here that has no clue what preppy means? Preppy is someone who looks and dresses extremely nice. For example, latest fashions, newest shoes, makeup (for women), etc..l |
| On a super model 86% You are pretty! Prominent Features Good face shape Normal forehead size Good interocular distance Good nose for face Normal mouth size Normal chin Good face symmetry |
m3nd3r_ said: Well this may not be a preppy test, but there are various "facial beauty tests" online. There is an accepted set of proportions among the beauty fanatics, you can see where you fall on the spectrum haha... https://www.prettyscale.com My results: 59% You are not bad! Prominent Features Good face shape Forehead too small Wide interocular distance Nose too wide for face Normal mouth size Normal chin Poor face symmetry Very interesting, just took it myself, got a 83 which baffles me, I should be like a 20 83 Your are pretty Good face shape Normal forehead size Big interocular distance Wide nose Normal mouth size Normal chin Good face symmetry |
m3nd3r_ said: For lols I ran it on Kougami from Psycho Pass 25% You are ugly! Prominent Features Face too wide Forehead too small Wide interocular distance Nose too narrow Mouth too wide Chin too small Bad face symmetry LMAO Just did it on a pic of Pain from Naruto (My profile pic) and got 0% You are very ugly! Face too wide Forehead too small Good interocular distance Nose too narrow Mouth too wide Chin too small Bad face symmetry |
| They could all be closet anime fans. I suppose it may be because they like social media more, or are too concerned with studies to have a hobby. Or they simply don't dress in that preppy style when attending anime conventions or whatever. |
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| I fall into the stereotype of preppy so wyd. |
taggerung2552 said: m3nd3r_ said: Well this may not be a preppy test, but there are various "facial beauty tests" online. There is an accepted set of proportions among the beauty fanatics, you can see where you fall on the spectrum haha... https://www.prettyscale.com My results: 59% You are not bad! Prominent Features Good face shape Forehead too small Wide interocular distance Nose too wide for face Normal mouth size Normal chin Poor face symmetry Very interesting, just took it myself, got a 83 which baffles me, I should be like a 20 83 Your are pretty Good face shape Normal forehead size Big interocular distance Wide nose Normal mouth size Normal chin Good face symmetry That's pretty good xD The test is pretty accurate, so you're probably better looking than I am ;) |
| Ok, but... What the hell is a "preppy"? |
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| well peeps in my history class are all into Hetalia (and I mean ALL of them). Popular, dressed well, makeup on, or sporty type, or smart peeps, peeps of all colors. Not sure if that alone qualifies as anime fan though. |
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manmoon said: My ex might fit the definition of "preppy" (well dressed, good grades, etc). And she has sort of an on and off relationship with anime. I'm not preppy but I get good grades... |
| I don't really get what "preppy" means, but i have seen so many people looking like they smoked pot and still watch anime . |
| Seems like people here are having trouble what makes someone "preppy." Here, this is what I mean: https://lineoftheweek.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/preppy.jpg https://az616578.vo.msecnd.net/files/responsive/embedded/any/desktop/2016/12/06/636165804542337351-59960769_635878085392624708-108404039_kjp20.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/cd/e5/7d/cde57dd61da815917de8e00d6d696370--preppy-trends-preppy-fashion.jpg Sorry for the ugly links. I'm on phone right now. |
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| I'm sure there are some. They're just smart enough not to waltz into an anime club and risk their reputations. |
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