katsucats said: I've never had anyone judge me negatively for liking anime. I can just imagine... Him: What do you do for fun? Me: I watch anime. Him: Oh, haha. You like anime, LOL. Are you a pervert or something? Me: Not a pervert, but I watch anime lol. Him: That's sooo dumb that you like anime. You must be a loser. Me: Okay lol bro. Him: What are you, 12? Me: You're pretty bad at math, aren't you? Actually, I can't imagine this at all. I'd imagine most people have more social sense than to go on a limb and attack people over something innocuous. It's a losing strategy, unless the other guy loses his shit. I agree. I normally don't bring it up anyway unless I think they'll be interested in talking about it. Or if they bring it up. This guy asked me today if I liked anime without context whatsoever. I said, "yeah, you?" He just said he wasn't sure but he watched OPM and liked it. It was the only anime he's seen other than Dragonball when he was a kid. Ezekiel said: Never happened before, but I don't share it with the whole world. I just finished rereading Akira. When I come into work on Sunday, I'm gonna start rereading Battle Angel Alita between the really long wait times for calls. Kind of looking forward to any reactions. I just need enough padding in my backpack to protect the book. I'm hoping my supervisor won't tell me to put it away. I've done this. People are like wtf you reading. Then I show them the art and what's actually happening and they are like oh shit that's cool actually. Luna_Estlin said: Never happened before, Watching anime is pretty common over here as weird as it may sound, i have seen people watch Eromanga-sensei & other Ecchi series in public Where is this promised neverland? Edit: I'm retarded. Its Japan lol |
| no one irl knows i watch anime anyway but if they did and reacted negatively towards it i legit wouldn't care zzz im too nonchalant to even care about what they think |
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| A lot of my friends don't know I watch anime, I have a few that watch kinda like cartoonish anime like dragon Ball, since it gets shown on TV, but no one knows my personal interest of what I like. I do fear that if I told people they would have a negative outlook so I declare not to indulge other. |
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| im very open about the fact i enjoy and watch anime since i do wear a few anime shirts here and there, yet no one has ever acted negatively towards me about it so im unsure how i would react :( i would probably recommend them an anime to watch ROFL |
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| Since I tend to not talk about it with people I meet in person, that doesn't really happen. I do use a profile picture of one of my Hibiki figurines in WhatsApp, but pretty much no one seems to care about that. |
| I dom't care tbh, I don't even like anime, just few specific shows anyways |
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| i beat them up in my mind hahahahahaha |
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| Ignore them, probably not worth your time tbh |
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| It's not typically something I bring up or talk about with people anyways. But if they react negatively then it's kind of just, whatever I guess. It's not like I'm asking them to watch it with me. They don't have to like everything I like, and if they decide they no longer want to associate with me because I watch it then: good riddance. |
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| If they don't like anime I tell them to go fuck off. It's their loss-not mine. |
| Life Is Short But Intense. |
| Never have had a negative reaction although to be fair it's rarely ever come up in conversation. |
| Tell them to grow up and stop judging other peoples harmless hobbies. |
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| I talk shit about them and don't help them when they needed help. |
| I've literally never met anyone in real life who reacted negatively to me watching anime. Literally never. It's not a big deal as some of you make it out to be. I've met both hot and average people who watch anime. Watching it doesn't make you a loser in the eyes of the world unless you're already a loser in the first place. lmao. |
| By negative reaction I understand some association of japanese anime with infantile tastes in adult people. This reaction is normal taking into account that most animes are childish since they are mainly aimed at a teenage audience. I usually respond to these reactions with a smile and then put the weight scale in my favor, that is, I manage to install the doubt in the prejudiced mind of my interlocutors and sometimes I have managed that they see my recommended animes (like Monster or Cowboy Bebop). However, this happen because: 1. It is my policy to only enjoy animes that I am not ashamed to recommend to someone of my age. It is evident that few animes are really aimed at a adult audience so I rarely see japanese animation. The exceptions to this rule have been related to the payment for lost bets ( I was once forced to see a silly anime like Chihayafuru in exchange for a female friend forgive me a stupid debt of 1000 euros acquired by a card game) or to please an ex-otaku girlfriend who used to behave with exponential ardour and affectivity in my bed after we see her favorite animes haha. 2. Before new people know about my anime taste, they have interacted with me in environments that do not associate with anime, like dance with women, play bowling with noisy people, play pool in the bar, lifting weights in the gym, etc... These interactions confuses to prejudiced minds because they do not usually conceive that a person who enjoys these activities can also enjoy some anime. 3. I have the ability to offer enriching conversations and debates that are usually combined with a good sense of humor, which means that I have not difficult to be the center of attention in tertulias. This also confuses prejudiced minds. 4. In the Spanish-speaking nations anime has been popular since my mother's time so there is the apparent paradox that if on the one hand we are on average more extroverted than people from other cultures, on the other hand we have a lot less prejudice towards Japanese animation. |
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| don't really give a fuck, the same thing goes for everything else i like. |
| I can relate. In fact, I wanna know how to deal with them too. Especially with girls. Most of my guy friends who are close to me also watch anime (even if they don't, I make them do) so there's not much problems. The problem is with girls who are around the same age as me or somewhat younger but ones I can still have a proper "friend" relationship. Whenever they know or they see me watching anime, their reaction is "Eww, you watch cartoons at this age...?" or something similar. When I try to explain them that anime is not cartoon and blah blah blah, they just chuckle in a sarcastic tone or give me looks like I'm a few screws loose. Of course, not all girls I met are like that but majority of them, that's for sure. It doesn't put any stain to our friendship because I don't trigger by their narrow minds most of the times but I still want them to know "what is anime" and have a positive outlook about it. I just don't know how to do it so I've given up as of now. |
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| cant really blame them. So many animes are total dogshit and cringeworthy, especially if u havent watched any before |
| Also I tend to associate with people who I know like anime and avoid others who don't if I can. |
| Life Is Short But Intense. |
| i slash their lights out that's what |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
| Do people actually do this? How negative we talking? Like brief awkwardness or are they like actually judging you? If anyone was judgemental to me about my hobbies I'd judge them back. That's a stupid way to react. |
If they're reacting negatively to it, they sure as hell aren't doing it to my face. Which I'm okay with. |
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| Luckily I've never had anyone react negatively before. I tend to not bring it up unless other people talk about it first, which doesn't usually happen since I "don't look like I watch anime" Whatever that means lol |
| I don't think anyone has every really reacted in a negative way. Maybe they'll be a bit suprised, but not more than that. I'll hear a few jokes sometimes that I'm a "weeb" etc. But it's just banter, so we gucci. |
Maneki-Mew said: I really don't care, as long as they don't go on a rant or over the top insulting, but I never experienced more than "that's weird and for kids, but whatever" since watching anime is pretty mainstream. I swear everytime I hear someone say anime is for kids I always have an internal bruh sound effect 2 moment. |
| Never happened to me. It sucks that there are people who make fun of anime just because it's strange to them. That's why a lot of us hide that we watch it. It's cool when I mention anime and the person I'm talking to connects. Some of my other friends who don't watch it know how varied anime is and are open-minded about it. |
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| Only one person knows i watch anime, and she also watches with me from time to time. So, really haven't had a scenario where i was met with disgust for liking it. |
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| Aside from my younger brother and various anonymous online communities, no one honestly knows or asks in my case. Nor do I share unless someone initiates the topic. |
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| Fortunately I never had to deal with it cause everyone were respecting that , no matter if they like or dislike anime. |
| Probably nobody asked me about it. But when I see someone who's watching anime just smile on it and thats all. :) |
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| Can we please stop pretending anime is some underground thing that nobody understands? If you can buy a Neon Genesis Evangelion shirt at fucking Hot Topic, we're way beyond that. |
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| only older people (older than me) say negative things about anime here and who cares since times have changed and so is entertainment, i mean this is the same older people wondering why there is too much superhero and fictional CGI movies now a days instead of their old boring classic dramas and police/war stories |
I discipline them for their insolence. |
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| I just don't deal with them it's their opinion. I still love anime XD |
| Usually I call them hypocrites because they're the type that will watch Archer, South Park, Family Guy, American Dad, Rick & Morty, etc. |
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| Online: Either just shrug it off and move, on or play with them when I've got nothing better to do. In person: Never experienced this scenario. |
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| I don’t. Let them think whatever they do. What is their negative reaction going to do? Kill me? |
| I was in a discussion about anime at work some time ago and this guy's telling me about Machiavellian something or other and how whatserface is his waifu because she's so tsundere. It's the first time I heard the word in public and I didn't know how to react so I changed the subject. Some anime talk requires the right setting/audience. |
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