| I came across an account on this site that many would describe as owned by an elitist. Many, many popular shows rated 1, average rating around 4/10, and all of their favorite shows were quite aged. They have watched a lot of anime, and written lengthy comments and reviews on them. I'm fine with that in general, but the person made the point on their account that they were "not an elitist" because everyone has their own criteria for anime and judges it their own way. But at the same time, I also saw this person describe "1" score shows with "It's unfathomable to think someone likes this unironically." followed with saying these shows are complete shit. This person also deletes disagreeing comments from their profile page, so much so its filled with admiration over their harsh reviews and low scores. So, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. We all have shows we don't like and like based on many different things, so do elitists actually exist? Or is someone who takes anime this seriously and describes anime like this an elitist? Or is it something else altogether? Let me know |
AmazincApr 11, 2020 5:31 PM
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| I think having a critical opinion on a popular or new show is separate from being elitist. It's just like calling a show "quite aged" because it comes from another century; I don't think Anime from the 80s feel aged at all. In fact the bubble economy of that era ensured that a lot more resources pooled into those shows than most of the stuff we're getting now. I guess elitist would be more about the "it's unfathomable to think someone likes this unironically" notion with the added condition of gatekeeping against any spirited discussion with the people that indeed do like the show in question. If someone's willing to level with you and discuss their criticism etc., even if they hate your favourite Anime, that can hardly be considered elitist. Just the word elitist suggests putting on an airs and distancing yourself from these communities, like if you're going to huddle away in a club like this: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=35120. |
OchimushaApr 11, 2020 5:23 PM
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| This topic has already been covered to death, everyone should know what an “Elitist” is. And no it’s not just liking “deep smart” shows and having a low mean score. |
AtmosphericEntry said: I think having a critical opinion on a popular or new show is separate from being elitist. It's just like calling a show "quite aged" because it comes from another century; I don't think Anime from the 80s feel aged at all. In fact the bubble economy of that era ensured that a lot more resources pooled into those shows than most of the stuff we're getting now. I guess elitist would be more about the "it's unfathomable to think someone likes this unironically" notion with the added condition of gatekeeping against any spirited discussion with the people that indeed do like the show in question. If someone's willing to level with you and discuss their criticism etc., even if they hate your favourite Anime, that can hardly be considered elitist. Just the word elitist suggests putting on an airs and distancing yourself from these communities, like if you're going to huddle away in a club like this: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=35120. Unless you're on the forums, discussion on MAL is pretty tough. This person does delete any disagreeing comments on their page though, lol. |
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| Basically people who think it is cool to not enjoy things. I mean my mean scores are low but I have hella fun with garbage and objective quality isn't the only way to determine enjoyability. |
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Amazinc said: I came across an account on this site that many would describe as owned by an elitist. Many, many popular shows rated 1, average rating around 4/10, and all of their favorite shows were quite aged. They have watched a lot of anime, and written lengthy comments and reviews on them. I'm fine with that in general, but the person made the point on their account that they were "not an elitist" because everyone has their own criteria for anime and judges it their own way. But at the same time, I also saw this person describe "1" score shows with "It's unfathomable to think someone likes this unironically." followed with saying these shows are complete shit. This person also deletes disagreeing comments from their profile page, so much so its filled with admiration over their harsh reviews and low scores. So, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. We all have shows we don't like and like based on many different things, so do elitists actually exist? Or is someone who takes anime this seriously and describes anime like this an elitist? Or is it something else altogether? Let me know Honestly, I agree with this. But, in my opinion, it's important for everyone to remember that elitists are inevitable and they *can* be assholes, but since we can't stop them - might as well ignore. |
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| It doesn't matter what's their average rating is, or which anime they rated high, it doesn't have any correlation with what anime they watch, what make them an "elitist" is their behavior towards other, if they mock other people for their taste in anime, then they're those elitist, but other than that, it doesn't earn them those elitist term imo. |
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| The true elitists don't have MAL profiles. |
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| Didn't we have a post like this a week ago? |
| Yes it is a real thing but honestly I just don't give a shit anymore. We get way too many threads abou that. |
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| Elitism is just putting oneself above others. Criticizing and looking down on people for being "elitists" is, funnily enough, an elitist mentality. |
Brinxen said: you didnt watch it but you think they're boring?I don't think I'll ever come close to watching shows like Full Metal or Steins gate. In my opinion, I think they are boring. I may even try to watch it, hate it, and leave a scathing review. That doesn't make me an elitist. But the moment I start telling other people that they shouldn't like that show, that would be where I'm an elitist. That's how I personally define it. This guy can hate and critique whatever he wants as long as it's his page, so I honestly don't have a problem with him deleting disagreeing comments, even though I personally think that's stupid. |
| Is elitism still such a big thing? There is not a day when I don't see a thread complaining about them. I am pretty sure that there are more threads like this than actual elitists, whatever they are. |
IshitatesoApr 12, 2020 12:10 AM
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| I just feel like this person is gatekeeping and kinda being a dick about it. so yeah I think this would be a case of an elitist |
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Brinxen said: no harm in watching 3 episodes before deciding to not watch thoactuallyaadhi said: you didnt watch it but you think they're boring? Do you not have that? Where you just look at a show and feel like you might not find it interesting? The show might even be interesting, but I just feel like it might be boring and end up not watching it. It's not a great habit to have, but I tend to do it a lot. |
| People that shit on shows that are supposed to be entertaining because they don't have any "philosophical message" or some of that bs. Overall, just people that look too deep for some sort of message behind everything, usually resulting in average score below 3/10. TL;DR: Annoying people who look too far into everything and need to learn the definition of entertainment. |
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Shenaniganarama said: It doesn't matter what they watch. If they look down on you for not watching it, or look down on you for what your watching, regardless of whether or not public opinion is behind them, they're elitist. yeah but it just so happens that 99% of the time, the people who have that condescending attitude watch exactly the sort of anime you would expect from an anime elitist. Never has anyone with Shield Hero in their favorites come at me telling me my taste is shit. It's only ever the Cowboy Bebop/EVA/Serial Experiments Lain dudes who do that. |
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