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Is your waifu profile pic on various social medias the reason anime is still stigmatized?

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Mar 25, 6:15 PM
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Well? Why do I have to suffer ridicule when you're the one doing this? Can't you have Oberstein or something as your pfp so I seem like I know what I'm talking about when I'm talking about anime?
Mar 25, 6:37 PM
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Yeah, we all should use profile pics with a moe blob sporting a huge moustache like Nietzsche's to show them all how freaking cultured we are.
Mar 25, 6:39 PM
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Yeah, we all should use profile pics with a moe blob sporting a huge moustache like Nietzsche's to show them all how freaking cultured we are.
@Ishitateso actually a brilliant idea, do this please.
Mar 25, 6:40 PM
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I'll put whatever i want to put as pp.
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Mar 25, 6:59 PM
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Yeah, we all should use profile pics with a moe blob sporting a huge moustache like Nietzsche's to show them all how freaking cultured we are.
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Mar 25, 7:09 PM
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@Ishitateso
My latest work of art, how do you like it?
@LenRea That is what I am talking about! If philosophers had boobs like that believe me everybody would have the Zarathustra tattoed on their arms.
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Mar 25, 7:20 PM
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Yes, and I am happy to be contributing to the problem
Mar 25, 9:04 PM
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@LenRea That is what I am talking about! If philosophers had boobs like that believe me everybody would have the Zarathustra tattoed on their arms.
@Ishitateso

Not exactly what you're talking about, but it is canon in a game




Mar 25, 9:30 PM
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@Ishitateso

Not exactly what you're talking about, but it is canon in a game
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Mar 26, 2:46 AM

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Cute girls are the main selling point of Anime, so using them as profile pics is the most accurate representation of the medium.
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Mar 26, 2:59 AM
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Anime is being ridiculed by normies because they assume everyone watching anime does it as a coping mechanism for being hopelessly single IRL.
Mar 26, 3:13 AM

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My pfp on various social media used to be either the one I've got right now, or a charcoal iron in the same red and white, so at least I don't have to feel guilty for putting the OP through his misery.
Mar 26, 3:18 AM

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Nope. Moe & Waifu is what make anime popular. Like Zarutaku said, using them as profile pics is the most accurate representation of the medium.
Mar 26, 3:35 AM

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Bait, but as SgtBateMan, it's much obliged to reply. I abandoned hope for social networks as medium for productivity and user privacy long time ago. The closest things I use are Messenger and Whatsapp to chat with my friends.

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Mar 26, 2:06 PM

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Bcs they think anime watchers masturbate to imaginary characters every day.

They may be a little right though.


Mar 26, 2:15 PM

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@SgtBateMan Reminds of the classic "anime girls in hats" pic.
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Mar 26, 4:46 PM
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Anime doesn't need its shitty fanbase to stigmatize itself. It's doing a fine job of that on it's own.
Mar 26, 5:13 PM

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@Tropisch you mustn't mean this, right?

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Mar 26, 6:46 PM

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I'd say the behavior of the fandom is more what causes the stigmatization to be honest, not what people put as their profile picture
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Mar 26, 10:42 PM

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@SgtBateMan Close, but the one I meant is with 4 anime girls wearing hats and it's got a pic of Hitler, your pic reminded me of the time people photoshopped anime characters with him like crazy.
"Well, she's flatter than a pancake"
-Mimi Alpacas
"Woof"
-Tobiichi Origami 
"Are you trying to turn the dormitory into a strip club!?!
-Atena Saotome 
Mar 27, 12:50 AM

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Mar 28, 12:23 PM

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YouTube is the only social media where I have a waifu PFP, and is Liko from Pokemon, I presume most people won't even recognize her.
Tho, her anime is now on Netflix, so maybe they will?
Mar 28, 12:31 PM

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Is anime still stigmatized? Maybe if you're in middle/high school. I've never seen it stigmatized in adulthood, except maybe by boomers but the day of the pillow is coming so don't worry about them.
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Mar 28, 12:31 PM

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nah it's cool af

especially if you aren't basement dweller
Mar 28, 12:53 PM

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I wish it was still stigmatized. Let me live in the past.
Mar 28, 12:55 PM

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Is anime still stigmatized? Maybe if you're in middle/high school. I've never seen it stigmatized in adulthood, except maybe by boomers but the day of the pillow is coming so don't worry about them.
@Subarctic-Forest A waifu pillow??
Mar 28, 12:56 PM

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I wish it was still stigmatized. Let me live in the past.
@Scud It's still stigmatized plenty don't worry
Mar 28, 1:11 PM
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Nah lol. Yuuma Kuga is the goat!!!!

Nah seriously, idk no one has commented on my profile picture.
Mar 28, 2:09 PM

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This is the only site I use an anime profile picture since it's anime related. I do follow plenty of people with anime profile pictures though.
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Mar 28, 2:18 PM

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Bcs they think anime watchers masturbate to imaginary characters every day.

They may be a little right though.


@Rinenka Judging by threads about loli and/or anime censorship, many anime fans themselves see many around them as potential sex predators.

@Subarctic-Forest A few weeks ago I wrote a critical review of a Western animated series and within an hour I received several comments trying to stigmatize me as an anime fan.
Mar 28, 2:50 PM

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@Rinenka Judging by threads about loli and/or anime censorship, many anime fans themselves see many around them as potential sex predators.

@Subarctic-Forest A few weeks ago I wrote a critical review of a Western animated series and within an hour I received several comments trying to stigmatize me as an anime fan.
@RobertBobert

There are potential sex predators who watch anime but I dont thnk many anime fans around us are potential sex predators. Most people watch anime because It is just an entertainment method like other media.
Mar 28, 2:56 PM

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@RobertBobert

There are potential sex predators who watch anime but I dont thnk many anime fans around us are potential sex predators. Most people watch anime because It is just an entertainment method like other media.
@Rinenka If you believe the news, then you have a much higher chance of meeting a creepy, mustachioed guy over 50 years old on some Tiktok or popular game service than among anime fans.
Mar 28, 3:08 PM

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Mar 28, 4:55 PM

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@Rinenka Judging by threads about loli and/or anime censorship, many anime fans themselves see many around them as potential sex predators.

@Subarctic-Forest A few weeks ago I wrote a critical review of a Western animated series and within an hour I received several comments trying to stigmatize me as an anime fan.
@RobertBobert Have you tried being more based? Should've suggested the guy some hentai.
Taiga best girl forever.
Mar 28, 4:58 PM

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@RobertBobert Have you tried being more based? Should've suggested the guy some hentai.
@Subarctic-Forest I simply ironically drew attention to the absurdity of the situation and they simply stopped writing to me.

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