(06-12-2013, 03:43 AM)Grungie Wrote: [ -> ]Japanese artists are only struggling outside of Japan, but most of that music is really only targeted at Japanese people.
Kyari Pamyu Pamyu was disappointed when she first came here about a month ago that most of her american fans were anime nerds. She was hoping people were into her for her music and fashion, but saw most fans in random cosplay outfits and Totoro suits, and she doesn't sing an anime theme song like some others.
I'm not trying to make assumptions so sorry about that. I just remember reading some stuff written by Japanese teachers talking about the depreciation of Japanese art by a lot of people over there. I'm sure it's only true to an extent since I was only getting one view.
I think the problem is with a lot of Westerners who 'admire' Japan so they try their best to act like walking stereotypes, associating things together whose only similarities are being rooted in Japan. There are things about Japan I admire, and it's in one of my top places to visit, but I'm not going to present myself with a bunch of Japanese stereotypes (then again I'm not an anime nerd).
I think the problem with a lot of the anime nerds going to Japan is that they associate everything they know about Japan through anime culture, and think that throwing random Japanese words into their sentences is cool, but it's kind of annoying for bilingual people, and you'll just get blank stares at people who don't know English. Kind of like if you threw in random Spanish words into your sentences and tried talking to Hispanics.
Also they're disappointed when they realize that anime nerds are just as "shunned" there as they are here. They find it just as creepy as we do if you have a waifu and a love pillow.
Oh yeah, I don't need to go to Japan to know all of that. :p That's basically what I meant, I just didn't touch on all of the same things. Judging anywhere based on popular culture is really just the wrong way to do it.
I don't have any examples off the top of my head but I have met tourists who come to America and do dumb things. I'm not offended but I want to tell them how wrong they are lol.
The only thing that really gives me cancer is the random Japanese words thrown into their sentences. Personally I think you sound like a tard if you throw in any random foreign words into your sentences just for the hell of it (or to "impress" people). It's made worse when they don't even pronounce stuff remotely correctly.
Yeah, throwing random words in like that sounds forced, insincere, and it doesn't impress me. Like, learning thank you and stuff like and using it in some scenarios can be okay (for example, I was in Hawaii with a bunch of Japanese tourists and this one lady lost her hat in the wind and I went and saved for her and she said 'thank you' when I could tell she didn't know much English. That's fine. By the way, this lady was older but communication with girls with a language barrier is cute in a weird way >_> ).
I think we've had this conversation before but the tattoos are incredibly dumb.
Edit: Oh this reminds me of a comment I read on youtube (not stupid for once) from a Korean girl who was talking about how she's met Western tourists with 'yellow fever' who have approached her to have their 'episode in Korea'. That's just fucked up. I hope that's not a thing lots of people try.
(06-12-2013, 04:28 AM)carlcockatoo Wrote: [ -> ]she said 'thank you' when I could tell she didn't know much English.
I think this situation is different when you're in a foreign country and you thank someone or use a standard greeting in their language.
(06-12-2013, 04:28 AM)carlcockatoo Wrote: [ -> ]Oh this reminds me of a comment I read on youtube (not stupid for once) from a Korean girl who was talking about how she's met Western tourists with 'yellow fever' who have approached her to have their 'episode in Korea'. That's just fucked up. I hope that's not a thing lots of people try.
You'll be surprised at how many non-Asian guys have a bad case of yellow fever. I mentioned this in the yellow fever thread.
I know some Korean greetings and such from my McDojang Taekwondo class through my high school (lololo, the laughing stock of martial arts, and it was full of arrogant kids who were completely unaware that no real martial artist would take the class seriously). I would only use them in the scenario I just described.
@the other part: Yeah, but I mean, trying to pressure women into sex (which in general is awful) like that in a foreign country is terrible and creepy. I know it happens, but, why?
Edit: Oh, and those kids were like the people we are talking about now. A good portion of them were in the anime club and thought they knew everything about Korea for taking the dumb class when they knew nothing.
For some reason, I think the "episode in korea" just means sleeping with a Korean girl, not going to Korea.
(06-12-2013, 04:44 AM)Grungie Wrote: [ -> ]For some reason, I think the "episode in korea" just means sleeping with a Korean girl, not going to Korea.
That's what I've been saying the whole time. The Korean girl I was referring to was talking about how she had come across foreigners who have tried to do that.
If I'm being inconsistent I apologise.
Oh, why do you spell apologize with an s?