/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>19505615
I have to admit that I like pretending to be an idiot online. Just remember, online != real life. That associate professor in your university, he might be a Touhoufag. Just a thought.

>>19507115
If you have played lots of Japanese indie games, you can see that the Japs have lots of discipline. They managed to churn out lots of indie products. The only criticism I have is that they severely lack in creativity. The Japs indie guys doesn't seem to like going out of their comfort zone.

Westerners, specifically Yurop and the Americas, seems to value the "creativity" more but lacking in discipline. Just look at the graveyard of Kikestarters, Patreons, and other similar platforms. Some of the ideas expressed there are quite amazing, but they lack the necessary self discipline to complete it. They want to exert the least amount of effort but gain a huge reward through "creativity". Not a bad strategy, but I do think a certain amount of discipline is still needed.

American culture encourage convenience. Why do I need to remember these when I can Google everything? Click here to save the world, or sign this petition etc. Which is fine and good but some inconveniences, such as reading Loomis, have to be endured. Sad to say, but this "cult of convenience" seems to be growing.

As for IQ, probably it's the amount of Chinese characters that needed to be remembered just to read the newspaper. I don't know if it's worth it. I remember being caned for not remembering some characters when I was a child. Had to get up at 5 am as well.

>>19508018
I usually just ignore all people who wear "otaku" merchandise. Which includes Touhou.

What if you hear someone humming Touhou music though? Whenever I got a good day, I usually hum some Touhou tune while riding in the tube unconsciously.