/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Is this the NEET thread?

>>11050074
No, it's the hikikomori thread. Although I'm sure NEET scum will take it over soon enough.

I just went outside today so not me.

I have to run an errand to renew my ID tomorrow, guys

someone hold me

I need to leave the house or my money gets cut off.

It's a pain.

I have to go to work in about an hour /jp/

A-at least it's graveyard shift and if I plan my route carefully I won't have to talk to anyone except my supervisor when I clock in..

>>11050074
引きこもりはＮＥＥＴじゃないよ。

I don't understand why you guys have such a fear of interacting with people. I can understand not wanting to interact with people, but gazes from a crowd aren't going to kill you.

>>11050085
Aren't NEET and Hikki's the same shit?

>>11050144
No, welcome to /jp/ though.

>>11050139
they will when you have no self confidence, mild acne and a bad haircut

>>11050139

I dislike being social, but it doesn't stop me from being social when needed. Personally, it's the stress of having other people around that drives me crazy.

I understand that lots of people have a mental inability to socialize though.

>>11050149
I don't have a 'hair cut'.

>>11050139

Fear is the wrong word. It's more like a choking and overwhelming presence. Like.. like being in a heavy smog that you can scarcely breathe through

>>11050144

No. Hikikomoris merely spend whatever time society allots them in their own homes; NEETs are, well, you know the acronym I should hope

A hikki may have a job, but he's that guy who never socializes and just goes home as soon as he's off the clock. NEETs obviously don't have a job to begin with

>>11050149
Mild acne is easy to fix.

>>11050139
When you gaze into crowd. Crowd gazes back at you.

>>11050139
I'm quite paranoid and I feel ill if I have to talk to people much.

So I try to avoid it.

>>11050162
If you have a job that involves any form of social contact, you are not a hikikomori. People who spent their free time alone in their rooms (and not using the internet) may be similar, but they are not hikikomori.

>>11050164

But what are they looking at? Do I look good? Do i have something on my face? Are they laughing at me?

I hate crowds.

Anyone here a college NEET? You know, getting your parents to pay for tuition and rent while staying inside all day? I lived like this for about 2 years and it was the best time of my life. Videogames and 4chan all day everyday. I could go to bed whenever I wanted and eat whatever I wanted. No one yelling at me or getting in the way. I never felt so free. I wish I could go back.

>>11050159
ok

I'm NEET borderline hiki i go out once in a while to visit family or on family trips.

>>11050176
>Anyone here a college NEET? You know, getting your parents to pay for tuition and rent while staying inside all day?

>college NEET

That beats the point of the definition unless if you mean that you didn't do any work in any class and never showed up to them. But that sounds absolutely stupid to do.

>>11050176

You're in college, so you're not a NEET.

>>11050176
get out

>>11050183
>That beats the point of the definition unless if you mean that you didn't do any work in any class and never showed up to them.
It's almost certainly what he meant.

>But that sounds absolutely stupid to do.
Welcome to /jp/.

>>11050074
Please, no. I've been waiting for a hikki thread that's not full of NEETshit for so long.

>>11050176
I stopped going to classes after the first month or two of college.

I got kicked out at the end of the year and had to explain the situation to my parents

That was a couple of years ago now

Guys, keep it hikki related. We don't want the janny to think this is a NEET™ thread.

>>11050181
If you signed up for college just to pretend you were doing something with your life while leeching money from your parents then it doesn't count.

NEET thread now

NEETbros how was your day?

>>11050197
>We don't want the janny to think this is a NEET™ thread.
If it really does degenerate into a NEET™ thread then he would be right to put it out of its misery.

>higher education
lol @ you normies having dreams aspirations and shit

>>11050181
>>11050183
>>11050184
I think he means skipping all classes and staying inside. Technically he's enrolled in education, but practically he isn't.

>>11050162
hikkis don't leave their rooms. They can be employed if they work from home. NEETs can go out (although typically don't), but they are not employed.

I cut off all my internet friends so I could make the jump from NEET to truNEET

why the HELL can't people understand the difference between NEET and hikki? Are you all just aspies trying to turn this thread into your ridiculous NEET threads?

>>11050206
I go outside if my parents are paying to go to a good restaurant, this is why being a NEET is better.

>>11050206
>hikkis don't leave their rooms.
They can. They just avoid all social interaction.

What separates hikikomori from agoraphobics?

>>11050112

What does working in a graveyard entail?

It doesn't sound like a bad job just from the title. How is the salary?

>>11050211
I'm your friend though.

>>11050170
Me too, anon.

>>11050085
>>11050188
>>11050197

Ok, can someone please direct me towards the NEET thread then?

Thank you.

>>11050139
I can't explain why I fear social interaction any more than you can.

>>11050221
Please stop communicating with me knowing I'm tru is all I've got. Its a lot easier to actively turn yourself into a failure than to actively turn yourself into a success.

>>11050223
NSJ doesn't allow NEET threads even though that was the best name for /jp/.

>>11050223
>>>/wizchan/

>>11050220
graveyard shift
not graveyard!
*pats you on the back reassuringly*

>>11050229
If he doesn't allow NEET threads, then why does he allow Hikki threads?

>>11050235

I'm so embarrassed!

>>11050233
/wizchan/ is a bunch of pathetic betas. please dont bring it up here
im permabanned from there for using the faggots as target practice

this is a longshot but...
are there any other virgs here?

>>11050239
NSJ allows roleplay threads and is an avid one himself, he is an idiot.

>>11050239
Because the kind of insufferable shitheads who plagued NEET threads were not hikikomori, and thus these threads shouldn't have the same problem. Theoretically speaking.

Practically speaking all those people will come here and shit the thread up anyway.

>>11050220
>What does working in a graveyard entail?

I'm sorry if I was unclear. It refers to the time span I work in; 10pm to 6:30am. Some people have different names for it. I've also heard it called Third Shift

It's definitely more pleasant than working day shifts for us social anxiety types. Not only do you make more money due to shift differentials (basically the later you work, the more you tend to make), but you have to interact with fewer people

I literally do nothing but say hello to my supervisor, pick up a pager and my work keys, and go do my rounds in near complete solitude, only occasionally being passed by someone who is just as eager to ignore me as I am to ignore them. Then I put my pager and keys back, clock out, and go home

All in all, it's about as good as I can ask

>>11050218
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori#Definition

>>11050239
Pity

>>11050252
I bet you're the guy who spammed NEET threads then cried to /q/ that they were ruining /jp/.

My boyfriend helps me a lot when I go outside, he's really kind and patient and asks me if I need to take a break. Sometimes it gets bad when there are a lot of people but he finds somewhere quiet and hugs me and everything feels better.

>>11050250
ya

>>11050252
If this thread is doomed from the start because of that, why even make it?
Better question, why even bother to defend it?

It should just be left alone and deleted, no?

>>11050228
Why do you keep posting here if you are trying to avoid social interaction.

>>11050250

Why would that be a long short? I'm sure there are plenty of Virgos who browse /jp/.

>>11050264
You sound like a fag.

More recently, researchers have suggested six specific criteria required to "diagnose" hikikomori: 1) spending most of the day and nearly every day confined to home, 2) marked and persistent avoidance of social situations, 3) symptoms interfering significantly with the person’s normal routine, occupational (or academic) functioning, or social activities or relationships, 4) perceiving the withdrawal as ego-syntonic, 5) duration at least six months, and 6) no other mental disorder that accounts for the social withdrawal and avoidance.

>>11050262
Sometimes we need a thread like this so that future hikki threads can prevail.

>>11050269
>4) perceiving the withdrawal as ego-syntonic

Egosyntonic is a psychological term referring to behaviors, values, feelings that are in harmony with or acceptable to the needs and goals of the ego, or consistent with one's ideal self-image.

Please go out and socialize for your own health, /jp/

Humans are social creatures!

>>11050264
nice

I did not leave the house today.

I'm Neet and occasionally go out because my parents force me to otherwise i wouldn't, not sure if this makes me a hiki.
Hopefully someone can clarify

>>11050282

Never! My fleeting online interactions are all I need!!

>>11050282
Yeah yeah, if you don't act like a normal member of society there's something wrong with you, I get it.

>>11050264
Please go, deviant.

>>11050264

What a nice man. I hope you two have a long and healthy relationship!

>>11050286
Where do you go when you "go out"?
I leave the house every few days for a drive but usually that involves going to lowes and stealing bolts or going to walmart to buy milk at the self checkout

>>11050264
10/10

>>11050139
I had an accident at a young age that damaged both of my eyes.

It took away many of the things I planned to do in life. Whenever someone looks at me, I am afraid and anxious, that they're looking at my eyes and judging me for not looking normal. I can't look someone in the face when talking to them. I can't speak in public, nor when called upon in class and would end up crying when they did. After a while I stopped going to high school. I don't know what to do next in my life now that I can't become who I wanted to be; many options have been taken away.

I wonder if someday my eyes can be fixed.

>>11050259
You're half right. I did complain that they were shit. They were.

>>11050262
Just because every Sanae thread inevitably ends up being about how many dicks she could take at the same time doesn't mean the threads themselves are at fault.

>>11050301
Why can't you just wear sunglasses?

>>11050303
What kind of logic is this?

Who are to blame if not ourselves?

>>11050301
I have 20/50 vision that gets worse every day because I'm on my computer from the time I wake up until I go to bed, I wonder when I'm going to go blind.

>>11050297
Parents force me to visit family for certain events (asian culture), Weddings and funerals. I also had to make a bank account a couple weeks ago to buy things online.

>>11050319
I blame liberals and women

>>11050307
It draws attention at certain times and lets people know that there's something wrong. I just want to be able to fit in.

I got schizophrenia. I like to keep to myself. Every day my father checks up on me. He is still a cunt though and he just doesn't get it.

>>11050324
But there are no women that post in these threads, let alone liberals.

>>11050318

What kind of shitty monitor and lighting conditions are you in? Just looking at a monitor shouldn't kill your eyes.

>>11050319
The thread is not to blame, nor is the OP. "We" are only at fault because a few of are.

>>11050332
I blame shitposters.

>>11050318
Screens don't cause bad eyesight, it's a myth. In fact, frequently playing action video games actually improves your eyesight.

>>11050337
Incorrect.

We all are what we choose to become.

>>11050295
Thank you for your kind words!

>>11050343
"We" are composed of individuals who cannot control each other's behavior.

>>11050341
That is just a buzzword.

Every post has some sort of contribution.

People just look at me so weird whenever I go into public

I want to blend in and do my thing like everyone else. Instead people are always watching me.

>>11050333
I've had bad eyesight for a while and I like to browse /jp/ without my light on.

>>11050343
this guy has entered the matrix

>>11050347
Not all contributions are positive.

>>11050346
Are you saying people are controlled by a higher entity?

What sort of fundamentalism is this? Religion has no place in today's world.

>>11050354
Not everything in the world gives you a positive experience.
You learn and grow as a individual from this.

>>11050360
Not all negative experiences cause people to improve as individuals.

>>11050363
Yeah, like me. They only made me stranger.

>>11050363
this guy got bullied hard as HELL

>>11050349
You could always wear some kind of mask or something.

>>11050363
Weak minded individuals that succumb to such mediocre events should obviously be eradicated, for the greater good of civilization and it's future.

this thread is really fast because its full of crossboarding shitposters aka janny's friends therefore he won't delete this thread till its over

>>11050282
Socialize with THIS.
*whips out dick*

>>11050357
He's saying he can't stop you sucking so many dicks, ass bandit.

>>11050380
Aren't you just using that pretext as a excuse since you have absolutely nothing worthy of contribution to the elaborate discussion that is going on?

Isn't your comment just a more formal way of shitposting?

>>11050375
Not him but you should be eradicated for the greater good of civilization and its future, since you and him are the same you both don't do shit.

>>11050282
What do you call this? I'm socializing right now.

>>11050391
what do you call THIS?!
*whips out dick*

>>11050388
*shits in hand*

*wipes it on your face*

>LOL

TRUNEET BROS 5 LYFE

>>11050391
It doesn't count unless you hug someone.

>>11050390
I'm actually a professional photographer.

I do plenty for society and civilization as a whole.

>>11050400
>photographer
>ever useful in society

lmao

>>11050328
Do you remember how you felt when you were healthy? Can you tell if you currently feel somehow abnormal?

>>11050398
That stopped being a common greeting in most places.

>>11050400
>professional photographer
>do plenty for society and civilization
Why don't you photograph THIS?!
*whips out dick*

>>11050400
I'm trying to find something interesting to say to you but im drawing a blank
Fellow photographer just making my presence known

>>11050084
thanks josh

>>11050401
My vast portfolio contains plenty of photos taken in EU-supported events that ended up being used as headlines to promote the said associations that coordinated the said events.
This level of work is seen as a valuable protagonist on up-rising related methods in the political ladder. It raises attention, gives focus and creates captivity towards the association, therefor increasing it's credibility and event-support income.
I go to Malta all the time with full expenses payed for 3 weeks on the count of free lunches based in the work I provide.

>>11050426
You're, like, the worst hikikomori who has ever existed. Get outta here.

>>11050432
Perhaps you should get out more.

>>11050426
please dont start bragging about event photography, I can see you now.
Holding your T2i high above your head with the shutter held down at a Modest Mouse concert

>>11050426
I'm not sure if you're trolling or just have no idea who I am, but I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt.

In addition to almost 7 years as a confessed meme addict, I have moderated the largest meme forum on the Internet (at over 2 million subscribers) for over a year. You think I don't know memes? In that time I have removed over 400posts for not following subreddit guidelines. In addition to my moderation responsibilities I am one of the most active writers on knowyourmeme.com. You think I don't know memes? Then how do I write articles about them on a site called knowyourmeme? Several mainstream blogs have contacted me to ask about the recent meme phenomenon and each has been thankful and enlightened with what I had to tell them. It's not just limited to blogs though. Several companies have asked me to review their meme ads to avoid a failure like Toyota's meme commercial. Just last week a major food company contacted me with a paid offer to help them on a new ad campaign. I declined when I researched the company and saw that they had contributed money to socially conservative groups.

It's safe to say that I am one of the world's foremost experts on memes and in fact there is no one I can think of that has a meme resume as impressive as mine. So please tell me, what are your qualifications to say that I don't know what a meme is?

>>11050397
*ded*

>>11050441

>>11050441
Copy-pasting a old exert simply to slander away my point is not even worthy of 3 minutes of my time to respond.

>>11050436
The difference is I don't shit up photography threads with stories about how I don't own a camera.

>>11050453
In 7th grade, I took an SAT test without preparing for it at all, it was spur-of-the-moment, I knew about it about an hour ahead of time and didn't do any research or anything. I scored higher on it than the average person using it to apply for college in my area. An IQ test has shown me to be in the 99.9th percentile for IQ. This is the highest result the test I was given reaches; anything further and they'd consider it to be within the margin of error for that test.
My mother's boyfriend of 8 years is an aerospace engineer who graduated Virginia Tech. At the age of 15, I understand physics better than him, and I owe very little of it to him, as he would rarely give me a decent explanation of anything, just tell me that my ideas were wrong and become aggravated with me for not quite understanding thermodynamics. He's not particularly successful as an engineer, but I've met lots of other engineers who aren't as good as me at physics, so I'm guessing that's not just a result of him being bad at it. I'm also pretty good at engineering. I don't have a degree, and other than physics I don't have a better understanding of any aspect of engineering than any actual engineer, but I have lots of ingenuity for inventing new things. For example, I independently invented regenerative brakes before finding out what they were, and I was only seven or eight years old when I started inventing wireless electricity solutions (my first idea being to use a powerful infrared laser to transmit energy; admittedly not the best plan).
I have independently thought of basically every branch of philosophy I've come across. Every question of existentialism which I've seen discussed in SMBC or xkcd or Reddit or anywhere else, the thoughts haven't been new to me. Philosophy has pretty much gotten trivial for me; I've considered taking a philosophy course just to see how easy it is.

>>11050455
I don't own a camera either.

All of the cameras as well as the expenses towards every event are payed by the associations.

>>11050405
I don't know. I think I was born with it. But it grew more severe when I got older but It's not very severe since btw etc

I just sometimes hear chimes and shouts. It's quite funny since they appear from nowhere and without warning. Shouts are like jumpscares. It's annoying.

janitor approved thread...or one could even say, janitor made/endorsed//supported thread... ;)

130+replies ;)
the janitor decides what is otaku culture ;)

>>11050463
sometimes i hear and see stuff too, it's minor, but i do. could it be crazy or is it just too much computer?

>>11050471
now that i've made this post the janitor will be forced to delete the thread or be EXPOSED as the HYPOCRITE that he is

and either way i'll email moot and he'll be fired

i'm so smart

>>11050471
If you read the thread, the people who posted decided what the thread was about.

No one else is to blame.

>>11050471
>the janitor decides what is otaku culture ;)

janny and /q/ueers

>>11050475
you sure like to make assumptions buddy...i never in my post said or even implied that... but i guess it hits too close to home, so i'll leave you alone, don't worry

kissu 4 u ;3

Janny made a thread about us >>>/q/646015

>>11050485
XOXO <3

>>11050489
laughing my ass off

>>11050496
same lol

josh pick up the phone

>>11050181
What about corporate NEETs?

I think the phrase "college neet" makes sense if you don't go to class or do any work. But you probably won't be in college long like that.

>>11050463
Can you study anything that requires concentration?

>>11050502
im out of minutes

>>11050505
It's possible to graduate in some fields even if you never attend class except on examination days, which will be about 12-15 times a semester.

>>11050502
gives us josh i want to order that nerd a few pizzas lol

Does ;) need some kind of special escaping in the in-line extension filter? I can't seem to figure it out.

>>11050473
There is a straight difference in it. You actually can't figure out from where the noise comes from. Then there are things that you can just mistake for something else like when you are very tired. Thankfully I don't see things yet.
But if you can clearly hear them frequently I'd say go to doctor.

>>11050521
>Then there are things that you can just mistake for something else like when you are very tired
Should i start worrying?

>>11050537
I thought schizophrenia was one of the strongest ways to attain the bux

>>11050537
You should definitely go and see a doctor.

At least that would make you go outside for a change.

>>11050521
sometimes i hear sounds that sounds like vague, distant mumbling, other times it sounds like someone is calling for, calling my name, also things that no one else seemingly picks on. i also see rapid flickerings of light, sometimes it pops in my periphal vision, other times the its a very fast, thin stream of light.

sorry to bother you with stupid questions, these things don't bother me at all, but i got curious since you mentioned hearing shouts

>>11050318
20/50 isn't too bad, I remember my vision rapidly worsened until I was into my 20s. That's usually what happens, no reason to worry, it will plateau soon.

>>11050139
Severe social anxiety, I only interact with people when I have to.
Or rather, I just throw in tidbits of conversation so I can keep my job.

It's a real shame, there are some really cool guys I work with.

>>11050565
What's your job, dude?

>>11050544
>>11050560
I live in a third world country so no bux for me. Mental illnesses are also taken with a pinch of salt here, hopefully i can maintain my sanity!

>>11050577
You live in Africa?

I wish a social anxiety diagnosis was good enough to be anything but a 'ur a bitch dude' slip from a psychologist

>>11050585
Learn to fake a more serious problem.

janny's back but this thread is still here

proof that janny is a shit

So it was my birthday a few weeks ago. I decided to leave the house for the first time in days and go out to eat so I could think in my mind I have some semblance of normalcy in my life. I have no offline friends so when I got to the entrance I simply said "table for one please". No I didn't stutter or have le epic spaghetti spill. I swear the server seemed a little miffed at this despite her forced smile. The waitress seated me at a table with four chairs near the entrance to the kitchen. After I ordered my food I noticed the place was getting very busy, the other tables were filling up, the busboys and waitresses were going in and out of the kitchen, and a short line was forming at the entrance. Before my food was bought out I swore I heard one of the servers behind the kitchen entrance wall say something about me- I couldn't hear it clearly but it sounded like "yah three empty chairs there"; something in regards to me sitting all alone at the table while there where others waiting to be seated. After I was done I paid in cash, and I only had $1 dollar bill left over. I didn't want to be rude by under tipping so I dug around in my wallets coin compartment and dumped about another dollars worth of change on the table. Then I returned home and resumed posting on /jp/ and a certain other board.

>>11050588
Maybe no one is reporting it.

>>11050571
I work at a restaurant in the back, been going strong for a couple years now.
As you can imagine, shy people don't last too long on line, you have to be constantly interacting with people, letting them know where you are always.

Because of that, I tend to stay in the back portioning, and that seems just fine for me.
I think I'm getting better at talking though.

>>11050585
>Can't tell anyone about anxiety without getting a shitload of "YOU JUST GOTTA DO IT BRO, FUCK THE HATERS."

Yeah, thing is everyone has "anxiety", it's hardwired into our brains.
It's when it interferes with daily life too much that it becomes a problem, that's what most people don't get.

>>11050594
Time to get those proxies out.

>>11050582
SE asia, maybe not third world but close enough.

>>11050585
the pains of being a virg

Is anyone else worried that their back is going to get messed up from laying down in a weird position for 18 hours everyday?

>>11050598
I live in south america and it's the same thing

>>11050592
they get pissy because less people means less tip

you should have made a thread we could have had a /jp/ meetup and threw you a birthday bash

>>11050595
>I work at a restaurant in the back,

Milk?

>>11050599
iktfb

#virgproblems

>>11050561
I guess that could be because of just staying awake for very long. I really don't have the knowledge to help your case. But isn't it quite common thing for solitary people to begin to make stuff up. Something in their brain doesn't get enough exercise.

>>11050606
No, I'm sorry.

>>11050625
you don't need to help anyway, i'm just curious.

>>11050629
Couldn't you just pretend..

>>11050603
Is living as a hikikomori there hard?

>>11050653
I wouldn't know, I'm not one. Being a neet otaku piece of shit kind of is though, because i'm not qualified to receive any bucks from the government as I'm not the father of 7 starving kids, a crack addict, or something like that.