/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>17479171
I'm more of a bearded recluse.

No, because "otaku" is a Japanese thing. Americans aren't otaku, just like they aren't hikikomori. It's a unique set of societal idiosyncrasies which don't exist here that make either. Weebs shouldn't borrow the word just to make themselves seem more Japanese. Neither are something to be proud of being.

>>17479235
It's not an exclusively Japanese thing, nor is it some terrible thing that people should be ashamed of being. Weebs or supposed weebs calling themselves otaku rarely if ever happens anymore.

Hikikomori is not an exclusively Japanese thing either. Just because it has a Japanese name doesn't mean it's specific to Japan.

>>17479235
>No, because "otaku" is a Japanese thing. Americans aren't otaku, just like they aren't hikikomori. It's a unique set of societal idiosyncrasies which don't exist here that make either.
You're a delusional weeb. Otaku is synonymous with geek or nerd. There are no "Japanese societal idiosyncrasies" that make it unique. Same goes for hikikomori, that's just the Japanese word for a neet shut-in

>>17479235
Are Americans not NEETs either because it's a British thing?

>>17479381
Are knights the same as samurai then?

>>17479235
the fuck? i know for a fact that loser(neets, manchilds and assorted faggots like you) is a very universal concept.

>>17479463
Is a knight the same as a ritter?

>>17479249
>>17479381
>>17479450
The economy, work pressure, and school pressure unique to Japan all contributed to hikikomori, which simply don't exist here. Yes, every nation has that, but it's the unique level and combination of them that birthed hikikomori in Japan.

And weebs then romanticized that shit, to where being able to call yourself a hikikomori to explain your situation instead of just being a NEET leech became more attractive.

NEET is at least an English creation. It's a word we already had for that shit before it became fashionable, saying 'hikikomori' is unnecessary here.

If geek or nerd are fine, why not just use that? It's because weeb geeks took to otaku because they want to feel closer to their Japanese brethren, that's why.

>>17479500
No fucking shit they exist elsewhere. That's not the issue here.

Seems I struck a nerve with all these "otaku" here.

>>17479550
Shut-ins exist in the West. NEET is not the same thing as shut-in and there is nothing English about it except for the term itself, which seems to have only come into use outside Britain due to its use in Japan.

This is like people thinking honne and tatemae are uniquely Japanese concepts because they have these exotic Japanese names.

Geek/nerd is very similar but not identical to otaku.

>>17479550
Whatever nerd, otakus are still a mistake.

>>17479171
I consider an Otaku to be someone who has invested so much time into their hobby that they can't fathom any other facet of life being as important as their favourite thing. They unjustifiably see anyone who isn't as knowledgable in their field of interest to be lesser than themselves as a person. It's truly a bizarre state of mind to witness in another person.
You could be the biggest rags-to-riches success story with a beautiful big tittied wife and have 3 beautiful children all living in a nice house that you alone paid for and these guys will not give a shit because you don't know the name of the intern that was in charge of mopping the floors during the development of Balloon Fight for NES.

Living psychopaths.

>>17479648
I think this definition is entirely your own and not shared by anyone else or particularly supported by anything.

>>17479660
That was the point of the thread.

>>17479671
I don't see the utility of a definition that's completely personal to yourself.

>>17479686
I don't see the utility of the word "otaku" in general. Frankly it's embarrassing.

>>17479690
It might be better if it didn't exist or fell out of use, but it's here to stay for the foreseeable future.

>>17479463
Oh, you're right. Because a samurai is different from a knight, obviously an otaku must be different from a nerd.
So by your logic, is there a difference between a cherry blossom and a sakura? It's different words, so it must be different things, right?

>>17479648
so an autist.

>>17479171
An otaku is someone that is very knowledgable of a certain topic, like a geek
I consider myself an otaku because my Japanese friend, a self-professed manga otaku in Tokyo, called me idol otaku when we spoke about music at length at his workplace (high end audio shop).

>>17479716
>is there a difference between a cherry blossom and a sakura
You tell me.

>>17480329
No, was the answer to that sarcastic question. Different languages usually have different words to describe the same thing. Otaku is to geek as katana is to sword.

Pathetic virgin losers who are a disappointment to their families & terrible people who should be eliminated, humiliated and excluded forever from society and deserve everything bad that happens in their lives if not much worse.

>>17480362
When you say katana people assume you mean the samurai sword. They also don't take otaku to mean the same thing as geek.

>>17480374
That's me all right.