/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>22335770
this is why people have harems

>>22335770
I’m not reading that shit. Get out.
Fuck you and your trash thread. Normalfags from /a/ are your audience and target of representation.

>>22335833
Please read it, its a topic that has been alluding me for years. Not that I ever have had a "waifu" but I find waifuposting paradoxial.
PS. Dont sage my threads kudasai.

>>22335770
A waifu is like a celebrity you're a fan of. Of course you can have multiple.

>>22336173
Objection.
Since ancient posts it is immoral to have more than one waifu.

>>22335770
>>22335918
Waifus are only for the most escapist and antisocial people. Slapping a 'waifu' sticker on some idol trash because you like her is not the same as weaboos having their entire life dedicated to a single character.

Fucking normies heard of waifus and ridiculed it to their tastes. Also, having harems or switching waifus is despicable.

>>22336264
I know that, that is why I dont have a waifu. However, I still find it hard to believe that anyone would have such dedication towards a girl from a now dead and in the future forgotten show.

>>22336286
So you basically mean that you do grasp the concept of waifus but find it improbable for anyone to be so dedicated for so long? What's your issue then?

I guess most zoomers' attention span is too short to have a waifu and remain loyal. And the 'waifu' word is overused by weaboos. Also, back in the day /a/ had threads and galleries of anon having a whole room dedicated to his waifu, then destroying everything next year. I guess it's part of how futile and unrealistic the whole concept of waifuism is supposed to be, so your observation is correct.

On the other hand, dig deep and you will find some people being sworn to one waifu for more than a decade. It was never supposed to be a popular thing.

It's an obsession. Probably an unhealthy one at that. 99 % of the time you see the word be used, and this includes past usage from many years ago, it will in reality be closer to "favourite character". "True" waifuism is at best a sort of "celebrity crush", for lack of a better comparison. At worst it is a deep sated obsession for the image this person has created in his mind of the character. In my opinion, the "celebrity crush" is probably where most people who post in waifu threads and such are. In terms of interaction with the target of the crush, a celebrity and a 2D character are just about equaly likely. If anime and manga were as popular in the west as 3D stars, I'm sure we would associate waifus with a childish or early teenage phase, in much the same way we do with the celebrity crush. If someone dug up some research in japanese about the phenomenon, I'd be surprised if it didn't coincide greatly with "celebrity crushes".
Source: my ass.

>>22336286
Those people don't actually exist, apart from a few schitzos. For the rest it's just roleplaying, kinda like some old lady might talk to Jesus every night.

>>22335770
>a better suited girl will always appear
Wrong, if you truly think there could be a better girl then she was never your waifu and you didn't care much for her in the first place.
>nothing stopping you from switching your waifu everytime you find someone else you prefer more
It's called not being a scumbag.

>>22337918
>Wrong, if you truly think there could be a better girl then she was never your waifu and you didn't care much for her in the first place
It is a fools errand to believe the ocean doesnt have better fish in it. Only thing you can do is quit fishing.
>It's called not being a scumbag.
But who would know?

>>22336388
>zoomers
You've a point but please use another word.

Is "waifu" used by japs for same purpose also, or is it a weeb neologism?

waifus are gay, real men have paizuri slaves.

>>22335770
But anon, lately ive been neglected my other waifus and chose to solely focus on a monogomous relationship with my top waifu. I even go so far as to, instead of just self inserting myself into an anime I recently watched, also self inserting my waifu as the love interest, even if it means changing her personality

>>22335770
Having a waifu is when you find a fictional character so perfect that you fall in love with them.
When you feel guilty for fapping to things that aren't her, when seeing her brings an instant smile to your face.
When every time an artist draws her you're simultaneously elated by their good taste and jealous of the possession they've taken of your girl.
Knowing that it's fiction is bittersweet, because she can't let you down but lacks depths to explore. She's an ideal, a single window into femininity that illuminates the soul of the viewer.

You say there's nothing stopping you and a better suited girl will appear, but there are many facets to a person and sometimes what matters most is fidelity to who we've decided to be.
For me, it's the 'zou. Eight years and counting.

>>22338128
>waifus
>top waifu

>>22338186
thats what im working on anon

>>22335770
correct term is "wife"

Muslims can have multiple wives. I dunno if jaypee converted to Islam now tho

>>22338205
Learn what a waifu is and then come back, you clearly haven't read the thread whatsoever or you're just an irony-poisoned teen baiting.

>>22338261

>>22338050
>It is a fools errand to believe the ocean doesnt have better fish in it. Only thing you can do is quit fishing.
How shallow do you have to be to switch lover by the time you find another candidate?
>But who would know?
Do you stop acting by your own beliefs when no one is looking? Do you consider acceptable to betray your lover if you can get away with it? You sound like a shitty person.

>>22338231
Actually, the correct term is 「嫁」

>>22338281
If you're a Romanticist that believes in something like a "soulmate" or "true love," then you deserve to get slapped across the face when you realize things aren't that pretty in real life.

>>22338668
I think you don't understand what waifuism is.

>>22338691
People who actually are convinced they have a waifu are schizos, so switching fictional lovers is completely fine

>waifu
>>>/a/

>>22338727
No one asked for you opinion on the matter, Mr. armchair psychologist. If you think nothing of switching lover, real or fictional, you never actually cared for that person in first place. People like you are the reason 3D is PD.

It's about as much of a joke as a real marriage.
And there's nothing paradoxical about it, people sometimes project their values even in a fictional setting, or precisely because it is a fictional setting.

>>22338281
>Do you stop acting by your own beliefs when no one is looking?
I finally get to act by my own beliefs when no one is looking.

>>22338780
Feeling love towards a fictional character is being literally delusional, so the act of switching fictional lovers holds no inherent positive/negative connotation. And any sane person in the back of their minds knows that that guy who married his waifu inside his Nintendo DS is probably mentally ill.

>>22338780
Monogamy is not the normal state for humans. You only happen to have been raised in a culture where monogamous relationships are valued
>According to the Ethnographic Atlas by George P. Murdock, of 1,231 societies from around the world noted, 186 were monogamous; 453 had occasional polygyny; 588 had more frequent polygyny; and 4 had polyandry

>>22335770
>a better suited girl will always appear.
Wrong

>>22338780
local anthropologist concludes that the millions of humans that cheated on their significant other in the entire span of human existence never cared about their partner throughout their entire relationship

>>22338999
Leaving your lover for someone else definitely holds negative connotation. If you think nothing of leaving the person you purposely love, you are a shitty person.
I think it's funny you bring up mental illnesses, when your perception of your loved one is of a commodity you can switch when you find a "better" or "superior" version.
>>22339029
Another shitty person.
>>22339012
This is not related to my post.

Sweet tittyfucking christ, why is it so goddamn /a/ in here?

>>22338999
Leaving your lover for someone else definitely holds a negative connotation. If you think nothing of leaving the person you allegedly love, you are a shitty person.
I think it's funny you bring up mental illnesses, when your perception of your loved one is of a commodity you can switch when you find a "better" or "superior" version.
>>22339029
Another shitty person.
>>22339012
This is not related to my post or this thread at all.

>>22339029
I add that "cheated on" is not the same as "thinking nothing of switching lover".

>>22339085
You can simplify the feeling of love as processes within the amygdala of a brain. Those chemical processes are there especially during the honeymoon phase of a relationships. Then in most cases it’ll eventually wear off, or has less of an effect than it had previously. Take for example newlyweds vs. a married couple of 10 years. In some cases one partner might find their relationship lacking because those love chemicals are less potent. They still felt love towards their partner before, but not in the present. Then being introduced to a new partner can spark more new love chemicals, which is more potent than the chemicals that have been dulled out. Can you at least understand this simple concept or are you too hung up over your retarded opinion of what you think love should be?

>>22339118
>You can simplify the feeling of love as processes within the amygdala of a brain. Those chemical processes are there especially during the honeymoon phase of a relationships. Then in most cases it’ll eventually wear off, or has less of an effect than it had previously. Take for example newlyweds vs. a married couple of 10 years. In some cases one partner might find their relationship lacking because those love chemicals are less potent. They still felt love towards their partner before, but not in the present. Then being introduced to a new partner can spark more new love chemicals, which is more potent than the chemicals that have been dulled out.
Why you explain humans to me, Anonymous?
>are you too hung up over your retarded opinion of what you think love should be?
I think you are close to understanding waifuism, come on anon, you can do it!

>>22339085
And you’re ignoring the fact that the act of “leaving your lover” in this case is leaving a fictional character you like and moving onto another one. Are you ignoring the fact that they are fictional?

If this was leaving your real life spouse and marrying someone else, I can understand. When you leave that person, they can feel negative and sad emotions I can empathize with. But when you leave a fictional character, they can’t feel anything because they aren’t real. You’re saying Person X is shitty person because they left the love of their life Princess Peach for Daisy? They’re fictional, who cares? Maybe they got love chemicals from Peach but then got better love chemicals from Daisy. But at the end of the day they’re literally autistic because they fell in love with Princess Peach. And if a person was out in public proclaiming their love for Peach, you won’t keep a straight face. And if you say otherwise, you’re lying to yourself.

>>22336264
>escapist
Yep that’s definitely me.

I personally don’t have a dedicated room to a waifu. I just have a set few that I like and make me feel relaxed and loved.
I usually dream that I am with my waifu in a nice setting at the ends of my hardships.
Plus it helps me keep sane from the amount of contempt and hatred to the women in my area. No waifu would be infected with a dozen stds and have 16 past sexual partners (except Sanae, but she is clean). I don’t want to become a flesh atm for some thot that will leave me in a year once she gets her baby.

I thought it was /a/ in here, but turns out it's just /r9k/ phoneposters.

>>22339152
>But when you leave a fictional character, they can’t feel anything because they aren’t real.
>They’re fictional, who cares?
Humans get attached to fictional being or even objects. If you are attached to someone/something you don't just throw them away, because you care about them. If have the mindset "i'll just get a new waifu when a "superior" version" comes out, it's clear you don't actually care about that character.
>But at the end of the day they’re literally autistic because they fell in love with Princess Peach. And if a person was out in public proclaiming their love for Peach, you won’t keep a straight face. And if you say otherwise, you’re lying to yourself.
Since when 4chan cares what some normalfag thinks?
>>22339201
Waifufaggotry is pure /jp/.

>>22339152
Get out

>>22339028
He’s not wholly wrong when he states that, however he blunders in his implying that waifuism is a search for the absolute ’best’ character, rather than commitment to a single character for whom one has warm feelings. What’s ’best’? Why is being the best necessary?

>>22339201
>>22335833

>>22335770
>Because having a waifu is one-sided affair there is nothing stopping you from switching your waifu everytime you find someone else you prefer more.
Love stops you. Once you really fall in love with a girl and she becomes your waifu, you simply do not feel any need to look for other girls, 2D or 3D.

>>22336264
>Waifus are only for the most escapist and antisocial people.
I disagree. I'm not social in a normie way, but I have no problems with talking with other people, have female friends, go on parties, keep my feet on the ground etc. Yet I've fallen in love with 2D girl and stayed with her. I never wanted to have a waifu, it just happened and I enjoy that a lot. I devote my heart to her, but I still have life outside of her.

>>22338096
I think they use ore no yome.

>>22338281
>How shallow do you have to be to switch lover by the time you find another candidate?
But is that not what having a waifu is? Finding the perfect object of adoration. If you ever feel that you picked the wrong wife you have already failed.
>Do you stop acting by your own beliefs when no one is looking? Do you consider acceptable to betray your lover if you can get away with it? You sound like a shitty person.
Depends if it harms the person or not. I would not steal from Alice but I would do Marisa on the side if she wouldn't find out. I'd feel bad about it but I doubt would have the moral fiber to resist the temptation. Stealing from the poor is evil and wrong, however cheating is immaterial.

And this is about the fifth time this week someone calls me shitty on 4chan.

Is moot literally retarded? He gets 10000 applications for Janitor, yet these shitposting threads still last this long? How many people is he actually hiring? What kind of horseshit criteria does he have? This should not be happening so consistently almost 10 years into the site's life.

>>22340606
>moot
Long gone.

Waifufags are just dumb assholes who fell for the 3DPD meme and thought it wasn't just shitposting. It's pathetic how they keep pissing away their money on retarded overpriced anime merch to justify their wooden, hollow, "love" (more like a passing autistic obsession). Many of them switch "waifus" almost yearly yet the ones who are "devoted" are just as insufferable.
The problem with waifufags is that they run rampant on shitty anime boards like /a/ with no one sensible to shut them the fuck up.

>>22340671
>The problem with waifufags is that they run rampant on shitty anime boards like /a/
/a/ yesterday, /jp/ today, who knows where tomorrow?

>>22340671
>3DPD meme
Someone leaked from the idolshit general again.

>>22340671
I'll give you 2/10.

>>22340671
>The problem with waifufags is that they run rampant on shitty anime boards like /a/ with no one sensible to shut them the fuck up.
You mix real waifufags with ironic weebs.
Majority of people who take their waifu seriously, do not go to threads about her. Why would you want to read people insulting her or lewding her? Nothing good will come from it. Also most of the threads are about current anime, so unless you have very popular waifu, after the season ends you won't find many threads about her except for /c/.

>>22335770
It's a fad.

>>22335770
waifu has been adopted way too often now. Dislike how that term is used so carelessly now. also>>22346151

>>22346151
You bumped this kuso thread all the way from the bottom for that?

>>22346213
>>22346151
The fad has been going for a decade or two now...

>>22340683
/g/

>>22335770
>If you have a waifu then you by definition should keep her as an waifu forever.
Not with divorces being a thing.