Comment of the Weak – NewGeekPhilosopher
Dude, that’s not what I meant at all. In any case I gave myself a bad name because I misinterpreted my own point, and got confused and acted like an idiot. Of course non-white people can be Oztaku if they’re Australian citizens, for example I extended the word to describe Blissmo from Yukan Blog, who is Asian by the way.
I’m not helping myself at all and I should probably make my article die in a fire. As if I haven’t got enough things to be depressed about.
- NewGeekPhilosopher on “What Is An Otaku?”
I don’t know whether I should be angry at you or not….
Which makes me angry!
Do I give a shit about you already having enough things to be depressed about? How am I supposed to know you have other shit going on? This is about your stupid article and nothing else. Don’t go looking for pity.
“Oh, Punktaku! Please don’t criticise me because I’ve got enough shit to be depressed about”
And you expect to hear – “Oh I’m so sorry, I never realised. How careless of me” well, don’t expect anything like that from me. Now I’m really pissed.
With my article I let you off nicely you weak, cowardly dog. Now let me go into detail. *ahem*
Oztaku is already a word coined by an Australian doujinshi magazine. These guys sponsor and appear at many Australian conventions, I’m surprised you haven’t heard of them. You claim to have coined a new term? Consult google next time you dumbass. You give Oztaku a bad name, they don’t sprout pretentious bullshit like you do.
You say that the word Otaku is negative? Go to hell. I find that very offensive. I like Otaku, and I consider myself a little bit of one myself. What’s wrong with the term Otaku? You say this about Oztaku “We need a liberating word that empowers us in following our hobby” Otaku is a word that is already used to empower people. You think people feel bad about themselves when they call themselves and their friends Otaku?
“An Anime fan who is Australian, often Anglo Saxon” wait, why do you mention this? Who cares? Oh well, I’m sure you just mentioned it in passing but “…lot more sense than calling white Anglo Saxon people who don’t see their hobby as counter-culture at all otaku”. What the hell?
“…is most likely an Oztaku, because they interact with established media networks to promote Anime and Manga actively.” So you think you’re better than us just because you promote Anime and Manga to the media? Just mentioning an anime to someone in passing or writing reviews on a blog counts as promotion as well, most people promote their hobby, you’re nothing special.
I’m too tired to continue with this. You’re a waste of my time and effort. I hope both you and your article die in a fire.
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November 5th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Yes, non-Japanese already seem to use the word Otaku in a non-disparaging way. Then again, so do Japanese Otaku, to my knowledge. But it’s sort of like gay folks referring to each other as “fags,” or perhaps like a tamer version of “nigga please.” Removal of the power the word has. The root is that, yes, it’s a disparaging word.
But aside from all that shit… Lupus from THAT used the mistakes and ignorance of NGP’s post as a launching off point for a real post, which was nice. Would have rather seen that than watch someone proverbially beat this kid down further. To each his own, I guess. Like “otaku,” you must have a different definition of “punk” than me.