dingformung Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 I recently stumbled upon the term "weeaboo" which seems to describe a non-Japanese person that's obsessed with Japan and behaves in a stereotypically Japanese manner. That sounds pretty stupid. Why should anyone do this? Do you have any experience with a weeaboo or are you one? If you are from Japan, have you ever come across a weeaboo and how did you perceive them? I understand the fascination for the foreign and exotic, but I can't figure out why someone would want to reproduce stereotypes instead of trying to get to know more about the culture of interest. Weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 feel like this is an outdated term. very 2002-2007. these people have either moved on to another act of cultural appropriation like listening to k-pop, or have died of heart failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 the term itself may be somewhat outdated, but weeaboos are still very much alive & roaming the earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 mhm, I took this photo 2 days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 'weeaboo' is an insult, not a category of person Okay, thanks, didn't mean to bully anyone. I didn't read it in a very insulting context though, thought of it as playful, but the phenomenon itself was new to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxd98 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 weaboos are prevalent in Europe and north america. but the new thing is koreaboos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 ...didn't mean to bully anyone... didn't say you did Didn't say you did say I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 i say you both did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidrodi Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 They're those smelly fat people who masturbate to cartoon tentacles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 i say you both did I say you did say we both did cartoon tentacles, mmmmhh sounds sexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 reverse weeaboo, arguably: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Apparently the term originated with this PBF comic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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