weeaboos

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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

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[keanu reeves]

feel like this is an outdated term.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.

[digit]

the term itself may be somewhat outdated, but weeaboos are still very much alive & roaming the earth.

[hello spiral]

mhm, I took this photo 2 days ago

 

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'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.

[maxd98]

weaboos are prevalent in Europe and north america. but the new thing is koreaboos. 

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...didn't mean to bully anyone...

 

didn't say you did

 

Didn't say you did say I did

[BCM]

i say you both did

[Kidrodi]

They're those smelly fat people who masturbate to cartoon tentacles

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i say you both did

I say you did say we both did

 

cartoon tentacles, mmmmhh sounds sexy

[joshuatxuk]

reverse weeaboo, arguably:

 

 

[bronchuseven]

Apparently the term originated with this PBF comic