On Wapanese

I hate many things, but there is one thing I hate above all else: Wapanese. Even Goths are better than Wapanese and that is saying a lot (no offense to anyone who actually is a Goth, you are better than the Wapanese at least). Even those North Koreans who think Kim Jong-Il is so great don't irritate me as much as Wapanese.

This board and many others are filled with people who idolize Japan as though it were a holy place (and of course they have an analog to the hajj). They download torrents of Japanese commercials! They watch Japanese television and go on about great it is that Japan has the most advanced technology in the world (don't you just want to smack them with a Unabomber's Manifesto?)

However, they gloss over the real Japan, the Japan where women and foreigners are treated terribly and hyperreality engulfs all. Japan, as pointed out in another thread, is the most artificial culture in existance. Wapanese, for some reason, seem ashamed of our "primitive" culture where things are still real.

In short, Wapanese are fooling themselves and living in inauthenticity. If they are so ashamed of US culture (I don't really blame them), they should revolt against it, not look for another culture to obsess on.

~~~Fafemoapiitio te 'oopiitiii faefoootiiiaaiii.~~~

>>52 What are you talking about?! Foreigners are anything but treated nice in America, they are only treated nice in some of the larger cities of America. America, on a whole, is very racist, that's why we have to have strict laws against it.

Also, not every anime and manga follows what you say. You could say the same for American art, books, movies, and music actually, for example, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sesame Street, etc. Given, lots of media in Japan does not correctly reflect Japanese culture, but when was the last time you watched a movie that screams American culture?