i joined leftypol.org to speak the truth of the revolution and i find half the board to be ultraautistic squawking headless chickens infighting and posting "dank memes" and 25% anime gooners damn this disgraceful swill-site a whole board dedicated to the eastern infection anime
For that matter the word anime is engrish. On an American board and we wouldn't even use the word in our language. Instead we use the bastardization of non-english speakers:
>>27016>but the people of the original culture are joining the cargo cult? Wtf?Shit why not do it for all words.
>shittu wai nottu duitsu itsu foru arru wurutsu?>>27010>>27014>>27016Every millenial I come across talks about anime
Every zoomer I come across talks about anime
Every gen alpha I come across talks about anime
And I’m from Europe where anime is only half as popular as in your burger shithole
Haha you’re a losing contrarian
>>27022>>27023>>27024>>27025That pic was taken in San Francisco
Haha you’re a losing contrarian
>>27028Everybody plays Japanese video games
Haha you’re a losing contrarian
>>27821 (me)
also pay and working conditions in the industry are the worst they've ever been and they are getting worse every year
>>27019>For that matter the word anime is engrish.no. anime is japanese for animation. we use the word anime in the west in order to differentiate it from western animation, because we have eyes and can recognize that there is a stylistic and cultural difference between western and eastern animation. we use the word "anime" because it makes a lot of sense to refer to their animation using the word they would use for it, as it would be strange to make up an entirely new word when an existing word that fits into our language just fine already exists.
>Shit why not do it for all words. because not all words are specifically referring to a part of japanese culture. we DO use japanese words to refer to japanese things tho. very commonly. we also do this for a myriad of other languages. in in fact, out of all the borrowed words we have here in america, anime is actually the LEAST random and pointless of them all. at least "anime" is a japanese word used explicitly to refer to a japanese things. meanwhile people say shit like "gesundheit" for no actual reason every single day. im willing to bet people dont even know what "gesundheit" actually means, but im sure that's less offensive to you because gesundheit comes from a language spoken by white people, right?
>>27825>anime is japanese for animation.Yeah and it's Engrish.
>we use the word anime in the west in order to differentiate it from western animation, because we have eyes and can recognize that there is a stylistic and cultural difference between western and eastern animation.There is a stylistic and cultural difference between American and British animation and American and French animation, but we don't call French cartoons l'animation, that would be pretentious and stupid.
> as it would be strange to make up an entirely new word when an existing word that fits into our language just fine already exists. There always was: Japanese cartoons, Japanese animation.
>>27825>meanwhile people say shit like "gesundheit" for no actual reason every single day.People say sayonara too.
>>27826>and it's Engrish.nope. it's an actual japanese word! in fact, in terms of pronunciation it actually lines up perfectly with the english language! if anything, it is just a shortened word. it is no more "engrish" than it would be to say "sam" instead of "samantha"
>There is a stylistic and cultural difference between American and British animationtheir humor is slightly different. that's about it. I watch a lot of british TV. I also watch a lot of american TV. the difference is extremely miniscule, and the themes and ideas are basically the same. america literally shares 90% of its history with england, what with us literally being one of their colonies.
>There always was: Japanese cartoons, Japanese animation.do you keep this energy with ALL borrowed words? do you do this for words english borrowed, too? Do you throw a bitch fit when you hear people say things like "deja vu?" do you cry like a bitch when people say "hasta la vista?"
just admit you hate asians, dude. this is pathetic.
>>27827>Do you throw a bitch fit when you hear people say things like "deja vu?" do you cry like a bitch when people say "hasta la vista?" I already gave you an example:
>People say sayonara too.But you're picking apples and oranges. What are you going to start calling Japanese cars, "kuruma," because they're built different? No because that would be absurd.
>>27828you are one of the most pathetic people i have ever seen. i KNOW you haven't been outside your house for anything other than groceries or your job for at least 3 months. you sound pathetic. you're so incredibly isolated from the world that basic concepts of normal communication are upsetting you.
you genuinely need help, and i am neither willing nor able to give you the help you need. i suggest either a therapist or a rope. both will solve your problem.
>>27831seeing people as sad and pathetic as you would make anybody that loves humanity upset
im upset because i love you and want you to do better for yourself.
>>27833Concern trolling is the main form of politics.
It's very patronizing.
>>27822Really? I thought things were worse back then. Not saying that it's peachy now but still
>>27827Most Britishness in humor is mainly in the accents and excessive verbosity.
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