Pardon my ignorance, but I thought a “weeb” was someone who obsessed over Japanese culture in general, not just anime. So let’s say I have a degree in Japanese studies but don’t geek out over anime, am I still a weeb?

On my multi-player play through Wyll fell hard for my Paladin (probably because he’s a goody two-shoes) and when he asked him to dance I was like “sure let’s have a fun time in face of this overwhelming catastrophe” and then after the dance was done I quickly realized it was quite a bit more than a dance. When I politely informed Wyll that I did not care for him in that way the look of hurt and betrayal he gave me… it made me wonder if I should quick reload and be gay for him, so I didn’t hurt his feelings. -_- poor Wyll.

And I think this is the crux of the problem and where most of the hate comes from. You can have a good kaiju movie without Godzilla, but can you have a good Godzilla movie without Godzilla? I would argue that no, you can’t. I would also argue that the monster from that movie wasn’t Godzilla… it was Matthew Broderick. /rimshot

But seriously, a lot less people would have ragged on that movie had they given it a different name, but arguably a lot less people would have seen it if they had given a different name. 🤷

Oh man, let me tell you about The Flying House.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_House_(TV_series)

Turns out maybe my ultra-christian grandma is the reason I turned into the heathen weeb I am today!

The thing that sticks out in my mind right now is the steamed pizza buns (pizzaman) from 7-11 in Japan. That feels somewhat embarrassing to say because it’s just a convenience store snack… but I miss them constantly.

I am not an expert in any field relating to any of this by any means, but we can all agree that CSAM is unequivocally reprehensible. Thusly many people will have severe issues with anything that normalizes it even remotely. That would be my knee jerk response anyway.