Anime_irl
So Accurate it Hurts
So the infamous Youtube algorithm recommended this video (I noticed it cause it was the only video not related to Anime for some reason) and after watching it, all I can say is that this doesn’t even seem like parody or satire anymore...
It’s just... accurate...
Today’s News: Australian Karen Celebrates Banning Anime and Manga Titles, Will Backfire Spectacularly
So I’ve some across this little gem: an Australian politician (an absolute Karen) bragged about banning certain Anime and Manga titles, like Eromanga Sensei and Goblin Slayer, with the aim of ‘protecting children’ or whatever, you can read the full story below:
…there is just so much wrong with this. First of all, if she had a fucntioning brain (which is exceptionally rare for a Karen like her to have) she would have looked up any credible statistics website and saw if there was any validity to her claim that “sexualised” anime charatcers are the reasons for rape numbers and child exploitation. As a matter of fact, since she clearly lacks the brain capacity to do so, unsurprising for a Karen, imma do her a favour.
*literally 3 minutes later*
Oh, would you look at that, the ‘great evil of over-sexualisation’ that is Japan has some of the lowers crime rates potentially related to what Karen is claiming. Who would have thought? And that’s after 3 minutes of low-effort research on Google since I was lazy. She literally couldn’t do 3 minutes of Google searching to check if her claims were valid or not. And this is an Australian senator? GGWP Australia, you’ve done it again…
Oh, and in terms of abuse:
Japan’s ‘record’ was 1992 cases (90k reported), which is still horrible, but…
*MEANWHILE IN AUSTRALIA*
355,935 notifications, 50k of which were substantial.
(also Japan has 5x the population of Australia, just sayin’…)
Also, what does this absolute Karen think is gonna happen? People are just gonna buy VPNs and pirate what they can’t read legally, then vote for someone who actually uses their brain. This will fix nothing. Maybe, just maybe, the problem doesn’t lie in manga and anime but in, oh, I don’t know, the culture and could be rooted in broader societal reasons?
Can’t wait for this to backfire…
Oh, I heard of this one. Yeah, I think it could actually a strategy, because they want more people to pirate anime, so that the anime creators get less money and therefore, the anime bussiness will slowly go bankrupt. Anime is one of the last true forms of creativity and way of escapism, so they want it stomped into the ground.
I might also be looking too deep into this one, but this is just my thought on the matter.
@yellow-eyed-green-crocodile While I can’t say for certain if it’s some conspiracy or great scheme or something along those lines (people will still buy them even if free versions are available if they wanna support the creators) but yeah, I have noticed that the feminists and the puritans have been assaulting the Anime community for awhile, but they’ll never win, mostly because we won’t let their stupidity prevail. It’s like with Uzaki-Chan wa Asobitai! that came out recently: their baby-rage only gave it more exposure and viewership, and thankfully, the Japanese are sane enough not to let these idiots influence their works.
Today’s News: Australian Karen Celebrates Banning Anime and Manga Titles, Will Backfire Spectacularly
So I’ve some across this little gem: an Australian politician (an absolute Karen) bragged about banning certain Anime and Manga titles, like Eromanga Sensei and Goblin Slayer, with the aim of ‘protecting children’ or whatever, you can read the full story below:
...there is just so much wrong with this. First of all, if she had a fucntioning brain (which is exceptionally rare for a Karen like her to have) she would have looked up any credible statistics website and saw if there was any validity to her claim that “sexualised” anime charatcers are the reasons for rape numbers and child exploitation. As a matter of fact, since she clearly lacks the brain capacity to do so, unsurprising for a Karen, imma do her a favour.
*literally 3 minutes later*
Oh, would you look at that, the ‘great evil of over-sexualisation’ that is Japan has some of the lowers crime rates potentially related to what Karen is claiming. Who would have thought? And that’s after 3 minutes of low-effort research on Google since I was lazy. She literally couldn’t do 3 minutes of Google searching to check if her claims were valid or not. And this is an Australian senator? GGWP Australia, you’ve done it again...
Oh, and in terms of abuse:
Japan’s ‘record’ was 1992 cases (90k reported), which is still horrible, but...
*MEANWHILE IN AUSTRALIA*
355,935 notifications, 50k of which were substantial.
(also Japan has 5x the population of Australia, just sayin’...)
Also, what does this absolute Karen think is gonna happen? People are just gonna buy VPNs and pirate what they can’t read legally, then vote for someone who actually uses their brain. This will fix nothing. Maybe, just maybe, the problem doesn’t lie in manga and anime but in, oh, I don’t know, the culture and could be rooted in broader societal reasons?
Can’t wait for this to backfire...
What anime has your favorite ending?
The original ending of Code Geass R2.
All hail Emperor Lelouch!
Tired
Been working on a new fanfic and also nearing completion of the final chapter of Staring it up! (7k words in, about 5k more to go...)
Probably gonna work on both ‘till the evening (and proofread a chapter of my novel)
What do you think of the BLM movement?
I’m gonna assume you mean Black Lives Matter, right?
Well, my position isn’t linear.
One the one hand, I do agree that there is injustice going around in the world (especially in America) and that black people are still often the targets of racism and often end up at the bottom end of the stratification ladder. So saying “yo, the heck is going on?” is perfectly reasonable.
However...
As always, the most vocal minority of nutjobs have taken the reins and hijacked the movement, which is self-evident. For one thing, black people (and all people, regardless of skin colour, nationality, sex, etc.) can be racist, and the vocal nutjobs of the movement are trying to claim otherwise, which is absurd. Second of all, they lost my sympathy the moment they began looting and violently protesting; gonna be real here, a lot of BLM protesters don’t really care about the cause of the movement but just joined in to steal shit for free, and many a small business owner’s life has been ruined because of it. Way to go, assholes... Thirdly, yes, that cop that killed G. F. by suffocating him deserves to be punished, what he did was horrible, but don’t go around discriminating every cop (and behaving racist towards white cops) because of one moron. There are good cops and there are bad cops, and claiming that the whole US police force is racist because of a handful of actually racist cops is absurd and counterproductive; demand that the actual racist cops get weeded out! For fuck’s sake, it’s not even that hard...
So yeah, my opinion: must like feminism, a movement that at its core was reasonable got hijacked by nutjobs and is now garnering more opposition than support.
I recommend for you to use reddit. Its blogs systems is much better than tumblr's.
Oh, I view Reddit quite regularly and am a somewhat-frequent contributor to the r/Animemes section. Given that Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! has premiered and that Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san also has an Anime adaptation confirmed, things are about to get spicy with beautiful degeneracy over there.
What is your ideal society?
I dunno
youre typical weeb trash
Am I in any way not transparent with it??
What animes/any media you think is underrated?
(Just a word of advice, type it either as ‘anime’ or ‘Anime’; you don’t pluralise it with the suffix -s)
Underrated Anime? A few come to mind: Ergo Proxy, Nana, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (my bf recommended it to me and it was glorious from start to finish), Scrapped Princess, Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda, Zankyou no Terror, ... there are loads of Anime that I wish had more recognition, but I’m sort of glad they don’t; they have their own dedicated fandoms, which are people I can have a normal chat with.
As for any media, well, define what you mean by that.
Favorite Angel in Evangelion? To me, it's Arael and Armisael. Mental abilities are the most effective.
Never really had a favourite angel tbh
Where are you politically? Right or left?
I think I’ve mentioned a few times that I don’t take sides like this, the reason being that were I to take a side, I would be risking having to bend my positions in order to please the group, and I don’t roll that way. My own opinions and views are enough for me, and I’ve contemplated each of my views over thoroughly. I’m still willing to shift my positions based on new data and findings, but I don’t care whether that position is considered liberal or conservative or libertarian or whatever; it either makes sense or it doesn’t, period.
It's Tumblr dude. You said it yourself it is pointless to take it seriously.
Yeah, you’re right. Tumblr is its own dimension. I really need to find a new place for a fresh blog, one that allows absolute freedom of speech and doesn’t censor content.
Don't those people also say that men are scared of muscular women and do you think its true?
Excuses. The word you’re looking for is excuses. It’s what those nutjobs use when they have no valid arguments, and what you’ve suggested is a perfect example.
And no, that statement is an utter absurdity. Most of the these “You just don’t like it because [insert complete SJW gibberish]” arguments are just coverups for lazy storytelling and pointless virtue-signalling. It’s a cult. My speculation is that, much like the beliefs of a cult, their statements don’t match reality, and the majority of the cultists are aware of that, but they have to keep repeating them in order to maintain their flawed view of the world. Thankfully, the movements against this crap are gaining momentum, and for each cultist they manage to recruit, a dozen more will stand in opposition. The only thing that worries me is that this kind of stuff is only going to give right-wing nutjobs like Trump and Shapiro the upper hand- and I’m descending into politics so no thank you.
I regret so much...
@yellow-eyed-green-crocodile So I went ahead and read some of the re-blogs/comments of that Abby picture here on Tumblr and now I am genuinely convinced that we’ve failed as a species...