Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Boku dake ga Inai Machi
best show this season i think

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No

I accept.

It's nothing new. People have been idolizing famous characters since...well, always. What was that japanese female author who spent her whole life daydreaming about how awesome it'd be to marry Genji? I forgot, anyway that is the point.

There is however an addendum to this that correlates to the current world we live in. The desynthe..si..thi..zation(I have no idea how to type this word)towards social relationship, the incapability often to create one at all, the widespread of bullying behaviours that further alienate teens; people are drawn more and more towards a cybernetic world and less towards the real one. The waifu obsession is a direct correlation to this desire for an ideal while leaving with deep emotional struggles of inadequacy. It's not something that didn't exist "back in the days", but it's rooted much deeper now, and paradoxically the age of connection makes it all the harder to get out of one's shell, cause back then you were kinda forced to interact with others eventually, while now you can just as well disappear forever from the real world and live by proxy.

Not that everyone talking about waifus is like that. Mind you some just do it for shits, others just really like some charas but that's about it. But sure there is also a portion of this subset of population that is actually dealing with something more serious and that should probably require help more than ridicule.

That being said if you don't wanna stay virgin for life you should probably stop talking about waifus around real girls!

I realized nobody asked for this analysis but I'm a bit off these days.

Rooks already said that there will be no popularity contest badges.

o.O

Yes sorry, I never remember how to write it.

Also, people need to keep the stupidity of "electing waifus" on one thread. Preferably in Ni, where stupidity runs rampant, but it seems to be stuck here for some reason.

No point in taking it in other threads where it doesn't belong.

Yes, Yes it is the best anime this season.
I've read the manga too. Ugh so good.

*Waits for Ack to log on and be Sgt. Buzzkill again*

just started watching Konosuba. omg so funny.

You spent millions of time and lightyears of money between two women and you mean to tell me neither even gave up the proverbial gnocca? Cause the greek alphabet wouldn't be long enough to find the right letter if that was the case.

I'm aware of the context of the waifu thing and the various psychologies behind it.

Doesn't mean I don't think a man with a legit crush on a cartoon pony isn't terrifying on some level for what it says about us as a species.

It says that we have a rampant problem with the formation of social bonding. Which is actually the only major selling point our species had at all.

I think schools should start teaching new subjects, things like how to interact with others and how to incorporate computers into your life without losing the latter.

Waifu talk is fine. Makes you guys look like idiots sure, but it isn't against the rules.

*ponders pulling a Nik and reporting a mod*

*decides he's not that devoted to giving people a hard time*

Are there still schools out there that out-and-out ban phones?

I know that only a handful of people had cell phones while I was in school -- and most of them that did had them for work release jobs -- so a ban wasn't really in place because it wasn't necessary, but they did pan pagers and the like that were more readily available.

Doesn't really matter to me as I'm childless, but I think it would greatly aid social development if we'd just keep the cell phones away from kids until they've figured out how to communicate in person.

Hell, I wasn't allowed to call friends that lived down the street on a land line when I was growing up, I was required to walk down the street and knock on the door if I wanted to talk to them.

way ahead of you....


Lose the plurals dungbeetle!

You can call me a idiot all day!

if only because it's true...but leave the good childrens of the RT alone you big fat bully!

/playground shove