Stop telling me I'm a weeb because I play ff14

[Xaruko_Nexume]

I honestly think we are to the point now that weeb is bordering on being a slur. Maybe it always was.

[GaiusDrakon]

weeb is bordering on being a slur

[Remish]

I honestly think we are to the point now that weeb is bordering on being a slur. Maybe it always was.

I don't see it used any differently from the way people toss the phrase Karen around. A difference however I noticed is that real weebs actually treat it more like a compliment than an insult. Same for Otaku. Infact businesses have even started adopting those phrases into their advertisements. Maybe it's origins were intended to be a slur but it's definitely one that has backfired over the years.

[Simple_Barghest]

I honestly think we are to the point now that weeb is bordering on being a slur. Maybe it always was.

Weaboo was always intended to be a slur, especially when applying it to the kinds of people who hold up everything Japanese as "peak civilization" to an obnoxious degree and then start crowing about lowering the age of consent.
Problem is that weebs have taken the slur and made it an identity.

[Remish]

Weaboo was always intended to be a slur, especially when applying it to the kinds of people who hold up everything Japanese as "peak civilization" to an obnoxious degree and then start crowing about lowering the age of consent.
Problem is that weebs have taken the slur and made it an identity.

And in a weird twist of fate, "weeb" has spread so wide beyond a point of being a fad that a vast majority of people actually prefer it as a lifestyle choice entirely; and nowadays they do in-fact view Japanese as "peak civilization" on a widespread scale. You can see traces of this everytime people mention how bad the English dub of something is. I took French in Highschool, but all my friends took Japanese. Between them and I, I feel like I took the wrong language course cause I always meet people interested in Japanese, but I lack people to practice French with.

It makes me think of something my parents have said about Dungeons & Dragons. Growing up, they said D&D was generally frowned upon and made you uncool. It's the opposite today and you are kind of missing out if you don't play a little D&D here and there.

[TowaIsBestGirl]

I honestly think we are to the point now that weeb is bordering on being a slur. Maybe it always was.

Yeah, I'm thinking I'm gonna have to put a moratorium on that. Slurs are used to facilitate the likes of racism, and sexism. There is no such thing as an oppressed weeb, and if there is, their media proclivities is not a factor into the why.

[Renalt]

Yeah, I'm thinking I'm gonna have to put a moratorium on that. Slurs are used to facilitate the likes of racism, and sexism. There is no such thing as an oppressed weeb, and if there is, their media proclivities is not a factor into the why.

https://youtu.be/s-09gNDsPzQ

It's relevant...i swear!