[QUOTE=Profanwolf;45237677]That's reading as a means for educating yourself, different from reading for entertainment, which is what I thought we were talking about?
But okay sure, maybe with magazines you have a point.[/QUOTE]
Reading as a form of entertainment may be less beneficial but books such as the ones by Michael Crichton have legitimate facts and information behind them in most cases and are also fun to read.
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[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;45237682]what if I watched an anime about cooking (these exist!) and decided to be a chef, this is YOUR LOGIC so you can't possibly argue with this right?!
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[B]stop watching naruto and find out[/B].[/QUOTE]
I don't know about you but I think we have established that I don't watch anime?
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;45237689]
I don't know about you but I think we have established that I don't watch anime?[/QUOTE]
I'm saying that you seem to think anime is a very narrow existence when it's exactly the same as every medium.
there are a ton of anime about hobbies or careers, just like books.
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;45237689]Reading as a form of entertainment may be less beneficial but books such as the ones by Michael Crichton have legitimate facts and information behind them in most cases and are also fun to read.
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I don't know about you but I think we have established that I don't watch anime?[/QUOTE]
If you haven't watched any anime, why are you making statements about what the medium provides when you don't know?
Usually you want something to base your statements on or it's all literally nothing but opinion pieces.
It's almost like if I would go into a medium you liked, said it was all garbage and only neckbeards consumed it even though I had only seen the top layer.
Of course, that's assuming you even like anything, I'm not sure you do.
At this point, what medium it is doesn't even matter because the problem is you don't know [I]anything [/I]about it.
[QUOTE=Rahkshi lord;45237712]I'm saying that you seem to think anime is a very narrow existence when it's exactly the same as every medium.
there are a ton of anime about hobbies or careers, just like books.[/QUOTE]
Working!! really gets the gears in your head spinning about the nature of employment
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;45237689]Reading as a form of entertainment may be less beneficial but books such as the ones by Michael Crichton have legitimate facts and information behind them in most cases and are also fun to read.
[/QUOTE]
Now, i'm a simple man, i like simple things and i live a simple life.
But i think that [B][I]ANY[/I][/B] form of media that you participate in that makes you feel happy is worth doing.
Some people may like cartoons, some may like live action, others may like to see a rendition of something using geometric shapes or something equally bizarre
But as long as you're not harming anyone by doing so
then what does it even matter what you like?
Live and let live, it's not your place to judge and neither is it theirs.
[QUOTE=Profanwolf;45237714]If you haven't watched any anime, why are you making statements about what the medium provides when you don't know?
Usually you want something to base your statements on or it's all literally nothing but opinion pieces.
[/QUOTE]
Yeah like anyone not mind-controlled by animu would [b]want[/b] to get mind-controlled
duh
[QUOTE=CheeseMan;45237725]Working!! really gets the gears in your head spinning about the nature of employment[/QUOTE]
Expanding on that, I came across this before: [url]http://myanimelist.net/anime/3001/Moyashimon[/url]
Based around a a guy who can supposedly see microbes, it might sound like a ridiculous premise but it's educational about microbes, processes like fermentation and things surrounding agriculture.
Obviously not scientifically modeled visual representations, it still has to be watchable while staying educational.
[QUOTE=CheeseMan;45237725]Working!! really gets the gears in your head spinning about the nature of employment[/QUOTE]
Indeed. I am now fearful that my next place of employment will have a raging psychotic androphobe.
But there's also the odds of there being an adorable midget so 50/50.
Its OK to like anime
[QUOTE=Profanwolf;45237740] it's educational about microbes[/QUOTE]
[quote]talk to cute, chibi bacteria and other microscopic organisms.[/quote]
Bacteria and other microscopic organisms can't talk though. Pseudoscience.
[QUOTE=gudman;45237761]Bacteria and other microscopic organisms can't talk though. Pseudoscience.[/QUOTE]
How do you know for sure?
Jesus waffle, how big is that hole you're digging, can you see china?
[QUOTE=Zeb Brown;45237775]Jesus waffle, how big is that hole you're digging, can you see china?[/QUOTE]
he's trying to get to japan so he can tell them to stop liking anime.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;45237770]How do you know for sure?[/QUOTE]
They live in their own world which is so different from ours that it can as well be different plane of existence. I always found this fascinating tbh
Would be rad to talk to one, what it would have to say. What it would even sound like, if it could at all.
[QUOTE=gudman;45237787]They live in their own world which is so different from ours that it can as well be different plane of existence. I always found this fascinating tbh
Would be rad to talk to one, what it would have to say. What it would even sound like, if it could at all.[/QUOTE]
"Christ, you guys are UGLY!"
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;45237801]"Christ, you guys are UGLY!"[/QUOTE]
Yeah. Do they have their own bacteria-Saviour?
[QUOTE=gudman;45237811]Yeah. Do they have their own bacteria-Saviour?[/QUOTE]
Amoebus Christ?
[QUOTE=Domokun;45237755]Its OK to like anime[/QUOTE]
anime is a sin, seek repentance my child
[QUOTE=Limed00d;45237849]anime is a sin, seek repentance my child[/QUOTE]
there's a special circle of hell for anime watchers, it's very kowai
[QUOTE=Limed00d;45237849]anime is a sin, seek repentance my child[/QUOTE]
That is one sin that can not be forgiven.
The punishment will be passed onto your children and your children's children until the end of time.
why the fuck are there five pages over this?
It's okay for people to like certain things.
funny thing is i don't even watch all that much anime
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3 or 4 episodes a week, tops
holy shit this thread
oh my god just don't give him fucking attention
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;45237584]It makes people complete zombies that hide away. I knew a kid that I used to be friends with who literally skipped 80% of a school year just to marathon anime shows. And it's not just exclusive to him.[/QUOTE]
so you're making mass generalizations regarding a hobby based on a singular personal experience with a guy you knew once
okay
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this is a really great thread
[QUOTE=Bryceanater;45238160]why the fuck are there five pages over this?[/QUOTE]
I know,I've been trying to tell them to lock this shit but they're not locking it.
[QUOTE=Wafflemonstr;45237618]Most mediums provide a method of contributing in some way. Other than the minuscule chance of becoming an author or animator, what is anime gonna get you.[/QUOTE]
I started watching anime about a year ago and now I have thousands of new fans, new friends, high-profile industry connections, a panel at a convention in a few weeks, a DVD coming out in Japan this fall, and I'm going to Tokyo in August to attend Comiket and sell DVDs there. I've also been on TV a few times, had many articles written about me and I was interviewed in a Japanese newspaper
but other than that idk
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