Bourdain is one of the chefs that inspired my brother to learn the craft, now he's the head honcho at a pretty big restaurant in Reykjavik. He was pretty down about this.
@efesell: I think soy boy is pretty funny. Isn't it referring to people consuming only soylent and then not being able to gain muscle? Thus a weak physical stature.
@harbinlights: "From everything I know, you must be dealing with a pretty tough life by living in Japan. I feel pretty lucky that I don't have to deal with living in Japan and all of its downsides
Was that some kind of passing diss?
I live in the best city in the world as well as one of the safest. I absolutely love living here and wouldn't trade it for anywhere else (best city being highly subjective of course).
Biking around Tokyo on my way to work is a pleasure. So safe, so convenient, so awesome.
I'm not LGBT or gender...curious so I can't comment on what being in that category is like here.
@harbinlights: Uh I'm not going to write a thesis on Otaku in response, I was just saying after living in Japan (and still am), being an Otaku isn't really something you should be screaming from the hilltops and I've not seen any change in this
@harbinlights: It's not my opinion. It's reality. going around calling yourself an Otaku in Japan does not have the "cute" connotation people in the west have given it lol.
Westerners calling themselves Otaku are not really the same, they're just taking a Japanese word and using that instead of calling themselves nerds (well a lot of them).
I just moved recently so I'm waiting for my internet to be installed. It's 1GB, so that's great, but not installed until the 12th. Will be avoiding all the news to watch the conference replays and then join in watching live from Tuesday.
My time zone makes it challenging to watch everything but I'm prepared to ruin my sleep pattern. I do have a job interview on Wednesday though.
Being an Otaku is not a good thing, it's often obsessive and obnoxious. A lot of girls here play games (far more than in the west, IMO) and read manga, it's very common but they won't identify as an Otaku...there is a more negative connotation.
I cycle through Akiba 5 days a week to go to work and I still find the Otakus skeevy, especially the westerners (crying laughing emoji).
I try and block out a lot of this stuff. I've been here long enough to share the more negative reaction to Otakus.
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