Comments on: New York Times: Love in 2-D

By: yo

yo — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:45:49 +0000

I dont’ see the problem of liking 2D characters, because I don’t see why liking real girls is so important, I think people should just like what they want, real or 2D, and everyone else should just stfu. As long as no one gets hurt, I don’t see the problem with anything.

Besides 2D girls are usually designed to appeal to men likings and desires, so I don’t see the problem with men actually responding to that.

By: Shiri

Shiri — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:46:03 +0000

Page 1 verdict: nerds can have depressing habits; story not newsworthy or usefully informative in any way; (EDIT: following through on checking the author out, it seems to be less being uninformed and more sensationalism, which could be either better or worse I guess); complete waste of time now required to fight off uninformed opinions of influential old people about largely unrelated interests.

Pages 2-3: verdict justified, confirmed. Gj.

By: sandslayer

sandslayer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:26:20 +0000

Oh geez. More reason for conservative Christians in my neighboorhood to tell my parents I’m a menace to society for liking anime. I really hope people don’t assume that there’s thousands of us otaku’s hoarding anime pillows of various pre-pubescent anime characters in our closets and doing kinky things with them at night.

I really couldn’t care less if someone was into this sort of stuff, but I’m fairly angry at the person who wrote that article. Most likely it’s going to cause a bunch of people to get even more paranoid about anime.

Jesus… I can hardly see why being this way is that bad anyways. If they don’t want to be around women FINE! Less people to get married, have kids and overpopulate this planet. It’s not like we’re running SHORT on people anyways! What’s a few that don’t reproduce gonna matter?

By: Marigold Ran

Marigold Ran — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:15:14 +0000

"Itâ€s just a general observation that there are certain topics where condemnation always comes too automatically for my liking." - Dark Mirage Ok. I agree. How about well-thought out condemnations? Are they more to your liking?

By: Marigold Ran

Marigold Ran — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:37:55 +0000

Should I insult the guy more or say something constructive? How about both!

The problem I have with the guy in the article is his absolute lack of social skills. People have weird fetishes, and that’s fine, but it becomes a problem if the fetish interferes with their ability to interact with other people. I mean, this guy will obviously never get a real girlfriend as long as he is in love with his cartoon figure. Since he cannot interact normally in a social setting he turns to a doll for love. This absolute lack of social skills disgusts most people and I think that disgust is perfectly healthy.

I believe we should listen to our emotions and our genes because they keep us alive.

By: icecreamneko

icecreamneko — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:41:56 +0000

I was reading this article on more Japanese men becoming “herbivores”. In this term coined by Japanese media, it refers to men who are not as aggressive as their forefathers in terms of jobs and romance. It coincided with the ideals presented in this article.

Guess it’s always the automation condemnation genes activated in all human race.

By: DarkMirage

DarkMirage — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:54:24 +0000

Japan Probe has a follow-up on this:
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=11681

By: wren ng thornton

wren ng thornton — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:32:08 +0000

Isn’t it curious how Americans can read this article and think “oh the Japanese are so strange”, and yet there are people here who obsess over supermodels and porn-actresses with the same level of devotion, also having abandoned hope at 3D relationships. Which is more twisted: the man who obsesses over a physical image with no intention of a character portrayed behind it; or the man who obsesses over a person who was invented for a story? I grew up with the culture here, but the Japanese 2D love makes far more sense to me, and seems like the less vile form of objectification/idealization.

By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:36:06 +0000

"Itâ€s just a general observation that there are certain topics where condemnation always comes too automatically for my liking. Itâ€s a lot like how â€œporn is badâ€ is generally regarded as a kind of â€œdefaultâ€ truth that you are simply supposed to subscribe to." This. The kneejerk reaction is what bugs me more than the response a lot of the time.

By: TheFuzzy

TheFuzzy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:59:17 +0000

Well, when the interest is too different to be accepted… >.>

So “hardcore” otaku are scum of the earth. Yay. Everyone move along now.