/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Just blank your mind and let your other personality take over. You'll wake up in front of the computer some time later.

I can't and I don't. I don't act like anything, I simply be, and fuck anyone who has a problem with it.

Don't worry, just leave it to Jeeves.

Just suppress your power level, you dumb faggot.
And read a newspaper.

Get your date drunk and rape her, you might like it.

I can go for days acting like a normalfag, because it honestly isn't that fucking hard. Just do as >>711192 says and for good measure, listen to >>711192.

AGAIN.

real life is just like anime, so act like an anime character

>>711192

Problem is I think my aunt is expecting this to be some ongoing thing. I mean $200 (to me) is a fair amount of cash.

Newspaper might work, I haven't got the damnedest clue what normal people talk about.

Pass off your knowledge of obscure weeaboo trivia and rudimentary Japanese language skill as being erudite and cultured. If the bitch you've been set up with is stupid enough she may be impressed by your worldliness.

If you get a yawning fit, it's all right, it will go over in a few minutes.

>>711260

Reality TV, celebrity gossip, sports, horrible things like that.

Normies talk about popular shows on American TV, CGI kiddie fluff movies like Ratatouille and Finding Nemo, tired, poorly thought out political observations relating to the election, the President, and the war on Iraq, and celebrities.

There's this weird-looking guy who just won American Idol. His name is David Archuleta. Google him and talk about that.

>>711260
Anything at all. Broaden your horizons.

Take a random subject, e.g. e-mail, and tell her all the things you hate about it. Maybe make a list in advance with things that may not even be true.

People under the age of 30 don't read newspapers that much anymore. They read their MSN, AOL start up pages and sometimes news.google.com. The internet has mostly killed the newspaper. Exceptions are local trashy 'indie' rags like sfweekly if you happen to live in SF.

I'm a musician and I paint.

Artists get a free pass for being crazy assholes because "you're creative". So lie about being big into an art and you can do whatever the hell you want. And technically you're into art. I see you there with your 10 gigs of Touhou pictures.

Recite an episode of How It's Made from the Discovery Channel.

>>711317

Not only is this true, but it's also an asset in the artfag world. Seriously, if you're an eccentric recluse people will think you're a genius. These pretentious gallery going faggots will pretend to see the DEEP in a urine stain on a canvas (not even joking) so if you're good at bullshitting and a freak you can actually turn it into a successful career.

Only reason I haven't done it myself is I could never, ever tolerate being around those people for even a second. I want their money but I'd rather kill myself than have to deal with any of them.

You're supposed to stare at their eyes. This is called "friendly eye contact". Bare your teeth slightly too ("smile"). Despite appearances, this is actually not a threat. They will likely do the same to you. Resist the urge to run away or beat the shit out of them.

>>711345
I don't think it works like that.

>>711260
>Problem is I think my aunt is expecting this to be some ongoing thing.

Who gives a shit what your aunt expects. It's your life, if you want to be a solitary nerd then go ahead and be a solitary nerd.

Your aunt may be acting with the best of intentions, but it isn't her place to tell you how to live.

The next time time your aunt decides to buy you clothes or set you up, I'd politely decline her gift and make it clear to her that her help isn't needed or appreciated.

TL;DR: grow a backbone.

Your date is here ಠ_ಠ

Could this thread be the start of 4chan's own Densha Otoko?

>>711358

It really does. I know it shouldn't, but it does.

>>711360
This.

>>711360
I'd see who the date is first though.

>>711356
>You're supposed to stare at their eyes. This is called "friendly eye contact". Bare your teeth slightly too ("smile").

>>711370

>>711367
I didn't know you felt that way about me, Currybutt... I... I g-guess I feel the same...!

>>711385

We need some details
How old are you?
How old is she?
Where do you live and where does she live?

>>711412
And let's not forget: do you have pictures of her?

>>711412
Also, what's her phone number?

>>711370
Absolutely not, Densha Otoko is a once a generation thing.

This girl's probably a whale, I'm actually frightened.

>>711412
Also, how does she smell?

What flavor curry does she release?

>>711412
I'm 33 I have no clue who this girl is. I couldn't even tell you her name.

I live in Utah

>>711424
just ditch her and tell your aunt you didn't get along well

Rape your aunt.

>>711436
Be Mormon.

>>711436
Wow, thought you'd be 14 or something.

You're 33 and your aunt is dressing you and arranging dates for you?

Pathetic.

>>711482
/jp/ is for people like the OP

OP is me in 10 years.

>>711436

Utah? Well, shit. Those Mormon chicks will put up with anything. Keep up the act long enough to get married and then at least you have someone to cook and clean for you after your parents die off.

Acting like a normalfag is the same thing as always, just take out anything japan-related.

In before nothing remains

Why are you going through with this?

You're 33 years old. Tell your Aunt to fuck off.

>>711518
Take out the Japan-related and you don't have much left.

>>711518

Taking out anything Japan-related isn't nearly enough to make me a normalfag. Take away Japan and I'm a sci-fi nerd reading lots of books and still refusing to deal with other human beings. I can't put up an act because I am completely incompatible with normalfags. I don't have the slightest knowledge or interest in anything they care or know about and vice versa. But that's okay because I don't want to act, I just want to stay inside all day.

>>711174
Can't really say how it's done. I'm pretty much a normalfag when I'm not thinking too much. It's only when my brain starts going to overdrive that I seem weird since I know all this stuff nobody normal would bother with.

>>711543
Then nothing much you can do. Think of some chat subjects before going, don't always talk about the same thing. Bitches usually like to change the subject often.

>>711543
Just sit there and STFU, if youre lucky she'll think you're not interested and no further dates will happend.

>>711574
>>711575

I wasn't the OP. Just saying it's not like Japan is the only thing standing between me and normalfaggery. My family's almost all dead and know better than to try to set me up anyway.

>>711522
I got $200 of "trendy" clothes my 17 year old cousin picked out

In b4 rape your cousin

Designer stuff, uh tags where? One shirt says Jedidiah, one shirt says Mark Ecko? and the pants are Winchester? I can hardly read em.

I feel like a trendy high school kid.

And I love my aunt, I'd do a lot for her.

>>711575
This can work to your advantage. You don't need to know too much about some subject. Only the lightest most superficial bullshit and when you run out of steam you can change to something else. Chances are she probably doesn't know shit about anything in-depth anyway.

It's not hard.
Just don't talk about otaku shit and wear something without animu characters on it.
That probably won't make you any more interesting though, but that's fine since most people are boring.

>>711575
Big plus if you're well-read and can carry most conversations even at the most superficial level.

>>711598

The only name I recognize at all there is Marc Ecko, and only because of those incredibly faggy commercials I keep seeing. Fuck, I hate that guy. Winchester makes me think of M*A*S*H. Charles Emerson Winchester III, now there's a guy I could hang out with.

Not OP, but I just realized the only things I talk about are anime, VNs, japanese, and touhou remixes. When did this happen?

>>711174
Just say to yourself "GEIMU SHIMASHOU!", games are fun or how they call it "lulz"
Your aunt has actually done great work, in your place I'd think it's kind of fun, etc.

>>711613
Just to clarify what I meant with being boring a little more.
You can't turn into some extroverted party animal if that's not your nature, which it obviously isn't or you wouldn't ask. You'll still look like the introvert you are (unless you get drunk or do coke or something). But that's fine, so don't worry about it.
Oh and another thing... Fuck you. Come out of your little powerlevel closet and admit that you're a nerd. Fag.

Not a nerdfag, but I just realized the only things I talk about are celebrity gossip, sports, and who my friends at the local watering hole pub are dating. When did this happen?

>>711659
Yes you can (I'm not exactly sure but I think I've tried this in RL)
...you have to assume a persona, I think (well DUH!)

>>711698
Can I summon my persona instead?

>>711709
I liked that show better when it was called JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

>>711719
"show?" sage motherfucker.

>>711659
If only were it so simple. Being out of your powerlevel closet has repercussions such as:
Lack of gainful employment
Lack of sex with 3D women (may not be that big a deal for a lot of you)
Scrutiny from law enforcement, paranoid busybodies
A straight-up unprovoked asskicking, even out of high school.

Warning: Suppressing powerlevel may cause unexpected powerup when fighting bad guy.

>>711730
oops, I'm getting shit confused here

my bad

>>711698
here
I revisited my statements and perhaps I should withdraw them (HURR DURR DURR)
assuming a persona can be exhausting (maybe?) leading to discomfort leading to not fun
I for one would die to crossdress as a chick and socialize with big-dicked guys right now!
I think I need to log in to one of those social networking sites ^^'

>>711358
These people pay millions for life-size figurines of a crudely-made DBZ reject swinging a lasso of his own semen.

>>711855

And that's very far from the worst of it.

We all have our problems

me, well I cant make eye contact with people.
My brain just wont let me look someone in the eyes, even if I try to force myself I cant do it.
when is it even appropriate to look someone in the eyes?
im pretty sure this has cost me job interviews

Hope to God you get one of those girls that just like to talk and talk and talk. If you're lucky and smooth enough, you can get through an entire evening with just nods and short comments, pretend to be enthralled.

>>711859

I only make eye contact. I just stare straight into people's eyes with great intensity. Believe me, they like that even less.

>>711859
Same goes for me, i just get completely uncomfortable having eye contact more than 1 second, even with family members.

>>711860
I have made that into an art form. Just nodding and making comments like "Is that so?", "She sounds like a bitch.", "Well, glasses are better on Yuki I guess."

I realize I'm disturbingly socially able compared to most of you lot. And I still lock myself in my room.

Pretty much dont make any comment on anime or manga or japan for the whole date and you will be fine.

>>711877

I lip read, so I tend to look at people's mouths out of habit, even though I don't have to anymore. I have to make a conscience effort to look them in the eyes.

>>711881

Is that so~

>>711881
Glasses /are/ better on Yuki.

>>711859
Eye contact (and smiling) is highly disturbing. I can force myself to do it, but with every other animal it means you're trying to start a fight. I'm sure this is the natural meaning for humans too, only normalfags get socialized to teach them different.

The emphasis on eye contact and forced fake smiling (especially for photos) is very much a USA thing. Fake smiles are very obviously fake and make us come across as phony and full of shit. Thus, seppo (septic tank)

>>711881

That's how most normal people deal with chattery cunts. I can't do it because I can't keep the disdain off my face. I just kind of glare at their face and hold up my remote control and pointedly jam the mute button. Not only do they not appreciate it, but they rarely get the point.

>>711907
I have no problems when making eye contact when I want to, but when I do, you're right it usually means I'm angry with someone. There is nothing at all friendly about it.

>>711174
Acting as a normalfag for about 8 hours a day due to work. God, it depresses me that I can't show my real me in this shitty society.

Normal people talking about normal things, I just can't do it anymore, it sickens me. I only response to normalfags if they ask me something, but besides that I totally ignore them.

Most girls are the type that just talk and talk. Give her a generic topic (Family, work, etc) and let the blah blah blah roll in.

On a more serious, "this could be a long-term thing" note. Fucking talk about hotglue and your 12 gigs of touhou images. If you're so weeaboo that you can't hold a normal conversation for a few hours then it's nobody's fault but your aunt's for setting you up with a girl you're hopelessly incompatable with. If you have to hide a gigantic part of your life from your significant other like that then what's the point in having one? You can PAY someone for sex and have a better chance of not getting a disease.

Seriously, if it gets into a long term type of thing let off on the powerlevel a bit

because if one day she shows up at your house and finds out how you really live she will go apeshit

Take the games and weaboo shit from me and im an empty shell thats why when im hiding my power level i almost never open my mouth

OP has left me incredibly depressed.

I've never felt so honestly sorry for anyone at 4chan as I do now.

Maybe OP will get lucky and she will turn out to be a weeaboo also.

>>711984
I wouldn't call that lucky.

Trick her somehow into going into someplace where nobody is around. Then knock her out and bring her back to your place where you will tie her up for several weeks and rape her. After a while, stockholm syndrome will kick in and she won't care what your interests are.

Well, barring her being a land whale I guess I can tell you how it goes on Friday.

>>711984

A /jp/ level weeaboo. Who is reading this thread right now.

Emotional masks help out here if you don't mind losing your sense of self and feeling hollow a lot of the time.

>>711984

And she'll also be good looking, sweet, caring and she'll love the OP because of his heart, regardless of the fact that he's 33 and his auntie is dressing him and setting up dates for him.

Hehe, /jp/ is jealous they don't have an aunt who'd hook them up on a date.

>>711984

A female weeaboo in Utah? Seems unlikely. I'd bet on a loony Mormon landwhale.

>>712019
...but inside doesn't matter

>>712019
...but inside doesn't matter.

OP would be me in 12 years, only I don't have any aunts ;_;

14 years till I am op, still looking forward to it

>>711974


pfffffft.

For the first half of the evening, try and be as normalfag as possible. But now, in the middle of the conversation, steer it towards talking about your favorite fetish.

I don't see how OP can avoid revealing his power level, so this date is pointless unless it's with another non-normalfag.

>>712019
I have to work with other people for 8+ hours a day, so I use this technique. Just pretend, and after a while even you begin to believe the lie.

;_;

>>712019

This is what the Japanese have known since the beginning.

layers, people, layers.

>>712019
KYAHAHAH !!

If you're going to tell her you're a weeaboo, at least make sure that it's not something you want to share. I'm sure part of the shock for a girl is is that she'll have to get involved with it too.

don't bother trying to be a normalfag. as soon as you meet her start talking about touhou. it might not be successful but it will be funny

For your date, you should go shopping for silly hats. You have some experience in that area, right?

>>711174
Hey OP. 27 years old Anon here. My parents (my mother to be specific) tries to get me into a "relationship" and organizes dates with any girl who might be interest. I usually spend a horribly boring evening with them and make sure they don't want to meet again with me. Now what I want to ask, did you used the same technique and it led to this point or is it the first "blind date" of yours? Should I be afraid of my future in 6 years from now?

>>712437
You wouldn't want my relationship life. I'll keep it short and say the last time I went out with a girl was when I was 29, we dated 5 months, she kept bitching about an old boyfriend of hers. I told her I was in love with her and she attempted suicide the next day.

My whole family has been trying to get me out of the house since then. It's just my aunt is willing to unload $200 on it that surprised me.

I'm 22 and never been on a date. I wouldn't mind a blind date, just to see what it is like.

>>712542
>I told her I was in love with her and she attempted suicide the next day.
wow

Oh man, I'd suck at this. I probably wouldn't say anything besides 'yes' and 'no' to respond to her questions because I'm such an awkward twat.
How do people think of shit to say? I don't get it.

>>712093
The only problem is, in order to find out the other's true nature, one of them would have to reveal themselves.

Oh, and for those that don't make eye contact, just stare at their mouths when they talk. If they ask, say it's because you have a hard time hearing so you read lips. I am actually hearing impaired, and it's what I do. Most of the time, people don't even notice, and when they do, they accept that answer and think it's kinda cool.

>>712542
I see. I don't understand why my family won't stop trying to hook me up with someone. About every 6 months they try with a different "friend's daughter". It usually fails from first date except for one that had lasted two months.

I'm 18 and I haven't even had any friends since elementary school.

>>712597
It's easy. The less you're interested the more you say. Usually trivial topics. Weather, her clothes, something you saw/done on your way there etc

I tend to look at mouths, too. My actual hearing is really good, but I just have trouble understanding people. I SUCK at talking on the phone because of this, can never understand anything. I try to avoid the phone at all costs, unfortunately the rest of the world loves talking on the phone, so I can't avoid it. So it sit there saying "what?" everytime they say something.

Shit sucks.

>>712606
You should start giving them hints. You know, asking the girls if they have any younger sisters, ask how old, is she cute, asking if you could meet their younger sisters, etc. If you just creep the fuck out of the girls, you'll stop getting dates.

>>712542

>I told her I was in love with her and she attempted suicide the next day.

Wow. Just wow. That is fucking harsh.

>I told her I was in love with her and she attempted suicide the next day.
Something was wrong with her. She's the one with the problem.

>>712625
Hate to break it to you, son, but your hearing isn't "really good". I'm exactly the same and I have about a 40% hearing loss. Go see an audiologist.

>>712597
Come on, you should be able to manage better than that. Don't you play eroges? You should have a pretty good feel for the kind of soppy shit you're supposed to say to increase your LPs for that character.

>>712619
I work as a teacher in a elementary school and there's a antipedo madness going on right now here. If I do that I risk losing my job, not to mention anything else.

>>712625

God, I fucking hate that shit. My hearing is like perfect and shit, but I have some kind of dumb disease in my brain so a lot of times I just don't get what someone is saying and I have to ask "what?" a couple of times before I get it. Makes me look even stupider than I actually am.

>>712644
>I work as a teacher in a elementary school
Well fuck, avoid the pedo route then. Ask if she has any dogs, are they female, in heat, etc.

>>712542
^5 broseph

You kicked that relationship's ass.

>>712642
No really, it is good. I listen to conversations from several rooms away, and I always hear sounds that other people can't hear. For example, I can hear when the TV is on, but without a signal, from 2 rooms away. I also listen to music at a much lower volume than anyone I know.

I just can't understand talking. Maybe I'll go see one when I have some insurance though, just to make sure.

>>712664
Then it's likely a hearing loss at a specific pitch. Do you tend to hear men better than women/vice versa?

>>712622
But I know nothing of meteorology, much less clothes. I could probably write her a really good essay on whatever she wants, but just saying things out of nowhere? I'd need to do research or come up with sentences in advance(which I'll never be able to turn into a conversation). I don't know much and I can't think quickly...

I never know what to say either. I get a mind blank when other people are around.

When I talk with someone and the topic changes I have no idea what was said before. Often I forget everything I know about the person I'm talking with.
And then weeks later when I'm lying in bed and I remember the conversation I come up with good things to say.

>>712642

No, seriously, it's not necessarily a hearing thing. I'm not the same guy, but it's a making out the words thing. I can HEAR everything fine but at some point between my ears and my brain something gets fucked. It happens most often with uncommon words, and of course I can't make out lyrics for shit. Everything is there's a bathroom on the right to me.

>>712650
Holy shit, I have this too. It's especially annoying when someone talks quickly. It's like the words bounce right out of my head.

>>711877
>>711859
ASPIES

Rape the aunt
Ride the girl
Eat the money

>>712651
Well, my point is that I can't act like some short of freak. Most of the dates are with daughters of my family's friends. I risk my family relationship and my job (having some short of strange sexual activities might end up to some parents' ears leading to me being fired or worst. Even now I have problem with people like that).
I live alone, making my living, still being only child makes my parents going crazy in order to preserve the "family blood". We don't have any major issues in our relationship apart of me getting a girl and starting a family.

>>712712
By the way, the word you're looking for is "sort", and it is neither spelled nor pronounced like "short".

>>712712
I think you should find a way to short of kill yourself, because you're short of too stupid to ever get with anyone. ಠ3ಠ

>>712734
It just hit me. He must be from southeast Asian country, explaining his poor English and family's insistence on fucking some girl, as well as fears of social repercussions.

>>712746
Plus: short is obviously a Freudian slip for having a tiny penis.

>>712746
Greece actually and yes.

>>712761
You're still fucking stupid. ಠ_ಠ

>>712761

Don't Greeks have huge penises? My Greek friend has a huge dick and girls are all over him. You must be ugly.

>>712712

That must be tough for you OP. Why not have your date do the talking while you listen? This usually works for me since i'm not much a socialite. Have her talk about her day and maybe educate you in some subjects that you would never get into.

>>712795
...why do you know the size of your "friend's" penis? Are you sure you're just "friends"?

>>712798
I'm not OP and I don't really want to get into a relationship. I just wish my parents stop trying to hook me up with some girl.

>>712798
OP here, that ain't me.

>>711174
>>711260
>>711424
>>711436
>>711598
>>712542
are all the posts I think are mine.

Wanna here something even more batshit crazy? I used to be a priest like 10 years ago, seriously. Still have the paperwork somewhere I think, haven't practiced in years though. When she tried to drink poison from her biology lab (she couldn't keep it down) guess who she called from the hospital to give her last rights? Yeah, that morning sucked ass.

I should write my life story into a VN and make millions.

>>712625
Not only can i not look people in the eye i do this too. And every single time they repeat what they said im thinking "why the fuck did i just say what for?"

The suppression of your power level is not something to be taken lightly.

I always, ALWAYS, keep mine hidden unless I think someone of a similar level is near. If so, I might start to hum a song from Touhou or something.

Unfortunately, I don't think this works very well, as I don't have any friends.

　　　　　


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>>713245
>>last rights

...Sorry, you aren't, nor have ever been, a priest.

>>712625

I do that too, I have to repeat everything they say in my head in order to retain it, which makes doing anything else while I'm on the phone almost impossible. It also makes it really easy to zone out if I don't care about what they're talking about.

>>713479
I zone out too. Someone has even laughed at me when he noticed when he was talking to me.

>>713448
I have "friends", but they tend to mistake me a lot for that dick head Marcus Halberstram.

>>713471
Actually I was, since I was a foreign missionary and I had to be ordained to go.