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What's the difference between a otaku and a weaboo?

>> No.10070239

>>10070235
there isn't one

>> No.10070238

What's the difference between shit and crap?

>> No.10070240

I dunno. I don't speak nerd.

>> No.10070245

an otaku is a well-built house
a weeaboo is a white person who wants to be japanese

>> No.10070248

an otaku is a geek a weaboo is a faggot

>> No.10070253

>>10070239
Otaku Culture = Weeaboo Culture
Yes?

>> No.10070258

It doesn't matter /jp/ stands for directionless pedophiles.

>> No.10070273

An otaku can only be a Japanese person.

A weeaboo can only be a non-Japanese person.

>> No.10070291

>>10070273
>An otaku can only be a Japanese person.
What is your reasoning for this?

>> No.10070296

>>10070273
This actually makes sense.

>> No.10070298
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>>10070258

Look at this nerd who doesn't even know the alphabet.

>> No.10070302

>>10070258
>>10070258
/jp/ stands for ガーベッジ、ヒト以外のごみ

>> No.10070303

"Weeaboo" means "anime-style" aka "weeaboo game" "this looks too weeaboo" or "what is this weeaboo shit"

Otaku is basically the same except in japan it can apply to anyone who is too obsessed with one thing. Train otaku (actually covering a set of very different otaku that fall under the category of trains) are an example of how this doesn't need to apply to fans of anime, manga and video games, but often does.

>> No.10070307

>>10070273
What about a second generation pure Japanese born and raised in a foreign country? And where are the Anno quotes!?

>> No.10070317

>>10070291
There was an enlightening discussion of it in the Anno thread from last night, starting at this post: >>10064225

>You shouldn't care about where you stand as an "otaku". Quite frankly, if you aren't Japanese the term doesn't apply to you. Imagine a Japanese guy calling himself part of the "toonami generation". Without exposure to the conditions and setting that brought about the subculture, how could you possibly label yourself part of it?

It starts there. Follow the train of replies.

>> No.10070318

>>10070302
>Trash garbage, non-human
;-;

>> No.10070328

>>10070307
>born and raised in a foreign country?

Not otaku.

>> No.10070333

Otaku is somebody who likes japanese stuff

Weeaboo is somebody who wants to be japanese and hates the fact he/she is not japanese

>> No.10070335

An otaku is someone who is passionately obsessed with a specific hobby or interest. A weeaboo is someone who is only interested in being seen as part of the 'sub-culture' surrounding anime, manga, Japanese video games, etc.

Something like that, I guess?

>> No.10070346

It's one of those stupid words where the word "おたく" and the word "otaku" don't mean the same thing.

>> No.10070363

>>10070346
It's written in カタカナ so you'll know!

>> No.10070388

>>10070363
Not that, he means that the west has a different usage of the word compared to Japan.

See: hentai, anime

>> No.10070404

>>10070388
You sure? He typed it in ひらがな. おたく and オタク are different words.

>> No.10070437

>>10070404
to my understanding people using "おたく" "オタク" mean the same thing anyway. the original has kanji.

the fact that he says "otaku" and not "オタク" makes me think that he was just trying to distinguish between japanese and english text.

>> No.10070636

>>10070335
I don't think so. Weeaboo is really old. I don't even know when or where it popped up and entered the modern western net-language. I just remember it's always been used to describe the more obsessive fans of Japan as a whole rather than a particular subculture (e.g. otaku). Furthermore, the obsession is only to the surface value rather than the substance beneath it. Ask a weeaboo about Japanese history, and they can't tell you the difference between Edo and Meiji periods. I doubt there's an actual definition, though, it seems to have taken on "hipster" status in its devaluation as a categorizational item. Still, we can see the difference between otaku, weeaboo, and japanophile.

Otaku: Uniquely Japanese phenomenon and a term used to describe those that are part of this particular subculture.

Weeaboo: Thos with a shallow/surface interest; derogatory term concocted specifically to deride this group. No one self-labels as a weeaboo unironically.

Japanophile: Those with an actual, vested interest in the culture at large. Generally accepted by others as a legitimate hobby/interest.

>> No.10072088

>>10070636
You are a true scholar.

>> No.10072111

>>10070636
What are the non-japanese posters in /jp/ then? Weeaboos?

>> No.10072140

weeabo: "desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu desu am I nipponjin yet XD"

otaku: Japanese term for nerd/geek see Otaku No Video for a more in-depth explanation.

>> No.10072173

Only a weeabo would call himself otaku.

>> No.10072175

>>10070636
>I don't think so. Weeaboo is really old. I don't even know when or where it popped up and entered the modern western net-language
....what the HELL dude

you mean you don't know when or where "wapanese" popped up right?

>> No.10072185

>>10072175
Don't count on it.

>> No.10072548

>>10072185
don't count on what

>> No.10072565

Otaku - /a/
Weaboo - /jp/

>> No.10072578

>>10072565
Weeabo is more prevalent in Gaia online/certain parts of FB.

>> No.10072599

Can we please wordfilter weeaboo back to wapanese already?

>> No.10072602

>>10072565
actually it's the other way round

>> No.10072600

My definitions are:

Otaku - someone who likes Japanese culture etc but are mature and not annoying about it.

Weeaboo - obnoxious 11 year olds who are annoying and immature. You know what I mean by this.

I would class myself as the former, by description.

>> No.10072605

>>10072602
uh no it isn't

>> No.10072608

>>10072605
uh yes it is

>> No.10072612

>>10072600
You sounds like a weaboo

>> No.10072615

>>10072608
using sage doesn't make you an otaku

>> No.10072621

>>10072619
you fail at pretty much anything, like pretending you're not a disgusting weeb

>> No.10072619

>>10072615
I fail to see how this is related to anything

>> No.10072628

Otaku are Japanese.

I don't even know what a weaboo is.

>> No.10072649

Otaku (おたく / オタク?) is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly (but not limited to) anime, manga or Japanese video games.

Weeaboo is someone who wants to be Japanese

>> No.10072656

>>10072649
Can you be both?

>> No.10072680

>>10072656
yes
unfortunately in the West these two are usually connected

but not here~

>> No.10072720

While we're on the subject, why have we distinguished a difference between "ecchi" and "H"? "ecchi" is the romanization of エッチ correct? エッチ is just the pronunciation of the letter "H" which represents Hentai? Perhaps I'm looking too at it wrongly but it seems these two definitions should be the same.

>> No.10072740

waahhh im baby butthurt saging a thread

>> No.10072817

>>10070636
Japanese call Western/foreign otaku, 'otaku'. If it is just a 'uniquely Japanese phenomenon', then they'd be calling foreigners something else. It's not like they have a catch-all term for 'Western otaku', 'Chinese otaku' or 'European otaku'. You're probably just mistaking it for 'hikikomori'.

'Otaku' has always been 'somebody with extreme interest in a certain hobby'. Stop pushing your own definition.

>> No.10073073

>>10072817
>'Otaku' has always been 'somebody with extreme interest in a certain hobby'. Stop pushing your own definition.
This.

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