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So what's with the japanese and the peace sign?

>> No.10276354

It's V for victory. I don't know why, since they lost that war.

>> No.10276358

It's inexplicable. Pretty much like how Japanese people wear a cross even when less than 1% of Japan's population is Christian. They probably think it's "cool".

>> No.10276359

>>10276339
American soldiers did it while banging women (whoring themselves for some money).

>> No.10276379

Why the fuck did you make this thread?
Isn't it obvious that nobody here have the answer for that?

>> No.10276413

Winston Churchill did it and he beat them in the war, so he's le ironically kuudere desu~.

>> No.10276420

>>10276339
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign#V_sign_in_photographs_of_Japanese

>> No.10276421

Why aren't the Japanese more shameful? I respect their culture of shame and stuff, but why the fuck are they showing their faces and acting like normal people when we beat them in the largest war the world has ever seen? They should be shutting the fuck up and licking our boots.
I'm not saying we should take the opportunity to be sadists, but the last thing THEY should do is draw attention to themselves. We blew up two of their largest cities, and now they act like attention whores? Jesus, have some humility and common sense.

>> No.10276423

>The palm-outwards V sign is very commonly made by Japanese people, especially younger people, when posing for informal photographs. One account of this practice claims that during the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, American figure skater Janet Lynn stumbled into Japanese pop culture when she fell during a free-skate period, but continued to smile even as she sat on the ice. Though she placed only third in the competition, her cheerful diligence and persistence resonated with many Japanese viewers, making her an overnight foreign celebrity in Japan. Lynn, a peace activist, was repeatedly seen flashing the V sign in the Japanese media thereafter. Though the V sign was known of in Japan before Lynn used it there (from the post-World War II Allied occupation of Japan), she is credited by some Japanese for having popularized its use in amateur photographs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign#V_sign_in_photographs_of_Japanese

>> No.10276429

>>10276421
You should have lived in the 19th century Raj. You'd have been able to beat any darkie that didn't grovel enough to you.

>> No.10276433

>>10276420
I like how that Janet Lynn thing is unsourced. Where's the photograph? Can anyone show it to me? Are there any references besides that one Web page and later references that were created in response to Wikipedia?

Why do people use this shitty website, anyway?

>> No.10276443

>>10276429
Again, we shouldn't abuse our position. The Japanese are human beings and I respect that. But we fucking owned the shit out of them. Why aren't they a little more humble? Why do they act like normal people, drawing attention to themselves and expressing free opinions, as though we did nothing to them? They should shut the fuck up and be careful what they say.

Seriously, am I the only person bothered by this? Imagine if I went around saying, "Lol I'm a Nazi. BTW AMERICA SUCKS!!! BUT U WON'T DO ANYTHING >:DDD". It's fucking offensive. These Japanese need to watch themselves. They should be thinking carefully about everything they say. As it stands post-WWII Japan where we beat their asses is no different to alternative-universe-Japan where nothing at all happened.

>> No.10276442

>>10276421
Modern Japanese culture is pretty shallow, a bit like yours. Japanese men used to be warriors and talented craftsmen, now they draw cute girls in striped panties and are probably the biggest manufacturer of onaholes.

>> No.10276445

>>10276433
Fuck off, dude. If it's on Wikipedia it's true.

>> No.10276451

>>10276443
Don't worry, we turned them from a nation of warriors into a bunch off beta man-children jerking off to cartoons. It's okay.

>> No.10276455

>>10276339
it's a sign that they want to fuck

>> No.10276459

>>10276443
True. I've never seen German people being proud of their Nazi past. Usually it's Slaves who miss that period.

>> No.10276461

>>10276442
It's an improvement if you ask me

>> No.10276476

>>10276442
Please read the homoerotic literature of Japan's past and look at their older artwork and you will see not much has changed.

You probably watch too many shitty samurai movies.

>> No.10276470

>>10276451
If you aren't a beta man-child that jerks off to cartoons you should get out of /jp/.

>> No.10276518

>>10276476
>samurai movies

I just finished watching Yojimbo and it was great.

What are some other good samurai movies?

>> No.10276536

>>10276518
The Last Samurai

>> No.10276543

>>10276536
I actually like that movie. Is that okay? I always cry at some point... Lord of the RIngs makes me cry too.

>> No.10276546

>>10276543
You cry at weird things.

>> No.10276556

>>10276518
Death by Moe.

>>10276421
>>10276443
Saved for future use.

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>> No.10276567

>>10276546
I think it's from being alone so much. It doesn't take much for me to get rattled emotionally, when a movie or something is trying to do it.

>> No.10276584

We nuked the nips so hard back in WW2 that they are scared shitless of war, thus they obsess over peace to ignore their fear.

>> No.10276622
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It's like when you beat a dog with a newspaper and then he cowers every time you walk by.

We beat the Japanese into submission and then raped their culture and their women until they were hopelessly traumatized by our American superiority. So now they instinctually beg for peace whenever they see a foreigner.

They fear the day when they will anger the bear and then millions of American soldiers that look like this will be marching into their cities.

>> No.10276619

>>10276543
lotr made me cry too, but specifically it was the scene where Rohan came to aid the at the Gondor siege, so perhaps not the same reason as yours.

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>>10276443

japan is lolling at you bro :)

and you have done nothing of note in your entire life lol XD

>> No.10276667

>>10276619
Yeah that did it for me, also when Gandalf and the elves arrived at the Battle of Helm's Deep and a few other parts.

>> No.10276823

>>10276421
>acting like normal people
hey that's pretty harsh even if your just trolling man.

>> No.10276852

>>10276423
Well there's the answer and everyone completely ignores him

>> No.10277292

>>10276622

No they're afraid we're going to pussy out when North Korea or China decides to start shit. They've always viewed us as being flakey when it comes to international relations ever since they tried to get an anticolonialism bill passed in the old Leauge of Nations - Spoilers, the British shat six kittens and a mule.

>> No.10277298

I never cry at emotional parts in movies, I cry at cute, exciting/epic or cheesy parts. I don't know why.

>> No.10277675

>>10277298
I think it's the autism.

>> No.10282038

>>10276354
This.

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