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386126 No.386126 [Reply] [Original]

Are otaku and nerd the same thing or not?
please explain why.

>> No.386138

does terminology really matter?

>> No.386144

it's the same thing in different worlds, but it really doesn't matter

>> No.386145

did you say node?

>> No.386150

>>386144
what he said.
some may say that it's different like music nerd and star wars nerd, but in a big picture, it's the same shit.
/thread

>> No.386172

Otaku and nerd are similar but different. Otaku are in japan and have otaku culture which is generaly things like anime VN and manga. Nerds tend to be interested in non japanese things such as Halo warcraft or startrek. nerd and otaku are just people who are more interested in personal hobbies than interpersonal relationships. otaku and nerd are conditions which are found all around the world only with slightly different cultures.

>> No.386178

I thought those were geeks?

>> No.386185

what is the difference between nerd and geek?

>> No.386192

>>386185
nerd = hardcore fan of something
geek = great skills acquired from deep interest of a field
dork = awkward
all three share commonality: socially inept

>> No.386199

My friend in Saitama says that an otaku is someone who has one hobby and follows it obsessively. It doesn't even have to be anime or manga related. He says there are baseball otaku who sit around trying to memorize batting records of entire teams and stuff like that. There are historical figure otakus that memorize every possible biographical detail about one famous dead guy.

Most of them are anime related, but the term does not explicitly refer to those kinds of fans.

>> No.386231

>>386199
sounds about right.

>> No.386339

The difference between an otaku and a nerd is the society around them.

American nerds deal with different societal pressures, and react to them in different ways, than the Japanese otaku deals with and reacts to in his community.

Also, generally, at least recently, "geek" has come to take on a sort of positive connotation. Geeks will proudly call themselves such, and do not mind other geeks calling them "geek" either. Sort of like how Black Americans use the word "nigga."

>> No.386346

>>386199 here
I should add that the term "otaku" literally means "house" in an honorable sense. So when you refer to someone as "otaku," what you are saying is that he has built this hobby that he pretty much lives his life in, much like a house. You use the honorific "otaku" instead of "ie" to show respect to the person for devoting themselves so fully to one thing.

Even though nobody really respects them except other otaku.

>> No.386391

>>386145

Raiden, what are you doing here? Get to the bottom of Strut A, NOW!

>> No.386425

>>386346
wasn't otaku one of the version of "I", previously used by women over 40 or so?

>> No.386448

>>386126
this picture royally disturbs me!

>> No.386456

>>386425
you might be thinking of "watakushi"? Otaku is the formal word for home

>> No.386520

>>386448
why?

>> No.386547

>>386520
should i really need to explain why a lolita complex otaku on one single anime girl isn't disturbing?

>> No.386595

>>386126
>music nerd
>same shit

Music nerds have their form of fucktardery socially accepted and whatsmore... actually get fucking laid as a result of it.

Fuck 'em.

>> No.386796

>>386126
Technically, a nerd is an otaku for science, instead of cartoons.

>> No.386805

>>386796
Sorry, didn't realize otaku means home.

>> No.386817

Nerds are science junkies. There's not many left. The few that developed in the 80's quickly learned that it was their obsession for science that was causing their social problems. There haven't been many nerds since.

>> No.386852

My favorite thing on earth was steam. I loved making mechanical engines that run on steam. I even bought a 2-bit mechanical calculator that I was making into a steam-punk computer. I was having fun figuring it out, but I put it aside in late 2000/early 2001 for some reason, and never picked it back up again.

Now that I think about it, I can't remember why.

>> No.386871

>>386852
burned your penis on a hot steam pipe and gave up on the fetish

>> No.386877

>>386871
It wasn't a fetish. An obsession, yes. I didn't derive sexual pleasure from it though. I was doing something... for.. fun?

>> No.386884

>>386871
this is why there there could never be steampunk fembots and why steampunk ultimately fails.

>> No.386892

>>386877
ok. sex is not fun for you.

>> No.386939

>>386871
>>386884
>>386892

Why do you hate the president? Reported for treason. Stay where you are.

>> No.386956

>>386939
a second ago you told me to pickup a can.

>> No.387005

>>386956

I never tell anyone to do anything. I let them figure it out for themselves.

>> No.388117

>>386144
no.

An otaku is a subcategory of nerd. There are many kinds of nerds.

AVGN for example.

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