The thread where we try to prove we aren't weeaboos

[Classy Viking]

Although this maybe a forum for an Anime Con, doesn't mean our tastes our exclusive to the japanese medias.

SO LET'S LIST ALL THE AMERICAN THINGS WE LOVE!

I'LL START:

1. VENTURE BROTHERS- The best Adult Swim show, period.
2. ADVENTURE TIME/REGULAR SHOW- The most bro shows on tv.
3. SUPERHEROE COMICS- They are always good fun.
4. SKA! MOSTLY THE AQUABATS! AND REEL BIG FISH- Fun in music form.

LET'S HEAR IT FROM ALL YA!

[Rathany]

Supernatural!

Oh wait, it's being made into an anime.  Darnnit.

Errr... can I not be a weeaboo based on the fact that I actually know some Japanese, have studied Japanese culture and have taught Go?

[oslapedo]

I think you're safe Rathany, you kawaii thing you.

I am a hundred and ten percent American and enjoy
* Disney movies
* Dexter's Labratory and many other American cartoons
* Music and bands from here
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Thomas Eakins, awesome American artist
* The Sims 2
* Musicals
* Quality films with good acting
* Charlie Chaplin and silent films
* Monopoly
* Community, the show
* Harry Potter (English is practically American, right?)
* AND FREEDOM.

[Classy Viking]

* Disney movies
* Dexter's Labratory and many other American cartoons
* Music and bands from here
* Robert Downey Jr.
* Musicals
* Quality films with good acting
* Charlie Chaplin and silent films
* Monopoly
* Community, the show
* Harry Potter (English is practically American, right?)
* AND FREEDOM.

I FORGOT ABOUT MY LOVE FOR THESE!

ALSO PANCAKES!

[Kimiski]

*thinks* ......

Harry Potter (American what?)
Star Wars

So far I'm still a weeaboo...... xD


Musicals
Will Smith movies
Shia Labeouf movies
Vin Diesel movies
Family Guy
Futurama
Going to the gym
Ghost Whisperer
SMALLVILLEEE!!!!!!

Dude, how could I forget... EVERYTHING FoodNetwork!!

[reppy]

Ummm, I like ..


Curb Your Enthusiasm
Death metal / Black metal / Thrash metal / Power metal / Heavy metal / Grindcore / etc
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Spaghetti!
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!
Rap (mostly older stuff)
Working out
Playing / watching basketball
Girls  (real ones.. not the ones in anime.. although I like those, too..)

[Auricle]

I enjoy:

House
Glee
Football (World Cup woo~!)
Handegg (SuperBowl woo~!)
Harry Potter
Discworld
David Bowie (Does this count?)
Stephen King's books

Most of the above is not particularly American but I also am involved in:

Daughters of the American Revolution (I'm a debutante for this year~)
Children of the American Revolution (I'm actually Washington state president)
Daughter of Union Veterans of the Civil War (I work on archiving documents)

Which is pretty much super American. ='D

And on the Canadian side I'm planning on joining Unity of Empire Loyalists.

So besides cosplay I'm pretty much durr let's learn about history and respecting our flag and country. ' w ';

[CloudStrife32]

Supernatural!

Oh wait, it's being made into an anime.  Darnnit.

That was my first thought, too. >.e

But things that ARE American:
*Criminal Minds
*Glee
*Shinedown
*Repo! the Gentic Opera
*Robert Downey Jr.
*(insert all the other things I can't think of, right now)

[oslapedo]

Girls  (real ones.. not the ones in anime.. although I like those, too..)

Don't ever go to /a/!

Auricle you are the most American of us all.

PANCAKES DAWG, HOW COULD I FORGET.

[reppy]

DARN IT NOW I KIND OF WANT TO!!!! ><  BUT I'LL TAKE YOUR ADVICE..

[thesirensings]

DISNEY MOVIES (the good ones)
iPods
Llamas with Hats
Music (though of course I ccan't remeber any names at the moment. xD;;; )
Repo!
The Wizard of OZ books
webcomics
FABLES
Sandman

...I can't remember anything else...

[Auricle]

Go to /po/ instead~ Which is sort of like the red-headed stepchild of 4chan but whatever Ithinkpapercraftsarecool.

@Osla: You should see the inside of my house. AMERICANA EVERYWHERE. There's a flag etiquette poster in the dining room. It's all my mom's doing~ ='D Of course, there's my small collection of mini world flags in the living room as well.

Mmm pancakes.

[HardstyleZombie]

Not cosplaying. There is more but that is the biggest thing.

Also i'm not saying its a bad thing but i'm using it.

[Dubaby]

I like lots of things, not just Japanese stuff I promise!!!! D=

I like....
-Theatre
-It's Always Sunny in Philedelphia
-I too enjoy Venture Brothers
-Hot dogs and other non-asian food aside from hamburgers
-Chuck Palahniuk books
-Trashy Reality TV
-'Glee'
-My X-Box 360
-Various sports
-Going to concerts
- AND A-MER-I-CUH!!!!!!

[reppy]

Yay! Another Sunny fan! And I also enjoy going to concerts.  I think I've been to almost 10 of them in the past 5 months. ^^;

[~boogiepop~]

Jermaine will be mine.

[Dubaby]

FFFFFFFFF.... How could I forget Flight of the Conchords!?

Tis magic to my eardrums....

[Fuyuko]

Oh oh oh! I can be American too~

PANCAKES AND/WITH MAPLE SYRUP <3 (I feel so suited for Canada x3)
Beef jerky
Hashbrowns
Sonic the Hedgehog
Disney (back in the good old days when it didn't suck)
Old black and white horror movies (they're so funny~)
Classic musicals
Discovery Channel
Will Smith
Michael Jackson
Aerosmith (if that's not American enough, I don't know what is!)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (not American but I love those guys with a passion xD)

There's way more but I can't think of them at the moment.

[DancingTofu]

Mehhhhhh too lazy.  The fact that the only Japanese things I own are my PSP's, my PSP games, my DDR games, my monitor (which I only have because it was free), a totoro plushie, my PS2, my NES and games for it, Metal Gear Solid, and my GameCube and game for it (MKDD), I think I can safely say I'm pretty not weeaboo.  I took 2 years of Japanese in high school because German was full and I didn't want to take Spanish and French didn't really appeal to me.

Some AMERICAN things I'm fond of:
Roland (they manufacture in China though)
A&W (it's probably Canadian though)
Blizzard Entertainment (if only they weren't Californians)
RoXoR Entertainment (love me some PIU Pro)
Bethesda Softworks (they're pretty alright)
Wizards of the Coast (I can never remember which coast though)

That's about it.  I'm more into European stuff.

[ironmonkey]

Hashbrowns

LOL.  I don't know why, but this really cracked me up.  It's so true . . .

[StarryShay]

I really like these cherry tomatoe things that I eat, and they're made in the US *u*
Also, American hospitality is generally pretty good -Thumbs up-

[AllyKat]

So... um...

What is a Weeaboos? The Encyclopedia Dramatica reroutes to
Wapanese and then proceeds to berate me...

*sniff*

I like stuff and things... and I don't care where that stuff or
things comes from. I like things from Earth though... Martian
stuff doesn't have the same value to me... Although I once bought
a wig that I'm pretty sure was/is/will be/never was from Gallifrey...
Good quality but I felt it lacked realism I got in my Earthean wigs.

But I digress...

[DancingTofu]

Weeaboo is a derogatory term used to describe someone with an irrational and socially inappropriate obsession with the country of Japan as a blatant whole.  Usually the term is used exaggeratively towards anyone with an interest in anything Japanese, usually by people who seek to lessen attention drawn to their own social imperfections.

[Gryffinclaw Princess]

Yeah...I like Japan and the Japanese culture but I'm not going to dedicate my life to worshiping it.
I've been there and it's a nice place and I'd like to experience it more but I think in the long run, I'd like America better.
Why? Simple!

Freedom (mainly)
Disney
The people! (Yeah a lot of them are assholes but that's what makes us America)
Our food joints. (We have everything here!)
The OLD cartoons. The new ones mostly suck...
American Theatre
Our constitution.


And above all!
My ancestors came here for one reason or another out of all the other places in the world. So that must make it pretty damn awesome. ;P

And if we didn't live in America, we probably wouldn't be this obsessed with anime and things Japanese. It's being American that makes us like it so much.
America is just one huge country of thieves as we steal things from other places and turn it into our own. That's what being a melting pot is!! We go, "Oh, I like that..." and then we take it and make it our own. Like when you kidnap a child...You cut it's hair and give it new clothes so no one recognizes it anymore even though inside it's still the same thing. ^^

[~boogiepop~]

More American things I love


(I know it's Canadian, I don't care. It also PISSES ME OFF when people call it manga. SO HARD.)
*Empowered
*Tim and Eric
*The Sarah Silverman Program
*ATHF
*Venture Bros
*And of course, obesity.

[Saki-the-cat]

Pizza.
Spongebob.
PS1 and PS2 games made IN AMERICA.
Sunday comics.
Snuggies.
Laughing at things from other countries (in a non-racist way of course).
Robot Chicken.
Family guy.
South park.
Attack of the show.
Smileys                                .
Music from the 80's.
pie.
French fries.
Turkey pot pies.
Avatar, the last airbender.
Adventure time.
Disney (before it was bad...i think we can all agree that that's the most American thing here).

[MiriaRose]

And if we didn't live in America, we probably wouldn't be this obsessed with anime and things Japanese. It's being American that makes us like it so much.
America is just one huge country of thieves as we steal things from other places and turn it into our own. That's what being a melting pot is!! We go, "Oh, I like that..." and then we take it and make it our own. Like when you kidnap a child...You cut it's hair and give it new clothes so no one recognizes it anymore even though inside it's still the same thing. ^^

I disagree- Actually, I'd go so far to say that America invents things, and other countries improve upon them. The "melting pot" comes from the fact that we are a "nation of immigrants." As for us only liking anime because we're American? Untrue. There are plenty of weaboos from foreign lands as well.

To prove my unweaboo-ness:
Hamburgers
Twitter
Tex-Mex food
Little Caesar's
John Coolidge Adams
Lady Gaga
Crayola
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tomatoes
International House of Pancakes
Pepsi Cola
DC Comics
The Sims
American Music in general
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (British, but stfu)
Sinclair Lewis
Scrubs
That 70's Show
The Edsel (they're actually nice looking cars despite the marketing failure. .)
Stephen Colbert

I am America, and so can YOU.

[kit2kit]

Random un-weaboo stuff I like/interested in (not all necessarily American though)

-drawing/art
-Disney
-creative writing
-various other forms of animation/comics
-hats (such as; bowler, top, paperboy, ect)
- community channel
-clothes
- animating
-sit coms
-music: Lady Gaga, cobra starship, ludo, within temptation
... in fact i dont listen to much japanese music at all really XD
-Psychological things
-paranormal
-ribbons
-balloons
-food: enchiladas, hamburgers, cheesecake, bagels,baby corn
-stand up
- the internet
-history
-musicals
...
I could go on but... There is too many to list D:

IM AN AMERICAN AND I ENJOY AMERICA RELATED THINGS >: U
-The flag
- the national anthem
- our history
- freedom

AMERICA uuhh err. HECK YEAH!

[kylite]

TV:
Burn Notice
Doctor Who
Eureka
Heroes
House
Lost
Macguyver
Stargate (all)
Startrek (all)
Warehouse 13
White Collar

Anime: (pretty much anything that showed up on cartoon network)
Big O
Ruroni Kenshin
Sailor Moon
Yu Yu Hakusho

[jaybug]

Football, not soccer.
Tabasco Sauce
Drive-thru fast food. Well I don't love it, but I haven't seen it in any anime so far. Even the A&W in Asobi ni Iku Yo is sit down style.
Cheese curds, speaking of A&W.
I really should think about going digital. One look and it's obvious I am not Weeaboo.
'66 Mustang
'67 Camaro
'72 Javelin
My grandmother's '76 Buick Electra 225 Limited. Man, so nice to drive that thing at 90 mph. Smooth as silk.
Kentucky, or Tennessee bourbon.
Clear Creek Distillery's anything they make!
A few things that i know are illegal in Japan, but i won't say here.

[Nando-KiT]

what is a weeaboo?

[DancingTofu]

Weeaboo is a derogatory term used to describe someone with an irrational and socially inappropriate obsession with the country of Japan as a blatant whole.  Usually the term is used exaggeratively towards anyone with an interest in anything Japanese, usually by people who seek to lessen attention drawn to their own social imperfections.

[Nando-KiT]

well i may like anime and such but im not a weeaboo.... I like my disney alot

[reppy]

I walk around all day saying "BAKA DE-SU" and "KAWAII DE-SU".  That means I'm not a weeabo, right? D:

[Classy Viking]

I walk around all day saying "BAKA DE-SU" and "KAWAII DE-SU".  That means I'm not a weeabo, right? D:

reppy, You dun gun goofd. You dun do the opposite.

[reppy]

AIIEEEEE ~!  I AM BAKA DESU NAOW? D:

[Classy Viking]

AIIEEEEE ~!  I AM BAKA DESU NAOW? D:

[reppy]

I have a confession to make.

I'm actually a deep voiced woman.

That is all.



(I freaking love .. Freakazoid.  YAY! Not a Weeaboo anymore!)

[DemonSpawn]

I can prove I'm not a weeaboo:

I GET ALONG WITH THE NORMAL PEOPLE AT SCHOOL.

Annndddd:

I don't act obnoxiously loud in hopes of drawing attention away from the fact that I'm socially awkward. <3


And:
I'm not a stupid fangirl.

[Rathany]

I have a confession to make.

I'm actually a deep voiced woman.

That is all.



(I freaking love .. Freakazoid.  YAY! Not a Weeaboo anymore!)

Freakazoid!!!  That show was so ahead of it's time ...

[RoscoeTEHclam]

I rarely actually watch anime at all. I havent even watched any anime since con. I've just been watching Henry Rollins spoken word videos. It's basically stand up comedy, but it's coming from one of the best punk singers of all time.

[Pots]

^{(things i like)
APPLESAUCE
Superman
Leonardo DeCaprio
Who's the Boss
Little House on The Prairie
DEGRASSI
Disney
fried rice
炸酱面
F.i.r
Jesse McCartney
American flag
SPAM
Meatless patties
Cream Cheese
飞儿乐团
When Reppy says "EAT YO APPLESASS"
Doodling/Art
Building Scarecrows
Corn
Country Fried Steak
Theatre
King of the Hill
sprinkled donuts
Pork Buns
ghost bread
blueberries
English
WHAM
Drive thru
Pizza
cheese (from Wisconsin)
Ginger Ale
Aliens
Wings (any kind)
Vanilla Cake
Candle Wax
unicorns
waffles
walnuts
cow
70's
bread with cream inside
Orange cream pops/rocket pops
See's Candies
CNN
Musicals
Nightwing
Full House}

[TomtheFanboy]

I'm confused, I thought we were trying to prove we love AMURICA.

Why do people keep posting English, New Zealand, Canadian, and Mexican things that they love?
They may distance you from Japan but they AIN'T AMURICAN!

You know what I love?
The most American thing in the whole goldang world.

MATT DAMON!

[RemSaverem]

Supernatural!
Oh wait, it's being made into an anime.  Darnnit.

***Fangirl squee*** A Supernatural anime? Really??
Who is producing it? Will the canon stars be the voice actors?
Thank you for making my day.
I've been a fan of Jensen's since I was a little kid watching him as Eric on Days of Our Lives and of Jared's since Gilmore Girls. And Mischa...my favorite dynamic last season was Dean/Castiel.

As for my non-Weeabooness: I grew up in a town that was 60% Jewish & 30% Asian and most of my friends or at least their parents were new to the states & spoke Asian languages. In kindergarten I was already going to Japanese Buddhist holidays & Ginza fests with my best friend, whose dad had told me about been interred at Mazandar. (For those not knowing, during WWII the US had internment camps for Japanese people on US soil, even if they were citizens.) For a random Jewish American that was a lot of Japanese culture immersion for a 5 year old. Then when I was put as a 2nd grader into 3rd grade math & finished that in 1 trimester, they didn't want to put me in 4th grade math, so they had me tutor the Japanese exchange students, Akiko Hatori & Chiye Yajima. Hope to find them some day.

As for US & British shows I follow(ed): Doctor Who, Glee, LOST, about to start Torchwood. Supernatural,Gilmore Girls, The Good Guys, Lie to Me, I sometimes watched FlashForward for its LOST alums. Everything Joss Whedon has ever touched. Web series The Guild & Legend of Neil. Red Dwarft, Black Adder, ST:TNG, The Colbert Report (now *that'* American, yes?)

Oh and my cosplays are usually not anime. This year it was Glee & Doctor Who. Last year it was Luna Lovegood from HP (film version). For MEW and/or Orycon likely to include Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[Venusgate]

I'm confused, I thought we were trying to prove we love AMURICA.

Why do people keep posting English, New Zealand, Canadian, and Mexican things that they love?
They may distance you from Japan but they AIN'T AMURICAN!

On the contrary, just claiming you like things non-japanese is the name of the game.

For me, while I enjoy a lot of anime over American cartoons just for the sheer quality difference, American videogame companies beat their Japanese counterparts 90% of the time HANDS DOWN.

I'm also keenly aware that Japan has almost as many racist a-holes as America. No intentions to go over there just to find the source, so to speak.

Objectively speaking, there isn't much difference between America and Japan, in terms of the way people think and our capacities for good and evil.

Subjectively speaking, AMERICA! F*** YEAH! Coming again to save the mother f#$*in' day yeah!

[~boogiepop~]

>People thinking you aren't a weeaboo just because you like something that's American.

No offense but though it is a matter of personal taste, it's also a matter of your attitude towards it. Not that I'm claiming anyone posting here is a weeaboo (Though, I do know 50% or more of the forum users are weeaboos) but I think it's a little silly going "Oh, I really, really love anime. But I do this/like this/eat this"

Also I was a weeaboo for 4 years. I'm glad I graduated from that time in my life.

[kit2kit]

I agree with Boogiepop C:

I remember my weeaboo days... (I wish I didnt though orz)

[DemonSpawn]

Yeah... I hate looking back and realizing just how obnoxious I used to be. D:

[Venusgate]

Party poopers 

[NARUNIK]

FAMILY GUY,
CHOWDER,
DISCOVER CHANNEL,
AND MICROSOFT......

Okay...Im still not exactly sure what a weeaboo is...