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I’m not entirely sure of what was being covered in the original post regarding being an otaku and being a hypocrite.

Only covering the part of being an “otaku” in the closet, why do we necessarily have to tell everyone around us that we like anime? If we live in an Asian country such as China or Japan (instead of the USA) where anime is popular and mainstream, it might be on the same level as liking a sport like baseball.

But I think “otaku” are not really the extrovert type and so they tend to not loudly declare that they like/love anime to other people. I think the problem is more than a person who won’t come out and say that he comes out and says he likes anime, or even denies it when it’s seen that he does. Oh well, the human condition. It won’t be fixed in one day.

And I can also relate to the feeling of the only person in my whole class (wait, scratch that, whole university) that knows of what Shakugan no Shana is, or what is the real name of Saber in Fsn. Most people don’t even care anyway.

But for me, it’s a tad depressing too. Being a sole otaku in my area’s not that fun.

*in Tagalog*
Me: Oi pre, kilala mo si Shana? Yung cute tsaka malufet na bida nung isang show dati-rati lang sa Japan?
Classmate: Huh? Sino yon?
Me: … Sige, sige, Naruto na nga lang ang pagusapan natin. (Sheesh, hirap pag puro dubbed anime lang ang alam ng friends ko. T_T)

you think you have it bad? heck, i’m a 31 year old lawyer who absolutely loves anime.

when so called mature “adults” inevitably ask why i’m so crazy about anime, i babble stuff about anime being an artform, akin to the works of famous artists like van gogh blah blah and then they look at me funny.

i’m kinda frustrated though that people seem stuck on the idea that anime=cartoons=kid’s stuff.

ah well, live and let live ^ ^

Don’t let the nuances of life get to you. When life points a third finger at you, point both of yours back at it.

Pointing to grades is probably my first issue with the post in general. Grades no more determine intelligence than the number of books you’ve read and can run off at the mouth about. It’s a farcical way for the self-proclaimed intelligencia to establish themselves as a mental authority of some kind (vis-a-vis their decrees of what is and isn’t an intellectual undertaking, for example) and, more’s the case, verbally masturbate themselves through the due course of back-patting and agreeing of what constitutes a smart person. That being said, my grades in school were atrocious. I wouldn’t apply myself for sake of an arbitrary number when I could slack off. But then, calling it an arbitrary number makes me sound like a pompous ass, so I tend to avoid that sort of thing.

Ah, crap. Now I’m bored with writing this. Oh well, back to work then…

It’s not that I want to, but I’m forced to. You know it, good enough. Don’t make others look at you with weird eyes.

Also, you want to silence a hypocrite, you smile at him and do nothing else. Eventually he’ll be shocked at this response. I prefer silencing critics with anything that’s handy, but there are times when you apply nonviolent yet cruel tactics to do the job. Not only is it far safer, but also renewable.

“if you are one without talent, you’re nothing more than a social climber: you are nothing more than a hypocrite.” You sure you phrased this correct? Basically, you said, “If you aren’t smart, you are a faker.” In other words, give up on life and cos if you didn’t have good genes, you aren’t real? Reminds me of Gattacca. Hope you saw that.

Seriously, being smart naturally is an advantage but it’s not everything.

But as Hung said, off topic posts are to be marked with the off topic marker lol.