The chat room

[AJBryant]

Satoyaki, this may just be me -- but can you get rid of the obnoxious political images, please?

Tony

[Zeo]

Yeah... I don't see the point in your message here Satoyaki?

[TokyoRoze]

I was pondering it as well, there is no point to it what so ever

[Seijiro Hiko]

I think a point some have being trying to make here is: an anime infatuation should not be confused with love of Japanese Culture and Language. (Although it can help contribute to it)....I'd say I agree with them. Try not to get to cross with the anime fans because they can come to realize that Japanese culture is alot more than just anime;)

I also like Japanese History particularly the 戦国時代 (sengoku era) and 明治時代 (meiji era)

The Code of Bushido and the sheer discipline and honor that is carried by its followers was particularly fascinating to me. (Call me a Romantic)

:p I opted not to have an avatar solely because of this confusion and any implications it might send to others. :p

I usually hate chatrooms in general because of asl and the endless waves of incomprehensable chat jargon.
hmm...might have to check out what the chat section like now....

what's with the president dancing in a tutu?:o

[Daisuke]

AJBryant wrote:
Satoyaki, this may just be me -- but can you get rid of the obnoxious political images, please?

Tony

Hmm, I removed the picture, sorry I was not around before.

I don't understand what the meaning was with it tho'..

[Satoyaki]

TokyoRoze wrote:
I was pondering it as well, there is no point to it what so ever

exactly, posting things such as this in a php forum like this one is called "spamming"

the only piont is fun.

(it was nothing political, I just thought that dancing george bush was the silliest thing i could possibly respond with)

[richvh]

The other day when someone went "asl" on me, I answered "Well, I haven't done any ASL (American Sign Language) since college, and it's a little hard to do in a text-only environment, anyway", and when he came back "no, ur age, location and gender", I answered "Well, Ur is several thousand years old and in Iraq, but I don't think cities have a gender."

[Roronoa Zoro]

Seijiro Hiko wrote:
I think a point some have being trying to make here is: an anime infatuation should not be confused with love of Japanese Culture and Language. (Although it can help contribute to it)....I'd say I agree with them. Try not to get to cross with the anime fans because they can come to realize that Japanese culture is alot more than just anime;)

I also like Japanese History particularly the 戦国時代 (sengoku era) and 明治時代 (meiji era)

The Code of Bushido and the sheer discipline and honor that is carried by its followers was particularly fascinating to me. (Call me a Romantic)

:p I opted not to have an avatar solely because of this confusion and any implications it might send to others. :p



i do not totally agree with you, anime is part of japanese culture as sumo or kabuki ,so you must tolerate those who like anime

I usually hate chatrooms in general because of asl and the endless waves of incomprehensable chat jargon.
hmm...might have to check out what the chat section like now....

what's with the president dancing in a tutu?:o

[keatonatron]

Satoyaki wrote:
You dislike anime?

It's not really a matter of whether they like anime or not... It's just a really boring topic to talk about. It's a TV show--It doesn't change (aside from plot), it's not something you can get better at, there's no technique to watching it... I don't understand how people can talk about it so much.

1:So who's your fave anime char???
2:Blue fairy killer boy
1:o rly? I loooooove him!!!! But I really like pinky pink pink fairy poo.
2:yea, that's cool too!! did you see the episode where they were almost defeated, then weren't?
1:yeah, u?
2:yeah. it was great.
1:sure was
2:so......
1:yeah....
2:if you could be an anime char, who would you be???
1:o, totally green dust buster bunny!
2:that's cool!
1:did you see the episode where they met that guy who... almost defeated them, then didn't?
2:yeah, u?
1:yeah. it was great.

This is what I imagine the chat to be like. Even if I liked anime... how could I care about crap like this?

[Daisuke]

Satoyaki wrote:

TokyoRoze wrote:
I was pondering it as well, there is no point to it what so ever

exactly, posting things such as this in a php forum like this one is called "spamming"

the only piont is fun.

(it was nothing political, I just thought that dancing george bush was the silliest thing i could possibly respond with)

What did it mean in reply to my post anyway?

keatonatron
This is what I imagine the chat to be like.

That's how most of the chats go.. :p .. Don't ask how boring it can be moderating in there.. -_-

[kanadajin]

it confuses small minds...(and tired people)

Lol, well When your tired you still shouldn't be making mistakes like that. SOME people are just really weird.

I mean let's say I had a picture of a female for my display picture, and it said "this is me" On the picture. I would understand if someone thought I was a woman. But if I had an animated picture of a female or a picture of a female with no relation to me, no one should think I am a female.

[AJBryant]

But if I had an animated picture of a female or a picture of a female with no relation to me, no one should think I am a female

Actually, I come from a board tradition where one's avatar speaks of one -- either a photo of oneself, one's heraldic doobies, whatever. Cross-gender avatars weird me out.

Tony

[Satoyaki]

kanadajin wrote:

it confuses small minds...(and tired people)

Lol, well When your tired you still shouldn't be making mistakes like that. SOME people are just really weird.

I mean let's say I had a picture of a female for my display picture, and it said "this is me" On the picture. I would understand if someone thought I was a woman. But if I had an animated picture of a female or a picture of a female with no relation to me, no one should think I am a female.

people who are forghien to forums or the internet will always expect you to be the person in the picture, i am, I can't imagine using a pic of someone else (unless you're unbearably ugly) and yet at the smae time I seem to be the only one not afraid to show my face.

[keatonatron]

AJBryant wrote:
Actually, I come from a board tradition where one's avatar speaks of one -- either a photo of oneself, one's heraldic doobies, whatever. Cross-gender avatars weird me out.

For some reason, when I see someone with an avatar of a super model or some really attractive girl, I'm pretty positive it's a guy. However, whenever I see someone with a cartoon or computer generated pic, I always assume they are the same gender (perhaps that animated person is how they see themselves in the computer world?).

Maybe it stems from the feeling that attraction to pictures of beautiful women is normal, whereas attraction to pictures of cartoons/computer generated people is far from. Since they can't be attracted to that pic, it must be how they see themselves!

..is my reasoning anyway.

[Txkun]

Lol that reminds me of the countless people I scared when I was playing with Final Fantasy XI with a mithra (a cat girl)... ahah I remember 1000+ posts in forums about how gay were the men that used a mithra as a character. Just wanting to see something cute on the screen isn't a valid excuse?