Do you feel disrespected?

HeartbreakerByZep · Post by **HeartbreakerByZep** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:42 pm

I've said it before ('cause I'm an idiot) but the thing you say to people like that is - the bar is closed.

yukimoru · Post by **yukimoru** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:43 pm

someperson wrote:If people direspect me, it's not because of anime.

Same here. I don't think anyone has disrepected me because I like anime! After I came back from JACON this year my best friend, Kayla, teased me about being an anime 'trekie' (not sure how you spell that). (Yet, I don't even like Star Trek) But, that was just a best friend teasing me, too. I've showed her Fruits Basket and she really liked it; but that and the 1st episode of Happy Lesson are the only anime she's ever seen. Maybe she's seen other anime on Fox or Cartoon Network, probably not though. We both have our TV's glued to the Food Network...I guess I got a little off the topic

)v(ajin Koji · Post by **)v(ajin Koji** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:45 pm

someperson wrote:If people direspect me, it's not because of anime.

x2.

But people rarely disrespect me seriously.

yukimoru · Post by **yukimoru** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:46 pm

HeartbreakerByZep wrote:I've said it before ('cause I'm an idiot) but the thing you say to people like that is - the bar is closed.

Nice...I like that one!

"I've shown..." Ick...I'm such a perfectionist...erk

OtakuMegane · Post by **OtakuMegane** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:57 pm

Actually, throughout my life I've gotten more respect from peers over my interest in anime than most other things I accomplish(well, after elementary school, at least).

Heck, it seems like the more of an otaku I become, the more friends I find and more respect/admiration I get.

Not that I'm complaining...

blueshogun96 · Post by **blueshogun96** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:26 pm

yukimoru wrote:This might sound silly to you, and something that your mother might repeat over and over, but; if you respect them even if they don't repect you, then they cannot truthfully say that you're disrepecting them. Therefore, you're basically heaping burning coals in their faces...by being respectful to them. If that made any sense what-so-ever?...

And, no, I would have to disagree with your viewpoint on American and Japanese TV shows. I guess that first you'd have to understand that different cultures, well...have different cultures. And that each culture would produce different products (in this case TV shows...could you call a TV show a product?hmm). I do agree that some US shows could be called inferior to some Japanese shows, but the same I can say for some Japanese shows as well. I really like what HeartBreaker said, is that: "If you do two horrible things, and one alright thing, people will hate you for the two horrible things." I don't think I got across to you about what I meant to say...I guess I'll leave it at that then.

Maybe I take too many things personally. In short, alot of people don't deserve my respect, but they get it anyway because I'm much to nice to everyone. But being nice is a good thing.

Oh yeah, this is why I don't like american humor in the first place, (yeah, I know not all of it's like this, and I'm not saying it's only america either) but why do things that pertain to sex sound funny?! I think it's not a joke and nothing to be trifled with. Someone's sex life is none of our business period.

If you like to talk dirty, then fine, just don't talk that way around me! Whatever happened to just good, clean humor like the three stooges? America in general is becoming a land without morals.

blueshogun96 · Post by **blueshogun96** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:29 pm

yukimoru wrote:
someperson wrote:If people direspect me, it's not because of anime.
Same here. I don't think anyone has disrepected me because I like anime! After I came back from JACON this year my best friend, Kayla, teased me about being an anime 'trekie' (not sure how you spell that). (Yet, I don't even like Star Trek) But, that was just a best friend teasing me, too. I've showed her Fruits Basket and she really liked it; but that and the 1st episode of Happy Lesson are the only anime she's ever seen. Maybe she's seen other anime on Fox or Cartoon Network, probably not though. We both have our TV's glued to the Food Network...I guess I got a little off the topic

Maybe my version of disrespect is different from everyone elses. I'm a difficult person to relate to...

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:56 pm

Hmm my parent's don't disrespect me. They have interests too, they wouldn't discriminate based on what my interests are.

Same as my friends, there's the people who like anime, and the ones that don't. Generally they don't care, or just tease me about it, and I retaliate and tease them

We goof around, but it isn't disrespectful.

Though, I really don't care what people think of me =/

ryuu_hime13 · Post by **ryuu_hime13** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:04 pm

I've never been disrespected because I like anime. My mom makes fun of it at times, but she makes fun of lots of things, so that's no big deal. I get asked a lot of questions at school when classmates see me reading manga or exchanging DVD's with friends, but no one's been rude about it.

someperson · Post by **someperson** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:56 pm

blueshogun96 wrote:
yukimoru wrote:This might sound silly to you, and something that your mother might repeat over and over, but; if you respect them even if they don't repect you, then they cannot truthfully say that you're disrepecting them. Therefore, you're basically heaping burning coals in their faces...by being respectful to them. If that made any sense what-so-ever?...

And, no, I would have to disagree with your viewpoint on American and Japanese TV shows. I guess that first you'd have to understand that different cultures, well...have different cultures. And that each culture would produce different products (in this case TV shows...could you call a TV show a product?hmm). I do agree that some US shows could be called inferior to some Japanese shows, but the same I can say for some Japanese shows as well. I really like what HeartBreaker said, is that: "If you do two horrible things, and one alright thing, people will hate you for the two horrible things." I don't think I got across to you about what I meant to say...I guess I'll leave it at that then.
Maybe I take too many things personally. In short, alot of people don't deserve my respect, but they get it anyway because I'm much to nice to everyone. But being nice is a good thing.

Oh yeah, this is why I don't like american humor in the first place, (yeah, I know not all of it's like this, and I'm not saying it's only america either) but why do things that pertain to sex sound funny?! I think it's not a joke and nothing to be trifled with. Someone's sex life is none of our business period. If you like to talk dirty, then fine, just don't talk that way around me! Whatever happened to just good, clean humor like the three stooges? America in general is becoming a land without morals.

I agree with you to a certain degree. Some stuff of that genre do make me laugh. How ever if that's the only humor in a movie, show, etc. then it get's obnoxious and just stupid.
But it probably wouldn't be wise to start a battle of morals here on this forum.