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Miku is absolutely based on one and only one person: Fujita Saki. Though the two don't sound like each other. Also, just cause you find it creepy doesn't mean

Miku is absolutely based on one and only one person: Fujita Saki. Though the two don't sound like each other. Also, just cause you find it creepy doesn't mean it's reciprocated by everyone else in the world. Besides, the usage in that booth was very tongue in cheek.

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meruru 7y ago
The creepy thing is funny because nerds fawning over stylized drawings is just about the most innocuous thing there is
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
  Until things like this happen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Miyazaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Miyazaki
  - mrpara 7y ago
    Ah, yes, surely this man killed and raped little girls because he was influenced by cartoons, and not because he was born with a deformity into one of the most collectivist societies on earth and then ostracized for his entire life. We're so lucky that sexually normative people never rape or kill anyone. Sarcasm aside, this is one of the many, many examples of choosing a scapegoat to frame an entire sexuality, race, or any group of people with a common interest as evil while completely ignoring any and all context. People are not animals and possess some degree of responsibility and the ability to tell reality from fiction. Unless someone presents some hard evidence that stylized drawings lead to actual attacks against real children (and to my knowledge, this simply is not true; in fact, it's easy to argue the opposite) we need to stop with this puritan outrage like we stopped blaming computer games for any and all violent crime back in the late 90s.
    - 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
      Yes, it's a textbook example of moral panic and the WP article says so. I was primarily pointing out that to most people, especially in Japan, the image of "nerds fawning over stylized drawings" sounds about as innocuous as "Catholic priests fawning over little choir boys".
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benatkin 7y ago
I've confirmed that what you say is accurate on Wikipedia, though I'd take your word from it because your username starts with "hatsune". I think this might be the first time I've been beetlejuiced on HN...
- hatsunearu 7y ago
  Hehe, I know quite a bit about her.

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meruru 7y ago

The creepy thing is funny because nerds fawning over stylized drawings is just about the most innocuous thing there is

9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
Until things like this happen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Miyazaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Miyazaki
- mrpara 7y ago
  Ah, yes, surely this man killed and raped little girls because he was influenced by cartoons, and not because he was born with a deformity into one of the most collectivist societies on earth and then ostracized for his entire life. We're so lucky that sexually normative people never rape or kill anyone. Sarcasm aside, this is one of the many, many examples of choosing a scapegoat to frame an entire sexuality, race, or any group of people with a common interest as evil while completely ignoring any and all context. People are not animals and possess some degree of responsibility and the ability to tell reality from fiction. Unless someone presents some hard evidence that stylized drawings lead to actual attacks against real children (and to my knowledge, this simply is not true; in fact, it's easy to argue the opposite) we need to stop with this puritan outrage like we stopped blaming computer games for any and all violent crime back in the late 90s.
  - 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
    Yes, it's a textbook example of moral panic and the WP article says so. I was primarily pointing out that to most people, especially in Japan, the image of "nerds fawning over stylized drawings" sounds about as innocuous as "Catholic priests fawning over little choir boys".
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benatkin 7y ago

I've confirmed that what you say is accurate on Wikipedia, though I'd take your word from it because your username starts with "hatsune". I think this might be the first time I've been beetlejuiced on HN...

hatsunearu 7y ago
Hehe, I know quite a bit about her.