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japanese cultural appreciation is heavily indexed on nerd culture and that's heavily men. just an additional audience to skew the metrics.
by vmception 5y ago
japanese cultural appreciation is heavily indexed on nerd culture and that's heavily men. just an additional audience to skew the metrics.
- errcorrectcode 5y agoWeird Al should have a yakuza-themed album with about half nerdcore and half alternately shouting and squealing in Japanese.
- bitwize 5y agoSounds like the rappers from Snow Crash. For the closest real-world analogue, check out m-flo.
- errcorrectcode 5y agoCool. I was just thinking there ought to be an AI chat agent that can recommend music based on themes and mood, perhaps with a periodic, paradoxically-opposite sense of humor.
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- bitwize 5y agoThe biggest weebs I knew in college were women. Sailor Moon is woefully underestimated in terms of how much it contributed to redressing the nerd gender balance. I won't say that it's completely redressed, but female anime fans and japanophiles are considerably more prevalent now than in decades past. Now, the bits of culture that concern swords and warrior codes of honor? Yeah, those are boy things, mainly.
- vmception 5y agoyeah that reminds me its something I’ve noticed too. although I encountered something similar, in my schools they were a very distinct subculture defined by their affinity to Japanese culture, whereas what I see now amongst younger people is that many more attractive popular well adjusted women (people in general) are ok with or into anime, that style, and non-US cinema at all. I like this outcome.