@Miah: Doesn't make you any less of a weeaboo~

@sentinel: I'm not Japanese at all, dude. Also, Italian > Japanese. But that's probably because I've eaten a lot more Japanese food since I moved to WA (there's this really good restaurant within daily driving distance, so my roommates and I go there often; their chirashizushi is so good even if it's like, $20 a bowl), so Italian is a welcome break from the norm.

-- Griffinhart

Italian? Japanese? Boorrrring. Thai, Indian or GTFO.

I think you missed the definition, here.
Also: various curries. <3

FTFY.

Sorry, you have me mistaken for Wrath again.

Dammit, you're right!

Goes the opposite way for me... Italian family

Bold emphasis mine.

I will concede the fact that I enjoy Japanese otaku culture and its associated media (mostly anime and music; I don't really like manga [or print comics in general] because I tend to focus on words rather than art). Couldn't give that much a shit about the country though (or any other country in particular). Historical Japanese culture is just about as interesting to me as Ancient Greek culture (in that I only really find the mythology intriguing and little else). And obviously I don't attempt to act Japanese or try to speak the language (see my previous post about not seeing the point in speaking a language if you can't speak it properly; now extend that to attempting to emulate an ethnicity or nationality) in any serious manner; I know the contextual meaning of a few Japanese words and use them as memes (just as much as I use any other memetic phrase).

-- Griffinhart

I think Russia is a pretty cool guy, eh has Pak Fas and doesnt afraid of anything

The hilarity is getting palpable in here.
I don't see what point you're trying to make here, then.
Memes only work if other people get them. Yours just stabbed my eyes.

For reference, I have (and I just checked this) as many books written primarily in Arabic as I have books about Japanese culture. So before you get all "more diverse than thou", try to not assume anything. I am however learning Japanese with intention of moving there at some point, but now I'm playing that by ear. First though? I plan to visit Russia. Trans-siberian railroad. Fuck yea.

Also, yes, Greek mythos is fascinating. Try sometime to map the family tree. I have a book that does this and comes with a foldout that spans like 24x36 inches. Shit be insane.

Oh, and if you're talking about:
This wasn't me saying I'm more attuned than you. This is me saying that ironically I probably have more Japanese in my bloodline than you do.

TL;DR: You Raph, you roose. :3

Jesus christ the quote CSS needs work.

It'll be cool... when they actually integrate it into their armed forces. Still waiting to see the per-unit cost.
I don't see what point you're trying to make here, then.[/quote]
That I don't attempt to be Japanese, only that I find Japanese media entertaining (moreso than most other media at least, save for vidjagaems).
I never said how I use them? I only say that I use memetic Japanese phrases as much as any other memetic phrase - and since I know what a meme is, the implication is that I use them around other people who get them (i.e., my roommates).
That's good for you. I don't have any books about any cultures, Japanese or otherwise, other than the few books I have about games and game designs, as they tend to have contain games that are from other cultures.
And where, pray tell, was I trying to do that? If anything, I'm try to prove that I am, in fact, less culturally diverse than you.
Well then, there y'go.
And if you read my reply, you'd know that I acknowledge that point. (As far as I know, my entire family is Vietnamese, which means if we go far back enough, I'm Chinese.)

-- Griffinhart

[4chan]So, don't amerifags get butthurt that your ancestors totally PWND their un7337 asses?[/4chan]

It's less "Vietnam bumfucked us" and it's more "COMMIES bumfucked US". I use the Communist angle more than I use the Vietnam angle (which is funny, because I don't much care for the Communist regime in Vietnam).

-- Griffinhart

Either way, that was the only war the USA ever lost, wasn't it? Nice overall score IMO

To be fair, we lost because we weren't _allowed_ to win. It was a stupid thing for us to get involved in, but whatever.