• flicker
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    2310 months ago

    Instead of a “culture,” think of it as a “fandom.”

    He’s the equivalent of a person wearing a ton of anime stuff in public. Or a Trekkie wearing a uniform.

    Nerd!

    • @Jimmyeatsausage
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      510 months ago

      I legit love this idea and am going to start equating these guys with the guys that have those ahegao faces all over their car.

      “P…p…pull my trigger, senpai?”

    • LeadersAtWork
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      10 months ago

      Until a gun is able to shoot waifu body pillows at me I’m not taking this as a valid argument.

      Appropriate regulations would allow the responsible carrying of weapons while stripping people like this of the ability to, well…do that. It would also probably help to normalize the culture in the eyes of the people who speak up against it.

      • @[email protected]
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        310 months ago

        That’d be stupid easy to make, just scale up a t-shirt gun. You’ll have to make it, since companies will likely deem that not commercially viable enough to mass produce outside Japan, but nothing is stopping you from doing it.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      410 months ago

      Exactly. It’s a fandom. I love Star Trek, which actually has a moral code attached to it. I wouldn’t call Trekkies a culture.

    • @harry_balzac
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      110 months ago

      Until a Trekkie walks into a school or supermarket and kills a bunch of folks with his cosplay tricorder, it’s not fandom. It’s violent insecurity and idiocy masquerading as bravery.