Insipid Posted June 10 Posted June 10 This guy is annoying. Tik tok brain rot format. More to the point: Japanese is famous for have a complex honorific system. Otaku is a very polite way to say "you." The story I heard is that this one manga author noticed that her fans would still say otaku after a while when most people would adopt more casual speech. She referred to her fans endearingly as otaku. I believe this was in the early 80s. Then in the late 80s, there was a serial killer, Tsutomu Miyazaki, who became known as the otaku killer. I believe this was when the term became negative. Nowadays, it's a neutral term for anything nerdy. I might not be remembering it all right, but I think it's nice to hear a recollection from a human mind that isn't tuned to algorithmic bullshit when the internet these days is full of AI slop. 1 Quote
ghostrek Posted June 11 Author Posted June 11 21 hours ago, Insipid said: This guy is annoying. Tik tok brain rot format. More to the point: Japanese is famous for have a complex honorific system. Otaku is a very polite way to say "you." The story I heard is that this one manga author noticed that her fans would still say otaku after a while when most people would adopt more casual speech. She referred to her fans endearingly as otaku. I believe this was in the early 80s. Then in the late 80s, there was a serial killer, Tsutomu Miyazaki, who became known as the otaku killer. I believe this was when the term became negative. Nowadays, it's a neutral term for anything nerdy. I might not be remembering it all right, but I think it's nice to hear a recollection from a human mind that isn't tuned to algorithmic bullshit when the internet these days is full of AI slop. @Insipid i agree about ai slop i cant make judge ment Quote
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