"Hilarious" Touhou article

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--- Quote from: Amaterasu-ōmikami on August 20, 2009, 06:22:58 AM ---And on that note, a lot of Touhou fans have to put up with that "lol pedo" crap from other people as it is, so this doesn't help.
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Adding on that about half of the images in the article reinforce the "lol pedo" message, or at least make us look creepy.

Menorah Jams, Pham:
Speaking as someone who is planning a Manly Brouhou Reimu costume for Otakon 2010 (I have chest hair and a guy's build, so if I cannot be a trap, I might as well be MASCULINE) I wouldn't oppose more guys in Touhou. We get it, the girls' outfits are pretty to look at and they're cute eye candy. It's easy for outsiders to read "Eww, pedo" and that's where suppressing your power level comes in.

If you're running around the street in a Yukkuri T-shirt, waving a gohei you made out of a twig and Superglued paperboard, shouting "MARISA STOLE THE PRECIOUS THING" while blazing U.N. Owen on your boombox and danmakuing with pebbles, then you deserve to have people think you're creepy. If you're a total hikki who makes no attempt to have human interaction other than printed fanart of your favorite Touhou, then you deserve to have people think you're some fanboy. If you're a denizen of the Internet who just enjoys Touhou and the mythos/characters/music/game, then you're already on Poolswimmer or MotK and guess what? You just enjoy the mythos/characters/music/game. You can like whatever you like but if you're going to be an outwardly forceful douchebag about it (e.g. "TOUHOU IS GREAT AND STUPID WESTERN GAMES SUCK, SUWAKO IS MAI WAIFU IRL" or, turning things around, "YIFF YIFF YIFF HAY GUYS COME CHECK OUT MY FURSONA I DREW ART OF IT HAVING SEX WITH A UNICORNOCEROUS THAT HAS SONIC THE HEDGEHOG'S SNEAKERS AND HAIR") then you're not suppressing your power level, you're being a shitty example for the rest of us, but in the end, do we care what the rest of the world thinks?

That's pretty much all there is to it. If you are any of those and you feel bad because some random schmucks on the Internet think you're pedo, you should get the hell off the Internet right now and stop opening yourself up to interaction, because strangers are always going to think worse of you for something. Hell, I think anyone who whistles or hums needs to be run up a flagpole by the underwear and shot at with fire ants because they are terrible people. Replace "anyone who whistles or hums" with "Touhou fans" and "needs to be run up etc." with "are pedo" and you see what I mean.

Somewhere out there, a lot of people don't like what you're doing - eating meat, creating carbon emissions, playing Touhou, going on 4chan and ED, wearing fur, driving American cars, driving Japanese cars, driving European cars, taking the bus or subway, etc.

Like what you like as long as it does no direct physical harm to yourself or others, and to hell with what the Internet thinks of your hobby.

Viva freaking Touhou, man, seriously. I enjoy this fandom and I enjoy interacting with other Touhou fans. I don't know half of what you're all talking about, but that's okay because I'm still learning, and it's fun being here and reading.

Viva Touhou. VIVA! VIVA!

Tengukami:
That was a very articulate outburst.

Tengukami:
On the other hand I'm not sure what you're driving at. If you act too much like a freak, you invite abuse? I'm not sure how many people on this board fit the descriptions you made here, but none of the Touhou fans I've met do. I'm sure they exist, don't get me wrong. But I think we're allowed to take issue with cheap stereotype milking.

--- Quote from: MJP ---Like what you like as long as it does no direct physical harm to yourself or others, and to hell with what the Internet thinks of your hobby.
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Well yeah. No one here's going to drop out of the fandom because of a Cracked article. And I don't see anyone raging too hard about it. For me it's a stylistic issue and just a sigh of, "Oh, this shit again ..." I know it comes with the territory. Would just be nice if the article was actually funny, if it's going to be satirical, instead of reaching for the low-hanging fruit. But you can't win 'em all.

Menorah Jams, Pham:
Oh, I wasn't saying that people should drop the article, more like "So what if they think you're pedo - you know you're not and that's all that matters" (Unless you ARE a real pedo, at which point you'd better stay the hell away from my future sister-in-law, and save the "is she hot" for CPMC, TYVM).

The article didn't seem like Cracked's usual Top X lists... I think they were playing into the Digg-going Internet crowd to the point of "lolololol original creator cannot draw, he drinks liquor and develops games, I CAN DO THAT WITH C++ IN A WEB 2.0 APP, UPVOTED" as the whole bit o' funny, with a touch of "silly yellow people" thrown in.

See, the good thing is that to my knowledge, nobody on the board DOES act like that, but those who do (they're probably not on MotK, I guess) are the ones who invite it upon themselves, while poorly reflecting upon us. It is on them where our derision should focus, IMHO.

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