A 50 year old man watching anime. :O

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Sorry.. but I find this thread a bit ridiculous. What a person does on their spare time is their own business.

And if you're forgetting..

Miyazaki is older than 50 and he CREATES anime.

There's nothing wrong with that.
 
Then he would be one cool dude...do what you enjoy, regardless of what other people think. Er, as long as it's legal.
 
i dont think theres anything wrong with a 50 year old man watching anime even IF he's gay =/
 
Two words: Who cares

If he likes it, let him like it. And... the idea of him being gay? Where did that come from? oO;
 
age doens't matter when it comes to doing the things you like, look at how old I am, and I watch a lot of it, pokemon, do silly things and act in a playful way, does that mean I have no lofe?, no, it means I am enjoying it and understand the fact that I can be myself, it's my right as long as no harm is caused, it also certainly doesn't have anything to do with my sexuality either
 
Two pages....not much intelligent post like I hoped but then again look at this thread. My parents are 60 enjoy cartoons and anime. Its because its that enjoyable to whatever viewer, are you really going to frown upon someone for there age much less sexuality?

Sorry but theres nothing conversioning here compared to if he was watch a bunch of hentai then you should worry with that nose of yours breathing down his neck with interest.
 
So my mother is in her late 50's, and she is into BL.
Does this count as hentai?

Damn, and I thought otaku thoroughbred(笑) was just an urban legend.
 
I think it's awesome that someone from an older generation is taking an interest in modern technology. I mean back in the old days, animation was done with feeble blobs of clay and string. Now it's all computer designed, which is facinating taking into consideration how far animation and technology has come over the last 50 years. So no, he isn't gay on this basis. His sexuality would define that ;)

He will have a life, or rather has had one whichever way you look at it. 50 years old is still young in some books.

Next people will be calling people who play Pokemon who aren't 15 or below gay. lol Just shows that some people think too much about their genitals and which way they are pointing.

I agree with that. It's awesome some someone older does that. I introduced my grandpa to a Tobisha laptop, and he loves it!
 
Tsk....

It's normal for somebody older to like Anime Who wouldn't I mean one of the reasons the Japanese developed Anime sooo much is that they don't have enough Western-looking actors/actresses. Go watch Full Metal Panic or Detective Conan "Kudou" (Which shows you more than 500 ways to kill a person AND still get away from it :P ) and tell me that Anime is 4KIDS (Pun!) Anime has been stereotyped waaay too much from the General Public to the Internets. :(
 
What would you think if a 50 year old man watches anime? I think he/she might have no life or either enjoying his life. Most people thinks that he's a gay.

Um, what? People are able to do what they want to do. Leave him alone.

Who cares, anyways? Who honestly gives a damn about whether or not a fifty year old man is watching anime? I don't and the rest of the world doesn't either.

It's pretty damn rich of you to say he's a gay because he watches anime when you post on a Pokémon forum as well, just thought I'd throw it in there.
 
OHMYGOD! The horror ! The horror !
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Somebody tell me what's wrong with watching Anime when you're 50 years old, because I can't see it. .____.

And I don't understand the link with 'watching anime' and 'being gay' neither. :/
 
Neither do I, I saw a 89 year old watching Anime the other week, my grandad watches it with me, especially Bleach! He loves it and if any of you think that is gay then you can just get screwed, there is NOTHING wrong with this! My grandad isn't "gay"
 
Ok, seriously, this has gone on long enough. All I've seen are hippie answers in this worthless thread. Why is it even here? There is no discussion, cause everybody is saying thhe exact same thing. I see posts like this:

Um, what? People are able to do what they want to do. Leave him alone.

Who cares, anyways? Who honestly gives a damn about whether or not a fifty year old man is watching anime? I don't and the rest of the world doesn't either.

It's pretty damn rich of you to say he's a gay because he watches anime when you post on a Pokémon forum as well, just thought I'd throw it in there.

This goes to everybody who'se replies were like the one quoted above, from moderator, to regular member, to PC supporter alike.


The original poster NEVER, EVER, EVER said SHE PERSONALLY felt that it is wrong for old people to watch animuu. Nor did he say that SHE felt they were gay. She did, however, give a pretty common sterotype that people in real life who AREN'T a bunch of anime lovers may have on the elderly watching animoo. I don't know about gay, but people also say it is wrong for adults to play video games. Sure, that is a very ignorant point of view. Very childish, very old school, very black & white, but still there. All she did was state the sterotype, she never said that she felt it, so STOP mixing the two together. Otherwise, you need to leave the thread, get some fresh air, & grow up a little.

What would you think if a 50 year old man watches anime? I think he/she might have no life or either enjoying his life. Most people thinks that he's a gay.

This is her original post. She gave two senarios. Other than gay (see where she said "most people"), she also said he might not have a life, or might be enjoying life. Wakachamo was rite, it doesn't make too much sense, but she elaborates on other posts, saying shefeel it's nothing wrong to like animoo at an old age.

That said, I couldn't care less what old people do with their time. I'd honestly be surprised if Daddo, my grampa, watched Animu, never seemed like the type (I think he finds cartoons childish, but he sees everybody under the age of 25 as a child, so he doesn't care), but if he does, then hey, something we can do together.


Actually, in Japan, reading manga and what not is perfectly acceptable, even for 50 year old men. As far as animes go, it all depends on the show. There's one guy who my Japanese fiance said was like the anime equivalent to Disney, and was ok to watch, after I was giving her and her mom crap for watching.

Outside of Japan......... there's this thing called "virginity", which you can keep at age 50, if you still watch anime up to that point.... (sorry, guys)

I don't get this answer. I am asking, not implying, are you saying all animoo watchers are virgins? If so, many couples watch it together. Seems liek ur hiding something...

EPIC BURN!

Anyway, cartoons are cartoons. Many a people in college can tell you what goes on at 8:00AM on Cartoon Network. They like the unrealistic violence. Get over it.
 
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The original poster NEVER, EVER, EVER said HE PERSONALLY felt that it is wrong for old people to watch animuu.

Actually, the message seems to give a bit of mixed signals on this point. If you would deign to take a proper look before you rant?

I think he/she might have no life or either enjoying his life. Most people thinks that he's a gay.

Pardon my hippiness, but doesn't the underline statement (In which you will note the presence of 'I', as in 'I, the poster, believe this') at least imply there being something wrong with? Judging by these posts here, this is what most people got hooked up on. Also, the 'most people' part of the statement is just plain...random, and no specific source for it was ever given, so I'm guessing that it may confuse. Personally, I didn't ascribe it to the thread creator, but I find myself wondering why they chose to bring this, out of all the anti-anime arguments, to the table in the first place. :\

That being said, it's kind of disheartening how all replies in this thread basically boil down to two kinds; the 'what does it matter' front, and the people who think that they'll sound smart and/or funny if they make jokes about anime and sexuality. So, kind of...more discussion, less blasting out opinions, please?
 
Actually, the message seems to give a bit of mixed signals on this point. If you would deign to take a proper look before you rant?



Pardon my hippiness, but doesn't the underline statement (In which you will note the presence of 'I', as in 'I, the poster, believe this') at least imply there being something wrong with? Judging by these posts here, this is what most people got hooked up on. Also, the 'most people' part of the statement is just plain...random, and no specific source for it was ever given, so I'm guessing that it may confuse. Personally, I didn't ascribe it to the thread creator, but I find myself wondering why they chose to bring this, out of all the anti-anime arguments, to the table in the first place. :\

That being said, it's kind of disheartening how all replies in this thread basically boil down to two kinds; the 'what does it matter' front, and the people who think that they'll sound smart and/or funny if they make jokes about anime and sexuality. So, kind of...more discussion, less blasting out opinions, please?

Check my edit on the thread creator, plox.

Anyway, you can see that she said they either have no life (which is also a common view on elderly in general), or is enjoying life. Almost everyone here half read the post, other than Wakachamo. She most likely heard of it before (the ghey thing), discussed it with her friends, and decided to bring it up. Judging by her grammer, she possibly thinking "what would others say about old animuu watchers?", or probably heard around where she's from, so "most people"is fine enough. She may have also used it to portray a common negative stereotype to the extreme. She didn't need a source, as this was an opinion thread (& all opinion threads have no discussion), & possibly went along with media. We can ALL attest to sayinf that there are plenty of people with those kinds of negative views towards anime. I also went along with her OTHER posts, along with the first, clearing her views up more. Also, out of all views against animoo, why not that one?

I'm putting a tad too much thought into why she did it, when it's quite simple.

But yeah, there is no discussion here, which is why I asked for this to be closed. Only people posting one after another, saying "it's A-OK!", with a big Kool-Aid smile on their face. Oh Yeah!!!! That is why I asked for this thread to be closed.
 
Check my edit on the thread creator, plox.

That second post is not so much an explanation as an attempt to take both sides of the argument at the same time. She never claimed to have misworded her opinion in the first post, nor did she ever refute her previous statement on the matter in any way; she simply claimed to be in full agreement with an opinion that completely contradicted what she herself had said. Any requests for clarifying the meaning of this maneuver were ignored, so essentially she ended up with a result as good as saying nothing whatsoever. -.-

Aaaanyhow, I do agree that this thread kind of lost any pretense of actually getting anywhere long ago. Time to await modly judgment, I suppose.
 
But yeah, there is no discussion here, which is why I asked for this to be closed. Only people posting one after another, saying "it's A-OK!", with a big Kool-Aid smile on their face. Oh Yeah!!!! That is why I asked for this thread to be closed.

As much as I think that this thread should be closed as there's no real discussion coming out of it, I also think that I need to respond to several things brought up since I posted.

Ok, seriously, this has gone on long enough. All I've seen are hippie answers in this worthless thread. Why is it even here? There is no discussion, cause everybody is saying thhe exact same thing. I see posts like this:This goes to everybody who'se replies were like the one quoted above, from moderator, to regular member, to PC supporter alike.

No, everyone replied the exact same thing because the majority of them are decent people who actually have sensible views on the world, not because they wanted to look like saints. And what was the point of saying that members, PC Supporters and moderators all shared the same views? Are you saying that one of those groups should be more intelligent than the others and that they should have known not to post in this thread for your illogical reason? Yeah, that really makes sense.

The original poster NEVER, EVER, EVER said SHE PERSONALLY felt that it is wrong for old people to watch animuu. Nor did he say that SHE felt they were gay. She did, however, give a pretty common sterotype that people in real life who AREN'T a bunch of anime lovers may have on the elderly watching animoo. I don't know about gay, but people also say it is wrong for adults to play video games. Sure, that is a very ignorant point of view. Very childish, very old school, very black & white, but still there. All she did was state the sterotype, she never said that she felt it, so STOP mixing the two together. Otherwise, you need to leave the thread, get some fresh air, & grow up a little.

Um, as Alter Ego said, the first post definitely sent out some mixed messages and most of the people who read this thread figured that the original posted was slagging the man in question off. I thought so as well and I read the post properly.

And can you stop acting like you're some sort of savior? Wow, you asked for a thread to be locked because there was no discussion in it. That doesn't mean you're above everyone in this thread.
 
True, but it was very wrong on everyone to react so strongly, even going as far as to insult her directly. Not everyone is a whizz at typing, and they often mis...mis...what's the word I'm looking for? I'll just say, misrepresent. Yeah, that'll do. Misrepresented. As such, she possibly hurried her post, and did that. And she's rite. They might not have a life (still never said that she feels it's wrong), or might be enjoying life. More of an insult to anime lovers, if anything :/

But, yeah, I gotta go, this was fun. Sorry if I got a tad off topic there.



EDIT: Please, I never said I was above everyone. The fact that they are "decent" doesn't mean anything. Everyone is saying the same thing, on what is supposed to be a debate thread. They all (meaning all PC members) shared the same views because they all POSTED the same thing. Seriously. What different groups? I'm taking on all members who posted here in this thread, not all PC members in general. So you proved me rite, almost everyone on this thread isn't reading the post properly, and are acting on that. That means this thread should be locked, because there is no discussion. Unless they are, as you call them, not one if the"decent" people. If you had read the post rite, you would have refrained from insulting her.

Second, just because I spoke out on it, doesn't make me out to be a saivior, and even Alter Ego saw that. I saw something very foul, & called it out. Stop taking it personally because I used your post as an example, because it's sad. All you are doing is proving me right. You say I feel I'm better, yet group yourself as "decent people".

This is why I asked the thread to get locked. No real discussion, only people reiterating the same thing.
 
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