Git Repo: Anime-Girls-Holding-Programming-Books
github.comThe kind of people I see with a fascination of anime girls are exactly the kind of people I expect to have one.
It is creepy, and everyone thinks you are creepy.
“Kind of people?” Do you mean Japanese?
Hate to burst your bubble, but they’re considered creepy in Japan, too.
Aye, a basement dwelling nerd is a basement dwelling nerd regardless of where they are located on the planet, and are looked upon the same way. Otaku are no exception.
Otaku refers to men who prefer computers, games, anime, manga over forming real relationships. It includes obsession with cartoon or fictional girls, but includes more antisocial obsessions than anime girls.
Anime features prominently in Japanese and other Asian cultures. Nothing wrong with that, but not healthy (or creepy, if you prefer) to fixate on fictional females rather than forming relationships with real people.
The problem lies in the behavior of the anime consumer, in other words.
Not a fan myself. I live in Asia and see these characters, and the anime style, everywhere. It strikes me as juvenile and sometimes fun in a marketing context. Would strike me as creepy if someone told me they were in love with an anime girl.
No, that’s not what otaku means. Otaku can be completely disconnected from Anime, and if it is about Anime then it does not have to be connected to girls. The other way around liking the detective series conan or ghibli movies doesn’t make somebody otaku, just like enjoying a Disney movie doesn’t make you a cartoon nerd.
… which confirms what I wrote.
If you read what I wrote you will find I did not equate otaku with anime. I wrote that otaku includes obsession with anime girls. It can include other things too. I don't know what point you mean to make.
Thanks for the showing off your cultural erudition. No bubble burst for me.
I couldn’t care less what you think about me, but please stop equating the “Japanese people” with “grown men obsessing over anime girls”. That’s straight up racist, disrespectful and misinformed (through foreign Anime communities I assume).
Read the whole thread before calling names. I asked the OP to clarify what "kind of people" who look at female anime characters refers to. I never equated Japanese people with anything.
Listen, you enjoy anime, that's fine, I grew up on Guyver, Dragonball, Trigun, Ghost in the Shell, there's plenty of great anime out there.
You seem very defensive.
If you have images of anime girls (especially young looking) as your wallpaper... People think you are weird. Nobody is telling this to your face because they don't want to offend you, but they are judging you, and I am too.
If you don't... what's the deal? Why are you defending it so much?
Trying to defend it by insinuating I am predjudiced against a group of people (because all Japanese people like anime??? I've lived there, they do not.) in some way is a facile defense.
I don't think you read any of what I wrote.
Interesting to see this on HN, even though it was mass-flagged by everyone here. Sure, it's not a technical project, but it's a cool curiosity to see from a bunch of tech hobbyists contributing edits of anime girls holding programming books. It's a fact that a lot of people in tech have unconventional interests. Plenty of "quirky" projects like that. My only criticism is using Git to host these images. Are they even using Git LFS?
I will not be taking questions, but I do find it interesting to see which characters show up in which languages.
Also, it made me smile that we have a Ruby reading about Ruby. [1]
[1]: https://github.com/cat-milk/Anime-Girls-Holding-Programming-...
In the ruby section there isn't a single one with furry ears. This has been a huge disappointment.
Why?
Why not?
Thanks, I hate it.