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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery
But what makes this different is that it's a collective opinion. This collective opinion turns into a general consensus. This general consensus turns into a description.
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Is it a consensus? I've already given an example of the types of people that some of my classmates call "Weabos" earlier in the thread. I personally don't think this way... though I similarly don't understand such people I don't look down on them. The thing is that the majority of people on here would be classed as Weabos to them.
It is likely that what you think is a general consensus is just a consensus amongst your social group.. the people you get.
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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery
I'll tell you a really short story. My first year of college I met this guy who was OBSESSED with Japan. He'd never been to the country. He told me, "I've given up on America, I want to live my life in Japan."
This, my friend, is being a weaboo.
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So you say.. see above.
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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery
Like I said, this is moot. If everything is taken as relative then we wouldn't be able to give a description to anything. This isn't thinking in practical terms.
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I'm not saying that everything is taken as relative. I'm saying that some things can be defined objectively. Weabo is not something that is.