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11-15-2010, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery View Post
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.
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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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.
So you say.. see above.

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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.
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.