Otaku (M/A) Time! (or is it N/A?)

Heyas!

So, bit lost on topics. Decided to continue the fase. Note; please noone take offense for my relations on this topic.

So, first to the most reliable (it lied) source of information; wikipedia! AKA, the wikiMO. (no really kids, don't get into this habit.)

wikiMO proudly states;

Otaku (おたく/オタク?) is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, and video games.

so far so correctly stated. Seriously, that's our Otaku.

Unpleasant stereotypes about otaku prevail in worldwide fan communities, and some anime fans express concern about the effect these more extreme fans can have on the reputation of their hobby (not unlike sentiments in the comic book and science fiction fandoms).

science fiction is more than a fandom. continuing...

Whilst in English geek can suggest a person who may be socially awkward but who is also intelligent and may be fairly "normal" aside from their interest in certain typically 'geekish' pursuits (video games, comic books, computers, etc.), otaku is closer in connotation to the English nerd, but the closest English-language analogue to otaku is probably the British English term anorak. Both of these English-language terms have more emphatically negative connotations of poor social skills and obsessive interest in a topic that seems strange, niche or boring to others

Hahaha.

Anyway...

The current Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso is an otaku.

Dosn't make you feel any better, huh?

But here is something from the Urban Dictionary;

Otaku is the honorific word of Taku (home).


Otaku is extremely negative in meaning as it is used to refer to someone who stays at home all the time and doesn't have a life (no social life, no love life, etc)
 
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Usually an otaku person has nothing better to do with their life so they pass the time by watching anime, playing videogames, surfing the internet (otaku is also used to refer to a nerd/hacker/programmer).
 
otaku no jinsei ha yabai na! (it sucks to live the life of an otaku!)
 
And some online 'before and after' s, which are called 'positive's and negative' s.
 
Positive: "Oh, wow! Check it out: Neck-through, Floyd Rose locking tremolo and an optional push/pull coil tap!" (slaps forehead and laughs) "Man, I am such a guitar otaku, aren't I?"


Negative: "Stay clear of Toshi, man. He's such a RQ otaku, always online. Bet he's never actually even talked to a real-live girl before... You never know when he's gonna' snap, right?"
 
okay...
 
In Japan the word "otaku" has become taboo because of Miyazaki Tsutomu who went on a toddler murdering spree in the 80's, video taping the young girls he had murdered from an obsession with lolicon (female pedophilic manga).  
 
Okay..... I will not go on.
 
So from henceforth, from the beginning of my '...' time, I have revealed the 'true' meanings of names.
 
But lo and behold!
 
For some strange reason these names (well, most of it) don't directly relate to my fellow 'journalists' here.
 
Oh well.
 
See you next time!
 
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