This is for you, little weeaboo.
Because I know that I am not the only one pissed off by these little fuckers who think they know everything about Japan, which they see as this magical rainbow sunshine candy land of sparkle love kawaiidesune, just because they eat pocky and sushi (the later of which is about as commonly eaten in Japan as, say, a falafel in the US) and watch anime/read manga. That's like if I was a kid living in Japan and I went "America is a wonderful place! I can tell from the amazing cartoons and comic books and I express how much I love America by eating potato chips and egg salad sandwiches! I also wear hats that look like an eagle because eagles are really sacred in America! It's a way better place than here because the schools aren't as strict!" then went around screaming "CUTE!" and "COOL!" and "IDIOT!" because they were common English phrases.
If I was in Japan and I met that kid I'd slap them in the reverse-weeaboo face.
I know people who actually know REAL CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SHIT about Japan, and I am one of those people. Guess what? It's a highly xenophobic and misogynistic culture (if you're a weeaboo your vocabulary probably isn't that great, so xenophobic means "we hate foreigners" and misogynistic means "women better shut up and bring me my sake") full of sexual and emotional repression, the majority of the population isn't super kawaiidesune teenie boppers IT'S OLD PEOPLE, the suicide rate over there is as high as the homicide rate in America (which is pretty high; gives you a pretty good clue about the levels of happiness going on in Japayun), racism is rampant against anyone who isn't of the Yamato ethnic majority even members of other Japanese ethnicities, and manga and anime is seen over there as just as nerdy as comic books and super hero cartoons are in the US. I'm not saying that Japan is a sucky place and no one should ever go there, I'm saying that just like any country (other than Denmark. Denmark is perfect.) Japan isn't perfect and has its ups and downs.
So take off the fucking cat ears and put down the cheap hair dye, go to the library, and learn some ACTUAL SHIT. YOU POSER TOOLS. About the country you supposedly worship.
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I don't know how much they eat falafel in US, but sushi is very common food here. Pocky is just a normal snack. Manga is usual entertainment, for example while going to work by train... Also, it's everyday life using english (and some other too) loanwords, so you have many people to slap... I can not agree 100% with xenophobia and misogyny either, but I don't even start with that. Happy life is up to attitude as in any country.
The best way to learn know other culture is live in it.
until I took an arrow to the kneeuntil I actually had to do a paper on Japan. Learned a lot!