r/dankmemes • u/luxusbuerg 🇱🇺MENG DOHEEMIES🗿👑 • Jan 23 '22

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u/Demokka Jan 23 '22

That's what a weeb is.

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u/Envy-sama Jan 23 '22

No, A weeb is a derisive term for a non-Japanese person who is so obsessed with Japanese culture that they wish they were actually Japanese.

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u/___some_random_weeb Jan 23 '22 edited Jan 23 '22

That's a otaku

Edit: I get it I get it now shut the fuck up

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u/doge__boi Jan 23 '22

I think it's the other way around. So weeb is the "I wanna be japanese" kind and otaku is "I like anime (a lot I guess)". But you're kind of right since anime watchers are using weeb as a non-derogatory term and are calling themselves weeb even if they only like anime. The original meaning of the word weeb is shifting

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u/Soviet_Doggo__ EX-NORMIE Jan 23 '22

The term otaku means obsessed with culture or whatever someone else said so its the opposite of what you said