Want Eyes like Sailor Moon? Look no further!

[BigT]

@VinylTurnip

It creeps me out too, and the more I see of it, the more I become convinced that the entire genre and culture of anime are rooted in frozen adolescence at best, and at worst appeal to latent (if not manifest) pedophilia.

And I find it more disturbing when people make blanket assertions about entire subcultures based on their own preconceived notions of what is acceptable. There’s another word for that, but I only use it in the Pit.

You’re a Charter Member. Surely you know that there are going to be people on the board who like anime, and that calling them pedophiles would be seen as a personal insult.

Heck, I don’t even like most anime, but I felt it.

[BigT]

If the above is junior modding, I appologize. However, I can no longer edit it down to what it should say:

Reported.

[twickster]

@VinylTurnip

It creeps me out too, and the more I see of it, the more I become convinced that the entire genre and culture of anime are rooted in frozen adolescence at best, and at worst appeal to latent (if not manifest) pedophilia.

@BigT

You’re a Charter Member. Surely you know that there are going to be people on the board who like anime, and that calling them pedophiles would be seen as a personal insult.

Actually, it’s not. According to the rule on insults,

@C_K_Dexter_Haven

Generally, you may not directly insult other posters. The strictness of this rule varies a bit by forum, but the basic rule is that you should attack what the other person says, not the other person.
…
And please note the difference between an insult directed against a person and an insult against a large group.
ACCEPTABLE: “Anyone who likes the music of Enema is soulless and lacks taste in music.”
NOT ACCEPTABLE: “You like Enema’s music? Then you’re soulless and have no taste in music.”

By my reading, Vinyl Turnip’s post, though incendiary, is on the “acceptable” side of that line.

Let’s keep the discussion friendly here – if y’all want to discuss whether or not anime fans are sickos, take it to the Pit.

twickster, MPSIMS moderator

[Joey_Tightlips]

@Green_Bean

I’m kind of freaked out by guys who like anime…

For me, it’s because it reminds me of what I’ve long considered, the sexiest (non-nude) picture on the internet. Although now I wonder if her eyes are “enhanced”. Link broken due to uncertainty of rules: Clothed but sexy cosplay girl…

http://www.motifake.com /cosplay-rikku-ff10-ffx-final-fantasy-10-cosplay-advantage-demotivational-poster-14075.html

[Gyrate]

@Harmonious_Discord

I can see a cop getting interested. Excuse my miss but what are hopped up on?

You’re not wrong.

[jjimm]

@Joey_Tightlips

Link broken due to uncertainty of rules: Clothed but sexy cosplay girl…

Wow.

Sadly the misused apostrophe “felled my timber” somewhat.

Are there any more pics of that girl anywhere…?

[Skywatcher]

Does Bill Holbrook read the SDMB?

[Projammer]

@gigi

Darn, they don’t come in powers. I’d look spooky but be stumbling around the house. :smack:

Here ya go. I got mine in the -3 range.

@Guinastasia

Wouldn’t those things hurt? Or at least be really uncomfortable?

Not really. They’re tricky to get in so I probably wouldn’t recommend them for someone who has never worn contacts. You have to fold them and then let them unfold onto your eye with an edge under each eyelid.

No more uncomfortable than putting a contact on inside out. And I didn’t even notice that after the third rum&Coke.

[Miller]

@Giles

Not really. A lot of animation and cartoons (both western and Asian) is not realistic, and emphasises things for various effects.

That was a joke, dude.

[Freudian_Slit]

@Miller

So… this is a case where the Japanese borrowed something from Western culture, and made it bigger?

Weird.

[South Park]You see…Japanese have a-small penis…

[gigi]

@Projammer

Here ya go. I got mine in the -3 range.

Cool! My left eye would be fine and the right one only a tiny bit undercorrected. Hmm, when is Halloween this year?

[JRDelirious]

@runner pat

Margaret Keane did it first.

Yeah, the HuffPost picture looks more like Keane than like Sailormoon. Now who would “envy” that look for their real face I have no idea, and I say that as a minor Animé fan myself.

[Green_Bean]

Thanks for the replies, everybody. And for not flaming me.

And for those of you wondering what “cosplay” is, I looked it up. It’s dressing like Japanese animation characters.

[Gyrate]

For some reason my brain keeps trying to imagine Michele Bachmann wearing these. Skeeeeery.