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Originally Posted by Grislygus
God I hate white people that go out of their way to drink sake.
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I was there once, and then I read enough Paul Theroux to realize there's a very gray area between that sort of irritation and the I AM SURE THAT NO OTHER WHITE PERSON UNDERSTANDS THIS NON-WHITE CULTURE THE WAY I DO, THEREFORE I HATE THEM ALL, THEY SHOULD JUST STICK TO BEING WHITE AND LEAVE GENUINE APPRECIATION TO ME philosophy. Paul Theroux can write, but he's an asshole that way, white traveler fooling himself into thinking he's a resentful native of wherever he is.
That's why I pretty much stick to an "eyes on your own paper" plan of action. Self-proclaimed "otakus" are best ignored. If I want sake, I go to a store I know will sell it and I buy it. No need to broadcast. Enough problems being a non-Japanese artist in a primarily Japanese art form. Enough people getting pissed off at me for not
being Japanese, which is ridiculous. Is the art better somehow if I'm Japanese? Just fucking buy your sake and take it home and drink it, and stfu about how the characters in your favorite anime drink it this way or that way.
Tadao:
