By u/Digitalmodernism, its a fictional story of someone recounting working in Japan during the 1980s where anime is socially acceptable.
In the 1980s I was a high-powered salaryman working in the pachinko industry in Osaka focusing on design and advertising. I had a wife and two children and I drank heavily most nights of the week. Being a fan of anime at the time in Japan was completely socially acceptable and not unusual for working adults. Popular anime series during that period included Urusei Yatsura, Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Battleship Yamato, Captain Tsubasa, Dr. Slump, Kinnikuman, Fist of the North Star, and Cat’s Eye. Many of my colleagues also watched anime or read manga and there were open discussions in the office about recent episodes or plot developments especially regarding Gundam or Hokuto no Ken. Nobody thought it was childish or strange. I once attended an anime convention in Nagoya in the early 1980s. I was chain smoking heavily and very drunk after several hours of drinking. While standing outside the venue I witnessed a stabbing across the street. I did not recognize the individuals involved and I did not approach. I left the area quickly out of fear leaving behind a rare Kinnikuman plush I had purchased earlier in the day. After reaching the end of the street I decided I needed to retrieve the plush. I returned to the area but by then the police had arrived and the suspect was no longer present. I was stopped and questioned by an officer and asked what I was doing in the area. I told him I had left my Kinnikuman plush behind and I pointed to it where it had fallen near a cigarette vending machine. They asked me a few more questions and checked my ID. I was allowed to leave with the plush and was not held. I returned to my hotel alone and did not tell my wife about the incident.
By u/1Estel1, its the Xiangling copypasta but changed to Buccaneer from Bloons TD 6.
I can't take it anymore. I'm sick of 052 Buccaneer. I try to play Druid. My Pirate Lord deals more damage. I try to play Monkey Ace. My Pirate Lord deals more damage. I try to play Wizard. My Pirate Lord deals more damage. I want to play Ninja. My Pirate Lord deals more damage. I want to play Dartling, Submarine - they are both mogged by Buccaneer. It grabs me by the throat. I build for it. I roll for it. I give it Permanent Brew. It isn't satisfied. I build for MiB. "Leave the baby bloons to the other monkeys" It tells me. "Give me more MOAB killing." It grabs the Paragon button and forces itself to upgrade to Navarch. "You just need to build the other two boats. I can oneshot BADs." "I can't afford enough boats for a good degree" It grabs my Quincy."There are no good heroes, only Benjamin." "Guess this is the end." It grabs its hook. It says "Navarch, Hook them." There is no hint of sadness in its eyes. Nothing but pure pulling power. What a cruel world.
Jesus Christ. This isn't a joke. I can't comprehend how insane you have to be to actually back an ideology as destructive and senseless as unfettered, neoliberal capitalism. You claim to worry about the issues of supposed oppressed groups and yet you do not care about the common man, who inevitably gets fucked at the end of the day. But no, standing up for our right not to sell my ass 40 hours a week for minimum wage is apparently a form of populism at this point.
At the end of the day all you support is uncontrolled, unsustainable "economic growth" (read: the poor get poorer and the rich richer) while you slowly deplete the entire planet's resources. But I guess putting a colorful rainbow flag on it makes it look good. You condemn "regimes" like China that have successfully improved material conditions for literal billions of people and shill for enlightened "democratic" nations like the US, which have supported literal fascist coups overseas, are barely democratic (two parties, which are basically the same right wing organization, 100% bought by corporations and billionaires) committed countless war crimes, crimes against humanity and still do unthinkable atrocities in places like Guantanamo Bay. All of this out of sheer economic interest. Seeing fucking numbers go up is all you care about, while the rest of the world, such as the African countries you abuse for cheap manufacturing, including child labor, starves to death. All in the name of "freedom" and "democracy".
You should take a reality check. Your vision of the world is distorted and you are behind most of the problems of our society. Fuck you. Fuck you fuck you, from the bottom of my heart.
I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out."
— Michael B. Tager has left the Nazi Bar (@IamRageSparkle) July 8, 2020
I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you.
So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, “no. get out.”
And the dude next to me says, “hey i’m not doing anything, i’m a paying customer.”
and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, “out. now.” and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed
Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, “you didn’t see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them.”
And i was like, ohok and he continues. “you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it’s always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don’t want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.
And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it’s too late because they’re entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down.”
And i was like, “oh damn.”
and he said “yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people.”
And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven’t forgotten that at all.
I want to like Kendrick Lamar but I'm white so it's weird for me to listen to. I get weird feelings. It's just too raw and emotional in a way I can't relate to. But some things are not for me and that's ok, I respect the hell out of the man and his courage though. What's weird is I don't have this problem with other rappers of color. Like, I love Tyler, the Creator.
Started as a joke when Roblox was down for maintenance, the copypasta has been used for other games.
Roblox
It's been 5 hours without Roblox, I can’t stop shaking and I’m having severe mental breakdowns. I woke up today trying to log onto Roblox but the site was down, I had a major panic attack but managed to calm down after a few hours. I couldn’t go to school today, I am so worried that I even took my dad's gun from the shed, thinking of killing myself. I am nothing without Roblox, it is my life, it is my destiny, without Roblox, I wouldn't be able to do anything. Roblox is the best thing ever made and I can't get rid of my addiction to it, it is the best game in existence. I can't stop trembling and crying, I am very worried. I can't reach 30 million bounty anymore in Blox Fruits. I can't play CB:R anymore, I am trembling more than the marleyans experienced when the rumbling was around. Shivering in fear of losing my progress at my day streak at ASTD and Adopt Me. I am so scared that I might lose my mind and go insane. I want Roblox back.
Its been 20 hours without Roblox, I can't stop shaking and I'm having severe mental breakdowns. I woke up today trying to log into Roblox but the site was down. I had a major panic attack but managed to calm down after a few hours. I couldn't go to school today, I am so worried that I even took my dads gun from the shed, thinking of killing myself. I am nothing with Roblox, it is my life, it is my destiny, without Roblox, I wouldn't be able to do anything. Roblox is the best thing ever made and I can't get rid of my addiction to it, it is the best game in existence. I can't stop trembling and crying, I am very worried. I used all my money on Roblox, I bought the Super Super Happy Face and bought a Valkyrie for my girlfriend CoolDjoleProGamerYT. I don't know what to do. Roblox can't be gone for any longer cause if it does then I'll go insane again.. breaking my mouse, chair, house and everything I own. Roblox is very amazing and I can't lose it. Roblox is my life, I met my amazing girlfriend john there, In bloxburg, I was delivering pizza's, when I saw this amazingly attractive woman named, CoolDjoleProGamerYT, she was so cute, I flushed. I found her home later then and tried to talk to her, she was so kind and cute that i accidentally typed my thoughts out "mind: she's so cute.." and she flushe then i got nervous, we then went in and made out, after that we went on many dates to Adopt me, where we adopted 2 boys named DemonicLuciferr, and RedDoflaming0. Demonic and Red were so cute that I even took them out of town and took them to Brookhaven. after that we had our own child in Bloxburg on our rooftop named lazerlamps. Our kids were so cute and amazing that I even fed them my special milk, they liked it so much that they wanted it again. and the day after... Roblox was down and I went through my panic attack, Shivering in fear of losing my fiance and kids. I am so scared that I might just lose my mind and go insane... I want my kids back...
Steam
It's been 2 seconds since Steam being down. I think i'm losing my mind. My whole body aches and my limbs are trembling. I feel my bones breaking and i'm in a straight panic attack because i have to go see the scary outside world and the tall green grass. I feel my organs degenerate and i'm losing power. Please, Gabe, put your site back up. I'm dying and in endless eternal pain. I don't think i'm going to make it. How many years?…. Months even has it been without Steam? I still can’t comprehend my only reason of life has been stripped away from me, my body has gone into withdrawal, my hands are currently shaking as I am currently typing this. My brain has no purpose other than to fulfill the duty of buying hundreds of dollars worth of filler games. What do i do now? I see no purpose of life… There is no purpose of life. I am going to send one final message before I cease to exist. I’m feeling sick to my stomach, my body is sick, my legs are shaking. I’m about to throw up. This is a disease, a mental disorder and disease that has taken my life away, Hope you’re happy now… Gabe...
Fortnite
It's been 5 hours without Fortnite, I can’t stop shaking and I’m having severe mental breakdowns. I woke up today trying to log onto Fortnite but the servers were down, I had a major panic attack but managed to calm down after a few hours. I couldn’t go to school today, I am so worried. I am nothing without Fortnite, it is my life, it is my destiny, without Fortnite, I wouldn't be able to do anything. Fortnite is the best thing ever made and I can't get rid of my addiction to it, it is the best game in existence. I can't stop trembling and crying, I am very worried. I can't reach 20 kills in un-filled squads. I can't play FFA box fights, I am trembling more than the marleyans experienced when the rumbling was around. Shivering in fear of losing my progress at my weekly missions. I am so scared that I might lose my mind and go insane. I want Fortnite back.
Rainbow 6
It's been 1 minute without R6 , I can’t stop shaking and I’m having severe mental breakdowns. I woke up today trying to log onto R6 but the servers were down, I had a major panic attack but managed to calm down after a few hours. I am nothing without R6, it is my life, it is my destiny, without R6, I wouldn't be able to do anything. R6 is the best thing ever made and I can't get rid of my addiction to it, it is the best game in existence. I can't stop trembling and crying, I am very worried. I am trembling more than the marleyans experienced when the rumbling was around. I am so scared that I might lose my mind and go insane. I want R6 back
Lost Ark
Its been 37 Hours without Lost Ark.. I can’t stop shaking and I’m having severe mental breakdowns. I woke up today trying to log onto Lost ark but it was offline, I had a major panic attack but managed to calm down after a few hours. I couldn’t go to school today, I am so worried that I even got so depressed and thought about bad stuff. I am nothing without Lost ark... it is my life, it is my destiny, without Lost Ark, I wouldn't be able to do anything. Lost Ark is the best thing that exists and I can't get rid of my addiction to it, it is the best game in existence . I can't stop trembling and crying, I am very worried. I used all of my money on Lost Ark I don't know what to do. Lost Ark can't be gone for any longer cause if it does then I'll go insane again.. breaking my mouse, chair, house and everything I own. Lost Ark is very amazing and I can't lose it. Lost Ark is my life, I am so scared that I might just lose my mind and go insane...
MapleStory
Its been 10 hours without maple, I cannot stop shaking an I'm having severe mental breakdowns. I woke up trying to login to maple but the game was down, I had a major panic attack but managed to calm down after a few hours. I couldn't go to work today I was so worried. Without maple I will not be able to do anything. Maple is the best thing ever made and I can't get rid of my addiction to it, it is the best game in existence. I CANNOT STOP CRYING AND I AM VERRY WORRIED. All of my joy has perished, my wife has also left with the kids.
