Poll: Does being an anime fan == nerdiness?

[bandana163]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
I don't know if it has anything to do with nerdiness, but is certainly brings into question your entertainment preferences.

Anime = suck.

I can agree with that.

 

[nakedfrog]

Not any more so than watching any cartoon once you're past the age of 11.

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Not any more so than watching any cartoon once you're past the age of 11.

So even Simpsons and Family Guy?

 

[nakedfrog]

Sure. What makes them any less nerdy than anime?

 

[atom]

I think it's kinda nerdy but it's not any more nerdy than say, watching Star Trek or Babylon 5. And yes, I watch Star Trek too.

 

[Anubis]

no

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Not any more so than watching any cartoon once you're past the age of 11.

So even Simpsons and Family Guy?

those target adult audience, mostly due to the kind of humor contained in them - ie normal people can relate to it. Seeing as anime only attracts small fracation of the adult population, you cant argue thats aimed to that segment at all...

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: LordJezo

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Not any more so than watching any cartoon once you're past the age of 11.

So even Simpsons and Family Guy?

those target adult audience, mostly due to the kind of humor contained in them - ie normal people can relate to it. Seeing as anime only attracts small fracation of the adult population, you cant argue thats aimed to that segment at all...

Sure I can. Much of it made in Japan is targeted towards the adult audience.

 

[samgau]

Good Anime Rules.... bad anime sucks just like anything else bad... and those who think anime sucks just can't differentiate between them...

 

[Titan]

i'm not sure "nerd" is the appropritae term.

I reserve "nerd" for people who study too much, and make a living out of knowing everything. People who wear pocket-protectors, and stereotypically wear thick-rimmed glasses.

I reserve "dork" for those that are into some sort of gaming, or comic books, or other form of entertainment that has little to do with being smart. I think anime fans are dorks, but they could be nerds if they knew everything about anime. Then again, fans are fans so they deserve a seperate category. I watch anime, but i don't consider myself a fan.

Finally, "geek" is reserved traditionally for computer enthusiasts. Possibly this can be extended for other technical interests. Wether a hardware or programming interest, the geek knows great amounts about computers, but little else to constitute being a nerd.

Being as I am a gamer and a computer programmer, I am a geek-dork. Or perhaps a dork-geek since gaming came first. But I am not a nerd, I resent the term nerd. I barely read.