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[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

The Japanese can get obsessed with anything

It's their superpower

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

They have a rockabilly obsession too iirc. Google Japanese Rockabilly Culture.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Everyone has a rockabilly obsession

[-] jcit878@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

if you havnt already, the movie 'Guitar Wolf - Wild Zero' is an absolute blast. Something about a (real) rockabilly band (guitar wolf) saving the world from an alien zombie invasion. I've seen the band play too, still the loudest concert I've ever been to

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If the weeb door swings both ways they must get pumped about someday coming to America and handling a real gun.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 1 year ago

Hideo Kojima is one of those. He's mentioned being obsessed with American military hardware in interviews.

[-] sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

"Five-five-sixers and pineapples, huh?"

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

In college I was a member of the international students club and "I want to shoot a gun" was one of the first things international kids wanted to do in the semester. I'd say like 50% of them wanted me to take them to a shooting range within the first 6 weeks of coming to the US, it was really weird

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Hey, I wanted to shoot a gun too the moment I went to the US

[-] bob_lemon@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I understand the urge to kill, but that TSA officer was just doing his job

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[-] sodiumbromley@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have seen a video of a shooting instructor who brought over a Japanese kid who did all his drills with airsoft and had never shot a real gun before. I'll go look for it and edit in the link if I find it.

Edit: Someone Else found it in a reply

[-] grayman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

YT search sucks ass these days, but I remember the video you're referencing. Here's the best I can do: https://youtu.be/G_TgsVlky3U

[-] eleefece@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago
[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago

Hellaou…mai naime is..kowboy tanaka

[-] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

You mean Rawhide Kobayashi

[-] ech@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago
[-] Quasari@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

Tsukiyaki Western Django has nothing to do with this movement, I think, but it is great seeing a western featuring an all Japanese cast doing lines in English and Quentin Tarantino doing lines in Japanese

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The entire movie is on YouTube. Just watched the first 5 minutes. I need way more weed for an hour and a half of that. I'd link it, but I can't figure out how to do that in Newpipe

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

So, here's an idea I had, related to cross-culture admiration:

If we had a Team Fortress 3, we'd want more voice lines for Soldier. Unfortunately, Rick May has passed away. If we're to honor the Jane Doe character, it may be preferable to replace the character instead of re-cast him (and claim that Doe is off fighting the perpetual war against the Eagle Legions up north).

That said, it'd be boring to just get a straight copy of the old Soldier, but also suck to lose the theme of American Patriotic Rocket Trooper. So what if TF3's Soldier was a Japanese immigrant that is incredibly bored with Japanese tradition, and is obsessed with everything American instead? Kinda like the cowboy theme in this meme. Curious if that sounds interesting at all.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

You leave Hideo Kojima alone!

[-] Sivalente@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure that's a romulan.

[-] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I had a professor named Akira Yamamoto that had this obsession and became an expert on certain native American languages. He always wore cowboy boots.

[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

But they call it the wild east

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I explicitly support this and encourage the cultural exchange.

If someone wants to come to America and wear a cool cowboy hat and shoot a wheel gun, please, enjoy. Have fun. Welcome.

Totally agree. This kind of goofiness is how cultures integrate, and it's as healthy as it is funny.

As long as it's not mean-spirited, I say go for it.

Wow, that sounds like a healthy way to respond to people with interests in cultures beyond their own.

Now if you don't mind me, I have eggs to throw at American high schoolers wearing kimonos.

[-] VegaLyrae@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Eggs are expensive and I've never seen anyone wear a kimono to high school.

A cowboy kimono sounds kinda interesting Mashup tho.

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[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Howdy, my name is Rawhide Kobayashi. I'm a 27 year old Japanese Japamerican (western culture fan for you foreigners). I brand and wrangle cattle on my ranch, and spend my days perfecting the craft and enjoying superior American passtimes. (Barbeque, Rodeo, Fireworks) I train with my branding iron every day, this superior weapon can permanently leave my ranch embled on a cattle's hide because it is white-hot, and is vastly superior to any other method of livestock marking. I earned my branding license two years ago, and I have been getting better every day. I speak English fluently, both Texas and Oklahoma dialect, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about American history and their cowboy code, which I follow 100% When I get my American visa, I am moving to Dallas to work in an oil field to learn more about their magnificent culture. I hope I can become a cattle wrangler for the Double Cross Ranch or an oil rig operator for Exxon-Mobil! I own several cowboy hats, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to America, so I can fit in easier. I rebel against my elders and seniors and speak English as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond. Wish me luck in America!

[-] Plibbert@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
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