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Anime consumption and ‘worth’ as a fan.

Things like ANN's MyAnime feature make it incredibly easy to keep track of what you've watched but I guess if you're a complete moron using something so simple might seem like a lot of work.

If you actually wasted some of your irreplaceable, precious time on this Earth to keep track of how many anime you've seen...

you are a dork.

Banken wrote:

If you actually wasted some of your irreplaceable, precious time on this Earth to keep track of how many anime you've seen... you are a dork.

How is it a waste of time? I actually find it fun keeping a list of anime I've seen. I can use that list for reference or maybe rewatch a show I don't remember much about.

Maybe it's a waste of time to you, but not to Blood- or me or many others.

Besides, I'd say anime is an inherently dorky hobby, so what of it?

I actually find it fun keeping a list of anime I've seen.

st_owly wrote:

Besides, I'd say anime is an inherently dorky hobby, so what of it?

It is, I was being relative. Also, I only said you were a dork, I wasn't passing judgement. Obviously trolling on an anime forum for fun is even dorkier. Hehehe.

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I actually find it fun keeping a list of anime I've seen.

I didn't say list, I said count. You're good at as long as you don't count them

But how many series do you watch at once that you need a list to keep up with the episodes?

If you actually wasted some of your irreplaceable, precious time on this Earth to keep track of how many anime you've seen...

you are a dork.

You might as well have spent that time learning Japanese so you can better appreciate anime instead.

I didn't say list, I said count. You're good at as long as you don't count them

But how many series do you watch at once that you need a list to keep up with the episodes?

My gripe is about people who claim to watch 20 or 30 shows per season but when you ask about a particular show or want to compare notes about a certain episode it turns out they haven't gotten past episode 3 of that series or you have to re-explain the whole thing to them because the memory is just a blur among everything else they watch.

That's where it annoys me, where fans somehow turn how much anime they watch into a sort of dick-measuring contest. Just watch it because you enjoy it. Don't watch a lot of stuff you're not enjoying because you think it makes you the better fan. That's ridiculous. I don't think it's a bad thing to watch that many anime. But do it because you enjoy it, not because it means you're a better fan than someone else.