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Shelf Life - Idol Warship

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I wouldn't be too worried about that. The whole concept of "generations" that can be clearly defined and closely analysed is a load of crock that has little to no bearing on actual reality.

I've known a great many people like that, most of them in high school. Honestly, I think it's a generational difference, as that type of behavior seems to be more tolerated now than ever before and I really think it's getting worse more than anything. From what I've seen there appears to be a growing sense of entitlement from the youth, which is exacerbated by increasingly liberal psychological standards and the growth of technology.

Obviously, when you and I were kids we didn't always have little devices in our hands that we could use to obtain everything we wanted and I think a certain amount of that, combined with the notion that parental punishment in most forms is condemned, has continuously led to an increase in tolerance for these types of behaviors.

As someone who's studied Social Psychology at length, I can attest to that not being accurate.

Trends change over time and as trends change, so do values. People are products of their environments. and when environments change, so do people. Generational differences are just like that; people being different because of changing social climates.Generational differences are just like that; people being different because of changing social climates.

Of course this is true, I never said it wasn't. What I did say was that generations cannot be clearly defined, labeled and stuck into neat little boxes. Progress in the afterwar period has been too rapid and continuous to nicely break into tidy little chunks that can be closely analysed.

I found AKB0048 to be extremely creepy, in that the girls were titled after and had to act like their long-dead predecessors. The show pretends to be about individualism and expressing oneself and being culturally enriched, but in actuality it champions conformity, blind adherence to tradition and cultural staleness.

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I know what you mean, though what came to my mind wasn't the Roman's but rather prolefeed from Orwell's 1984. Not that idol singer music would have to be prolefeed, but as musical genres go, it would be fairly easy for a totalitarian regime to co-opt it as such.

This is a great point. I think "prolefeed" is a good phrase to bring up, although I guess in AKB0048 it's kind of the opposite, since the government specifically wants to remove contentment, and kill people's spirits.

However, there is a much larger amount of references, which is easily one of if not the main reason to watch the show. So if referential humor isn't for you, then there isn't too much to watch Nyaruko for.

Naturally we put a civilized veneer over this as humans, but the rest of the natural world is about finding food, avoiding being killed, and makin' babies.

That's it. Nothing else. Oddly, we preen as humans that we are somehow doing something to make a "difference" in the world, and yet only the stones will remember us when we are gone.

Nyaruko is an otaku reference comedy. If you do not get the references, then odds are you are not going to enjoy it. However, unlike, say, Pani Poni Dash where it's just wacky nonsense thrown about everywhere, Nyaruko is confined to Lovecraftian lore. So not only are there a ton of otaku references, but also a ton of Lovecraft references as well. To see an example of this, just check out Nyaruref a blog that is dedicated completely to the multitude of references from the show, that link in particular going to episode 1.

That's not to say that Bamboo was wrong in her assessment of the comedy. There is a ton of "molesting" as she put it. However, there is a much larger amount of references, which is easily one of if not the main reason to watch the show. So if referential humor isn't for you, then there isn't too much to watch Nyaruko for.

I found AKB0048 to be extremely creepy, in that the girls were titled after and had to act like their long-dead predecessors. The show pretends to be about individualism and expressing oneself and being culturally enriched, but in actuality it champions conformity, blind adherence to tradition and cultural staleness. When you think about it, the girls are just as bad as the system they are fighting. Heck, they're arguably worse, because they indulge in blatant and systematic hypocrisy.

I found AKB0048 to be extremely creepy, in that the girls were titled after and had to act like their long-dead predecessors. The show pretends to be about individualism and expressing oneself and being culturally enriched, but in actuality it champions conformity, blind adherence to tradition and cultural staleness. When you think about it, the girls are just as bad as the system they are fighting. Heck, they're arguably worse, because they indulge in blatant and systematic hypocrisy.

Like many, I was completely appalled by the first episode of Pet Girl

I'm not familiar with the show Nyarko {I wouldn't mind seeing it but CR is completely off my radar, I don't buy sub only and watching illegal downloads is kind of boring} but Nyarlathotep is a shape shifting mound of chaos than takes on the form it choses. You can't even appreciate the show as one step removed from Yaoi if it felt like it one day?

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Like many, I was completely appalled by the first episode of Pet Girl

A few, some, a couple? It was "many"? Mashiro's "pet" name's a metaphor for the guy taking in stray cats {cat comparisons continue through out the entire series}; If "many" people don't get that, then "many" people need to take Critical Literature classes.

If "many" people don't like the implications of some people just need the help, then I recommend blinders. They work for horses, don't they?