What was the most embarassing thing your parents said about anime?

NachoManLance · 05-23-2004, 04:38 PM

Whenever our parents/guardians see us watching anime/reading manga, what did they say, or what do you think they will say?

Mine went like this...

Dad: "Did you just call me a baka?"
Me: Yeah......
Dad: "Is that a good thing?"
Me: ....sure

lol, the next day when he went to work he asked his Japanese co-workers what it meant.

Static Hamster · 05-23-2004, 04:48 PM

What does Baka mean?

Anyway, they just scoff at my cartoons and make fun of it and raise their eyebrows at me. I tend to just watch it alone.

Edit: And oh oh oh, have you ever played the game Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

synkr0nized · 05-23-2004, 04:50 PM

I don't think there have been any. Both have asked me questions to learn more about it, and my mother has even begun to enjoy watching it herself ever since I showed her a series here and there when I was home.

NachoManLance · 05-23-2004, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Static Hamster

Edit: And oh oh oh, have you ever played the game Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

*raises eyebrow* Game? I'm afraid that Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is in books, radio shows, a mini tv series, and a soon-to-be big screen movie. Never heard of a game.

AndyBloodredMage · 05-23-2004, 05:36 PM

Okay static, are you going to bring that game up in EVERY SINGLE THREAD that you go into? It is completely unrelated to the topic at hand, and is referred to as spam. If you want to talk about it, make a thread about it and don't pollute tons of other threads with it. [/pissed off rant]
[on topic] My most embarrassingmoment was probally when I was watching Inuyasha and my mom kept asking me all these stupid and really annoying questions. Then she began mocking it before going off to bed. Wanted to smack her.

Static Hamster · 05-23-2004, 05:47 PM

Sorry, your right.

A bit over-zealous I guess.

05-23-2004, 06:27 PM

I make fun of my friends who are over zelous anime people. I just start asking them if they have a bento box (it can't be pinku).

Anime people may be the easiest people to tweak on the planet.

Stabbitty Death · 05-23-2004, 06:49 PM

To avoid questions from my parents I lock the door and change the channel when someone knocks. But before I adopted this strategy my mom caught me watching Digimon (I was like ten) and they had just anounced a monster called Kiwimon. My mom just looked at the tv and said "They just can't think of anything these days" and walked off in disgust. Oh, and my sisters call anime "panime"

Static Hamster · 05-23-2004, 06:54 PM

....oh no.

Memories, flooding back.

My aunt one Christmas gave me a Digimon Calendar because they found out that I watched and enjoyed it. When my mother came to visit me (yes I was living on my own at the time!) she saw that I hadn't hung it up. She forced me too. Then I just left it up and used it. Eventually I didn't care.

Then one birthday, my friends wrapped a gift they had given me (and they waited till I was in a restaurent to do this) in happy yellow paper covered in Pokemon stickers. Pokemon I can't stand but to them, whats the difference. And Happy Yellow? Most horrible color there is, its part of a story.

I have two pictures put together, under one is the caption "There are my friends..." under the other is "...and these are my enemies". And its the same picture.

Kenryoku_Maxis · 05-23-2004, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Wind-Up Bird

I make fun of my friends who are over zelous anime people. I just start asking them if they have a beno box (it can't be pinku).

Anime people may be the easiest people to tweak on the planet.

You should probably put a 'T' on Bento if you're gonna get us to understand what you're talking about...-_-

Mine is whenever my dad reffers to my Trips to Anime Expo that I take as 'Going to Anime'.

05-23-2004, 04:38 PM	#1
NachoManLance Galactic Hitchhiker Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 88	What was the most embarassing thing your parents said about anime? Whenever our parents/guardians see us watching anime/reading manga, what did they say, or what do you think they will say? Mine went like this... Dad: "Did you just call me a baka?" Me: Yeah...... Dad: "Is that a good thing?" Me: ....sure lol, the next day when he went to work he asked his Japanese co-workers what it meant. __________________ :rmage: : Last night I dreamt that napalm demons made me drink a gallon of glass shards soaked in hot sauce which itself , was on fire. Weird Al Yankovic Official Website :fighter: : I'm afraid I don't follow... :bmage: : Then you must bleed.

05-23-2004, 04:48 PM	#2
Static Hamster Multidimensional Being Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Land of Left Hand Socks Posts: 485	What does Baka mean? Anyway, they just scoff at my cartoons and make fun of it and raise their eyebrows at me. I tend to just watch it alone. Edit: And oh oh oh, have you ever played the game Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? __________________ I am nothing but a figment of my own imagination :wmage: HELLOOOOO BLACK MAGE!! :bmage: mrph....is that you, pie? :wmage: No, silly. It's me. The woman of your dreams. :bmage: ... a woman made entirely of pie?

05-23-2004, 04:50 PM	#3
synkr0nized synk-ism Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: throughout the Wired Posts: 6,857	I don't think there have been any. Both have asked me questions to learn more about it, and my mother has even begun to enjoy watching it herself ever since I showed her a series here and there when I was home. __________________ Find love.

05-23-2004, 05:47 PM	#6
Static Hamster Multidimensional Being Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Land of Left Hand Socks Posts: 485	Sorry, your right. A bit over-zealous I guess. __________________ I am nothing but a figment of my own imagination :wmage: HELLOOOOO BLACK MAGE!! :bmage: mrph....is that you, pie? :wmage: No, silly. It's me. The woman of your dreams. :bmage: ... a woman made entirely of pie?

05-23-2004, 06:27 PM	#7
Mr. Wind-Up Bird Guest Posts: n/a	I make fun of my friends who are over zelous anime people. I just start asking them if they have a bento box (it can't be pinku). Anime people may be the easiest people to tweak on the planet. Last edited by Mr. Wind-Up Bird; 05-23-2004 at 07:33 PM.

05-23-2004, 06:49 PM	#8
Stabbitty Death Oh Yeah!!!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Mommy says I can stay in the basement for as long as I want Posts: 572	To avoid questions from my parents I lock the door and change the channel when someone knocks. But before I adopted this strategy my mom caught me watching Digimon (I was like ten) and they had just anounced a monster called Kiwimon. My mom just looked at the tv and said "They just can't think of anything these days" and walked off in disgust. Oh, and my sisters call anime "panime" __________________ Prepare to be dragonballed!! "Sorry, but FF1 roxorz my boxorz... FF8 SUXORZ my ClUCKSORZ". -Courtesy of Highschool Starship, by our very own Nique and Frozen Crono! The answer to any question: "Because the Wal-Mart tells us so!!"

05-23-2004, 06:54 PM	#9
Static Hamster Multidimensional Being Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Land of Left Hand Socks Posts: 485	....oh no. Memories, flooding back. My aunt one Christmas gave me a Digimon Calendar because they found out that I watched and enjoyed it. When my mother came to visit me (yes I was living on my own at the time!) she saw that I hadn't hung it up. She forced me too. Then I just left it up and used it. Eventually I didn't care. Then one birthday, my friends wrapped a gift they had given me (and they waited till I was in a restaurent to do this) in happy yellow paper covered in Pokemon stickers. Pokemon I can't stand but to them, whats the difference. And Happy Yellow? Most horrible color there is, its part of a story. I have two pictures put together, under one is the caption "There are my friends..." under the other is "...and these are my enemies". And its the same picture. __________________ I am nothing but a figment of my own imagination :wmage: HELLOOOOO BLACK MAGE!! :bmage: mrph....is that you, pie? :wmage: No, silly. It's me. The woman of your dreams. :bmage: ... a woman made entirely of pie?