Ouch, That hurt.....

In the latest issue of OTAKU USA, there is an article about "Moe". Moe is kinda hard to explain, it means different things to everybody. You could google it if you feel so inclined. Sorry, to get back on track, Daryl Surat started his take on it with: "To understand you have to be an otaku(reference to an anime fan...). You've got to be in your teens to late 20's and up, socially and emotionally handicapped, and your romantic experience with the opposite sex is so non-existent that even The 40-Year-Old Virgin was more experienced than you growing up. The time you were SUPPOSED to spend learning how to bond with people was devoted to otaku pursuits instead.'
'Though fully grown, mentally you're a kid. And yet, every few seconds your DNA cries out that you desperately need a hug, a shoulder to cry on, someone to talk to, be with. It's mostly not a sex thing, really. But rationally speaking, you know you'll never get any of these things. After all, just holding down a job stretches the limit of your social abilities."
He never really says why "Moe" is a bad thing, although, he makes it VERY clear he hates it. Pffft,Hater.... Anyways, He concluded that fans of Moe are the kind of people previously described. What cut so badly was that he characterizes these people as, well, losers. That and the fact that his description actually fits me rather well. I'm not bothered by Moe. I'm rather indifferent about it. Sure, hyper-cute girls make neat eye-candy, but I could take 'em or leave 'em, as long as the story is good, who cares?.... Some of what he says doesn't apply to me. I didn't get into anime until after I was already socially and emotionally damaged. I'd like to reply to them with a clever, witty letter, if I can come up with something fitting....

On a somewhat related note, I've decided that if I ever get a tatoo, it's going to be of the catgirl image used for the header background. I don't know who the artist is, but it's just about my favorite out of the hundreds of catgirl images I've collected off the internet. In all reality, it'll probably never happen though.