John Kowalski
Banned
i'd rather be someone's husbando than someone's bitch
I'm really going to try to not debate this topic seriously here, but it's more about how literally any topic can quickly get derailed by people expressing their desire to have a romantic interest with a virtual character or real life person.
The term (along with "husbando") had to be banned in a Persona 5 thread because it became too overbearing. That's my stance on this.
You do realize that the term "waifu" is used to avoid the sexualization and objectification of female characters and meant to express that they feel true love towards their 2d characters
"waifu" is literally wife spoken in broken english
To the OP's discredit I can't think of a time when it wasn't used tongue-in-cheek. Maybe that's where the dislike comes from? It's a word solely used for jokes.
The way it's used doesn't matter when the result is the same: it dominates and derails threads regularly. I'd like to discuss a game that happens to feature multiple women without being interrupted by "best girl" and "waifu" discussions. It's a nuisance.
The way it's used doesn't matter when the result is the same: it dominates and derails threads regularly. I'd like to discuss a game that happens to feature multiple women without being interrupted by "best girl" and "waifu" discussions. It's a nuisance.
I'm a representing MangaGaf?rebel pls, why do you have to be the representative for mangaf?!Kappa
You are no senpaiI always use the word in a joking fashion, which I assume 95% of GAF does as well.
Senpai McGavin approves.
In all seriousness, I hate seeing that word... if you want to call it that. It's seemingly impossible to post a picture of any attractive female without people immediately sexualizing/objectifying her. Even when used sarcastically, it sets an uncomfortable tone. Hell, a thread about Jamie Lee Curtis was recently derailed because certain people here couldn't keep their fantasies to themselves. Realistically, I don't think it's possible to enforce a ban of this caliber, but it sure would be nice if people removed that word from their vocabulary.
I recall this sort of thing happening twice in the time I've used GAF, and both times it has been rather obnoxious. The first is the well know banning of the term in the Persona 5 thread because it got out of control, and the second occurred in one of the Smash OT and carried over for a few pages, but those threads were hardly just about Smash if you go back into them. That doesn't mean that it didn't take away from possibly worthwhile conversation.The way it's used doesn't matter when the result is the same: it dominates and derails threads regularly. I'd like to discuss a game that happens to feature multiple women without being interrupted by "best girl" and "waifu" discussions. It's a nuisance.
Yes, because we definitely need more of those threads about moe characters that were seen a week or two ago /s.This forum needs more moe and waifus IMO. More lovely non-offensive big eyed cuties.
This forum needs more moe and waifus IMO. More lovely non-offensive big eyed cuties.
Even in threads where the games that have dating/social elements?
I assumed it was ironic like a lot of people but now games like HuniePOP get like multi page threads of people that seem to actually enjoy it so now I don't know what to believe.
I'm sorry they've already infiltrated the mod team: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47665959&postcount=17183
The way it's used doesn't matter when the result is the same: it dominates and derails threads regularly. I'd like to discuss a game that happens to feature multiple women without being interrupted by "best girl" and "waifu" discussions. It's a nuisance.
Context matters, as always. However, even Persona discussions tend to go that way reliably, and there's so much more in those games to talk about.
Tell people to stay on topic?The way it's used doesn't matter when the result is the same: it dominates and derails threads regularly. I'd like to discuss a game that happens to feature multiple women without being interrupted by "best girl" and "waifu" discussions. It's a nuisance.
That can be arrangedYou'll have to take my liaifu before you take my waifu.
The way it's used doesn't matter when the result is the same: it dominates and derails threads regularly. I'd like to discuss a game that happens to feature multiple women without being interrupted by "best girl" and "waifu" discussions. It's a nuisance.
What next, ban discussions of shipping as well? Whole communities would be destroyed!