Discussion Why do we all have anime pfps 🤨

[bedhead_baby]

 

[Walilamdzii]

I don't!

 

[winamp]

I don't

I try not to judge anime pfps but I am always silently judging them depending on show and style

 

[bedhead_baby]

I don't!

I'm telling the police ):<

 

[Walilamdzii]

I'm telling the police ):<

Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

 

[bedhead_baby]

I don't

I try not to judge anime pfps but I am always silently judging them depending on show and style

Nuuuuu don't judge me D:

What's your pfp? I like it

 

[アホペンギン]

anime pfps are fine, just people's preferences.

 

[winamp]

Nuuuuu don't judge me D:

What's your pfp? I like it

Jet girl from the comic tank girl

secretly judging you because of the Golden Boy pfp but also not because I like the style of it and have yet to watch Golden Boy it looks so funny and I will never forget that gif of your character

edit: I can't- this is too funny and will always be funny to me besides all of the dramatic emotions and faces drawn in the show

 

[bedhead_baby]

Jet girl from the comic tank girl

secretly judging you because of the Golden Boy pfp but also not because I like the style of it and have yet to watch Golden Boy it looks so funny and I will never forget that gif of your character

NOOOOOO watch it before you judge lol it's funny. The entire thing is on yt. Also I just love the art style.

But a comic, anime/manga, not so different

I just find it funny most of us have anime/comic/cartoon pfps

 

[winamp]

NOOOOOO watch it before you judge lol it's funny. The entire thing is on yt. Also I just love the art style.

it's on my watchlist but I never have any time also I had no idea that all of it was on yt thank you for telling me :)

yeah you're right anime/manga and comics/cartoons aren't that different but also I guess it depends on ones own preferences

but also I can acknowledge that I am a bit biased based on my bad experiences with people who have anime/manga pfps and the stereotypes associated with them

 

[bedhead_baby]

Jet girl from the comic tank girl

secretly judging you because of the Golden Boy pfp but also not because I like the style of it and have yet to watch Golden Boy it looks so funny and I will never forget that gif of your character

edit: I can't- this is too funny and will always be funny to me besides all of the dramatic emotions and faces drawn in the show

Queen. Also the part where he walks down the alley and just turns the corner

 

[FuneralCry]

I guess that many people like that art style but it doesn't really resonate with me. I chose my profile picture as I see myself in it.

 

[winamp]

Queen. Also the part where he walks down the alley and just turns the corner

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I love this one too

 

[figure8]

I don't (the world explodes).

 

[bedhead_baby]

I don't (the world explodes).

Why did the 5 people without one answer >:c now I look like the goober. I'm putting you in time out

I love this one too

You need to watch it lol!! You already like it xD

 

[StarlightDreamer]

I've been puzzling over this for a couple minutes now. It's a hard question to answer,

For one, not all of us do. It looks like a third to a quarter of us have anime PFPs on a quick browse of the forums, which is still worth pondering.

If I had to reckon, the most important factor: Anime tends to be a convenient "face" for people of all stripes.

I have seen everyone from members of the trans community to extremist political movements adopt anime as symbols of their movement. And when the character didn't exist, oftentimes an artist will make their own. In the western world, this takes place via memes, but in Japan this extends to printed media. Anime art can be simple to create, is attractive and evocative, and easily sourced from screencaps, gif websites, and boorus.

Which leads me to a hypothesis: A larger proportion of those who find this site nowadays are anime fans. These are the folks who as adolescents spent time on Tumblr, YouTube, 4/8chan, various forums, and other corners of the net where they developed an appreciation for the medium; and by degrees became quite internet-savvy. Such that, when life events made them quite depressed for long enough, they eventually unearthed this website and its many resources, and quickly grabbed a suitable character as their persona before hopping into the community.

But that's just a hypothesis, practically untestable.

It's certainly possible that weebs are on average more depressed than the typical individual. It's also possible that it's dependent on communities - I saw a huge proliferation of anime PFPs back when the Tantacrul video first dropped. But I'll leave both of those as exercises for the reader.

 

[bedhead_baby]

I've been puzzling over this for a couple minutes now. It's a hard question to answer,

For one, not all of us do. It looks like a third to a quarter of us have anime PFPs on a quick browse of the forums, which is still worth pondering.

If I had to reckon, the most important factor: Anime tends to be a convenient "face" for people of all stripes.

I have seen everyone from members of the trans community to extremist political movements adopt anime as symbols of their movement. And when the character didn't exist, oftentimes an artist will make their own. In the western world, this takes place via memes, but in Japan this extends to printed media. Anime art can be simple to create, is attractive and evocative, and easily sourced from screencaps, gif websites, and boorus.

Which leads me to a hypothesis: A larger proportion of those who find this site nowadays are anime fans. These are the folks who as adolescents spent time on Tumblr, YouTube, 4/8chan, various forums, and other corners of the net where they developed an appreciation for the medium; and by degrees became quite internet-savvy. Such that, when life events made them quite depressed for long enough, they eventually unearthed this website and its many resources, and quickly grabbed a suitable character as their persona before hopping into the community.

But that's just a hypothesis, practically untestable.

It's certainly possible that weebs are on average more depressed than the typical individual. It's also possible that it's dependent on communities - I saw a huge proliferation of anime PFPs back when the Tantacrul video first dropped. But I'll leave both of those as exercises for the reader.

Thank you for this in depth analysis. It's both a silly nonsense question, as well as an interesting one once you actually start thinking about it. I just found it funny and started counting all the anime and manga pfps in every thread.

 

[CTB Dream]

Anime amaze

 

[LadyOfLight]

not guilty ! haha

I don't!

pre raphaelite ?

 

[Aesthetic guy]

i like anime. watching them time to time. but actually i had this question too. the ratio of anime to other pfp's is too much :D

 

[UnfeelingVoid]

I used to have anime pfps on every other website I was a part of lol, I dunno why I didn't here.

 

[bedhead_baby]

I've accidentally gathered all the non anime pfps

 

[UnfeelingVoid]

Honestly, if it was my choice, I'd choose Power from CSM, but I chose a black hole instead haha

 

[Rapière]

Because this site is filled with zoomers who've lost touch with reality and use anime as a replacement for the human warmth they crave... Golden boy is great by the way, I don't recall any other TV-show ever making me laugh so hysterically.

 

[UnfeelingVoid]

Because this site is filled with zoomers who've lost touch with reality and use anime as a replacement for the human warmth they crave... Golden boy is great by the way, I don't recall any other TV-show ever making me laugh so hysterically.

Couldn't say it better myself.

 

[Csmith8827]

I don't yet but I'm honestly about to change mine right now...I dunno if I wanna do a guy character or a girl one though...

Edit: I chose a guy. Gabimaru The Hollow!

 

[WaffleWoman]

Jet girl from the comic tank girl

secretly judging you because of the Golden Boy pfp but also not because I like the style of it and have yet to watch Golden Boy it looks so funny and I will never forget that gif of your character

edit: I can't- this is too funny and will always be funny to me besides all of the dramatic emotions and faces drawn in the show

Lol I saw amv about this show at a anime convention i went to recently

I've accidentally gathered all the non anime pfps

Heresy

 

[bedhead_baby]

Because this site is filled with zoomers who've lost touch with reality and use anime as a replacement for the human warmth they crave... Golden boy is great by the way, I don't recall any other TV-show ever making me laugh so hysterically.

Hey >:( that's not tr...... Ah, uh, well, wait, you've got a point.

 

[Rocinante]

NOOOOOO watch it before you judge lol it's funny. The entire thing is on yt. Also I just love the art style.

But a comic, anime/manga, not so different

I just find it funny most of us have anime/comic/cartoon pfps

Hilarious series, too bad it's only 6~ episodes

 

[Aurora Vanderlux]

because Makise Kurisu is literally me