Please stop calling yourselves “weeaboos” just because you like anime a lot.

“Weeaboo” is a word that describes anime fans who appropriate Japanese culture and language, fetishize Japanese people, want to be Japanese, and are in general very gross and racist. When you call yourself a “weeaboo” that’s what you’re calling yourself, and it makes a lot of us uncomfortable – especially since we need the word to retain that meaning so we can use it to call out people who fit the real definition.

If you need a word to describe someone who likes anime a lot, use “anime trash” instead. You’re welcome.

-Mod J