This image was posted at Byonavi with the title "More than 96% of otaku die a virgin." But otaku get to spend every night with a different 2D girl so how can this be true?
I think we need to spend a million dollars researching this topic. Would a 2D girl count?
Depends on how detailed she is.
damn it's to hard to find an anime look a like girl ummm.... flesh and bone with 2D charms maybe a reason...
in other words, the kind of women u mention do not exist in reality. T.T
i think they do but it's hard to find'em watching anime all the time it's too dificult... and by the way i love anime.
Probably as rare as lunar rainbows.
I believe it. I'm 27, and I'm still a virgin...and not only that, but I've never even been on a date before...ever...in my entire life... Stupid social anxiety disorder. ;_;
i think it's different to still be a virgin and male. try being 30, female and still a virgin. though, i've been on my fair share of dates, just none that lead to doin the dirty.
Yo do earn my utmost respect on that, young lady. Myself am dedicated to invest myself in meeting true love as well. I am sad to see girls giving themselves to guys that do not care about long-term relationships (or do it too late) and collect "conquests" (those males disgust me to an extreme point).
you are so right... i'm sick and tired of seeing people like this all over the place making it look like its ok and cool to be "giving" away their virginity as if it cost nothing... hello... your only a virgin like once in your whole life...
exactly. i won't bore you with the details, so long story, short. my last boyfriend, i thought was "the one" but i never let things go as far as he wanted and he ended breaking up with me. so yeah, i'm still looking for my knight in shining armour.
No offense but maybe your standards are just too high.
aww, thanks! d_blade! *gives giant bear hug*
You're welcome... Urgh, can't breathe...
your standards def way too high. bring down to typical average girl without a fairy tale dream, and youll get guys left and right. unless your fat (of course fat girls need lovin too, which in that case look for guys who like big butts).
mind if i join in the party??? 23 sad years with no gf n yup, still a virgin...
[Dirty Old Man]Well, I could help you fix that part. Not that far between Oklahoma and Michigan.[/Dirty Old Man] Seriously, though, I understand the want to wait.
i too have a bit of an anxiety problem, especially when its meeting new people. Mainly, I just dont say a word to new acquaintances, or at least keep it to a minimal. But dont worry, the right girl will come to you at the right time.
Let's hope so. The right girl part, not the anxiety since I'm the same way. Yet I work as a cashier at a grocery store, where I am required to talk to random people, irony?
as opposed to working as a cashier, I dont think it really requires social skills, I mean cmon...all it takes is a Hello and that'll be 10 dollars and 52 cents kinda deal. But in a sense, meeting new people does strike the cue. I wouldnt be nervous to run the counter/register in that sort of manner, unless if it was a drop dead smokin gorgeous woman but thats just natural :) The only times when I do feel anxious is when I meet new people, but that quickly goes away once I get to know them. Also standing on stage in front of a large crowd, but thats a global phenomenon isnt it?
Actually were required to say more than that, but I get your point.
My Anxiety issues are quite similar. When I'm around new people, I always end up standing to the side and not saying anything. Even people that I do see all the time, like everyone at work, I get nervous around when we start to socialize. I was the only one who didn't attend the company christmas party (three years in a row), because I just couldn't take the anxiety.
I'm also a fan of anxiety myself but one day life teach us that whocares about everyone else just do what you want when you want it it's hard and painfull but it must work... if you wanna dance dance if you want to sing SING!!! if you wanna stay with 2-d chicks maybe you should think about it... it's ok for training ;) but someday you will graduate.
That seems to be simply the fact that you're shy. Don't always take the word of doctors and such as truth, they regularly diagnose people with things like this when it's simply natural human behavior. I'm shy too but it's just a matter of trying to overcome it, and knowing that it's possible to over come it. Never put it off as "just a disorder" or anything like that, it'll just make it hard to overcome.
I agree with the above. You should tryfind the courage, otherwise you will forever think "oh I can't do anything about it because it's a disorder." Remember, courage is not the abscence of fear, but the will to overcome it.
Yes you're right. It's certainly possible to overcome our shyness as I've always been trying to and I seem to be slightly better now than how I was many moons ago. A side note: studying management theory helps a lot for me. ^^
I think learning to meet new people is just something that most people need to work on. It is hard to be expected for some one who is usually reserved to just start talking smoothly to a random person. You just need confidence in yourself and slowly work on improving your conversational skills. If you really are too nervous, I think a couple of drinks might help.
I was like you some years ago... I wonder if it was because I felt the fear people would take advantage or me or something like that (I'm pretty meek actually). I hated talking on the phone as well. Hopefully upon coming here, I have opened myself a lot to others and am ready to talk to a total stranger without much stress. What remains of that is over-politeness (or is it a cultural trait?). I tend to politely nod and go formal (such as the French pronouns "vous" instead of the "tu", think "thee" and "thou" very often. The English pronouns are so convenient! "You" and that's all. ^^
I also felt I could never open myself to others, but I decided to change and it worked somehow... Now the rest is that I'm a loner. I wonder if I will find true love one day, but at least I'd have made efforts in that... If I remain alone, I don't mind at all; I wouldn't want to waste my life by rushing it or saying to myself "I have to do it before it is too late!". For love to begin, for goes friendship. Strangely enough, I never had true friendship before, as well... That's sad, as I did my best so far. I must be unlucky. *laughs* At least I'm not a social failure as wherever I went for volunteering (as of now), people loved me and my hardworking personality (not to brag about myself). Etc, etc.
*First goes friendship (sorry, still sleepy)
"For love to begin, first goes friendship." That's what I tell myself as well. And I try to stay hopeful, considering I have made progress in that department... (Also with talking on the phone, actually...)
You are not alone; I have the same anxiety. When new people try to talk to me, I offer just don't know how to respond. It always takes me a while to get used to be around new people.
I also have a some problems when it comes to socialize with others who I don't know well. ^_^; But it has been better, since now I don't worry too much about it anymore, coz thinking about it, the other person we interact with might just feel nervous or a bit insecure too. So maybe if we try to understand how the other person is feeling as well, and focus less about our own performance, we would feel less anxious. After all, just being a bit more shy or insecure doesn't make us less good, so why not just relax, be ourselves and enjoy interacting with others? Try to focus on understanding what the other person might feel, and if he/she can actually be an interesting person for you or not (I mean, if the other person has something that might interest you or not, like hobbies and such). ^_^
I can say I did lose my virginity. Took until I was 28, but I did. Also took 30 minutes for the drugs to kick in. - Kidding on that last part.
me too! I'm 27.. no lover, no dates. And no friends except maybe a couple of "email/msn friends". I feel very incomodate with groups of people, is a little better when I speak with only one person, but not too much, and also am a little slow, so can't think or speak or react very fast.. In my work I have to deal with my clients in person about 2 or 3 times a week, that is almost no problem but because always there is a very focused thing to do with them.
you can do it man, just go to the womens prison and pick yourself a date, she'll eat your dick like its fresh sausage. or you could just spend the f ing money and get a hooker. they start at 10 for bj and 2000 for high class escorts. now get that dick played!
i loves me a man with his shirt tucked into his too-small sweatpants. someone better hold me back!
Sou desu ka?
oh god no! that's a major turn-off for me.
（笑）That made me chuckle ^^; Nowadays, the only people who tuck a shirt in is business people. Who would tuck a T in their pants today? Hahha... awe.. imaging a geeky looking guy doing that?!
i don't mind tucking in shirt in a pair of jeans, or if they're a businessman. it's just the tucking in a pair of sweatpants. that's something no one should do, EVER! not if they want a date with me, that is.
Ah, I was worried for a minute.
anime+life = no sex maybe it's worthy maybe not the real happines LOVE i think
Well I can't exactly put my 2 cents into this one much since I'm still young and have plenty of time to... "experience" things. Especially so since I'm planning on aiming for either a masters degree or maybe even a doctorate/PhD. I'm 18 at this point and have as of yet to experience much of anything, mainly due to the fact that I don't have a license yet and therefore can't meet anyone but so far I seem to have good luck with girls in general. Seems like just a matter of time. xD
"I'm 18 at this point and have as of yet to experience much of anything, mainly due to the fact that I don't have a license yet and therefore can't meet anyone but so far I seem to have good luck with girls in general. Seems like just a matter of time. xD" When did I ever get a clone?
Maybe we're living on the "island". O.O Lol, but really I have no idea. Quite a coincidence though. :p
Look at it another way, 96% of otaku die a virgin = Otaku is the least exposed group of people to STD (Sexually Transmitted Diseases). ^^ Anyway, I'm curious as to what kind of sampling method applied to obtain that 96%... I mean, sampling otaku on something rather sensitive like sexual life might not be so simple and all.
I agree with that, how large was the sample, and how does one define the term "otaku" in a seemingly empirical study such as this, and furthermore, who the bloody h*%# conducted the study?, still, 96% thats slightly hard to swallow....heck, i know of at least 6 otaku who are currently in "that" sort of relationship.
there was no study, the person that posted that was just some random spammer...probably a self hating otaku virgin i might add
You are one of the most optimistic person I've ever met; I would give you a year's supply of cookies if I had the cash.
Arigatou gozaima-shi-ta! ^^
Waitaminit... Are you Kafuuka from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei?
They are partisans of true love *half-smiles*
just spouting out crap to justify their own ronerines???
Danny, your theory makes no sense what so ever! Anyways, I'm guessing this is true unless you're a good looking otaku(Oh wait, that reminds me of that post you posted Danny about women wanting men with money and stuff...)
It's the 3D virginess... because the 2D one went away a loooong time ago. Probably one of the reasons why the 3D one won't go away! XD Anyways, can't do or be everything in one lifetime... so I guess I'm just glad with everything I had so far. :P
I just remembered a great excuse I heard one day: "It's the 2D girls... they draw all my ero-energy away".
sweet, i'm in the 4% that doesn't
me too, I'm otaku and not a virgin (although it did come late, I was 21 or so) but it's been quite some years since I was in a relationship, now at 26. Me wants a nice girl friend again... Oh well, let's watch some anime in the mean time ;p
- every year my new year resolution is to get myself laid. - every year i wrote to santa saying i want a girlfriend for Christmas. - every day i pray to find a chii in the rubbish dump. all never came true. cruel world u hate me! orz
it'll happen this year gordon. i'll make sure santa gives you a girlfriend for christmas! also, i think they discontinued the manufacturing of chiis due to the owners abusing the power switch
LOL!
poor thing, keep powering up and down indeed ^^;
Yes, believe in Santa! You'll get a girl this christmas!
a candy girl?
start a candygirl fund. chip in guys, together we can help our ronery fellow otakus
I think gordon already got one; check his blog.
oh no! now everyone knows! *runs away*
I think this has been mentioned in the comments to another article before, but we could also form some sort of "Candygirl Liberation Front". It's purpose is to "free" ronery Candygirls and give them to ronery otakus. ~_~ Does anyone have Geass? That would make things a little easier! xD
Fighto, daiyo!
Im curious as to how they carried out and gave a percentage on this study. Some questions to think about... Was this study only carried out in Japan? Or was it Global? And two, Does it include the opposite gender? and three, what is the border line of being an otaku and not?
girl in school somehow trying to get away from me. i dunno what's wrong with me, do i look that ugly, or there's something in my aura(they're nervous/scared because of my aura) but still, its painful to me, to see a girl backed out of me 'in purpose'
Don't worry dude, really. That's not something that unnormal. I'm a completely normal fellow with no problems with anxiety and I get on well with pretty much everyone at school, but still there was this one girl who would always look at me with such contempt and would never speak to me, even when among mutual friends, perhaps only to let out some nasty comment. I never found out why she despised me so. Anyway, don't let that bother you. I think a lot of this anxiety is in the head, being afraid of what other people think of you believing things to be worse than what they are. Danny! You need to set up a dating website for ronery otaku guys to get together with ronery otaku girls!
it's impossible we die a virgin!! Why?! Cos we lost of virginity to our Right hand!! or for some, left hand.. Lol.
*cough* I write left handed
i posted here a min ago and a f5 reveals a new comment...wow...that's fast....
lol we only have a 2 second difference. Its just coincidence, almost.
oh you
i can use both hands... can't remember which hand came 1st...XD
Not really I feel. It depends on the person. For me, I don't spend every waking moment looking at Anime stuff. I have real life friends that I need to pay attention too. Or they, I mean she will beat the crap out of me...
anime has pushed our female standards almost to an unrealistic levels ^^;;; ...but i'm not complaining about it lolz
An interesting statistic as most Otaku haven't been around long enough to have lived a full lifespan. Think about it.
Or even a fulfilling one.
