And now its the other way round and now its the weebs that are the ones that have to tell others (tourists) that anime girls aren't real? im so sick of people treating fictional characters like they are real and real people like they are fiction.
At one time, I would’ve taken their opinions seriously, now I assume they are barely better than animals in terms of intelligence
I always figured it was just self-deprecating acceptance.
"Yeah I'm a loser who watches anime, but I'm kind of ok with that."
you can tell who is a real anime/manga fan and who is a tourist based on whether they are fine with being called weeb or not. A tourist hates to be called weeb but a real fan is fine with or proud to be called weeb.