I'm just morbidly curious as to how it was invoked in the bloody first place.brucethemoose said:Instead of proving Godwin's law over and over, just let this thread die or continue with the original topic.
I'm just morbidly curious as to how it was invoked in the bloody first place.brucethemoose said:Instead of proving Godwin's law over and over, just let this thread die or continue with the original topic.
Try KeijoPapaGreg096 said:I said big asses, not skinny onesMarik2 said:
Yeah Japanese pop culture usually has German things in it like a person, uniform, name, weapon, or philosophy. It's probably cuz it's the only major European thing they've been exposed to ever since they were part of the Axis.Smithnikov said:Ain't my fault anime gushes about the Reich so much lately.Johnny Novgorod said:Leave it to the internet to turn a thread about big butts to a thread about Hitler. Page one, at that.
Actually, this most likely has more to do with German influence during the Meiji Restoration period (1868-1912). There was a lot of intellectual and cultural exchange between the two during this time period and the japanese took a lot of inspiration from Germany when reorganizing their institutes.Marik2 said:Try KeijoPapaGreg096 said:I said big asses, not skinny onesMarik2 said:
Yeah Japanese pop culture usually has German things in it like a person, uniform, name, weapon, or philosophy. It's probably cuz it's the only major European thing they've been exposed to ever since they were part of the Axis.Smithnikov said:Ain't my fault anime gushes about the Reich so much lately.Johnny Novgorod said:Leave it to the internet to turn a thread about big butts to a thread about Hitler. Page one, at that.
Well Germany does have largest japanese population in Europe (D?sseldorf) though I have no idea how much Japanese influence there is in German pop culture.Marik2 said:I do wonder if Germany has weeaboo stuff in their pop culture.
I thought it was the Dutch that were the only ones allowed to trade with Japan during those eras.Zetatrain said:Actually, this most likely has more to do with German influence during the Meiji Restoration period (1868-1912). There was a lot of intellectual and cultural exchange between the two during this time period and the japanese took a lot of inspiration from Germany when reorganizing their institutes.Marik2 said:Try KeijoPapaGreg096 said:I said big asses, not skinny onesMarik2 said:
Yeah Japanese pop culture usually has German things in it like a person, uniform, name, weapon, or philosophy. It's probably cuz it's the only major European thing they've been exposed to ever since they were part of the Axis.Smithnikov said:Ain't my fault anime gushes about the Reich so much lately.Johnny Novgorod said:Leave it to the internet to turn a thread about big butts to a thread about Hitler. Page one, at that.
Well Germany does have largest japanese population in Europe (D?sseldorf) though I have no idea how much Japanese influence there is in German pop culture.Marik2 said:I do wonder if Germany has weeaboo stuff in their pop culture.
That was during the Tokugawa shogunate Era (1603-1868) which ended with the beginning of the Meiji Restoration Era. Even during the Tokugawa shogunate era there were Germans employed by the Dutch East India company that traveled to Japan.Marik2 said:I thought it was the Dutch that were the only ones allowed to trade with Japan during those eras.
Though it should be noted that most foreigners were confined to Dejima, an artificial island originally build for Portugese traders. (Trade with the Portugese fell apart because they were too insistent on sending over missionaries to spread the Christan faith, who were in turn prosecuted by the Japanese. It was a bloody mess complete with uprisings of Japanese christians being violenty crushed by the Shogunate with the help of the Dutch) Most people only knew the Dutch from their knowledge that entered society through books and bits of technology. For instance, medical sciences were know as 'Dutch sciences' because it entered the country through Dutch books. Most people had no idea what Dutch people looked like, but only heard wild stories about them having weird hair colours like red and blond. Some old wood block prints and other art workds depict Dutchmen, but they're usually drawn to look very Japanese, because that's all what the artists knew.Zetatrain said:That was during the Tokugawa shogunate Era (1603-1868) which ended with the beginning of the Meiji Restoration Era. Even during the Tokugawa shogunate era there were Germans employed by the Dutch East India company that traveled to Japan.Marik2 said:I thought it was the Dutch that were the only ones allowed to trade with Japan during those eras.