Very true

Well said sir

But even it was making fun of somebody's culture, would it be that bad? It is exaggerated silliness, how can it hurt?

Same!

💯 agreed. People who just visit Japan for the Anime isn't seeing the bigger picture. There is fine art, music, literature, great history museums, temples, shrines, food of course, and many more things to appreciate. If I ever go to Japan this year, I won't be the type that goes to Akihabara everyday. If anything, I will visit a different district everday, then on the last day, maybe a multi compute I'd possible.

まじめに日本語を訂正してしまいました笑。 ありがとうございます！

@@SayuriSaying I respect that about you, the fact that you were correcting them. The sketch wasn't really my cup of tea either, most of what SNL produces nowadays doesn't do it for me.

コメントありがとうございます！そうだったんですね😊私自身がアニメをあまり見ない、イベントに行かないというのがあって、そういう方と接点がありませんでした！いろいろな視点があって面白いですね。そしてSNLの動画は全て完成度が高いので全く知識がなくても笑えました笑。

I can sense this feeling among those anime fans with alt/punk/gamer outfits. They were so into Japanese stuff, but it's always the case that they don't really know what are the authentic Japanese things. Sometimes I would even be mistaken as a Japanese on British streets, though I'm from China. BTW, the anime conventions in Newcastle upon Tyne (where I used to be in) was really a whole bunch of people like this, and that's why I've never been to any comicon in the UK.

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Agreed nice comment-duru 🫡

And to your point, Fred Armisen who plays the Japanese girls friend in the sketches has a sketch where he plays a Mexican variety show host and ends a lot of things in o.

I have the same feeling..

I didn't find it 'cringe'...because for me they seem super Genki and just obsessed with Japanese pop culture so it's just fun to watch! However, it’s not my cup of tea.

@@SayuriSaying They act super fake which makes it cringy ;)

​@@droseraliju I hear you! I've seen a lot of like these on Japanese TV so it's acceptable for me haha

@@SayuriSaying-- The joke is that they are obsessed and they have a very narrow and distorted understanding of the culture they are attempting to pay homage to. For a "backwards version" -- imagine a Japanese Person who is obsessed with Western Culture to the point that they hate their own culture. Imagine an MTV style show where a Japanese Person verbally trashes Visual Kei bands and says he prefers Linkin Park instead of Dir en grey.... that would be a "Reverse Weaboo." American Weeaboos hate their own culture and they want to be Japanese. A "Reverse Weaboo" would be a Japanese Person who hates their own culture and wants to be American. It goes both ways!

I think the point is to NOT make sense, they’re Weeaboos misusing Japanese in the skit

It went completely over her head.

I think in this case what they mean is "uzai." At least that's what I get from the captions.

Well, there is. Mendokusai

ありがとうございます！見てみます😊

The one where he accidentally hurt himself with the sword? Also, the actor in that can't stop laughing.

yes that's a thing, they drive pickup trucks and listen to country music (heard a Japanese KZfaqr talking about it)

'satire making fun of Weeaboos' Good point! From an ordinary Japanese point of view, I don't know what is the criteria for being a Weeaboo. Is 'アニメ・ゲーム好きな外国人' the most applicable term? but there is no bad meaning implied.

@@SayuriSaying アニメを現実だと思っている外国人 Is maybe a bit closer

@@SayuriSaying For context of the video I've shared: Several Japanese KZfaqrs have been doing reaction videos on that specific video. I'm sorry if its weird. Did not mean to offend in anyway. He was a popular KZfaqr who had a distinct humor that appealed to internet users of the Era.

@@SayuriSaying-- A "weeaboo" is someone who thinks that Japanese Culture is only focused on Anime and Soft Pop Music. A "weeaboo" is someone who goes to any Asian Restaurant and starts babbling nonsense in broken Japanese, even if the restaurant they are at isn't even Japanese in the first place, lol.... Personally, I don't care about Anime. I don't have the patience for it. But I love Visual Kei Music! Instead of watching anime for 100 episodes to understand the plot, I would rather listen to bands like Luna Sea, L'arc en ciel, Buck-Tick, Dir en grey, Mucc, The Gazette, Camui Gackt, Malice Mizer and any others that I find... Anime requires too much concentration, lol... Music only requires my ears.

Search for this video "IMF Jrock Feed" -- those are JRock Fans, not cringey weeaboos (anime otaku). It isn't a comedy, it's a documentary....

The only reason SNL gets away with it is because they have done it so long that it’s not considered racist. But to your point, the humor has really gone downhill since late 2000s

Go watch Brass Eye, Monkey Dust, Wonder Showzen, Xavier Renegade Angel and The Heartshe Holler... also Mary Shelly's Frankenhole.

What period of SNL is the best?

@@SayuriSaying It's very common for people to think SNL was better back when they first started watching it, typically in high school, and that it's gotten worse since then. The reality is that it's always kind of been hit or miss, but we only remember the good sketches, and people let nostalgia color their viewpoint. That said, people my age tend to think the 90s era with Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, et al., was the best era.

@@SayuriSaying There we’re only two really good periods. Obviously the first five years were very good and still hold the standard. I would say the other is around the turn of this century when you had Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, Ana Gasteyer. But since about 2005 you can really tell a slow steady decline that accelerated after Trump was elected. Then they show their bias

@@SayuriSaying-- 80s and 90s SNL was the best... but honestly, Mad TV was funnier and darker than SNL ever was.