Hello /a/ on this 23rd anniversary of our highly esteemed Mongolian basket-weaving forum I wanted to ask if you feel satisfied with the way you spent the last two decades of your life watching anime or if you have any regrets and think you should have spent the time otherwise (a preposterous idea, of course, since watching anime is the highest pursuit know to anonkind). I also want any anon who enters this thread to fondly look back on the years he's spent on /a/ and discussion (friendly and more likely unfriendly) and the truly ridiculous amounts of anime we watched together. because you are all my friends. yes even You fuckface
>>291341380Of all the ways I could have wasted my life, anime has been the worst. Evangelion is still the best thing I've ever seen, though.
>>291341435so what you're saying is you evangelize evnagelion?
>>291341380newfag from 2010I actually never really went to /a/ much apart from the last year or so. I finally got tired of the enshittification at /v/ and decided to see what the fuss was about here. You guys are alright
>>291341733>cries about enshitification>posts ai slopEpic
>>291341380I regret wasting my time on other stuff and not watching more anime.
>>291341733Nigger
>>291341380>tfw I'm an extreme newfag but I've watched about 70% of the anime in the imageI'm getting there, senpai.
>>291341733>I finally got tired of the enshittification at /v/>posting slopYou are the fucking problem. Go back and stay there.
>>291343451>>291342553>>291341771thanks for the (yous) fellas, love you too <3
>>291341380Good collage, OP. It's mostly good, significant shows.
>>291342716Ganbare, newfag.
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>>291341380I met one of my best friends through 4chan, so it was worth it overall.or rather we first met irl, but let our power levels slip a bit, so we clocked each other immediately.and, even though I was more of a /b/tard and he was more of an /a/non, he introduced me to the wonderful world of anime, and what followed were some of the best years in my life.I can't say more or he'll fucking read this and know who I am, but yeah, 17 years of 4chan was worth it.
I have no regrets. This was the only path.
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my only regret is not watching more anime when I was in high school
my only regret is not watching more anime after highschool
>>291350377Well, it's never too late to start
>>291350461I did start though
>>291350693What did you start with?
>>291341380Art, beauty, and compassion are the only things that free us from the inherent suffering of human existence, according to Schopenhauer.And anime gives us that, it gives us art, beauty, and compassion. Some anime do this more than others; some just give us waifus, that is, beauty, while others make us feel compassion for the suffering of others, transcending individualism and recognizing that all beings share the same essence, which relieves us of the burden of existential selfishness; and still others rise to the level of art. So, over the years, anime has been a way to find relief from the inevitable sufferings of human existence, which is why it has been worth watching so many of them. Otherwise, I think many /a/nons would have already committed suicide or would be even more bitter than they already are, having found no beauty, art, or compassion in their lives, especially now, in a world where it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find these three elements.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAdysLlXgSI
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>>291341380Me on the bottom left
>>291351429Years ago with EVA
>>291351429Years ago with Youjo Senki
>>291351894I agree. But also sex with Oumae-sensei
I think I started reading manga one volume and bought blade of the immortal in 2003, and watched some dubs of mecha anime in the 90s2000s. But i didn't discover fansubs until 2006. Not sure if I should say I'm a 20 year or 30 year fan of anime.
>>291352439But sanya is recent>almost 10 yearsfuck me>>291352427What did you think of it? Did you post a what the fuck did I just watch?
