Take basically nice, kinda undersocialized geek. Add a visually rich culture which historically has more leeway for sexual exploration than the US and easy access to cheap consumer electronics. Put them into situation where as a smart person, they are expected to perform and perform and do amazing things and be fantastic successes - oh, and by the way, they're expected to be socially apt and meet a nice girl and did you know there's a recession on, so the chance of being a phenomenal success is about nil? (Tell me if any of that part starts sounding familiar.)
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Date: 2006-11-02 05:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-02 06:00 am (UTC)Some of these are actually kind of cool. And some of them are a little too focused on the ships'... er... cockpits.
It had to be said. >_>
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Date: 2006-11-02 08:58 am (UTC)Anthropomorphizing inanimate objects seems fairly common, as demonstrated by OS-tan / Trouble Windows (which you may have already seen).
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Date: 2006-11-04 12:29 am (UTC)Take basically nice, kinda undersocialized geek. Add a visually rich culture which historically has more leeway for sexual exploration than the US and easy access to cheap consumer electronics. Put them into situation where as a smart person, they are expected to perform and perform and do amazing things and be fantastic successes - oh, and by the way, they're expected to be socially apt and meet a nice girl and did you know there's a recession on, so the chance of being a phenomenal success is about nil? (Tell me if any of that part starts sounding familiar.)
Shake and serve.