Life without introspection is not worth living

The science fiction writer Lu Xingyu said that there is often such a bridge in fictional works: “Oh ah… My reason has not disappeared, hurry up!” But in fact, even if it loses reason, it will change. It’s just a part of people who can’t resist the violent impulse. Most people, in fact, will become “discussed about the vulgar topic regardless of the occasion.” “Be undressed under the crowd” “I will eat ramen in the middle of the night.” .

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It’s terrible, there may be few rational people around me. .


A netizen, Shanwei III, took the first hundred shots: Some people commented that the excellent BL works “is not ordinary BL” and “broken the frame of BL”. Do you know what “normal BL” and “BL frame”? .

The contributor, Sambo, may not understand BL, but he also understands this anger: not only BL, sci-fi, reasoning, animation, comics, no possibility of such a “praise.” .

However, I don’t think it’s necessary to be so mad. As soon as you see this kind of layman who looks down on the type of literature, you should immediately judge that the other party is an idiot and ignore it directly. This will reduce your temper and benefit your mental health. .

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The 7 leaders of the emerging religious Aum Shinrikyo, who had caused the shocking tragedy, were executed on July 6 and became a hot topic on the Japanese network. When commenting on this matter, the novelist, Sui Chuan, once mentioned that “we can’t forget the affinity of Aum Shinrikyo and the otaku,” which caused a strong controversy. .

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Although many otakus refute this statement, in fact, at the time of the incident, many people in the otaku community, such as Okada Doufu and Otsuka Hideo, mentioned the Aum Shinrikyo and the otaku culture. Association. The comic editor and original author, Takeuchi Taro, has also published a book called “My and the End of the World as Aum Shinrikyo of the Otani Religion.” .

At that time, most of the leaders of Aum Shinrikyo were only in their thirties. It was the first generation who came into contact with the otaku culture and subculture from childhood. The teacher, Asahara Akira, likes animation. The teachings of Aum Shinrikyo force together the elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and various occultisms, full of Secondary Two. The religion produced a number of movements, comics propaganda teachings, and also preached in Comiket. The air purifier they sell is named after the universe purifier in the Space Battleship Yamato.

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Aum Shinrikyo Missionary Animation “Beyond Time.” .

The generation of otaku did not evade the relationship between Aum Shinrikyo and the otaku, but now the otaku have drawn a line with the cult. Literary critic Fujita said that this reflects the opposition between the two generations of thinking. .

The older generation of otaku, accepting negative things, regards them as something that exists in their hearts and reflects them. The new generation of people feels that crime has nothing to do with themselves and wants to break apart. With the changes of the times, people’s methods of talking about crimes and offenders have also changed. It is also a commonplace to stop crimes as things related to themselves or social problems. .

Fujita believes that according to the article of Nakamori Akira, the work and words of Miyazaki Eiji, and the comments of Ogaki Takeshi Okada, there may be a thorough self-criticism and self in the nature of the so-called “Otaku”. Reflective side. But now, this way of thinking seems to have declined.

However, Fujita does not believe that this is the responsibility of the otaku. People outside the otaku are more and more difficult to accept negative things, carry out internal, introspective, self-critical thinking. He has observed numerous times in other fields, and more and more people have attributed negative things to the outside of the circle to safeguard the dignity of the group to which they belong. .

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Self-criticism is always unpleasant, but it is definitely not a desirable attitude. .

The light novelist Ge Xishen said that whether it is the left or the right, the otaku or the sub-cultural intellectuals, what they should do is not to attack each other “the other side has an affinity with the anti-social cult”, but consciously “ No matter what the attributes of the people are in danger of being trapped in cults, the warning “the groups and organizations that I belong to may also become cults.” .

However, if you do too much, in order to “prevent the cult” and “only fight against anything and problem as an individual, and do not deny to interpersonal relationships,” it will be counterproductive and easily lead to “lost and others.” Contact, isolated, helpless, self-destructive, become an invincible person without fear of losing things. .

Pulling the party to the party is an extreme, and it is also an extreme not to trust anyone to be enemies with the world. Now, however, there may not be a panacea that will allow individuals to stay away from these dangerous extremes at the same time. .

Ge Xi said that there is also a solution: if you want to be wary of the harms caused by “making mistakes”, you must accept the fact that “you will eventually disappear as meaningless and worthless.” . However, although this practice is wise, it is too cold and ruthless – you must know that since the time of ancient Greece, some people have committed crimes because of the motive of “the big man can’t live in the world and be stinking for a long time.” It’s easy to say that people are willing to be mediocre. .

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