Anime detected, opinion rejected

On Lemmy I feel like we do the same except for instances. Some person signs up with an instance oblivious to its politics but will get judged based on it.

Of course someone on .world would say that. /j
- But also blocking .ml instances by default is a great way to reduce your exposure to stupid ass takes and arguments. /not a joke
Except people accidentally join dumb instances. Nobody accidentally sets their pfp as a preteen anime girl. That shit is a choice.
- Ummmmm actually my discord pfp is definitely of a girl in her early twenties. Well, ok MAYBE she's a teenager but she's definitely of age!
- Did actually do that once.
Yeah but you're on .world, so lets take what you have to say with a bucket of salt.
I signed up to lemmy waaay before the reddit API thing and back then there were only like three instances available.
My instance gets blocked a lot and now I know its because I am apparently a tankie.
Yah but we quickly all learn to just avoid tankie communities.
I feel seen

This but also unironically.
No How can you do this to me????!!! 😭😭😭😭 Please no J Slur

Is it really a valid point if you have an anime PFP?

Hi, I AM IN YOUR WIFI. NOW RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. YOU BAKA

Fuck That now it's full on war

what the fuck is a "baka"
- Means stupid, but can have different meanings depending on context, inflection, or pronunciation. For example it can be used for a rough equivalent to calling someone a dumbass.
- Haha, what a baka, doesn't know what it means, lol.

Hot take: it’s totally fair to judge someone based on their avatar as that’s literary what it is, a pictorial summary of what you’re all about.

Obviously anyone is free to judge anyone based on whatever criteria they want.
People are allowed to have whatever impression they want over something like anime pfps. That person who decides it's some crazy negative red light or whatever, just won't be my friend, which is fine. Sometimes people forget that not everyone has to be your friend.
Counterpoint: sometimes it's just a funny picture I like, and sometimes it's some anime titties I like. Assuming it's always going to be a meaningful representation of the user is unrealistic.
- Counterpoint: sometimes it’s just a funny picture I like,
  Fully fair, likewise it's also fully fair for someone to make judgements on you based on that funny picture if you choose to engage in different kinds of conversations outside of the space where people joke about funny pictures.
- I mean it tells me that you're somebody who weighs levity over seriousness. Even if it doesn't specifically tell me who you are, to imply that any choice is devoid of meaning is equally unrealistic.
- In my mind, some edgy-looking anime dude is very different from anime booba.
  While both remove validity of argumentation, the former probably means you're a minor, and the ladder means you will never have a social life outside the internet.
it’s totally fair to judge someone
rarely
- You're judging them based off of what is ostensibly a first impression they have chosen for themselves. I can't imagine a scenario where that's not fair. And you don't need to form an entire opinion, but the opinion starts there. If their picture was a sports team I didn't like, some furry shit, or even MAGA, I'd form some opinions out of the gate.
Fully agree, you choose profile pictures based on how you want to present yourself to the world. It does communicate a message. A message that if not chosen with some level of care will signal different things to different people.
If you come to a party wearing a stained shirt and haven't showered I will assume you don't actually care. Likewise, if you are arguing politics or mature topics and your profile pic is some obscure, underage anime girl, I will also make assumptions about how much actual media exposure you have that you choose to present yourself to the world with that image.
This isn't persecution or discrimination, this is just how people relate to each other, particularly in an information world where we can't judge the rest of you.
edit: based on the replies and threads in this post, it's wild how many people do not give a shit how they are perceived by others in any regard and are angry at the idea that someone might judge them for how they present themselves. And then we wonder why everyone is so lonely and angry and cynical. These are related concepts guys, you HAVE to learn to socialize better. Seriously, this avoidance of accountability is eroding the whole fucking world.
A lot of people don't treat it as such though, and thus it becomes odd to assume so. But some things are just downright questionable, obviously.

Maybe you just need to find the right community for your profile picture? Then you are unstoppable.

Your not going to stop me from saying unhinged shit in political subs.

Plot twist - the one calling out your anime pfp has a furry pfp

If the topic is tech related, the furry instantly gains +1 credibility
If you witness that kind of exchange taking place, you can probably toss the entire convo out.
Although, I would lean more towards the furry pic than the anime pic, at least furries are largely autistic adults who consume a ton of information and may have more educated opinions on some topics. At least from my experience working adjacent to the tech sector.
Whereas a suspiciously large percentage of people who choose anime profile pics are just saying "this is a cartoon girl I want to bang" while also being a raging nazi online.
"Yeah well you're not a real animal!"
"Uh... Yes I am. Humans are animals, doofus."
- Not a real fluffy animal!!!
Furry pfp means chaotic neutral. They can do whatever.
Also, they drew the pfp themselves on some drawing tablet.
- I used to shake my fist at how many people had really shitty hand-drawn furry profile pics and often made the judgement that they drew furry shit just because it's harder to draw people's faces.
  Now I instantly praise anyone who has any kind of low-quality but obviously non-AI made imagery on display to the world. I don't care if it's ball-point pen on lined notebook paper. You rock on with that artistic bravery king or queen.
- CAN do whatever, and if it's IT related, they can do it better than you.

The trick is to not have an anime pfp and just make terrible arguments in general

Finally, something I'm qualified to do
I'd argue that's nothing more than an ad hominem strawman.

Can't argue with that.

The story of Achilles has always creeped me out. Imagine getting shot in the heel with a fucking arrow. Seems like one of the worst places. OTOH I guess no place is exactly good.

I mean, back then, a complete Achilles rupture likely meant you were permanently disabled.
- Indeed, which is why getting shot in the heel was every warrior's Achilles Heel.
tbf, an arrow anywhere was bad news.

I'm in this picture and I hate it

Oh, hi Achilles! How have the last dozen centuries been?
- I'd say kicking it but frankly not a lot of kicking anything with the ankle. Uk how it is. Generally Greece hasn't been friendly towards people with kinetic disabilities what with all the stairs and ships and all, so I live on an island relying on the community.
  Lovely woman opened a hotel here. Had to move out when her daughter was gonna get married but apparently there was like 3 men who might be her dad...and they sang about it? Idk lotta personal issues there. So just hanging around with some guy and his rock these days.

fumo fumo

It could be worse. They could have a greek marble bust with laser eyes instead of the anime pfp.

Me, a Classics enjoyer, immediately suspecting someone of fascism when they have a Graeco-Roman bust pfp:
SiIvaGunner noooo don't start world rip 3

Similar to the Yahoo email I created when I was 14. Somehow C0d_G0dx69_420@yahoo (Made up but similar) isn't quite the professional impression I want to make now a days.

Instead I now use C0d_G0dx69_420@proton.me
(much more professional)
- Or a reflection of your prowess as a fisherman
- Genuinely.
Well, of course, there's nowhere near enough Xs in that username.

Greek gods casting their ballot is actually a great propaganda image for democracy

I see no such weakness for you. Unless there's a new pug anime I need to watch. In which case why have you been holding out?

Why is Achilles voting?

Clearly he respects the democratic process o7
He knows that peacefully voting is the only way to bring down the fascist Trojans.
- No way Trojans are fascists. Have you even seen his anime profile pic?

I wonder if lemmy would be better or worse with profile pictures

[checks my profile pic]
- gonna be real, I literally never noticed those before.

Anime profile pics are cringe, truly

Yah at this point I do associate anime identity association with immaturity, and I've enjoyed a great many animes.
I just cannot imagine connecting so much that I want others to see me and think it's part of my own identity. It feels like the hallmark of someone with very limited media exposure.
- Brother it's a picture. I'm not giving the internet my real face. I'm not uploading a picture of my lifted truck nor my hellcat. Some of yall are just haters projecting. It ain't that deep.
- It feels like the hallmark of someone with very limited media exposure.
  You could say that for anyone using any pop culture reference as a pf pic, really.