Tokyo: Ghetto of Geeks

bearkub

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/06/AR2005060601767.html

Or so this article says...

KDR_11k

At other cafes, waitresses greet patrons at the door with a curtsy and the words "Welcome home, master."

I'm sure you'd make a killing selling these people some dignity...

Slayerjerman

NERD ALERT!

jzero

Wow... a geek's Castro District. Now THAT's some sociological stuff, baby.

/jzero

JonMurphy

Akhibara isn't really that big an area in Tokyo, but it is very odd there.

One store I visited had videogames on the ground floor, manga and anime on the second. Various toys and plushies next. Then the replica weapons floor, complete with firing range. After that, there was the porn floor (at the top).

Much prefer the fashion otaku of Harakuju on a Sunday.

Josh_Singh

whoo, man. Thats crazy.

hawken

yeah we have flying cars and robots here too, I just take it all for granted now

KDR_11k

Then the replica weapons floor

Weird japanese. Real men use real guns!

Prs-Phil

damn beeing a nerd seems to have actually become a brand O_o

KDR_11k

No, nerddom has just surpassed the critical mass to be a profitable demographic over there. Though are you still a nerd if you form a social group?

Toomas

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Only if its social group of nerds

Prs-Phil

the REAL nerddom has always been profitable, not only in a direct way but also in a passive way actually fueling the industries pleasing the mass (that sounds so overused, hey .. it is) with obediant workforce that is happy to work with others that "share" the same so I do think you can still be a nerd if you form a social group.

RageUnleashed

Craziness!

Yea, it's kind of nice that nerdiness has become more socially acceptable. Such is reality with the tech biz expanding so much.

But I still don't think it's healthy to avoid good ol fashioned face to face interaction with human beings.

KDR_11k

... You know, I wonder what that place will look like after robots have become commonplace. The japanese want their robots to look as humanlike as possible, would probably look like a scene out of Chobits or something then...