Comments on: American Former Gay Pr0n Star Is Big In Japan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: cyberscythe http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411394 cyberscythe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411394 I thought I'd be in for a treat when I saw Cirno (or anything else Touhou-related) on Boing Boing... but not this way. =\ I thought I’d be in for a treat when I saw Cirno (or anything else Touhou-related) on Boing Boing… but not this way. =\

]]> By: Mantari http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411650 Mantari Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411650 I CAME!!! I CAME!!!

]]> By: dizzyjosh http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411395 dizzyjosh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411395 I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess, based on Nicovideo's videogame-friendly fanbase, that one of the things referenced by use of the 'Aniki' nickname is 'Cho Aniki', a scrolling shooter game with lots of camp visuals that's been a popular joke in gamer circles for a while. The series mascots, Samson and Adon, are big beefcake dudes in thongs who shoot white beams out of their foreheads. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess, based on Nicovideo’s videogame-friendly fanbase, that one of the things referenced by use of the ‘Aniki’ nickname is ‘Cho Aniki’, a scrolling shooter game with lots of camp visuals that’s been a popular joke in gamer circles for a while.

The series mascots, Samson and Adon, are big beefcake dudes in thongs who shoot white beams out of their foreheads.

]]> By: David D. http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411398 David D. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411398 I'm not sure that even the Japanese understand the Japanese at this point. That said, the video captures the complex eroticism of gay porn quite nicely. Kudos! I’m not sure that even the Japanese understand the Japanese at this point.

That said, the video captures the complex eroticism of gay porn quite nicely. Kudos!

]]> By: minTphresh http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411405 minTphresh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411405 if his lif3e story were made into a movie, instead of " American Samurai" it would be called "American Salami". or maybe "American Plumber: Laying Pipe". if his lif3e story were made into a movie, instead of ” American Samurai” it would be called “American Salami”. or maybe “American Plumber: Laying Pipe”.

]]> By: Xopher http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411414 Xopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411414 Hmm. Well, that video definitely wouldn't be safe for work where I work. It's got naked people in it, albeit seen only from the back. Hmm. Well, that video definitely wouldn’t be safe for work where I work. It’s got naked people in it, albeit seen only from the back.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411423 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411423 7 posts about Japan on the front page, I'm starting to see a pattern. 7 posts about Japan on the front page, I’m starting to see a pattern.

]]> By: George Curious http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411447 George Curious Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411447 I've never before been so glad to be unaware of an obscure euphemism. "Dolphin Waxing"? The mind boggles. I’ve never before been so glad to be unaware of an obscure euphemism. “Dolphin Waxing”? The mind boggles.

]]> By: tikal2k http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411704 tikal2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411704 Video no longer available, but here is another link to a clip with Big Jim Slade and the Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem theme song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRr9C6o06_E Video no longer available, but here is another link to a clip with Big Jim Slade and the Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem theme song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRr9C6o06_E

]]> By: SC_Wolf http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411457 SC_Wolf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411457 <i>American Former Gay Pr0n Star Is Big In Japan</i> At eight inches, it ain't just in Japan. (This is the second time I've gotten to use this joke now. <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/08/magu-the-cat.html#comment-325758" rel="nofollow">Last time, it was commentary on how chubby Maru the Cat is.</a>) American Former Gay Pr0n Star Is Big In Japan

At eight inches, it ain’t just in Japan.

(This is the second time I’ve gotten to use this joke now. Last time, it was commentary on how chubby Maru the Cat is.)

]]> By: RichSPK http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411458 RichSPK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411458 Wow, that video doesn't help me understand the meme at all. Maybe it helps to be Japanese or gay? Wow, that video doesn’t help me understand the meme at all. Maybe it helps to be Japanese or gay?

]]> By: Brettspiel http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411468 Brettspiel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411468 Um, yeah.. covering the dangly bits of two naked buff dudes having buttsecks does not make it work safe in corporate America. Um, yeah.. covering the dangly bits of two naked buff dudes having buttsecks does not make it work safe in corporate America.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411471 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411471 Wasn't my head supposed to asplode? Wasn’t my head supposed to asplode?

]]> By: greensteam http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411487 greensteam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411487 I think i like pron better anyway..... I think i like pron better anyway…..

]]> By: dimmer http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411488 dimmer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411488 "Waxing the dolphin" is slang for a very common, mostly inoffensive, practice. To surmise: it only needs one person, and has never hurt a dolphin. “Waxing the dolphin” is slang for a very common, mostly inoffensive, practice. To surmise: it only needs one person, and has never hurt a dolphin.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411500 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411500 That video... wow. Wow. <i>Whaaaaaahw</i>. That video… wow. Wow. Whaaaaaahw.

]]> By: joelogon http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411517 joelogon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411517 I swear I can hear "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5gGw_AUcIE" rel="nofollow">Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem</a>" in there (a.k.a. Big Jim Slade's entrance music in Kentucky Fried Movie) -- it's really prominent around 1:20 I swear I can hear “Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem” in there (a.k.a. Big Jim Slade’s entrance music in Kentucky Fried Movie) — it’s really prominent around 1:20

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411518 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411518 Truly mindblowing. Japanese television can be so beautifully <i>intense</i>. Brute force visuals. Reminds me of <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=908674814285543652">this</a>; the intense pace... Truly mindblowing. Japanese television can be so beautifully intense.
Brute force visuals. Reminds me of this; the intense pace…

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411538 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411538 Forgive my ignorance, but is there any type of reason why some people spell porn as 'pron' on the internet? Is it a purposeful misspelling resultant of overly-accidental misspellings like 'teh' for the word 'the'? Just curious... Forgive my ignorance, but is there any type of reason why some people spell porn as ‘pron’ on the internet? Is it a purposeful misspelling resultant of overly-accidental misspellings like ‘teh’ for the word ‘the’? Just curious…

]]> By: marcuscram http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411541 marcuscram Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411541 Weird...I would love to sit down with the creators and get inside their heads and RichSPK, being gay doesn't help Weird…I would love to sit down with the creators and get inside their heads and RichSPK, being gay doesn’t help

]]> By: gothicgeek http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411543 gothicgeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411543 The Video! hahahaaaaaa creepy or what? but thanks for posting it, i'm more puzzled than ever :) The Video!

hahahaaaaaa

creepy or what?

but thanks for posting it, i’m more puzzled than ever

:)

]]> By: pAULbOWEN http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411551 pAULbOWEN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411551 Please, I can't be the only one who finds the juxtaposition of baby faces and wrestle/buttsex vidz icky? And, is it okay to say that the more I see and learn of Japan and the Japanese, the less I like them? @Manooshi, don't know for sure but I always assumed pron and pr0n were spellings adopted to prevent the post being stopped by automod rude word detection software. Please, I can’t be the only one who finds the juxtaposition of baby faces and wrestle/buttsex vidz icky? And, is it okay to say that the more I see and learn of Japan and the Japanese, the less I like them?

@Manooshi, don’t know for sure but I always assumed pron and pr0n were spellings adopted to prevent the post being stopped by automod rude word detection software.

]]> By: Danny Choo http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411566 Danny Choo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411566 @Manooshi, Its bad for Search Engine Optimization to have such words appear too many times on your site - affects page rank. Thus similar words or spellings are used - well thats just one reason ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization @Manooshi,
Its bad for Search Engine Optimization to have such words appear too many times on your site – affects page rank. Thus similar words or spellings are used – well thats just one reason ;-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization

]]> By: SC_Wolf http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411567 SC_Wolf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411567 @#23 posted by Manooshi <i>Forgive my ignorance, but is there any type of reason why some people spell porn as 'pron' on the internet?</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet#Pr0n" rel="nofollow">Yes.</a> @#23 posted by Manooshi
Forgive my ignorance, but is there any type of reason why some people spell porn as ‘pron’ on the internet?

Yes.

]]> By: Manooshi http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411575 Manooshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411575 @ PaulBowen, Danny Choo, and SC Wolf: Thank you all so much for the clarification and links. It makes complete sense now. I'm glad to not be in the dark anymore about this purposeful misspelling. And thank you Danny for providing some [offbeat] glimpses at modern Japanese culture. It has been educational, to say the least. @ PaulBowen, Danny Choo, and SC Wolf:

Thank you all so much for the clarification and links. It makes complete sense now. I’m glad to not be in the dark anymore about this purposeful misspelling.

And thank you Danny for providing some [offbeat] glimpses at modern Japanese culture. It has been educational, to say the least.

]]> By: tengu99 http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411576 tengu99 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411576 That clip melted my brain That clip melted my brain

]]> By: The Promiscuous Reader http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411592 The Promiscuous Reader Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411592 "Japan's weird, you know that?" <i>Japan's</i> weird? “Japan’s weird, you know that?”

Japan’s weird?

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411597 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411597 Ouch. *Dazed. Confused. Slightly more prone to seizure. Urgently requiring aspirin.* Ouch.

*Dazed. Confused. Slightly more prone to seizure. Urgently requiring aspirin.*

]]> By: stegodon http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411349 stegodon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411349 Why the detached floating baby heads? Is that a kid milking a cow at 1:14? So many questions, but summarily - WTF? Why the detached floating baby heads? Is that a kid milking a cow at 1:14? So many questions, but summarily – WTF?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/15/american-gay-pr0n-st.html#comment-411861 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-411861 Danny is the son of Jimmy as well Danny is the son of Jimmy as well

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