Smoking etiquette is in the pits. I remember at a concert a woman got SO defensive when I asked her to stop smoking & I had to tell her “I am sensitive to tobacco & prone to coughing fits that sometimes turn into vomit. I could throw up on you” before she got it
hating cats is rooted in misogyny. ironic how dogs are “man’s best friend” but women who love cats are “crazy cat ladies.” Cats teach consent, boundaries, autonomy and love that is earned not entitled.
I mean, I'd expect anyone in the anime community over 20 years ago to. I used to watch Rozen Maiden and recall all of the desu memes at the time.
I wouldn't expect the average anime in their late teens or early 20's to know about it, though.
In SLC Punk! (1998), Matthew Lillard’s character Stevo was originally meant to have bleached blonde hair, but the peroxide badly burned his scalp, so they dyed it blue to cover the damage, and Lillard later called it his favorite film of his career.
“i’m 27 years old, i’ve no money and no prospects. i’m already a burden to my parents, and i’m frightened” is as relevant today as when emma thompson wrote it in 1813
The opening sequence of the anime "The Rose of Versailles," which aired in Japan from 1979 to 1980, was quite shocking due to its erotic and beautiful worldview.