08-27-2025, 03:09 AM
apropos of nothing, I hate japan's obsession with the word "esper," I keep encountering it and when you know what it means it's so dumb
esper = ESP-er, guy who uses ESP, which stands for "extrasensory perception"
it's literally just psychic people
it shouldn't have any connotation with magic or ultra-powerful beings, as it's rooted in your ability to sense things, not lightning crackling from your fingertips
feels like the old possibly apocryphal story of how Donkey Kong got his name, it's a complete mangling and misunderstanding of what the word means
and I hate that it's an abbreviation
like imagine if the FBI got distorted into FBI-er, someone who performs FBI-like activities, which the japanese decide means anyone who dresses in sentient black garb that works with the wearer to protect them and they use magical firearms that shoot elemental bolts and Final Fantasy 6 is full of "fbiers"
that's the equivalent of what we're talking about here
esper = ESP-er, guy who uses ESP, which stands for "extrasensory perception"
it's literally just psychic people
it shouldn't have any connotation with magic or ultra-powerful beings, as it's rooted in your ability to sense things, not lightning crackling from your fingertips
feels like the old possibly apocryphal story of how Donkey Kong got his name, it's a complete mangling and misunderstanding of what the word means
and I hate that it's an abbreviation
like imagine if the FBI got distorted into FBI-er, someone who performs FBI-like activities, which the japanese decide means anyone who dresses in sentient black garb that works with the wearer to protect them and they use magical firearms that shoot elemental bolts and Final Fantasy 6 is full of "fbiers"
that's the equivalent of what we're talking about here
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