This...this is still going on? I thought I was done. I thought I was clear. What the eff?
Yeah, everyone already knew. No one is debating the literal definitions of these terms. The only person who INSISTS on debating those terms is you. Let's go back to the comparison I made with tigers and cats...
Let's say that there is a group called "The Cat Club". Every week they talk about cats. Cat shows, cat toys, cat food, crazy cat ladies, everything cats. One week, they host an event where people can bring their cats so that they can hang out and do cat things. However, one person brings a freaking tiger!
"Why in the world do you have a tiger?!", one member asks as they scurry away from the stripped death machine.
"Well, this IS a cat club. Tigers are cats, dude."
"OMG! That's not what we meant!"
You see, in the cat club, it is automatically assumed that the word "cat" means "domestic cat", the ones that you keep as pets. Even though the word "cat" is used to describe an entire family of animals (in this case Felidae, which contains animals from lions to cheetahs to servals), in this case, the word is understood to mean only one type of cat: the domestic cat. This doesn't mean that the club members don't know that tigers are cats (in fact, as cat lovers, they know more than anybody else). Its just that there is a specific definition within the club about what "cats" they are talking about.
Same thing with "cartoon" and "anime". "Cartoon" is an umbrella term that includes anime. HOWEVER, within the anime community, "cartoon" is used specifically for western cartoons, while "anime" is used for Japanese cartoons. This doesn't mean that we don't know that they go together. Just that the definition is different within this community. Why? Because we are SPECIFICALLY talking about Japanese cartoons. We need the term to separate what we are talking about (Japanese cartoons) from what we are not (every other animated show).
I already talked about how Zainox's comment was similar to mine, albeit shorter. I suggest you look at it again.
And you're not an Alpha. I'M the only Alpha around here.
Yes. You are arguing about the literal definition of words that we have already grasped. Like I said before, the point that you are missing is that CULTURALLY, these words have different definitions depending on who you ask.
For example, if I were to show a random anime picture to a random person, such as this one...
...and asked them what it was, they would say that it was a cartoon. Why? Because it is. If I were to go to an anime convention and ask another person, they would say that it was an anime. Why? Because it is. The differences between the two answers does not mean that one person is wrong or that there is an intrinsic difference between a cartoon and an anime. It just shows that different words are used for different things by different people.
Do we get it now?
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