Stupid kid thinks he's a sand ninja

[Sovereign]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-10/boy-hospitalized-after-imitating-naruto-in-sandbox

el oh el.

[WetWired]

In his defense, he was 10. If a teenager did it, it'd be funnier.

[Atnas]

lol

I can't wait for otakus to start yelling about Naruto being anime, not a cartoon.

It's a cartoon.

[!King_Amazon!]

Naruto is anime.

What are you talking about?

[Sovereign]

Yeah I'm not following you either.

[Atnas]

Anime is japanese animation.

Animation drawn or rendered in 2d is traditionally called a cartoon.

:/ There are some people who treat calling anime anything else taboo.

[!King_Amazon!]

Well it's anime. I don't see where the confusion is.

[Grav]

Anime is japanese animation.

Animation drawn or rendered in 2d is traditionally called a cartoon.

:/ There are some people who treat calling anime anything else taboo.

It's the same as a japanese comic being called manga. You can't go to Japan and call their manga comics, and you can't call American comics manga.

American made - cartoon.
Japanese made - anime.

Simple?

[Sovereign]

He died in the hospital.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-10/boy-dies-after-imitating-naruto-in-sandbox

I'm expecting the next releated article to be something about the horrors of anime or a lawsuit against viz.

[Atnas]

It's the same as a japanese comic being called manga. You can't go to Japan and call their manga comics, and you can't call American comics manga.

American made - cartoon.
Japanese made - anime.

Simple?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_cartoon#Anime

I agree Naruto is an anime. I never said it wasn't. It's a cartoon, though. Kind of like how Catholics are Christians. It's a denomination.

They might want gootube to take down even more anime.

[Grav]

I wonder who wrote that article, because it doesn't really make sense.

1. Funny animals
2. Zany humor
...
7. Anime?

Word usage

In Japan, the term does not specify an animation's nation of origin or style; instead, it is used as a blanket term to refer to all forms of animation from around the world.[11][12] In English, dictionary sources define anime as "a Japanese style of motion-picture animation" or "a style of animation developed in Japan".[13] Non-Japanese works that borrow stylization from anime is commonly referred to as "anime-influenced animation" but it is not unusual for a viewer who doesn't know the country of origin of such material to refer to it as simply "anime".

I guess it's just a dumb discussion to have, though. Call it a cartoon if you like, but it's like calling a French baguette a sub roll.

[Asamin]

That was one stupid kid! "Drown me in sand! I wanna be a sand ninja when i grow up!" Sound smart to you?

[Atnas]

That was one stupid kid! "Drown me in sand! I wanna be a sand ninja when i grow up!" Sound smart to you?
Yeah kids are pretty stupid. :rolleyes:

[Asamin]

poorly formed frontal lobe :P
Still, Who would do that?

[Goodlookinguy]

The main part about it is he went in headfirst. That was the unintelligent part about all of this. If he had gone in feet first, he'd probably not even gone to the hospital.

Another thing, I've watched Naruto up till the episode that just came out (Episode 50 of Naruto Shippuuden) and I don't recall a move that ever involved a dunk into sand headfirst. In fact I don't remember a dunk for that matter. If only kids were born smarter now-a-days. *sigh*

[WetWired]

If he didn't go head first, by the time he was drowning in sand, they might not have been able to get him out...

[Atnas]

It was a foot of sand, IIRC.

[Asamin]

It is not that hard to get out of a foot of sand unless you are the one in it. Even then it is pretty easy.

[Goodlookinguy]

A foot of sand isn't very much, yes, but if the sand was compacted, then it would be harder.

[Willkillforfood]

I've burried my feet in sand before without going to the hospital. Then again, I am pretty awesome.

[Coffeedagger]

lol most of these topics are discussed at lunch. Now i know their origin.

I wanna know when the kid realized, "hey lol i can't breathe! This is stupid!"

[hotdog]

If I had been on way earlier this year I would have pointed out the 15 year old who wanted to be Primary Lotus'd. The result was not only broken bones and a painful life from now till he dies, but the fact that other people tried to do it after him one being 16 and the other 19 and they both suffered the same trying to, "show him how it was really done"

[Coffeedagger]

Please. You cannot be serious. I'm losing faith in the future of the world! In 20 years these are the people that will fire a missile at the moon because they'll say

"lol dude it'll be just like start wars! We can be the death star! It will be awesome trust me."

[Wallow]

[QUOTE=Coffeedagger]Please. You cannot be serious. I'm losing faith in the future of the world! In 20 years these are the people that will fire a missile at the moon

Okay... Even the government wouldn't give missiles to Comic book freaks, Star Wars Fanatics, etc. They'd have to get it off the black market, and even then, it would have to be big enough to be launched from the earth and not blow up, yet be small enough to not be detected by all of the governments of the world that have space programs. How does that work:confused: :confused: :confused:

[WetWired]

Why do they have to worry about detection? Do you think there are F-302s on standby to shoot random threats out of space?

[Asamin]

Yes because we definitely have the ability to do that in this day and age. Just not F-302s. X-wings.

[Wallow]

Though you're assuming past how they're going to acquire a space worthy missile and a launching device capable of that large missile. If the government can detect satellites coming down to earth, they'll detect slow moving missiles going to the moon. Also, the missile would have to be pretty good to even damage the moon:nerd:

[hotdog]

Dude they wouldn't lauch missles at it in the first place. They would all get into their X-Wings and shoot lasers at it until they all get blown up from the asteroid chunks that come off from the shooting. :)

[Coffeedagger]

no i mean these are the kids that will grow up and be in charge of government facilities and think it will be a great experiment to fire at the moon.

[Atnas]

I'm pretty sure natural selection will take care of them.

Unless they've got a rich daddy, like Bush Jr.

[hotdog]

@ both Atnas and Coffee.

Don't even joke like that...your going to give me nightmares lol. I would hate to see the world become like the Planet Spango from Mom & Dad Save the World.

"The earth man's head is a light grenade, sir!"

"Whatever you do don't pick it up."

"Hey it says "pick me up" on the side, sir."

"Then I guess it's safe to pick up."

60 men later.

"Commander. We might need reinforcements. Over."