Comments on: Meidonomics http://animediet.net/commentary/meidonomics Eating it right about anime since 2006! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:16:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: omo http://animediet.net/commentary/meidonomics/comment-page-1#comment-9041 omo Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:34:39 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=9052#comment-9041 I don't think maids have the whole subservience thing going on, at least no more than a customer-is-always-right kind of a thing. Which is different than just a cosplay-theme host club, etc. And that is also what's different about going to a bar or talking to your barista (...yuppie losers?)  because that's not the point of the commercial activity (unless you're just trying to hit on them or something). When you go to a maid cafe the point is to enjoy the whole theme-ness of it, the interaction with your servers being a major part of that. I don’t think maids have the whole subservience thing going on, at least no more than a customer-is-always-right kind of a thing. Which is different than just a cosplay-theme host club, etc.
And that is also what’s different about going to a bar or talking to your barista (…yuppie losers?)  because that’s not the point of the commercial activity (unless you’re just trying to hit on them or something). When you go to a maid cafe the point is to enjoy the whole theme-ness of it, the interaction with your servers being a major part of that.

]]> By: moritheil http://animediet.net/commentary/meidonomics/comment-page-1#comment-9034 moritheil Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:28:59 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=9052#comment-9034 I don't suggest that they're exactly the same; I merely suggest that they fall within the same category.  Both fill a human need for regular social interaction. (Consider: rugby is more violent than tennis, but both fill a need for exercise.) Your example of host clubs is pretty nice, though. I don’t suggest that they’re exactly the same; I merely suggest that they fall within the same category.  Both fill a human need for regular social interaction.

(Consider: rugby is more violent than tennis, but both fill a need for exercise.)

Your example of host clubs is pretty nice, though.

]]> By: zzeroparticle http://animediet.net/commentary/meidonomics/comment-page-1#comment-9031 zzeroparticle Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:41:08 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=9052#comment-9031 To be fair, maids implicitly have this whole subservience bit going on. Your example of baristas/bartenders doesn't quite match up since most people (at least people I know) are going to treat baristas/bartenders as equals moreso than maids. If it weren't maid cafes, but host/hostess clubs, it'd be a different story. To be fair, maids implicitly have this whole subservience bit going on. Your example of baristas/bartenders doesn’t quite match up since most people (at least people I know) are going to treat baristas/bartenders as equals moreso than maids.

If it weren’t maid cafes, but host/hostess clubs, it’d be a different story.

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