Your idea for a movie has been done several times as a TV show, most notably as the AU/NZ epic The Tribe (six seasons) and the Showtime show Jeremiah (2 seasons, available on Hulu).

Nothing new under the sun, etc.

@Johnny Cat - Thanks.

@Gauldar - Having never been modded here before, and suddenly being modded in THIS thread and not the last, where I used similar language, it seemed pretty frustratingly obvious.

I am also pointedly aware that every comment I make is now going into moderation. I believe it's pretty shitty behavior on the part of (I must assume) Alex to put me on moderation for disagreeing with him.

@Gauldar

The solution is to not point and laugh at people that are different from you. If someone is obviously going for comedy, that's one thing. But if someone is genuinely engaging in some behavior that is a) clearly enjoyable to them and b) something that you do not understand, that doesn't give you the right to say HEY, LOOK AT THE WEIRDOS. That's pretty standard bullying language, honestly. "It's not my fault he's so weird" sounds like something that comes straight out of the mouth of fifteen year old assholes who beat up anyone who is different than them.

The point is that there isn't language which makes it better; the point is that the entire post was off base, childish, and frankly crude.

Are you saying that Neatorama has a responsibility for the opinions of all the people who comment on their boards?

First and foremost, they have a responsibility for what they say themselves -- and since this conversation started with how problematic the original post was, maybe we should stick with that, hm?

(we're inventing words just for the purpose of victimizing a group?

Othering is not an 'invented' word. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=othering

It wasn't your use of the word 'weird' that was the only problem, although that didn't help. How about the title, which was offensive right off the bat? "Ugly manga chicks" who are "dudes" calls right back to the "chicks with dicks" language that is so very often used to describe transsexual and transgender people, often incorrectly, in pornography and pejoratively and in most corners of Western culture.

Not to mention outright calling these people 'ugly' shows your colors quite a bit as well. They may not fit your standard of beauty, but you're not the one who gets to make that judgment for all people and all cultures.

Yes, of course. These guys are totally asking for it, they WANT to be mocked. That's the point! Silly me, I thought they were doing something they enjoyed, but clearly they're just hoping someone like you gives them transphobic, homophobic shit.

Even the other website you link to doesn't cover the phenomenon like this; the text there is very simple and reporter-like. This smacks of pointing and laughing.

And @vonskippy, clearly the people here actually have that worldview. You're missing the point.

@vonskippy

Exotification is when you say "oh, those wacky other cultures, look at how WACKY they are, let's all have a laugh and/or a wank"

Wow. I don't even know where to start with the offensiveness of this coverage. The headline? The exotification? The transphobia/homophobia/gender panic? Yikes, guys.

So how does a man walk? Differently than a woman?

How about it walks like a person, or a human, or bipedally.

The cars are cool and interesting. The fat joke above is not.

Come on. Not only is the 'spot-reduce' bullshit, but the idea of 'losing weight is healthy' thing is bullshit.

Be active and you'll be healthy: http://kateharding.net/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/