Why is this an argument? What? What's going on? As for myself, I was just explaining part of the history of the sign and why the Japanese use it. I thought it self-evident that Mookie and his fangirls were mimicking anime characters, because...well, anime convention. And look at the guy's comic.

I spoke disparagingly of it because the majority of anime fandom annoys me, though I seem to have found a solid group of non-idiots lately with whom I can share my enjoyment of (some) Japanese pop culture.