it's up to them if they apply this learning and be better people or simply say "that's life" and stay forever in "self-searching" mode and be all philosophical and stuff without doing anything significant at all. not all are fairly smart. it's not even fairly smart, the person is just being sarcastically philosophical. i'm not stereotyping. but people who do watch anime have deeper sense of self. im the total opposite. though i do have a passion for anime, im not so obsessed with it that it controls my life. i hang out with my friend mary-jane everyonce in awhile, if you know what i mean. i love getting into trouble both during and after school. sometimes i get good grades, sometimes i dont. it all depends if i get it or not. or if i care. like what stellar said bout that kid, i too am a martial art student and i have a couple of anime "role-models" i look up to. some for strength and some for wisdom. im not couped up in my room all the time and i get out out of the house whenever i can to hang out with my friends. so the answer to your question: not every anime freak is like that. sure there are some exactly like yer bro but the majority of us arent. we like having a social life. we like going out and hanging with friends. we like enjoying life the way it is. so tell yer bro