Mostly, I believe, it's because overly loud anime fans, or "weeaboo" as they are called in some circles, regularly consume it and treat it as the best thing ever.
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Mmm, pocky...
Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.
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'Cause she's nerdy and sweet, dawg.
(AHR stole what I was going to say to Libris. Now I've said what Indi was going to say about Pocky. Indi, complete the cycle and say something AHR would say about Beforet.)
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But what would Beforet say about...um, Afteret?
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It's Japanese. Therefore, in America, only weeabootakus eat it.
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Pocky? I've never seen that anywhere...
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It's not really widely known about in America. Most of the people who eat it over here heard about from either anime or people who like anime.
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It's in every grocery store around here. But it does get considered as a thing you have to hunt for at best and likely import directly from Japan.
edited 8th Feb '13 8:47:47 PM by TParadox
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Honestly, I never even knew about the stereotype of weeaboos and Pocky until like a year ago. My mom was the one who first introduced me to it, in all honesty. Don't think it was even in a specialty store she found it either.
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Same with me, except that I knew that she got Pocky sticks from the Korean grocery store. The fact that Pocky is Japanese came as a surprise to me.
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I have never understood the whole Pocky thing. Sure it tastes all right, but I know a bunch of Anime fans who'll pay big bucks for it.
I think that last is what it is considered a "nerdy" fad. Of course, that stereotype might be on its way out.
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Pocky is a thin, straw-shaped cookie with about 4/5 of it painted in dry chocolate. The uncovered part is meant to be the handle.
It's like Yan-Yans
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It's a fun novelty food, but I don't think it's that great.
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I've ate a few boxes. The chocolate's all right but the biscuit part just wasn't right.
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The biscuit part tastes kinda weird, but I'd say it wasn't meant to be eaten without the chocolate coating. I don't mind it though.
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Dreaming out loud.
Strawberry Pocky is alright, though it tastes more of self-loathing than the real thing.
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Would you say that other things are better th—
I'm sorry, I can't even bring myself to make that horrid, awful pun.
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White Rabbit and Botan Rice Candy are better. Also Haw Flakes, even though they lack the cool rice paper wrapper that dissolves in your mouth.
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Fuck man, I didn't even know this was a thing until just now. I thought you were talking about the girl.
Gimme yer lunch money, dweeb.
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I'm talking about everything but the girl.
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I'm talking about everything unrelated.
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Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about. How about love, love, love?
edited 9th Feb '13 2:51:25 AM by 0dd1
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I mean, I know plenty of people who aren't even remotely interested in anything that could be considered nerdy who love the stuff. And really, who could blame 'em? Chocolate-covered breadsticks? That's genius.
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