Topic: Japan gets a lot of passes huh
Anonymous A started this discussion 1 hour ago #137,053
I was reading some old comments in response to a guy having some type of crisis of conscience or whatever regarding to the band dir en grey(listening to their album atm)
Seems like the guy had a hard time differentiating art from reality due to their graphic themes. However what I find amusing is when it comes to anything related to japan, westerners will unite in order to defend Japanese culture and society which of course its conservative values are well entrenched.
Now dont get me wrong I can like their games, music and what not and I know their culture is vastly different in terms of whats normal for them but damn the white knight’ing for that country is very strong lol
I can’t blame folks though. It’s one of the last bastions of a bygone time when people can wear nazi chic attire, crack a couple nigga jokes and be perverted without much judgment or persecution. A rightist paradise if you will.
Seems like the guy had a hard time differentiating art from reality due to their graphic themes. However what I find amusing is when it comes to anything related to japan, westerners will unite in order to defend Japanese culture and society which of course its conservative values are well entrenched.
Now dont get me wrong I can like their games, music and what not and I know their culture is vastly different in terms of whats normal for them but damn the white knight’ing for that country is very strong lol
I can’t blame folks though. It’s one of the last bastions of a bygone time when people can wear nazi chic attire, crack a couple nigga jokes and be perverted without much judgment or persecution. A rightist paradise if you will.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc joined in and replied with this 43 minutes ago, 18 minutes later[^] [v] #1,453,099
Ironically, Japan is the best example that conservative culture doesn’t work. If you don’t have children because you have a harsh work culture but you also don’t have immigration, it’s leads to you falling behind economically and technologically.Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 40 minutes ago, 2 minutes later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,100
They defend Japan because they identify with the culture. You have to remember there was a time when people thought Japan would come to rule the world after their massive growth in the 80s. These kids growing up on "super hella mondo rad as shit" foreign cartoons with blood and violence hell yeah!! and the TV is saying Japan will rule the world in the future? and the girls are all shy and kawaii??? and I hop online and people are saying konnichiwa and arigato??? These kids feel like they're part Japanese because they grew up with this stuff despite never setting foot on Japanese soil. This is all before any notions of racial purity or other pol stuff that's convinced them if Japan falls white people are next or whatever. Japan was smart and played the soft power card. The US does the same shit but Americans don't realize to what extent it's affected young people in other countries. If you go up to a young person in another country, chances are high they'll talk to you about the same shit you watch (marvel movies, watching ishowspeed streams, speaking almost perfect English in an American accent, etc).
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 40 minutes ago, 2 seconds later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,101
Japan used to be a leader in technology but they missed out on the whole smartphone revolution which led to them falling behind Korea and Taiwan in semiconductor manufacturing. You need young people in order to innovate.
https://youtu.be/8_OOta7Y6Ik
https://youtu.be/8_OOta7Y6Ik
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 38 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 23 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,102
@1,453,100 (C)
Tbh I just think it’s weird that people still have the mentality that Japan is leading the world in technology because of something that literally happened 20 years before I was born. Especially when you compare China to Japan, they completely swapped places in terms of economic and technological power.
Tbh I just think it’s weird that people still have the mentality that Japan is leading the world in technology because of something that literally happened 20 years before I was born. Especially when you compare China to Japan, they completely swapped places in terms of economic and technological power.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc triple-posted this 36 minutes ago, 2 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,103
I also think it’s kinda stupid whenever MAGA types glorify Japan and they say they want a white Christian nation when Japan is neither Christian or white, and Nigerians actually support Trump more than Japanese people do. It doesn’t make any logical sense. Then they’ll try to compare Japanese culture to African culture and call black people low IQ like they think it will make us jealous or something that white people pretend to like them, but it’s obvious the only reason why they say that is because Japan just accepted that they lost World War Two, they go nuked, and they don’t complain about it and stay in their place. But that’s not enviable.
Anonymous C replied with this 35 minutes ago, 41 seconds later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,104
@1,453,102 (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
You know it's funny I just watched a video the other day (I forget which channel) but the chinese guy was talking about how people think east asia is so advanced and to him it doesn't seem very advanced. Then he says he visited California recently and say human shit on the side walk and realize "oh that's why they think we're advanced"
You know it's funny I just watched a video the other day (I forget which channel) but the chinese guy was talking about how people think east asia is so advanced and to him it doesn't seem very advanced. Then he says he visited California recently and say human shit on the side walk and realize "oh that's why they think we're advanced"
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 34 minutes ago, 51 seconds later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,105
Anyway that’s my rant for the day.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 33 minutes ago, 59 seconds later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,106
@1,453,104 (C)
Tbh the US has a homelessness problem all over. I’ve never been to California, but I’ve been seeing more homeless people. Wealth inequality is getting worse.
Tbh the US has a homelessness problem all over. I’ve never been to California, but I’ve been seeing more homeless people. Wealth inequality is getting worse.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc triple-posted this 31 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,107
One of the paradoxical things about economics is there’s a trade off between equality and efficiency. The American economy is more efficient than any economy in Asia, yet we have a problem with inequality. But it turns out the two are correlated. When a country becomes wealthier it often becomes unequal. So there might be more visible poverty here, but if you start looking into the data on it, we’re significantly richer on a per capita basis than even developed Asian countries like Japan for instance, even on a purchasing power parody basis.
Anonymous C replied with this 29 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,108
@1,453,106 (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
The point is when your society is orderly, people think you're more advanced than you are.
The point is when your society is orderly, people think you're more advanced than you are.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 28 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,109
@previous (C)
I agree with that, but of the things I find mind blowing is that if you look at the US, it’s obvious which group of people is causing all the chaos, but that group of people blames all the chaos on brown people when back when a brown guy was the president, there wasn’t any chaos going on.
I agree with that, but of the things I find mind blowing is that if you look at the US, it’s obvious which group of people is causing all the chaos, but that group of people blames all the chaos on brown people when back when a brown guy was the president, there wasn’t any chaos going on.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 26 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,111
And it’s ironic too because I’m a college student so I’m around a lot of international students who are from Asia. I’ve never actually heard anything from them that suggests they actually agree with the MAGA stuff.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 22 minutes ago, 3 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,112
@1,453,099 (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
Immigration doesn't solve that either.
That's like thinking your family will be fine after a forclosure, because another family will move into the house.
Conservatives are concerned about their people surviving, not about the land having some people on it.
Why is this simple concept is still completely incomprehensible to liberals?
Immigration doesn't solve that either.
That's like thinking your family will be fine after a forclosure, because another family will move into the house.
Conservatives are concerned about their people surviving, not about the land having some people on it.
Why is this simple concept is still completely incomprehensible to liberals?
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 21 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,113
I mean, his wife’s nudes are on the internet and people are literally jumping overboard trying to commit suicide. If you look at Obama and you look at that, even if you don’t agree with anything Obama stood for, it’s like, how the fuck can anybody seriously look at that and not be infuriated?
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 21 minutes ago, 20 seconds later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,114
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc triple-posted this 18 minutes ago, 2 minutes later, 43 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,115
The point of a country is that we’re supposed to live our lives in a way so that we benefit our country. I want to live in a strong country. I don’t give a shit what somebody looks like if they’re smart and they’re hardworking and they want to come to my country to do the hard work that’s necessary to keep my country on top because I love my country. If someone was born here and they don’t feel like working and contributing to the country to the point where they feel entitled to deny opportunity to somebody more talented and hardworking than they are, then maybe I don’t care about that person.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 17 minutes ago, 28 seconds later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,116
@1,453,100 (C)
> If you go up to a young person in another country, chances are high they'll talk to you about the same shit you watch (marvel movies, watching ishowspeed streams, speaking almost perfect English in an American accent, etc).
Ngl I would like that. Go to a different country and have them revere the ground I walk on simply because their Ameriboo fascination. Though I don’t care much for the streamer/influencer culture so I might not resonate well with the young folk but if maybe I dress like an 80’s/90’s kid then maybe they’ll feel super enamored just by my aesthetic alone.
> If you go up to a young person in another country, chances are high they'll talk to you about the same shit you watch (marvel movies, watching ishowspeed streams, speaking almost perfect English in an American accent, etc).
Ngl I would like that. Go to a different country and have them revere the ground I walk on simply because their Ameriboo fascination. Though I don’t care much for the streamer/influencer culture so I might not resonate well with the young folk but if maybe I dress like an 80’s/90’s kid then maybe they’ll feel super enamored just by my aesthetic alone.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 15 minutes ago, 2 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,117
I mean, have you ever looked at an AI research paper before? Just look at research from a top company in the US like Google, they publish their research with the names of the researchers listed. They’re filled with Chinese and Indian names.
https://research.google/pubs/
You can’t seriously be willing to commit national suicide just because you can’t stand having a neighbor that looks different from you. That’s the stupidest mentality ever. Japan can only get away with it because they’re allied with us.
https://research.google/pubs/
You can’t seriously be willing to commit national suicide just because you can’t stand having a neighbor that looks different from you. That’s the stupidest mentality ever. Japan can only get away with it because they’re allied with us.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 14 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,118
I just don’t understand people. Don’t you want technology to progress and for your nation to lead in it? That’s not going to happen if you’re nativist anal retentive hermit who’s afraid of your own shadow because it’s a different color than you.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 11 minutes ago, 2 minutes later, 50 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,119
@1,453,103 (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
If that’s the case then that just makes both Nigerians and White MAGA look like sad, spineless, low self worth and self esteem losers. Which is a little funny but strange that they do not see or understand that.
I honestly want someone from either camp to explain that to me.
If that’s the case then that just makes both Nigerians and White MAGA look like sad, spineless, low self worth and self esteem losers. Which is a little funny but strange that they do not see or understand that.
I honestly want someone from either camp to explain that to me.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 9 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,120
@1,453,118 (Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc)
Im with you on that. I don’t understand people either and even if we were to ask directly nobody will answer.
Im with you on that. I don’t understand people either and even if we were to ask directly nobody will answer.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc replied with this 9 minutes ago, 31 seconds later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,121
@1,453,119 (A)
Tbh the statistics are from before Trump bombed Nigeria so it might have changed. Nigeria was colonized by the British so even thought Trump types focus on the Muslim half of the country because they’re anti Islam, the other half of Nigerians are mostly Protestant Christians which ironically is very culturally similar to the United States in some ways since the US is also a former British colony. They have their own version of the prosperity gospel going on, they like Trump because he’s rich. There are also other Christian countries in Africa, like the DRC for instance where most people are Catholic and it might be a bit different.
Tbh the statistics are from before Trump bombed Nigeria so it might have changed. Nigeria was colonized by the British so even thought Trump types focus on the Muslim half of the country because they’re anti Islam, the other half of Nigerians are mostly Protestant Christians which ironically is very culturally similar to the United States in some ways since the US is also a former British colony. They have their own version of the prosperity gospel going on, they like Trump because he’s rich. There are also other Christian countries in Africa, like the DRC for instance where most people are Catholic and it might be a bit different.
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Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc double-posted this 7 minutes ago, 1 minute later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,122
There’s a positive side to it though, Nigerians are actually relatively industrious. Nigerian immigrants to the US actually have similar rates of earning graduate degrees when compared with Chinese immigrants and a lot of Nigerian immigrants are business owners. So it’s not all negative there’s also a positive to it.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc triple-posted this 5 minutes ago, 2 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,124
I was just pointing it out because it’s ironic when MAGA types say that countries like Japan are more similar to the west when in some ways there are African countries that are more culturally similar. They just don’t want to admit it because they look down on those places for being black and poor.
Mr. Bloody Lemonade !0JqexkOGBc quadruple-posted this 1 minute ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,453,125
Like they claim to be Christian nationalists and then will say they’re more culturally similar to Japan than Nigeria when Nigeria has 100 million Christians and Japan has 100 million people who are not Christian.