Thanks for the interesting insight. I would have never known. I would find the smugness really off putting too. I guess I'm not surprised they tend to want to pay themselves on the back. I've seen that a lot in the world.
Peanut butter is really good when spread in chocolate b t w lol.
Pfffttt, Asians. They rely on white people all the time. Like seriously, nothing creative and truly innovative has ever really come out of Asia (there are some past inventions like gun powder but such inventions were never really used to their full potential). Everything Asians make are just better versions of Western products. It's not original.
there's anime and sushi and more recently they where experimenting with 3d printing houses in the Philippines and China though i think it was a British team in the Philippines and developments in AI and robotics in Japan as well as furthering reality a but the majority of innovation and R&D investment is coming from the west.
The west has is a more IP element in their economy. Its probly going to even out as more of asia becomes like japan , south korea and wages rise in China moving it further away from being the factory of the world and more into IP economy and probly the new global superpower.
@DizzyAster It was all hundreds of years ago but the powers that be at the time in my country or rather the 4 countries making up the UK are mostly to blame.
Back then the UK being an island nation and there having been a lot of past conflict between european countries meant we and to a lesser extent other countries in Europe at the time had a particularly strong navy and vastly superior military technology (muskets , cannons and other guns) They took areas round the world and established themselves in countries for tea , other natural resources and even soldiers often trading for guns. The industrial revolution happened here in the UK but after a while other countries caught up more weapons wise and we had a war with America for its independence as America use to be a British colony and we lost a lot of other areas again gradually. On the plus we did bring technology with us such as trains and electricity.
Considering moving there with Trump as the new US president Besides the best reasons 1. Anime 2. Bullet Trains 3. Less Crime 4. Other cool stuff 5. Manga
The only things I hate about Japan 1. WWII (That's past now and Japan has become peaceful) 2. Whaling 3. Imperialism
I wish I were Japanese. I love this country. This kind of patriotism is necessary for better survival. It made them competitive in the wars compared to the other Asian countries.
The fact that Japan conquered other countries has absolutely nothing to do with patriotism. There were strong nationalist movements in countries such as Korea and China too, during the first half of the 20th century. The reason for Japan's military success was the simple fact that it was far ahead in terms of industrialization and military technology. Korea had just been forced to open its borders in the 1870s and was basically still a medieval hermit kingdom at that point. China had been exposed to western values since the 17th century but it never embraced industrialization like Japan did. In the 1920s, when Japan began its large-scale military expansionism, China was still dirt poor.
Besides, Japan has things it can be very proud of but the wars and all the horrific crimes against humanity it committed along with the fascists in Europe are certainly not one of them. Shinzo Abe and the majority of Japanese politicians still downplay Japan's dark past or deny it altogether.
What really bothers me is the denial of the atrocities Japan committed in ww2. That generation of Japanese were scum and those who deny what happened are scum also. My Grandmother's brother was tortured to death in a jap pow camp. Fuck those scum.
I agree, rampant and mindless patriotism - to the point where you are flat out deluded at countries that do certain things better than your own... is silly.
yeah on both accounts, not that it's perfect by any stretch, just saying Japan contributes a huge amount to the world especially in tech and culture. I also like that they have a different social view on the world compared to the rest of western society. It's also got some difficult financial realities it will have to face in the future.
and they only care about increasing ”pure” japanese births, not mixed race or foreigners. the pm made a speech in 2015 saying ”japan can't be accepting refugees cuz we got our own problems like declining birth rate” ...
That's perfectly reasonable, Japan should keep its culture, traditions and racial heritage as Japanese. Plus after seeing what's going on in Europe why would they Japanese want the same.
Yeah western countries tolerance and charity are being abused by those they took in rioting in the streets. The seem to forget what happens to rioters in the countries they originate from.
@sedrftvgyhujik that's what the white people who can understand the language well have told me. i mean not that it only happens in japan but it definitely happens.
I prefer your modest attitude Coco, please don't change :D Being proud is not a problem but feeling superior is :o :-(
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Your only problem with their luckily and rightfully strong identity is you feel an outsider, treated less well than you'd want to be.
It's human to turn a personal issue and preference into an universalist question, but it's also empty, and not worth any serious response.
Countries and cultures who want to survive and keep existing do what the Japanese, and many others in the East and Middle East, are doing. Believers of babelism can move to the West, and enjoy chaos.
i'm not sure if you read the entire thing, sorry for the long, boring post but i use myself and others as examples because well that's the data i have. i'm quite fond of social experiments and i have collected quite a bit of data. voice recorders are very useful for this.
i do quite well when i don't inform anyone of my racial background. people treat me really well and and no one tries to tell me what i am and what i'm worth. i don't give them the power to and they're none the wiser.
i'm not against exclusivism, i'm actually quite conservative. i just find it interesting that a person could know me for awhile whether it's a day or a year and then suddenly feel differently about me after finding out that i'm not ”pure” race like they believe they are. if DNA testing was mandatory we'd see the truth.
A lot of what your talking about is often underlining insecurities, and immaturity. I have not gone to Japan yet, however I would like to one day. And a healthy patriotism is good.
if i was a white or half white man in japan or other east Asian country i wouldn't experience these things. i'd be happy that people think i'm fat, obnoxious and barbaric.
it's very unfair and humiliating that i have to be treated like this just because white women have such a bad rep here.
don't worry, i have found a way around it and it's called "don't let em know" and it makes a world of difference. people don't try to challenge, tear me down and put me in my place the moment they find out what my ethnic background is. i have NEVER acted like or said i'm better than anyone else because i don't think so ! so i don't need people to try to hurt me for something i was born with and can't change.
Xenophobia. Many Asians are actually very racist towards other Asians. And likewise many Koreans, Chinese, etc. specifically hate Japan for occupying their countries and murdering their people not so long ago.
the hottest men i've seen are east Asian and i'm obsessed with mens' appearance. of course there are only a few fine specimen but a few is better than zero. the only caucasian man i've found attractive was dicaprio in 1997. i lived in california for a long time and all the men i saw were ugly. i couldn't even get attracted enough to give one a chance and go on a date.
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Thanks for the interesting insight. I would have never known. I would find the smugness really off putting too. I guess I'm not surprised they tend to want to pay themselves on the back. I've seen that a lot in the world.
Peanut butter is really good when spread in chocolate b t w lol.
Pfffttt, Asians. They rely on white people all the time. Like seriously, nothing creative and truly innovative has ever really come out of Asia (there are some past inventions like gun powder but such inventions were never really used to their full potential). Everything Asians make are just better versions of Western products. It's not original.
there's anime and sushi and more recently they where experimenting with 3d printing houses in the Philippines and China though i think it was a British team in the Philippines and developments in AI and robotics in Japan as well as furthering reality a but the majority of innovation and R&D investment is coming from the west.
should say virtual reality
The west has is a more IP element in their economy.
Its probly going to even out as more of asia becomes like japan , south korea and wages rise in China moving it further away from being the factory of the world and more into IP economy and probly the new global superpower.
has more of a IP element in their economy.
"there are some past inventions like gun powder but such inventions were never really used to their full potential"
you consider killing people is using gun powder to it's fullest potential? Only white people can come up with that shit.
Pfft! Know why did the westerners colonized the Asia and Africa? Lack of resources. They relied on the Eastern countries for that.
@YourFutureEx "Know why did the westerners colonized the Asia and Africa? "
Because they're psychotic, yes! lol
@DizzyAster The time back then, demanded that. It was morally incorrect, but politically, very much.
@DizzyAster It was all hundreds of years ago but the powers that be at the time in my country or rather the 4 countries making up the UK are mostly to blame.
Back then the UK being an island nation and there having been a lot of past conflict between european countries meant we and to a lesser extent other countries in Europe at the time had a particularly strong navy and vastly superior military technology (muskets , cannons and other guns)
They took areas round the world and established themselves in countries for tea , other natural resources and even soldiers often trading for guns.
The industrial revolution happened here in the UK but after a while other countries caught up more weapons wise and we had a war with America for its independence as America use to be a British colony and we lost a lot of other areas again gradually.
On the plus we did bring technology with us such as trains and electricity.
china and countries in asia definitly had a lot of war as well as did African contrys
Considering moving there with Trump as the new US president
Besides the best reasons
1. Anime
2. Bullet Trains
3. Less Crime
4. Other cool stuff
5. Manga
The only things I hate about Japan
1. WWII (That's past now and Japan has become peaceful)
2. Whaling
3. Imperialism
I wish I were Japanese. I love this country. This kind of patriotism is necessary for better survival. It made them competitive in the wars compared to the other Asian countries.
The fact that Japan conquered other countries has absolutely nothing to do with patriotism. There were strong nationalist movements in countries such as Korea and China too, during the first half of the 20th century. The reason for Japan's military success was the simple fact that it was far ahead in terms of industrialization and military technology. Korea had just been forced to open its borders in the 1870s and was basically still a medieval hermit kingdom at that point. China had been exposed to western values since the 17th century but it never embraced industrialization like Japan did. In the 1920s, when Japan began its large-scale military expansionism, China was still dirt poor.
Besides, Japan has things it can be very proud of but the wars and all the horrific crimes against humanity it committed along with the fascists in Europe are certainly not one of them. Shinzo Abe and the majority of Japanese politicians still downplay Japan's dark past or deny it altogether.
What really bothers me is the denial of the atrocities Japan committed in ww2. That generation of Japanese were scum and those who deny what happened are scum also. My Grandmother's brother was tortured to death in a jap pow camp. Fuck those scum.
I agree, rampant and mindless patriotism - to the point where you are flat out deluded at countries that do certain things better than your own... is silly.
Japan is an awesome country! It's got a MAJOR financial collapse coming it's way though.
you think so?
yeah on both accounts, not that it's perfect by any stretch, just saying Japan contributes a huge amount to the world especially in tech and culture. I also like that they have a different social view on the world compared to the rest of western society. It's also got some difficult financial realities it will have to face in the future.
Japan has many problems no1 being an aging population and low birth rates.
and they only care about increasing ”pure” japanese births, not mixed race or foreigners. the pm made a speech in 2015 saying ”japan can't be accepting refugees cuz we got our own problems like declining birth rate” ...
That's perfectly reasonable, Japan should keep its culture, traditions and racial heritage as Japanese. Plus after seeing what's going on in Europe why would they Japanese want the same.
the difference is western countries did a lot of humanitarian stuff and now are messed up
Yeah western countries tolerance and charity are being abused by those they took in rioting in the streets. The seem to forget what happens to rioters in the countries they originate from.
The average Japanese are very polite, and they are very hard working. I enjoyed my time in Japan.
can you understand japanese?
You think they where probly saying bad things behind his back?
@sedrftvgyhujik that's what the white people who can understand the language well have told me. i mean not that it only happens in japan but it definitely happens.
I prefer your modest attitude Coco, please don't change :D
Being proud is not a problem but feeling superior is :o :-(
Your only problem with their luckily and rightfully strong identity is you feel an outsider, treated less well than you'd want to be.
It's human to turn a personal issue and preference into an universalist question, but it's also empty, and not worth any serious response.
Countries and cultures who want to survive and keep existing do what the Japanese, and many others in the East and Middle East, are doing.
Believers of babelism can move to the West, and enjoy chaos.
i'm not sure if you read the entire thing, sorry for the long, boring post but i use myself and others as examples because well that's the data i have. i'm quite fond of social experiments and i have collected quite a bit of data. voice recorders are very useful for this.
i do quite well when i don't inform anyone of my racial background. people treat me really well and and no one tries to tell me what i am and what i'm worth. i don't give them the power to and they're none the wiser.
i'm not against exclusivism, i'm actually quite conservative. i just find it interesting that a person could know me for awhile whether it's a day or a year and then suddenly feel differently about me after finding out that i'm not ”pure” race like they believe they are. if DNA testing was mandatory we'd see the truth.
Not sure If I exactly got the punch line here... I think Maybe... Japan is a clean place that's for sure. Your streets are like perfect lol
japan is very anti multicultural. maybe they are onto something
it's really great if you are in the exclusive club
Despite the bad history, it's the past now, time to embrace the NOW. I love the food in japan eternally.
i do embrace the now but i don't like how many are acting now, and i deal with it in my everyday life
A lot of what your talking about is often underlining insecurities, and immaturity. I have not gone to Japan yet, however I would like to one day. And a healthy patriotism is good.
if i was a white or half white man in japan or other east Asian country i wouldn't experience these things. i'd be happy that people think i'm fat, obnoxious and barbaric.
it's very unfair and humiliating that i have to be treated like this just because white women have such a bad rep here.
don't worry, i have found a way around it and it's called "don't let em know" and it makes a world of difference. people don't try to challenge, tear me down and put me in my place the moment they find out what my ethnic background is. i have NEVER acted like or said i'm better than anyone else because i don't think so ! so i don't need people to try to hurt me for something i was born with and can't change.
I'm sure you are very beautiful, a very special young woman. Don't let anyone get you down.
Nice take , but I still can't distinguish between Korean , chinese and Japanese , no offense , but why Japanese people hate korean?
Xenophobia.
Many Asians are actually very racist towards other Asians. And likewise many Koreans, Chinese, etc. specifically hate Japan for occupying their countries and murdering their people not so long ago.
A tall White guy will always be better than a Japanese guy, judging by my own experience,
nope
I mean not better overall, but he is much more appealing to girls.
i don't think so
It's 100% true, Asian guys are just not attractive enough when there are lots of tall White jacked guys around.
unfortunately you're wrong
I guess fortunately for Asian guys.
the hottest men i've seen are east Asian and i'm obsessed with mens' appearance. of course there are only a few fine specimen but a few is better than zero. the only caucasian man i've found attractive was dicaprio in 1997. i lived in california for a long time and all the men i saw were ugly. i couldn't even get attracted enough to give one a chance and go on a date.
That's good for Asian guys, there are lots of Asian girls who totally hate Asian guys.
they can't get the hot Asian guys so they try to say they prefer white guys but they know in their heart why they gave up
Interesting point of view.
now get on top of birth rates.
Love Japan!