It was over the minute I found out they created women-only trains to counter sexual assault uwu

My memories of my visit to see my college friend in Japan:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cold houses.

I mean there's more but that's all that I really think about when I think back on it. I didn't warm up till I was back on the plane.

Edit: Also KFC legs for Xmas. Yes, we did.

Oprindeligt skrevet af BunnieBealla:

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Those trains exist, yes, but the funny thing is that almost no one actually uses them.
I guess the experience isn’t as ideal as people imagine.
Japan keeps spending money on solutions that don’t solve anything, but that’s not really new.

A men-only train would probably be far more peaceful, but men never get anything like that, even though they deal with plenty of issues too.

I do not avoid condemning and criticizing Japan for what I think is warranted. E.g. animal rights overall, whaling, uptight society too similar to so many other uptight east Asian nations, xenophobia, etc.

Yes, I enjoy cultural aspects that originate from Japan, I'm not a big anime or manga fan or anything but I don't mind some of it, and some other interesting aspects about Japanese culture.

I don't think they'd like me much or I'd enjoy living there despite some loose associations I may have with it however. But at the same time I think Japan looks like a much nicer place than many others in the region, including China, both Koreas, Vietnam, etc.

Japan enriched many American and European childrens' lives etc.

my great-grandfather helped the IJN build modern warships prior to world war 2 and that ended as well as you know, so i have a wonderfully deep understanding of Japan as you can imagine, and a Japanese vocabulary that mostly consists of various terms for naval artillery shells and their foundries

where was I?

ah yes, it's that people should approach Japan as though it's an actual real thing that has touched people's history as opposed to an inert abstract thing that makes the cool animes

edit: also their warcrimes lopped off my wife's grandma's tits, which doesn't help, especially when they refused to apologise for it. such is life

Good timing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIwXg-8NvKc

Certain areas of the US are more uptight than Japan ever was though probably, so there's that also.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Disgruntled Cuttlefish:

Certain areas of the US are more uptight than Japan ever was though probably, so there's that also.

The hyper progressive puritan areas yes, correct.

It brought us to this point of absurdity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptr1t-xmxEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwoSYWIgV9Y

Oprindeligt skrevet af Stakanov:

The moment you criticize anything about Japan, some people suddenly turn into self-appointed guardians of a culture they only know through anime and postcards.

When I defended Yasuke in AC, the reactions were ridiculous. What stood out wasn’t the hate, but how the same people who preach openness in the West instantly switch into ‘protect Japan at all costs’ mode, even though they never show that energy for their own countries.

Japan isn’t a paradise. Its justice system is harsh, its social rules suffocating, and the reality has nothing to do with the kawaii image people worship.
I’m neutral toward Japan, but I’m tired of the blind devotion and the double standards. Westerners forgive everything when it’s Japan, and nothing when it’s their own culture.

A bit of honesty would be nice.

That's why I don't define gaming by region.

A game is a game is a game. Anything else is more about you rather than the game itself.

When you allow other people to define gaming for you you lose your individual opinion on them. Piss on that.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Stakanov:

The moment you criticize anything about Japan, some people suddenly turn into self-appointed guardians of a culture they only know through anime and postcards.

When I defended Yasuke in AC, the reactions were ridiculous. What stood out wasn’t the hate, but how the same people who preach openness in the West instantly switch into ‘protect Japan at all costs’ mode, even though they never show that energy for their own countries.

Japan isn’t a paradise. Its justice system is harsh, its social rules suffocating, and the reality has nothing to do with the kawaii image people worship.
I’m neutral toward Japan, but I’m tired of the blind devotion and the double standards. Westerners forgive everything when it’s Japan, and nothing when it’s their own culture.

A bit of honesty would be nice.

As most Japanese will tell you, if you do not break the law the system works just as it should.

Jail should be harsh. There is no such thing a rehabilitating a career (habitual) criminal. That is for dreamers.

Oprindeligt skrevet af udidwht:

That’s not what I was talking about.
I’m referring to the double standard in Japan where an altercation between a local and a foreigner almost always ends the same way: the foreigner takes the blame.
It’s not about “breaking the law” but about how the system treats people differently depending on who they are.

There are plenty of documented cases where a Japanese person starts the fight, yet the foreigner is the one who ends up detained because the police automatically trust the local side.

Japan’s legal system gives you almost no real defense: no proper legal representation, near-automatic detentions, and a conviction rate so high that even innocent people get pressured into confessing.
It’s a structure that relies on conformity, not fairness, and it’s strange how many Westerners refuse to see it.

The country has real issues, but people keep romanticizing it instead of acknowledging the problems.
That’s the whole point I was making.

Ah, yeah, the "I know japanese because I watched two anime" crow.
Yeah they're very annoying.

That has always been my curse. Too much of a weeb to be around normal people. Too normal to be around weebs. It's lonely in here man.

Japan has failed as a technology leader.

They can’t be honestly especially Redditors. 24/7 state funded garbage nonsense, the moment they losing start calling other people bot. xD

Oprindeligt skrevet af Majinken:

Ah, yeah, the "I know japanese because I watched two anime" crow.
Yeah they're very annoying.

That has always been my curse. Too much of a weeb to be around normal people. Too normal to be around weebs. It's lonely in here man.

What? Japan isn't exactly like Naruto and Bleach? hahaha, that can't be right.