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    Why So Cynical? (and Other Rants)

    Lest anyone read this thread and come to the conclusion that Japan is a country of constant street brawls, I've lived here for years and never seen anything remotely resembling a fight. I don't care about nightlife much so I don't put myself in situations where I'm around drunk people very...
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    Why So Cynical? (and Other Rants)

    My experience with making male Japanese friends is pretty similar to women - some of them are really happy to get to know a foreigner, and others not so much. It just boils down to individual personality. I even had an acquaintance of mine invite me out to kyabakura the other day but I took a...
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    Crabs In A Barrel

    Maybe you don't intend to come off this way, but the way you're using "greed" and making comparisons to drug dealers is coming off like you still have that internalized Judeo-Christian complex about women making money off of sex. If you don't patronize their services, that's fine, but you don't...
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    Why So Cynical? (and Other Rants)

    My experience with gaijin who just want to whine all the time is that they're out of their element and miserable, but don't have the gumption to better their situation. Usually they have extremely basic language skills and can only make a vague guess at what's going on around them every day. My...