The Anything Goes Thread

[MikeH]

Most topics about japan are : sexless society, earthquake country, work to death, declining population and lacking male pornstars.

I was asked in Bumble of all places if it is true that in Japanese companies young girls make tea for the old guys. Like you don't have reception staff in any other country?

 

[MrDuBois]

Don't even need reception staff. At my old workplace, whoever opened the door for guests usually just offered drinks and brought them. And nobody gave a fuck. Whether it was the 63 year old who was retiring soon, me, the trainee or the head of accounting.

 

[just4fun]

I was asked in Bumble of all places if it is true that in Japanese companies young girls make tea for the old guys. Like you don't have reception staff in any other country?

WOW! You can get someone to talk to you on Bumble?

 

[MikeH]

WOW! You can get someone to talk to you on Bumble?

You know there are also guys in Bumble, don't you?

 

[just4fun]

You know there are also guys in Bumble, don't you?

Stupid fucking me......

 

[kirayamato]

But yea its funny people always say Japan when Korea is doing way worse even than Japan with birth rate.

Singapore joined the club
https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...cord-low-in-2023-falls-below-1-for-first-time

 

[SquidCity]

Shizuoka gets Mount Fuji, Yamanashi gets the maglev. Sounds like a good deal, no?

 

[Alice]

They really need to stop recycling old resources.
nowadays South Korea is the leading of declining population with fertility rate under 1.0 especially with the 4B movement.

I know right?!
And they have a smaller population than Japan to begin with. You would think that’s more concerning but for some reason people love to point at Japan over this.

At the rate we are going, white people in general are probably the first to go extinct, but sure Europe, let’s focus on other countries.

I do have to agree it’s so sad to see the countryside ghost towns though. Japan really does need a lively young population again, but even if they did, everyone would just sit home and play video games I guess.

Most topics about japan are : sexless society, earthquake country, work to death, declining population and lacking male pornstars.

And Okubo Koen 😅

 

[Alice]

Don’t forget about married couples cheating, one bit youtubers can’t seem to stfu about it

Sexless society but somehow married couples are cheating.

And western people losing their mind when Japanese girls on YouTube say they are fine with their partner using sexual services.

 

[IchigoDave]

I love almost everything about when I come back to Kanto and sleep in my house. BTW, I will may be moving back soon (finally).

Anyway, the thing I can't stand is how damn hot the girls put the bath water; 45º. At that temp I can only stay in for about five minutes.

 

[Sudsy]

I can't stand is how damn hot the girls put the bath water; 45º

Wow. My family complains when I set the bath to 41....

 

[IchigoDave]

 

[Frenchy]

So I guess most of us here are in the “bad weebs”, not “good weebs” category… oh well….

 

[YokoMonger]

So I guess most of us here are in the “bad weebs”, not “good weebs” category… oh well….

Do a lot of people on this board watch Japanese cartoons (normal or porn variety)? Thought we would be in the "came to Japan for the sex" creepy dude that's here to date ladies at the beginning. Wonder if there's a creepy version of the guy that comes to Japan for the culture. Probably everyone here going to that center of Japanese culture in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, and Yoshiwara.

 

[requiemmorrow]

Do a lot of people on this board watch Japanese cartoons (normal or porn variety)?

Five years ago I would have taken offense to calling them “cartoons,” as we address them as anime for a reason.

But yeah, we are here.

 

[AMcguyver]

 

[Sudsy]

Do a lot of people on this board watch Japanese cartoons (normal or porn variety)?

Speaking as to people who actually live here:

The largest percentage back in the day when I came here were the Zainichi Koreans, who made up 75% of the foreign population, and diaspora Chinese made up another 12%. Most of these were multi-generational families who'd lived in Japan since before the war. There were also a pretty sizeable chunk of Brazilians, Filipinos, and Peruvians coming in for economic reasons, usually under descendent visas.

Pre-Internet, most of the Western foreign arrivals in Japan were here for martial arts, religion/philosophy study, culinary, linguistics, motorsports, architecture, or a work transfer. Largest number were the military people.

Post-Internet, there's a marked increase in people coming here specifically for Japanese pop culture, fashion, geek culture, and yes, even some who are here just for porn and P4P.

Tourists vary a lot, but the bulk of them recently seem to be here for "wacky Japan".

I still wish that all the tourists had a single neck for me to wrap my hands around....

 

[MrDuBois]

Wonder if there's a creepy version of the guy that comes to Japan for the culture. Probably everyone here going to that center of Japanese culture in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, and Yoshiwara.

That's actually kind of funny because from my own experiences, unless you watch actually weird shows, either people in Japan do not care about you watching anime or they will happily engage in conversation with you over it (whether it's a provider, random people at a bar or the 50+ year old sushi restaurant owner and his wife). But there is that subset of tourists who claim they love Japan for its culture, when they're actually just weebs but don't want to be perceived as such. I'd actually bet money that if you asked 10 random foreigners in Japan what brought them there, most will say "culture" but when you dig deeper, their first example of said culture would be anime.

 

[IchigoDave]

I still wish that all the tourists had a single neck for me to wrap my hands around....

Before driving up to Kanto last week I thought all the kvetching on this site about suitcase pushing tourists was just “A Thing on The Internet”; that the problem was not as pervasive as it is made out to be.


I was wrong.


Also wik - as I write this the sun has yet to go down completely yet the SA parking lots are already full of truckers.

Cunts. All of them.

 

[Sudsy]

I'd actually bet money that if you asked 10 random foreigners in Japan what brought them there, most will say "culture" but when you dig deeper, their first example of said culture would be anime.

I think that answer will be very different for the over 40 crowd. My first taste of Japanese culture was a karate dojo.

 

[MrDuBois]

I mean yes, of course, the older the person you ask, the higher the chance it's anything other than anime/manga.

I guess technically, my first taste of it was a karate dojo too! It was only one day, but it counts!

 

[SquidCity]

This reminded of that old debate of "Is this an anime?" It's such a teething issue in the West, while in Japan SpongeBob counts as an anime.

 

[Frenchy]

This reminded of that old debate of "Is this an anime?" It's such a teething issue in the West, while in Japan SpongeBob counts as an anime.

I would even count SpongeBob as hentai anime. But I’m weird

 

[SquidCity]

I would even count SpongeBob as hentai anime. But I’m weird

SpongeBob literally has holes by the dozens. It's a miracle that it airs on morning TV

 

[MrDuBois]

On that note; Akira Toriyama has passed away on March 1st. That man has influenced so many mangaka and played a huge role in the JRPG world as well (worked on the art for Chrono Trigger and the Dragon Quest series).