No.35848
This is something that I just posted on /a/. They told me to repost it here, and I thought it was worth a shot.
I live in Japan, and it fucking sucks. I made a thread about this a lonnnng time ago, but this bears repeating.
1. Anime and manga are more expensive in Japan. The prices are ridiculous, and it's hard for me to justify buying anime even though I feel it's important for fans to make an effort to support the industry.
2. If you are a girl, you will be groped and treated like shit. I have had men grab my ass in public *7* different times in the past year and a half. My Japanese friends say that women should just grit their teeth and bear it, since if you try to do something about it you will be publicly shamed. I also feel dirty and pathetic when these incidents occur.
3. Office culture in Japan is...intense. You are expected to show up at social gatherings even if you do not want to. And at these social gatherings people have the EXACT SAME CONVERSATIONS AGAIN AND AGAIN. I've had like 50 conversations on the power of beer to refresh you after a day's work. You have to say "good morning" every day in a very specific way, and if you don't then someone will approach you and tell you that's not how things are done at company XYZ.
4. The people treat gaijin like shit. Even the ones who try to be nice come across as condescending and rude by American standards. There are also a large number of Japanese men who think gaijin women are sluts and that they can get you to open your legs at the drop of a hat. Fuckers.
I wish all the Japanohiles could actually visit GLORIOUS NIPPON. They'd change their tune.
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No.35850
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No.35856
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No.35862
>not a single thing is actually bad
what did he mean by this?
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No.35863
>>35848
>If you are a girl
You're not a girl.
>There are also a large number of Japanese men who think gaijin women are sluts and that they can get you to open your legs at the drop of a hat.
Because it's true
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No.35864
We are >>35848's unused brain parts. We're sorry that >>35848 totally missed the point of this thread. We tried to warn the cut&paste lobe, but it went brazenly on, totally missing the point of the thread in its zeal to post a years-old piece of stupidity that has been totally drained of funny and is now a dried out husk of stupidity. In fact, we unused lobes suspect that the cut&paste lobe may have been trying to be ironic in posting something that was both unfunny and off-topic.
We are currently attempting to reroute bloodflow through >>35848's brain so that the more intelligent parts can once again take command and make >>35848 into a valuable member of society.
Wish us luck. Godspeed!
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No.35868
Have you ever read a post on /jp/ and wondered whether or not it is kopipe? It is almost as though half the posts are kopipe. Maybe they all are. Maybe this one is. Maybe it is not. Maybe it will become kopipe at some point in time. Maybe it will be done over and over in this very thread. Maybe more threads will be made filled with this post. Although I fear it, I wouldn't doubt it.
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No.35900
It's like you read a fucking book about how to make the worst possible, shittiest fucking thread on a chan.
But more, much more than that, it's almost like you're shitposting and/or shilling to the best of your abilities.
I highly recommend you kill yourself.
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No.35929
>>35848
All of these things seem to apply to girls. Good thing I'm not one. Do nips really treat gaijin poorly or just dumb American sluts?
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No.35950
>>35900
what is a ``chan''
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No.35958
>>35950
Crossboard speak for imageboard.
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No.35960
>>35950
A miserable little pile of secrets
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No.35961
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No.35971
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No.36064
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No.36068
>>35848
My experience in Japan is quite different from yours.
I wonder if you're a 'feminist' or Left-wing politically.
Anyways, here goes...
1. Anime (and manga!) are VERY cheap if you know where to look.
Hard-OFF is an awesome store for used otaku goods/electronics.
If you're in a large city like Nagoya/Osaka/Tokyo, try Mandarake.
Figures, especially, are a good price.
2. There are certainly some cultural differences that are annoying, but there are also some things that are better in Japan. Try and find those. For instance, I like it how in Japan, no one cares about politics and gets into big emotional arguments about it. I'd rather have boring conversations than that!
3. Groping/harassment is ILLEGAL, in Japan as well as basically everywhere.
If you were harassed , take them to court! If not, I'll assume innocence until guilt is PROVEN, just like in America.
4. In my few months in Japan so far, I've been treated BETTER than I expected, if anything. Sure, a few of my friends said that Japanese were mostly racist, but those were honestly almost all Koreans!
5. It's a good thing there aren't that many foreigners coming over, though, since Japan's unique culture is what makes it so awesome.
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No.36384
>>36068
in my field working in japan is a possibility, and it pays better there
if i speak japanese poorly (but understand it less poorly) would it be worth taking the work exchange program next time it arrives?
i want to go to japan for tourism anyway, i'm not sure i'm suited to working as an english speaker in a japanese environment.
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No.36450
why are there women on this board?
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No.36452
>>36384
Through an email or tweet towards Shibata. He moved back and last I heard it was permanent.
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No.36556
>>35848
>If you are a girl, you will be groped and treated like shit. I have had men grab my ass in public *7* different times in the past year and a half. My Japanese friends say that women should just grit their teeth and bear it, since if you try to do something about it you will be publicly shamed. I also feel dirty and pathetic when these incidents occur.
You make it sound like a plot of some doujinshi.
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No.36557
>>36450
/jp/ has been always a progressive and inclusive board, through its history being a home to female attention whores, trans attention whore(s?) or 3rd world attention whores.
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No.36558
>>36557
Slander. In fact the jay is a RadTrad board fighting to reestablish the ancien regime. Not like a new fag like you were to know that.
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No.38328
I know this is like satire and stuff, but still
>I have had men grab my ass in public *7* different times in the past year and a half.
That's more than 2 months on average between them. Which is *well under* the chance of accidental butt touching in crowded trains. Obviously anyone trying to attack people over that should be publicly shamed, as it is aggressive and selfish behavior over a tiny issue no one cares about.
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