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What sexual and romantic alternatives are the Japanese opting for?
prostitutes
romantic video games :atlus:
celebrity obsessions
pornography :cthulhu:
pets
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sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties
https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21706321-most-japanese-want-be-married-are-finding-it-hard-i-dont

quote:

[. . .]
Not many singletons have boyfriends or girlfriends, even if they are neither otaku (men who are obsessed with anime or computer games) nor hikikomori (those who lock themselves away in their rooms). Mr Yamada reckons that if people aren't marrying and aren't dating, they must be doing something to satisfy their need for intimacy. He is researching whether they are opting for sexual and romantic alternatives such as prostitutes, romantic video games, celebrity obsessions, pornography or pets.
[. . .]

Yes, Chihuahuas and Love Plus are fungible, good reporting.

Post your favorite mainstream media description of niche cultural phenomenons here.

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ROFLburger
Jan 12, 2006
notaku

penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald

symbolic
Nov 2, 2014

sincx posted:

Post your favorite mainstream media description of niche cultural phenomenons here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp76cHN2FDU

Nathilus
Apr 4, 2002

I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

Years later this is still so drat good. The dude who kept his poo poo is a baller.

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Final Fantasy 7 understands me better than any woman

Rakosi
May 5, 2008

D&D: HASBARA SQUAD
NO-QUARTERMASTER


From the river (of Palestinian blood) to the sea (of Palestinian tears)
It also has a lot to do with modern young Japanese woman being generally tired of their mens poo poo and being more adventurous and eager to explore options in life other than babies. I studied in a Japanese uni last year and of all the Japanese students who were going to study abroad this year like 85% were girls.

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Is that because life ends for japanese women after high school as they are ordered into domestic servitude

Stink Billyums
Jul 7, 2006

MAGNUM
The title of this thread is an insult to train otaku.

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



Uncle Wemus posted:

Is that because life ends for japanese women after high school as they are ordered into domestic servitude

I heard life is basically over for everyone over there after school which is why they all have that weird obsession about high schoolers. Its kind of like how when the same thing happens here for bumblefucks in the south they latch onto the one memory of excitement they have (high school football)

CHICKEN SHOES
Oct 4, 2002
Slippery Tilde

Business Gorillas posted:

I heard life is basically over for everyone over there after school which is why they all have that weird obsession about high schoolers. Its kind of like how when the same thing happens here for bumblefucks in the south they latch onto the one memory of excitement they have (high school football)

dude I got 4 touchdowns in one game and you can never take that away from me

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
I'm Davido-kun, ama

Uncle Wemus
Mar 4, 2004

Will japan, and also south korea, ever grow out of the "work yourself to death" mindset

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

Hector Beerlioz posted:

I'm Davido-kun, ama

is he the guy that renounced his US citizenship because he annoyed the US embassy so much they threatened to tell the japanese he kept it when he became a japanese citizen?

Gatekeeper
Aug 3, 2003

He was warrior and mystic, ogre and saint, the fox and the innocent, chivalrous, ruthless, less than a god, more than a man.
Wait I thought that's exactly what otaku means

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003

sincx posted:

https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21706321-most-japanese-want-be-married-are-finding-it-hard-i-dont


Yes, Chihuahuas and Love Plus are fungible, good reporting.

Post your favorite mainstream media description of niche cultural phenomenons here.

quote:

“I worry about what will happen when these people’s parents die,” says Masahiro Yamada, a sociologist at Chuo University who coined the term “parasite single”.

lol. if all those "parasites" parents died tomorrow, THERE WOULD BE JOB OPENINGS.

HD DAD
Jan 13, 2010

Generic white guy.

Toilet Rascal

Uncle Wemus posted:

Will japan, and also south korea, ever grow out of the "work yourself to death" mindset

They're exporting it to the US which is frankly a good thing.

AugmentedVision
Feb 17, 2011

by exmarx

drans
Sep 1, 2016
Ramrod XTreme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi27530dDCc

Fox News on bronies

The line "How much shame should these guys feel" gets me every time

a7m2
Jul 9, 2012


Gatekeeper
Aug 3, 2003

He was warrior and mystic, ogre and saint, the fox and the innocent, chivalrous, ruthless, less than a god, more than a man.

lmfao

Nathilus
Apr 4, 2002

I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

Hot dang. Hyuk, hyuk, hyuk!

Al Cowens
Aug 11, 2004

by WE B Bourgeois

Tuxedo Gin posted:

is he the guy that renounced his US citizenship because he annoyed the US embassy so much they threatened to tell the japanese he kept it when he became a japanese citizen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2FGgYp6mdk

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord

lol get fuckin' owned bitch

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
anime is good, but dedicating your life to any entertainment media is not so good.

1001 Arabian dicks
Sep 16, 2013

EVE ONLINE IS MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY BECAUSE IM A FRIENDLESS SEMILITERATE LOSER WHO WILL PEDANTICALLY DEMAND PROOF FOR BASIC THINGS LIKE GRAVITY OR THE EXISTENCE OF SELF. ASK ME ABOUT CHEATING AT TARKOV BECAUSE, WELL, SEE ABOVE

Hector Beerlioz posted:

I'm Davido-kun, ama

he actually has a mental disease that makes him look sad and retarded but he is actually trying his best, how can you make fun off this, that was uncalled for you should know better, apologize publicly now and i will let it slide

let it mellow
Jun 1, 2000

Dinosaur Gum
anime is cartoons for children , inmy opinion

literally this big
Jan 10, 2007



Here comes
the Squirtle Squad!
Dogs > women

a retard
Jan 7, 2013

by Lowtax

ahahahahaha

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

white_expat_in_asia.jpg

ScRoTo TuRbOtUrD
Jan 21, 2007

anime is cool and good

no wait thats anice

anime belongs in the trash

Al Cowens
Aug 11, 2004

by WE B Bourgeois

Mange Mite posted:

white_expat_in_asia.jpg
https://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/02/20/71-being-the-only-white-person-around/
Be sure to open up the comments and Ctrl-F for Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, Japan, etc

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord

Serious Frolicking posted:

anime is good, but dedicating your life to any entertainment media is not so good.

bitch say that to my fandom's FACE

big time bisexual
Oct 16, 2002

Cool Party

were goons responsible for his firing? i found this post mentioning that guy and sa being involved.

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

Another dinner crisis solved by smooty chicken

Ein cooler Typ
Nov 26, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Rakosi posted:

It also has a lot to do with modern young Japanese woman being generally tired of their mens poo poo and being more adventurous and eager to explore options in life other than babies. I studied in a Japanese uni last year and of all the Japanese students who were going to study abroad this year like 85% were girls.



drat feminism already ruined the western world but I thought Japan would be ok

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




you can have a pet and still jerk off though so maybe japan isn't good at surveys

KiteAuraan
Aug 5, 2014

JER GEDDA FERDA RADDA ARA!


Business Gorillas posted:

I heard life is basically over for everyone over there after school which is why they all have that weird obsession about high schoolers. Its kind of like how when the same thing happens here for bumblefucks in the south they latch onto the one memory of excitement they have (high school football)

I was a shut-in through highschool and I am a shut-in now. There were never any glory days for me.

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dreezy
Mar 4, 2015

yeah, rip.
otacon! what's the scouter say about his power level!

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