More Evidence that the Japanese are Just F-ing WEIRD

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Earthling

I'm not convinced your statement here is true. When I think about people making a porn movie, during daytime and in full view of anyone passing by (on Westboro Baptist Church lawn) I hesitate to assign that kind of conduct to anything less than the individuals involved. Certainly the porn makers must have had exposure to Judeo-Christian values. They apparently just rejected them.

You're singling out a few people versus a society of 127 million people.

FWIW, every single porn company you've ever heard of is owned and operated by Jewish men.

[Earthling]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

You're singling out a few people versus a society of 127 million people.

FWIW, every single porn company you've ever heard of is run by Jewish men.

Well how many people in Japan are using this robotic device? I'm sure that is not known but would be pertinent to your argument.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Earthling

Well how many people in Japan are using this robotic device? I'm sure that is not known but would be pertinent to your argument.

It's not just the "robotic" device. It's Bukakke, it's sex, it's mind-altering, mood-enhancing drug use. It's so many things...

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by mike_b_284

"And it will get worse as population density and poverty both increase here like it has there" -fish

?

bukakke = porn here,

drug use in japan is less common than here by far,

less poverty and a decline in pop there.

not to mention

less violent crime and property crime.

A friend of mine lives there, has since he got out of the army in 2007. Loves it, people are friendly, respectful, trustworthy. I don't think you guys have a clue what you are talking about.

That's nice. I sure am glad you're living vicariously through your friend.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by mike_b_284

what is nice is have living breathing friends. I see you're almost to 50K nice work!

I am waiting to hear about your travels to Japan or see your data on drug use in Japan.

****ing loser

[NinerDoug]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It's not just the "robotic" device. It's Bukakke, it's sex, it's mind-altering, mood-enhancing drug use. It's so many things...

So you're saying that everything that represents the immoral according to traditional values, sex, drugs, etc., are all much more prevalent in Japan. Is that right?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by NinerDoug

So you're saying that everything that represents the immoral according to traditional values, sex, drugs, etc., are all much more prevalent in Japan. Is that right?

It's a completely different society, period.

[NinerDoug]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It's a completely different society, period.

There is no arguing with that proposition.

I just think the idea that things that we consider immoral here are more prevalent there is completely baseless. More than that, it's fictional, and original at that, because I have never heard anyone say anything like that before. If anything, honor and tradition are probably exponentially stronger there than they are here.

FYI, a google search turned this up, which I found interesting.

http://www.theguardian.com/news/data...-use-map-world

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Earthling

Well how many people in Japan are using this robotic device? I'm sure that is not known but would be pertinent to your argument.

This porn robot is symptomatic, it's not the disease.

Take a look at the slate article. Peruse google and take a look at the social structure of young Japanese citizens.

If that were what we were facing in the states, I know I'd be damn alarmed.

I read a book called "Bowling Alone" years back that talked about this sort of thing in the states and most of it was fairly prophetic.

It's also peanuts compared to what we're seeing in Japan. This really is the kind of thing that could lead to the gradual disintegration of an entire nation of people (nation in lower case, not from a geo-political standpoint).

[Earthling]

The reality is I have never been to Japan so I have no experience with people living there. Perhaps it is as you say..? My wife of 38 odd years or so is of Japanese ancestry and I can tell you most all of her relatives are pretty decent, hard working, honest folks.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Earthling

The reality is I have never been to Japan so I have no experience with people living there. Perhaps it is as you say..? My wife of 38 odd years or so is of Japanese ancestry and I can tell you most all of her relatives are pretty decent, hard working, honest folks.

Are her relatives millenials, though? We're talking about this generation and the next, not the previous one.

[Earthling]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Are her relatives millenials, though? We're talking about this generation and the next, not the previous one.

Both her father and mother were born in America. Prior to that all were born in Japan. Of her relatives I have met, most are her and my age..50's and 60's. Old timers...