/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>9729706

>you actually convince yourself that you're happy being alone

So if you convince yourself that you are happy with being alone then you are now happy with being alone.

Whether schizoids are real or not is irrelevant. You said it yourself, it's possible for humans to convince themselves that they are happy with being alone and at that point they are happy with being alone because they convinced themselves that they are. If they are a schizoid or if they just convinced themselves that they are doesn't matter at all since the end result is identical.

Isn't it preferable to be happy with being alone? This requires less effort than talking to people and you will be just as happy. For example, imagine that you're in a competition and you're racing someone. If you have fully convinced yourself that it is more enjoyable to lose than to win then all you have to do is stand there and let the other guy win the race and you will experience just as much happiness as if you would have if you bothered to exert the effort required to win the race.

Self-delusion is one of the most powerful tools that a human has. We can delude ourselves to the point that we will firmly believe that living in undesirable condition is more enjoyable than living in desirable conditions and at that point the undesirable becomes desirable because we lied to ourselves so well that we convinced your body that it was true.

Would you be in prison if you lived in jail, /jp/?

Large amounts of piracy that everyone here seems to do constantly, evidence of drug use from what I've read in many threads, etc.

Would Japan tolerate the lifestyle you live or would you be in prison if you tried to live this way in Japan?

How strong is the overlap between the otaku and the stereotypical gambler in japan?

I see a lot of media about gambling and yakuza aimed at the otaku, yet I don't know if that's due to any overlap or just the ability to create stories which enthrall using such a topic. Thinking hard about it I've seen Pachinko machines with figs as prizes in my own city, yet I don't know if this is also a truth in Japan.

The otaku could conceivably lend themselves to such an easy yet high-risk way of earning money, I'd assume but that is also the case for the vast majority of society.