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This has been bothering me all day.
Sorry if I'm being slowbro.gif, but has everyone seen this Kotaku article?

http://kotaku.com/5484581/japan-its-not-funny-anymore

>> No.4540715

>Vegetarian

>> No.4540712

archive.easymodo.net

>> No.4540719

yes we have.

we called him a faggot for being a hipster faggot.

>> No.4540717

I hate you, OP.

>> No.4540718

No, you're the first one to post this.

>> No.4540728

I didnt read that shit
what was it about

>> No.4540729

>>4540719
>hipster faggot
What a stupid overused insult. What makes him a 'hipster' at all? "oh he hates smoking and thinks anime sucks, hipster!!!!"

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>>4540719
alright, muchas sorry everyone.
Not trying to troll, btw. Just wondering if anyone else with experience in Japan agreed with any of his points.

>> No.4540738

>>4540729
buttmad hipster

>> No.4540739

>>4540728
I finally looked at it today and it's some kotaku editor (i think) talking about how he doesn't like Japan anymore /!\LONG WINDED AND BORING/!\

>> No.4540741

>>4540729
He's a straight edge vegetarian.

>> No.4540744
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>> No.4540746

>>4540734
All of them, pretty much.
I thought all the people in /jp/ knew this.

>> No.4540751

>>4540741
Straight edge vegetarian is now hipster?

What if he talked about there not being enough organic local beef and pabst beer in Japan, you'd use the exact same insult. He's a retard but people use the terms 'hipster' as such vague blanket insults, kind of boring now.

>> No.4540757

>>4540739
so hes like many other people in the world?
big fucking whoop

>> No.4540758

>>4540751
Hipster = librarian = retard.

>> No.4540761

>has everyone seen this Kotaku article?

No, but everyone saw the link at least ten times for the last two days. You can stop now.

>> No.4540764

>>4540758
Lay off librarians, man.

>> No.4540760

>>4540746
Nobody on /jp/ questioned the validity of his complaints that were specific about Japan (i.e. not the complaining that people smoke, drink alcohol or that it sometimes rains). But what inspires the hate is the sheer whininess with which he makes those complaints, as well as how much of a pansy he is for complaining about everything that isn't specific to Japan.

>> No.4540772

>>4540746
As I had feared, I guess the East isn't as promising as I thought it would be... at least if you're thinking about being ingrained into society.

Totally not worth the bullshit.

>> No.4540773

>>4540734
>>4540746
I live in Japan, and I like it here a lot.
I'm not reading a wall of text written by some vegetarian faggot, but if anyone wants to summarize any of his better points (if there are any) I'll say what I think of them.

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>>4540746
As I had feared, I guess the East isn't as promising as I thought it would be... at least if you're thinking about being ingrained into society.

Totally not worth it.

>> No.4540774

>>4540751
I mean its not like every fucking insult is overused these days.

>> No.4540777

>>4540761
ALRIGHT. I said I was SORRY, JESUS CHRIST...

>> No.4540779

>>4540764
Us librarians have to look out for each other.

>> No.4540780

>>4540773
No one cares what you think either.

>> No.4540782

Every culture should change to adapt to the needs of Americans

>> No.4540784

>>4540764
>>4540779
Its not your fault that only girl librarians will ever be attractive.

>> No.4540785

>>4540780
Seems like >>4540734 might.

>> No.4540788

>>4540784
You've never read shoujo or josei.

>> No.4540801

>>4540788
Shoujo/josei males are lanky motherfuckers who sparkle in direct sunlight.

Though the realistic female protagonist usually keep my attention.

>> No.4540798

>>4540773
Basically,
>bawww, people in Japan smoke, i haet smoke!!
>bawww, people in Japan eat meat, i haet meat!!
>bawww, people in Japan drink alcohol, i haet alcohol and am allergic to it!!
>bawww, people in Japan eat vegetables that aren't organic enough for me to want to eat, i haet non-organic vegetables!!
>bawww, it rains sometimes in Tokyo!!

>> No.4540795

>>4540784
Both of those are girl librarians.

>> No.4540811
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>>4540801
> realistic female protagonist

>> No.4540821

>>4540811
depending the series its an insane depressed and easily angered woman. You know just like the real thing.

>> No.4540823

>>4540782
I agree with most of the author's points, but yeah yeah I kinda got thinking it may be as jingoistic like you said.

Still, for a culture that absorbs so much Western culture, there's a certain frustrating narrow-mindedness that pisses me off about this place, regardless of my american upbringing and looking at it from an international point of view.

>> No.4540844

>>4540823
You are a faggot for using the word "jingoistic"

>> No.4540849

>>4540844
yeah? okay what other word could I use?

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>>4540849
One that I understand.

>> No.4540889

>>4540876
WAT.
It's alright. Just picked up the word from my weird high school teacher. Never heard the word again in my life.

>> No.4540900

>>4540889
It's probably because you live in America. It's too complex for your average American to understand.

>> No.4540907

How the fuck can you faggots not know the word jingoistic? I admit, chauvinistic sounds a lot nicer. But then you get faggots who think it automatically means male chauvinism no matter what context it is in.

>> No.4540915

>>4540907
The idea that patriotism can be a bad thing is not one that is very widespread amongst idiots.

>> No.4540947

>>4540798
you forgot the racism and stereotypes
but every nation has that

>> No.4541012

>>4540798
You forgot
> baaaaaaw people are required to go to business sponsored parties
> baaaaaaw people get drunk on these parties
> baaaaaaw Japanese corporate culture doesn't value special snowflake individuality
> baaaaaaw I have to MAKE RESERVATIONS to be able to enter a POPULAR RESTAURANT

and similar pearls of wisdom along these lines.

>> No.4541030

A non-smoking, non-drinking vegetarian?

He's basically the worst of faggots. Article proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt.

>> No.4541035

>>4540708
>kotaku

>> No.4541054

>Vegetarian

That's pretty much his problem right there.

>> No.4541068

>>4541030
It's not the fact that he's a fag that's the problem.
It's the fact that Japanese society just doesn't understand or allow people to be like that.

>> No.4541104

>>4541068
There's fucking shittons of people like him in Japanese society, they even make up new words for it. It's exactly the fucking same as everywhere else.

>> No.4541115

>>4541068
With good reason. Just look at what an enormous whiner he is. Nobody likes whiners.

>> No.4541128

>>4541104
Yeah, new words... like "FAG."

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Oh this again.

>> No.4541146

>>4541115
maybe he's just that much heartbroken that this country that he's loved for so long is letting him down.
for example, I doubt he'd complain about some place like ukraine if he were forced to live there because he doesn't..............................okay nevermind bad example.........

>> No.4541151

>>4541146
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>> No.4541154

>>4541146
Please remove your finger from the period key.

>> No.4541222

>>4541146
I lol'd.

I do find it amusing that he used San Francisco, of all places, for his frame of reference. I've lived in Singapore and KL, myself, as well as various places in the US and Canada. San Fran was, by far, the shittiest place I have ever lived.

>> No.4541235

>>4541222
wow, really? can you please elaborate.
I used to go there like once a month for the tourist traps, but have never had the uh, "pleasure" of living there for any extended period of time.
My dreams of owning a home there, are they futile?

>> No.4541354

bamp :(>>4541235

>> No.4541545

>>4540739
IT'S A HE??

why the hell did this guy (I assume) even move there? I like anime, I like japanese comedy, I eat MEAT, I could handle the company partys, but I would never move there. I haven't even visited. Well he got one thing right: JAPANESE MOVIES SUCK that's true to pretty much any movie that needs EFFECTS.

>> No.4541570

>>4541222
Perhaps he's from San Fran, it would explain the fagginess.

>> No.4541692

>>4541545
perhaps the author loved all of those, too. (except the anime) That could be my only guess as to why he even moved there... he was a hopeful weaboo fascinated by the culture, but having been force-fed the shit every day for all those years, other, less appealing aspects of the culture made him pissed about everything.

>> No.4541848

>>4541570
ha. with all the gay parades down there, I'd actually be surprised if a gay guy DIDN'T enjoy iT!

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