/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

I was browsing Tohno for a couple hours and I was wondering...just how NEET/hiki /jp/ is? I know most of us like to say we're ronery or rejects or whatever but a lot of people still go to school or work and have friends.

How many of you are actually alone?

Pic related, it's from a semi-frequent /jp/ poster.

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

Me!

But enjoy all your 'lol hikki is kakkoi i saw it in that NHK show' playing pretend types that /jp/ attracts.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660441
Shouldn't NHK have the exact opposite effect?

[Anonymous No.]

I have been pretty much alone for the past 7 years or so. I was kicked out of high school since I had real bad social phobia and was not attending. I have basically spent the past few years waking up..drinking tea...and sitting on the internet. I fund this through what is basically welfare. I have not had any friends since high school and even then I didn't really have any. I'd say I qualify as being pretty fucking NEETy.

To top it off, as long as I can afford internet bills each month I have no desire to change. What's the point? I'm happy how I am and don't have any urge to participate in society by wasting 80k on a degree so I can work for 50 years and retire.

[Sudo !nAoZUmIAfk No.]

[Anonymous No.]

fill it with reaction images, be superior

[&ponpo& No.]

I kind of ignore any 'friends' I have and stay home all the time but I do go to work and see people there I guess.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660427

I admit I'm not a NEET or a Hiki. I have a good career, nice car, place of my own, etc. My only problem is lack of a loving relationship. For some reason all of my friends are guys; women generally can't stand me. I'm also not exactly social either, which is part of the problem... I walk five minutes to work, and walk home.... I rarely do anything else.

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660571
Uh...what's having a nice car have to do with any of this?

Oh right, nothing at all. No one cares.

Women can't stand you because you're a loser and you probably smell like rotten dicks.

[Anonymous No.]

/jp/ is full of stoners and drunks now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660571

You're a dead beat loser with no social or sexual skills, thats all. Big difference between being that and a NEET.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660584

Oh Curry. Having a car and a job is used as an example of not falling into a Hiki or NEET category. Learn to reading comprehension brotato.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660614

Ok fair enough... I'll admit that. Sure is nice being a rich fucking award winning dead beat loser.

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660621
I own a vehicle, it sits in the driveway for weeks at a time until I courageously go to get fa(s)t food every now and then.

Doesn't make me any less of a hikki or a neet.

[Anonymous No.]

I have no job and I'm not going to school, though I plan to in the fall. I have a couple friends, but I'm pretty much alone in my room all the time. So yeah pretty much a failure.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm in my second year of uni, and in my second year of isolation.

I don't go to parties, I don't have any friends other than those online I play with sometimes, if you can call them that. Parents help me pay the bills, I work part time at a department store's outlet moving boxes to fuel my lust for memorabilia and such.

I have a roommate across from me who's mostly on /k/ though, he's essentially the only link I could grasp to get back into social circles. Though I'm content to just have the threat of his guns keep people from bothering me.

[Anonymous No.]

Tohno-chan is fucking awful. Why would you go there?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660632

Yeah, I suppose you're right about the car. I stand corrected. I'm sure on average, most can't afford them though, if they're long out of their parents support umbrella. How do you pay for insurance anyway, or did you just forgo insurance all together?

[Anonymous No.]

I'm going to college but I'm really lazy so I don't know what will happen to me in the future. My grades are good so far but my classes haven't been that hard. I really only talk to one friend from high school there and I find myself unable to make friends despite trying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660503

>drinking tea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714104059.htm

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660629
>a rich fucking award winning dead beat loser

How so? In a simplistic way, you and I have all the same things. I have a place of my own, a fairly new car, lots of expensive shit but I'm a hikikomori. Material goods don't buy you a better status in society nor ultimately do they provide you with happiness. I can afford this because I don't have regular expenses most normal people do like a relationship, social expenses, kids, whatever; I just have a few bills to pay and some real ghetto car insurance. Assuming you're not so shallow of a human being to believe nice "things" make you a better person, you really have no upper hand in life. You're still alone and have no girlfriend and probably beat off to lolicon since you're here on /jp/.

There is more to life than owning nice things and having a piece of meat to stick your cock into a few times a week.

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660695
No insurance would mean legal issues, so I pay.

I'm on SSI due to being a pretty hardcore hikki and the government figuring that out, so I get enough money for things like that each month. Though not much extra.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660742
>The new information shouldn't deter tea drinkers, as the beverage is safe and some teas even have health benefits, Whitford said. "The bottom line is to enjoy your favorite tea, but like everything else, drink it in moderation."

I'm sure worried.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660694
Because he's from /a/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660744
>Aspie logic

[Anonymous No.]

What? It's easy to go to school and still be a reject.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660518

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660790

Not really, most of that comes from Islamic and Buddhist philosophy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660744

Believe it or not, I actually agree with most of what you said. Material possessions don't mean shit and certainly don't make one's social status any higher, but I believe that career success and how you use your money does change your status in life, at least professionally. If that wasn't the case, people wouldn't get RSUs, trophies, overseas trips, and bonuses awarded to them.

Again, all I'm saying is that being overly socially successful or being overly professionally successful equally bars one from NEET or Hiki status. Is that really wrong?

[Anonymous No.]

Pretty hiki here. Live with my single mom. I go to a community college, though only taking one class over the summer. I have no job and don't really buy much at all since my mom pays for food. Not that I have any money anyway. I'm also really fucking lazy, and I have no idea why. I'm doing well enough in school, but I can't seem to change my lazy habits. Friends from high school moved away so I'm alone most of the time. Haven't found anyone at this school that I'm willing to be friends with or even hang around. I'm not sure if it's because I'm at a community college, a place where human trash tends to gather, or because I just have really high standards for friendship. Shit's lonely bro and mildly unsatisfying, bro.

[None !!n1DoO5iztcf No.]

>>5660756

Just curious how you got on SSI, and to what extent do you need to "be" a hiki to be considered for that? I've applied but never really had any reason other than social anxiety disorder, and that was not enough. I was unable to elaborate how fucked up I am so they never gave it to me. I'm pretty desperate for it right now. ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660427
At first I was like,
>HAHAHA, me and this fool have nothing in common.

But then I realized,
>FFFFFFFFF I HAVE THAT SAME DELL INSPIRON 531S

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660859
Eh...actually the reason people get bonuses and things is to keep them working. If you don't give people treats like a dog they won't keep putting in effort, it's not because you actually earn it, it's because if they don't give you that bonus you won't continue working and no one else would either.

This is pretty basic shit.

As for the last thing you said - I agree except for the fact that you can be a NEET and be plenty social. Hikki and neet are not the same thing, and being a NEET has nothing to do with human interaction - it just means you don't work, aren't training to work, and aren't going to school.

Basically anyone on unemployment is a NEET, you can still be a normalfag and be super social.

[Sudo !nAoZUmIAfk No.]

>>5660870
>hiki
>goes to college

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660870
>Pretty hiki here.
>I go to a community college
Right.
>>>/a/

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660904
>hiki
>goes to college

God, you fuckers are the only people who actually make the butt get frustrated.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660870
Don't think there are degrees oh hikikormoriness
either you are or arent

[Anonymous No.]

>I know most of us like to say we're ronery or rejects

And this is where you're wrong faggot summer friend.

/jp/ is not ronery or rejects, it never was. We are all happily married to our waifus and living the dream; i.e, taking it easy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660503
How does this work? The only way I've ever lived alone (and to be fair, I mean outside of my family's house and with roommates) is by going to school and getting paid to, or working. Currently residing in the attic of some relatives, no job, no friends, no school. Supposed to be going to training in a few weeks, though.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

I got a few sources of legal income, but I don't need to do anything for them (might in a few months though). I go to school because I got nothing else to do, but it's fun and might be useful later on in life so I don't really mind. Don't have any IRL friends though; I've never been good at making friends.

Life is awesome though. And I'm not alone because I still have my family and /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660870
OH! I think I've seen this copypasta before!

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660871
It should work the same for you if you're in the USA.

I don't completely remember, but it really comes down to how you present yourself and whether or not you are trying to get better.

I know it helped a lot getting me on that I had been seeing a therapist for several months before applying - this is a good idea if you want to get accepted because it shows them they won't just be feeding a leech.

And don't try to have pride or anything when filling out that paperwork about your daily life, if anything try and sound as pathetic as possible without lying. It seems obvious but people still try to lie and not admit things even when they are doing it for something like this.

After that they just send you to a psychiatrist that works for them for one visit and he decides if they will pay you or not, then theres usual paperwork and shit but at that point you're already accepted so yeah.

Though I have a meeting coming up I just got a letter about today, not sure what it's about but it's annoying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660908

>it's not because you actually earn it, it's because if they don't give you that bonus you won't continue working and no one else would either.

Is that really true of all industry? I mean, quarterly bonuses are one thing if you meet the goals you and your manager agree on, but being nominated by your peers for an award plus an all expenses paid trip is a bit much...

>As for the last thing you said - I agree except for the fact that you can be a NEET and be plenty social. Hikki and neet are not the same thing, and being a NEET has nothing to do with human interaction - it just means you don't work, aren't training to work, and aren't going to school.

Ok, I think we both agree.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660744
>material goods can't provide you with happiness

Although solely materialistic pursuits can't bring complete happiness for most people, having expensive and luxurious things can help enhance how happy a person is.

[Sudo !nAoZUmIAfk No.]

>>5660976
I'm on SSI too, and the process was pretty much the same thing for me. I go to a therapist weekly, though they didn't say I had to keep going, just that they'll re-evaluate me in three years.

[Anonymous No.]

Since you all seem to have trouble making friends, it kinda makes me wonder why you don't do a /jp/ meetup.
But then I imagine it would be something like this or one of the other horrifying "/jp/ meetup" pics.

[Anonymous No.]

Hiki + NEET here. I live alone, order everything from the Internet and make the delivery boys leave the food on my front door so I don't have to deal with people.

Online poker is how I make (more than) enough money to sustain my lifestyle. Picture related, this is my pokertracker from january to june. Legend is cut off: red is net loss, blue is net gain and green is what it comes out to be.

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660990
There has been a lot of sociological research into this stuff (which is why every single type of job has it) that's proven pretty much no matter what any bonuses, raises, trips, awards, etc are just there to make people feel content with their job and continue being motivated.

Are there exceptions? maybe in like mom & pop places where Jose the illegal mexican dishwasher gets a free meal because the owners feel nice, but other than that it's all for the good of the company - not for the person, and it has nothing to do with status or caring about you, just to keep you motivated.

It's basic carrot-on-a-stick stuff.

[Ayashiro !Hime2512LA No.]

/jp/ - parasite culture

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5660996
They told me that same shit.

I have had to stop going to the therapist due to insurance issues (they fucked all that up, no surprise) so I've been waiting like 6 months to start going again.

Problem is, now it's been about 9 months since I got on SSI and they just sent me a letter saying they might stop paying me. I'm assuming it's just red-tape stuff and basic bureaucracy waste of time, but it's still a bit worrisome as they could think I'm just taking the money and have no intention of getting better.

Either way I have enough of an explanation that they won't be able to remove me from SSI over any of this so whatever. Still annoying though.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5661003
Well smack my head.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5661000
I don't have trouble with people I just don't like them

[None !!n1DoO5iztcf No.]

>>5660976

Ah, well. I'm in Canada so it might differ due to bureaucratic shit.

I've been to psychiatrists in the past and have been hospitalized in a public hospital many times for hallucinations..so I bet they have me on file. I actually broke out of the hospital once and was arrested, but this was 4 years ago or so. I bet this would still work to my advantage though, at the very least demonstrating to them that I'm pretty much a screw up. I'd probably have to see a psychiatrist again to determine how bad I am socially, which would be okay. I can imply I'm attempting to get better which I became really good at over the many years.

Is the money they give you enough to live alone, or do you live at home? I'm worried if I apply it won't be enough to live on and I'll be stuck unless I can work or get additional income some how.

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5661000
I don't have trouble making friends though, I just don't want any. I used to be popular anyway.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5660935

Disability money...kinda lame.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5661048
I'm in Canada too and I'm pretty sure the government isn't *that* nice about handing out money unless it's a legitimate disability. Like even if you say you have a social disorder they might give you money but make you prove you're looking for a job that you can do at home or with minimal human contact or something.

[CurryButt !CIELBE/jzM No.]

>>5661048
Depends.

You see, I live in Los Angeles which has the highest cost of living in the US, and much of the world at that.

The idea of living on your own even with a good job here is pretty much a dream, even shitty apartments in the ghetto cost more to rent than a nice 2 story house in another state or area would per month.

As for how much they give you - here it depends on a lot of stuff, and they make you fill out a long survey type of thing to find out how much they want to give you. Things like how many people do you live with, siblings, where you live exactly, what kind of food do you eat (fast food all the time, cook your own stuff, microwave shit, etc), and other mundane shit like that.

So it depends on your personal situation.

Also, healthcare is terrible here, I'm sure in Canada you'll get a better deal than I did.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5661083

Seattle is pretty expensive too .... I pay 1k per month for a fucking studio condo the size of a closet. It sucks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5661066
>&ponpo&
>I'm in Canada too

ottawa by chance?

[None !!n1DoO5iztcf No.]

>>5661083

I'll have to talk to someone and find out more then, thanks. I need money pretty bad and just can't work, shit sucks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5661083
>Los Angeles which has the highest cost of living in the US, and much of the world at that.

Wow. I'm such a NEET I didn't even know that. Actually I'm pretty sure Hawaii beats us in cost of living.

[&ponpo& No.]

>>5661109
/!\Cities withheld to protect the innocent/!\

[Anonymous No.]

>>5661174

Ah...I was just wondering because I used to play TF2 with a Canadian "ponpo" a lot who was blatantly from 4chan.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5661172

Puerto Rico must be the cheapest.

[Anonymous No.]

Most of us are pretty much like Taku. We do 'normal' activities (going to school/work) but do not engage in social interactions.