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I’ve spent a lot of time in Japan. I never observed the weird stereotypes, but I did experience obsessions. No niche was too big or small for Japanese fanatic
by mathattack 6y ago
I’ve spent a lot of time in Japan. I never observed the weird stereotypes, but I did experience obsessions. No niche was too big or small for Japanese fanatics: French wine, MMA, video games, etc.
- bschne 6y agoDid you find these obsessions to be more common than e.g. in the US or Europe? It seems we have a lot of people who are weirdly obsessive about their niche hobbies / interests as well...
- reustle 6y agoFrom my few years of experience here in Tokyo, what I feel is that an obsession about something here (being an otaku) doesn't have a negative connotation in most cases, whereas in the US, being a "fanatic" is generally not usually a positive term.
- x3iv130f 6y agoI think as westerners we view Japan as being a lot more homogeneous than it actually is.
- goatinaboat 6y agoNo niche was too big or small for Japanese fanatics: French wine, MMA, video games, etc All of those things have obsessive followers in every Western country too, so I’m not sure what point you are making?
- mathattack 6y agoI found the focus more intense. Hard to explain or quantify other than it seems they took their hobbies more seriously than Americans.