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> Yeah if you just read all these articles about Japan, you'd think that all young men beat off to hentai all day at their parent's home, and that everyone is v
by Blikkentrekker 6y ago
> Yeah if you just read all these articles about Japan, you'd think that all young men beat off to hentai all day at their parent's home, and that everyone is visiting "love hotels", or buys used panties from vending machines.
Firstly, love hotels are a sign of not being lonely. They do not offer a prostitute; those batteries are not included
Secondly, I do not gain the impression from that that all do it, merely that they note that the very existence thereof is exceptional. In particular, of the used underwear vending machines, when the story broke many would not believe it and thought it was a hoax, but it actually exists.
No one thinks that every U.S.A.-man bought an assault rifle at a gas station or got one as a gift for opening up a bank account, but that the practice even exists, that the number of occurrence isn't zero — that is something remarkable in and of itself.
> The media loves to spin up an image of Japan to naive westerners by exaggerating its quirks.
What I must ask is why the term “western” invariably always drops whenever Japan is discussed.
Experience taught me that more often than not “the west” in that context simply means “The U.S.A.”.
There is no “west” relevant to what you claim. All that matters is “Japan” vs. “everything else” or at least anyone not particularly experienced with Japan which applies as easily to, say, India, Russia, Uganda, or Indonesia.
> It reminds me of HN. If you read HN too much, you might think that you can only write applications in Rust and Go using K8s, no JavaScript but Typescript only, but in reality the vast majority of apps being written are using boring technologies to implement CRUD around a relational database.
I find that every time an article about a, shall we call it “exciting language” is posted most of the comments, though impressed with the theoretical innovations thereof, doubt it's real world applicability.
- stickfigure 6y ago> Firstly, love hotels are a sign of not being lonely. My observation from travel is that love hotels are a sign of multigenerational housing. Young adults need somewhere to go without their parents watching.
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- bserge 6y agoIn my home country you can rent actual apartments in completely normal buildings by the hour or by the night. Everyone knows for what purpose. They're actually cheaper and nicer than hotels, so if you're not icky, it's a cheap way to stay in the country ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- Tijdreiziger 6y agoFascinating, which country is that? Do you just walk in and say that you'd like to rent a room for 2 hours? (These questions make it sound like I want to use this service, but I'm just interested to hear about this concept, lol)
- 3np 6y agoBBC loves to fetishize Weird Japan. I know where you come from, but from what I’ve seen this one checks out as western.
- Blikkentrekker 6y agoHow many languages do you speak to confirm this idea? Do you speak Pashto enough to know that Afghanistan does not take the crown in this, for instance? Do you speak Danish enough to know that Denmark also participates?
- some_random 6y agoFirst you say "western" usually means the US, someone disagrees and now you demand they speak Pashto and Danish? Come on.
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- Blikkentrekker 6y agoHow would that logic be faulty? For him to confirm his claim that it is a specifically “western” thing to treat Japan so in news sources, he has to speak a variety of both “western" and “non western" languages to truly ascertain that trend. He must both confirm that it happens in “western” news sources of many different countries, as well as that it doesn't happen in ”non western” news sources. One would have to speak a considerable number of languages to claim sufficient expertise in world news reporting to make this claim.
- skrebbel 6y agoYou're being needlessly confrontational.
- Blikkentrekker 6y agoPerhaps, but you suggested there was fault to be found with my argument. I'm not sure as to how I'm supposed to challenge the challenge to my challenge without being “confrontational” as you call it and point out the faults with the argument.
- glandium 6y ago> Firstly, love hotels are a sign of not being lonely. They do not offer a prostitute; those batteries are not included Look up "delivery health". The batteries may not be included at the love hotel itself (although I've heard of places that do come with a menu), but it's also a common use of love hotels.