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Unpleasant things about Japan
I visited Japan, and I am gooing to write some disadvantages about Japan
1) japan has the filthiest toilets in the world. 2) Japan is sexually too corrupted. 3) Japanese girls love ONLY white people, and they are nice to ONLY white ppl 4) All Japaneses are rpoud of WWII. May be they are brainwashed by their education, but ppl are so simple-minded that they believe everything they are taught at school. 5) Living expenses are too high 6) tokyo Yokohama are too dangerous places 7) There are so many crazy things in Japan ushc as cults 8) Many Japanese ppl talk too loudly, and they don't care about others. |
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You shouldn't hide behind a German flag. The drift of your post becomes clearer after having established that you are obviously from Korea (not implying that all Koreans share your views on Japan!).
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Having just browsed at our friends previous posts, it does appear he/she does have a negative bias towards Japan, that being the case it is quite surprising such a person would frequent a japanese orientated forum.
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Originally Posted by thereisnospoon
Perhaps surprising, but unfortunately not infrequent since we have established these fora in 2001.
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Delusions of Adequacy
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Originally Posted by thomas
Numbers 1 and 5 are sort of hard to take issue with, though.
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Originally Posted by mikecash
As for #1: the filthiest toilet I have seen in Tokyo so far was near Tsukiji wholesale market. Still, impeccable and sterile in comparison to most European public toilets, lolol. However, I have to admit I am not well acquainted with Korean public toilets.
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Manga Psychic
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Originally Posted by mikecash
Number 2 is probably a "It's there if you look for it" type of thing but they do seem to sell sick stuff that they wouldn't be able to get away with in the UK (TTBOMK). I'm thinking particularly of the 'adult manga' market.
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Delusions of Adequacy
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Originally Posted by PaulTB
It's sort of interesting that a guy from the country that brought us the Reverend Moon gripes about Japanese cults.
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Manga Psychic
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Originally Posted by mikecash
ぜんぜんフォローにならないよ。
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Have you actually been to japan ?
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Originally Posted by mikecash
Heh. Good point.
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Originally Posted by smartguy1
@1: ...go visit Belgian amusement parks or public bathrooms, you would be surprised how filthy they are!!!
@3: Lucky us ? @5: yes I heard about that, but the work-situation is different @7: they are GLOBAL, not only Japan @8: Europeans do talk very loudly too, annoying, but I'm used to it OR I listen to my music
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Originally Posted by smartguy1
1) Meet Europe pal...
2) That's called freedom, everyone has it own hobbies 3) Well, I don't see a problem in that... 4) War sux, dunno 'bout it 5) Meet Europe pal... (1 Euro for a coke can) 6) Ever been to Amsterdam? Loads of drugsaddicts that can piss ya' off. Really annoying and creepy. 7) Don't you just love freedom? I do, that's why I'm a liberal... 8) Meet Europe pal... I guess Europe pretty much sucks... Last edited by 60Yen; Aug 20, 2004 at 20:27. |
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Manga Psychic
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Originally Posted by 60Yen
You've never been to America?
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Captain of the Vessel
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Originally Posted by PaulTB
Hehe, no. I think I should be happy with that, as I said I like freedom, but you will find a weird freedom in America. Allowing guns but the usage of drugs is against the law
That's weird crap. Guns are actually one of the few things that should be banned...
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1 and 6 made me laugh. My city has been labeled as the murder capital of the world! Woot, go here, go here. And the toilet thing? Not only are they bad here theres a good chance of being raped or assaulted as well! errgh....
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omg this is the saddest post ever
well maybe because i havent spent a lot of time in the cities?? ok here i go1)i hope that was a lie, the toliets at local parks were clean..... and cmon a local park had a toilet!!! 2)errrm some what true 3)maybe where you live its true 4)are proud of world war 2? i think its the oppasite most japanese hide thier identiy esp. in front of koreans and chinese ~_~ i sometimes do that >_< as for brainwashed, yes thier schools are more drills then actually thinking sooo....i guess this is true 5)omg you got it right illl give you 100ten for this one!!! 6)and they say japan is the safest place in the world to live......??? maybe you shouldnt be such a gaijin and go arround with your arrogant attitude and getting into fights, i heard lots of stories about that , be humble7)do you have first hand experiance or are you just saying what the media told you? 8)yes that is deffinantly true in the cities i mean these tokyo business men dont care if a guy on a wheel chair is trying to get on the train, they just swarm the front door!!! me first me first!!! capitalism sometims makes me sick but it is very differnent in the rural areas ^_^ as for talking loudly maybe its because population density is smaller so you hear them closer to you? |
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Originally Posted by smartguy1
Oh well, this just sounds like the common bashing you can use from people who never been in Japan and thinks they know everything about it
Ok some comments due to my experience in Japan and experience of other people there : 1. Looks like we all agree, Japan's public toilets are not the worst in the world ... as Rock said, come and visit Belgium's public parks, we can discuss after. 2. It's not true, it's just that somehow they hide that fact less that other countries (i.e. puritan US). 3. That's bullshit. It's just what all otakus in the world thinks. Of course some girls are like that, but not the majority. If it's like you say that all westerners are fond of asian girls (or are you just jealous ).4. I don't think they are proud of it, it's just that it's still a shame for them. But I think that they didn't have the same after-war as Germany for example ... Their Emperor (Hiro-Hito) stayed on the throne after all ... Whose fault ?? 5. Yeah right ... as said in other topics, Tokyo is the most expensive town in the world .. but i can tell you that it's possible to live there without spending too much money. Well of course, if you buy only Armani's clothes in Ginza ... 6. Hmmmm yeah that's right .. Tokyo is VERY dangerous ... Maybe because all the japanese girls jumps on gaijin every footstep they take ?? 7. No comment about that ... oh yes one ... don't you think that catholic religion isn't crazy ??? Some believe that a guy came back from the grave and turned water in wine .. wowowowowow. 8. Well, the "loudlyness" is common to asian people i've heard (from an asian girl) so maybe you are one of them No offence
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smartguy1, frankly, have you ever left Korea ? Do you realise how indoctrinated you have been regarding points 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 (because there is really not much difference with Korea, and I have been there and have Korean friends) and especially about point 4, as many younger Japanese are ashamed and blush or look down everytime I have to remind them about WWII (especially if they didn't think I knew some distturbing facts they don't learn at school, but know anyway).
As for the last point (5), you should look at Seoul and compare salaries and the cost of life there to that of Tokyo. At less than half the salary, houses/apartments are almost as expensive in Seoul (sometime more) than in Tokyo !
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Cost of things vs. average wages is the only way to determine living costs. Things here are cheap but wages are low, but friends in the Uk say things are more expensive there but they have better wages. It all balances.
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Originally Posted by thomas
They are pretty bad thomas, trust me.
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He must have only visited like the worst club in Yokohama or something to base all of those off of.
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Originally Posted by smartguy1
As a fellow Korean, I am ashamed that you would say such things in public as it paints all Koreans as ignorant buffoons. If you really want to put Koreans in a more positive light, please refrain from making such comments.
1. I don't know about this. I have never been to Japan. But I will tell you that Canadian public washrooms (in parks, etc.) are not germless areas also. 2. Perhaps I will not understand some of the fetishes that some Japanese people have over there (like men buying used girl's underwear), but you'll find all sorts of crazy stuff around the world. 3. Okay, this is way too much of a stretch. Perhaps a more accurate statement would be that some Japanese girls like whites and some Japanese people are only nice to white people. (If Japanese girls only wanted white guys why are we still seeing intra-racial marriages in Japan? Why aren't Japanese girls flocking into North America and Europe to find that eligible bachelor. Your generalization is just plain stupid.) 4. Uhh...no. I have a Japanese friend who likes to avoid talking about what happened in World War II. Btw, did you know that just after Korea was liberated by the Allies that the South Korean government massacred it's own people in Cheju Island? Did you know about that? Why do we always complain about Japan but hardly ever talk about our own misdeeds? 5. Okay. If that is so, go stay wherever you are. 6. So are places like Seoul, Bangkok, New York, Los Angeles, London, Sydney, Paris, etc. What's your point brother? 7. You'll find crazy cults around the world. You know, like Reverend Moon's cult. 8. So do Koreans, Chinese, and most Europeans. The only "quiet" people tend to be English speaking groups (i.e., Americans, Canadians, Australians, etc.). I also don't know how speaking loudly has to do with a lack of courtesy. It's mainly cultural. Have you ever been to a Korean restaurant and been around those fobs? Boy, you can hear their conversations even if you're like three booths away. Does that mean they just don't care about others? You tell me. You know, perhaps you should change your nick to "ignorantguy1" cause you obviously don't have a clue to what you're talking about. If you have anything positive to contribute to this forum then share those. If not, go form your own forum on how "screwed up" Japan is. |
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Baka Gaijin
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Man, when I was in Jordan a few years back, I had the misfortune to have the necessity of using a public toilet, I don't know how they did it but there was excrement about 4 foot up the wall. Got to be the filthiest loo I've ever seen. Gross.
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