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Protocol 5 posted:Yeah, day to day, Japan is really boring to be honest, but when things get weird they get really weird. Same thing with how Japanese people tend to be very conflict averse, but when shits ready jump off, better stand back, 'cause you'll have drunk middle-aged men using the judo throws they learned in high school gym class on a crowded train platform. Once lines start getting crossed, anything goes. This is a bit of a simplification, but most of Japanese society operates on the basis of in-groups and out-groups. Which isn't particularly unique in and of itself, but there's a lot of stratification between the two in Japan, far moreso than you're likely to experience in America or Europe. I think it fosters a strange kind of "go big or go home" mentality, where if you're going to label yourself as an outsider there's really no point in halfassing it. You're a weirdo either way, might as well lean into it. Here's one of my favorite bizarre Japanese fashion statements, known as "mori." It roughly translates into "heap," since it's all about caking on as much makeup and hair product as possible. 
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You all make fun of Japan for being weird, yet in your neighbourhood there is probably couple bronies and a furry.
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Im sure people in Japan make blanket statements about things/people/behaviors in America so it all works out in the end.
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Sarchasm posted:Here's one of my favorite bizarre Japanese fashion statements, known as "mori." It roughly translates into "heap," since it's all about caking on as much makeup and hair product as possible. Are you sure you're thinking of mori? Last time I checked it meant forest/woods and was a style all about dressing up in layers of desaturated earthy-colored loose-fitting dresses, knit-sweaters and frills.   e: my ex-girlfriend was way into that stuff  e2: gently caress, this is the funny pictures thread and this definitely isn't about funny pictures. Sorry. Your Computer has a new favorite as of 18:31 on Jun 7, 2014 |
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Sarchasm posted:This is a bit of a simplification, but most of Japanese society operates on the basis of in-groups and out-groups. Which isn't particularly unique in and of itself, but there's a lot of stratification between the two in Japan, far moreso than you're likely to experience in America or Europe. I think it fosters a strange kind of "go big or go home" mentality, where if you're going to label yourself as an outsider there's really no point in halfassing it. You're a weirdo either way, might as well lean into it. Well, another aspect of Japanese society which also exists elsewhere but they ramp up to 11, is having a clique or some sort of group in which you're accepted, and this is something that Japanese society is extremely unapologetic about. It's why uniforms are a big deal; even for menial jobs, having a uniform is a huge source of pride in Japanese culture, and even people who are counter-culture will still exhibit the same aspects of going with the crowd (just not the usual crowd). You touched on it with the in-group and out-group a bit, you want to be part of a group (an uchi [ordinarily means "house" but in this context would be more like "clique"] or zoku ["tribe"]). The suicidal people in Japan tend to be the true loners, although they'll sometimes also go "hikikomori" and just basically snap and break up with society as a whole ("You don't want me, society? Fine! I'll stay home and never come out!" -slams door and makes good on his promise-) In public schools, the rowdy "class clown" kid who's being disruptive doesn't get told to shut up by his teacher. He gets told to shut up by his classmates. And he listens, because there's an implied "nobody's going to want to associate with you if you keep this up, weird kid. You don't want to end up like that." Have a picture from my time there. 
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Fauxtool posted:requesting jizzhands emote, not to be confused with jazzhands http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jizz
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Lmfao japan used to be badass and have samurais but now we sell that poo poo on TV and they give teenagers jizz hands. America loving rules.
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gleep gloop posted:Lmfao japan used to be badass and have samurais but now we sell that poo poo on TV and they give teenagers jizz hands. America loving rules. Behold! A Japanese print of anthropomorphized raccoon dogs using their giant ballsacks as umbrellas to get out of the rain. Super serious samurai culture right here guys!  Look there's more! Europe on the other hand has always been forthright, serious, and moral. Oh whoops never mind. Here's a dude blowing a trumpet with his rear end from a European illuminated manuscript.  Well howabout those ancient greeks! They were pretty moral guys and had Spartans! Let see what this guy from ancient Pompeii saw fit to write down. .... "The one who buggers a fire burns his penis". .... hmmm.... -Zydeco- has a new favorite as of 19:12 on Jun 7, 2014 |
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oldpainless posted:Im sure people in Japan make blanket statements about things/people/behaviors in America so it all works out in the end. Imagine you don't understand English (not that it matters) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0bHUtpXI3o
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Your Computer posted:Are you sure you're thinking of mori? Last time I checked it meant forest/woods and was a style all about dressing up in layers of desaturated earthy-colored loose-fitting dresses, knit-sweaters and frills. Nah, it's cool. There are a lot of kanji that can be read as mori, and you're right, one of them does mean forest. That seems to be the popular usage of the word in a fashion context these days, so when you Google "mori" you get a lot of understated ladies dressed in earth tones. But when you Google 盛り, you get pictures like this.  Here, have another. These are "gyaru," which comes from the Japanese pronunciation of the word "gal." It's influenced heavily by California surfer culture, complete with awful spray-on tan. 
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The funny pictures thread is not the place to discuss how weird Japan is/isn't.
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I used to go on omegle to troll people, starting out normal than pretending I was just released from jail because I was a murderer or something. Once I ended up talking to an ex-con and we swapped stories about how much the outside world has changed. Then I got weirded out and disconnected thats my story.
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Triskelli posted:With how hosed up culturally Asia seems to be, is there any light at the end of the tunnel? Declining birth rates maybe.
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Is the thread title suppose to sound like someone being strangled or gagged as they say David Mitchehmmmhmhmh?
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Hoooly poo poo.
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Oh, hell, no. There must be something in Leviticus forbidding this abomination.
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Fauxtool posted:I think a lot of it is the western world imposing their morals on the rest of the world. Morals we never actually had. Fyi, neo-nazis are the hosed up poo poo happening in mongolia. 
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Eat the blue and the purple separately, otherwise you're taking your taste buds into your own hands.
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RFC2324 posted:Fyi, neo-nazis are the hosed up poo poo happening in mongolia. Seriously? Mongolia, you guys got Genghis Khan, goddamn GENGHIS KHAN, for crap's sake and decide to dress up as Nazis instead? I don't even know what's wrong with you guys.
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Achernar posted:Seriously? Mongolia, you guys got Genghis Khan, goddamn GENGHIS KHAN, for crap's sake and decide to dress up as Nazis instead? I don't even know what's wrong with you guys. It'd be like Brits dressing up as Nigel Farage instead of Churchill!
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KoRMaK posted:Is the thread title suppose to sound like someone being strangled or gagged as they say David Mitchehmmmhmhmh? There was some joking about airplane people. A Messerschmitt is is the name of a Nazi plane designer, a Nazi plane, and a
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Are we the baddies?
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I feel as though there's an S&M joke staring me right in the face, but I can't quite make it materialise.
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ducttape posted:There was some joking about airplane people. A Messerschmitt is is the name of a Nazi plane designer, a Nazi plane, and a And a car! Cousin Itt's car, even. 
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Istari posted:I feel as though there's an S&M joke staring me right in the face, but I can't quite make it materialise. Say it three times in a row.
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I know your secrets they're our secrets now.  Let's make new secrets together.
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Some men just want to watch the world burn. 
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Nice insect.
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BATS AREN'T BUGS!
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If you're going to do that, go the whole way. Take out all the purples, because M&M doesn't have 'em.
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In case anyone's wondering where this is from here you go http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html. The full email chain is excellent.
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That guy is loving hilarious.
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