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4578390 No.4578390 [Reply] [Original]

So how many of you weeaboes wanna move to Japan and think you actually can make it there?

>> No.4578397

not really, be nice to visit tho, kinda far away

>> No.4578396

I'm confident in my swimming ability

>> No.4578399

I want to move Japan because it's at the other end of the world.

>> No.4578398

>weeaboos

I'm sorry, there are none of those here.

You wanted /a/.

>> No.4578406

Do you guys actually understand the culture there or only what you've fantasized about?

>> No.4578412

in during generic troll thread that tries to rile people up by insinuating anyone wants to live in japan

>> No.4578415

>>4578406
You seem to be under the impression that people here care about Japan and their culture.

>> No.4578417

>>4578406
I've watched K-ON and Eva so I'm good to go.

>> No.4578418

>>4578406
according to animes tokyo is a honto sugoi city full of colorful hikaris

>> No.4578422

>>4578415
>posting on the otaku board
>"I don't care about Japan"

>> No.4578424

I already live in Japan.

>> No.4578425

>>4578422

Hello, you must be new here.

>> No.4578426

/jp/ only cares about the goods and products that japan makes
who gives a fuck about their shitty, unhappy lifestyle

>> No.4578427

>>4578412

inb4 inevitable lengthy thread anyway because idiots just love to reply

>> No.4578430

>>4578422
Problem officer? You must have not researched this board before coming here.

You must be from /a/

>> No.4578431

I'm studying Civil Engineering (structural) so those slant-eyed sons of bitches better welcome me with open arms.

>> No.4578437

You guys know what a "gaijin" is? That's what you are.

>> No.4578442
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>>4578437
>You guys know what a "gaijin" is?

I do, but from your post, it doesn't sound like you do.

>> No.4578447

I need to finish mastering my swordsmanship before making the move to Nippon. I wouldn't want to be ambushed by a ronin on the street.

>> No.4578454

>>4578442
>Pretending to understand a language he doesn't know
How cute

>> No.4578458

>>4578437
anou that to my feisu, anata baka kisama

>> No.4578471

So you guys are cool with all the discrimation there?

>> No.4578472

>>4578412

>> No.4578473

>>4578437
gaijin only applies to ignorant foreigners like you. i have studied how the Japanese act in their manga and anime, so i think I will adapt just fine.

>> No.4578475

>>4578390
well they do stuff like this

http://www.japanhighlandgames.com/index.html

so t'is only fair

>> No.4578478

>>4578473
>studied how they act in their manga and anime
So you don't know shit

>> No.4578486

>>4578478
Yes, that's the joke.

>> No.4578492

I know quite a few people who made it there.

Ya just gotta know the language bro.

And no, you won't survive there with just hiragana.

>> No.4578495

I would go to Japan but their drug laws are fucked

>> No.4578513

>>4578492
I've heard of people who know the language and have lived there for years and still aren't accepted. Like there's a guy that speaks fluent Japanese and people he's known for 3 years will clap or laugh if he counts in Japanese.

>> No.4578526

>>4578454
>Pretending to understand a language he doesn't know
Pot calling the kettle black.

Gaijin is a word for foreigner. There are no weeaboo connotations to it. Koreans are gaijins, Russians are gaijins, Chileans are gaijins

>> No.4578540

>>4578526
You're a gaijin

>> No.4578574

>>4578513

It just seems like they're easily impressed, not that they aren't accepting him.

>> No.4578584

>>4578574
Nah. They may say it as a compliment but it's pretty insulting. It's like if english wasn't your first language but you mastered it or know enough to speak fluently but I would cheer like it's a major accomplishment if you just said "hello" even if you've said it to me everyday.

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4578603

Only reason to go to Japan.

>> No.4578615

>>4578603
What's that?

>> No.4578618

>>4578574
It's called a backhanded compliment. Every native Japanese I know comments that I'm "so very good with chopsticks," even though a 3 year old child is expected to master them.

>> No.4578627

>>4578603
I despise natto.

>> No.4578638

>>4578540
ur moms a gaijin lololol

I used to live in hokkaido. It's really not that different. If you (kinda/sorta/not really) know the language, you'll do fine. There isn't all this shit about honor and people living by strict morals that the media makes you think.

>> No.4578704

Don't say 'gaijin.'
It's 'gaikokujin.'
You wouldn't call a black person a 'nigger,' would you?

Yeah, just kidding, I know you would..

>> No.4578705

>>4578603

I regularly pick up Natto in my Hawaiian grocery store.

I have never been complimented on my chopstick skills.

I am regularly complimented on my Japanese skills, however, because I suck.

I lived in Japan for three years. I miss it every day. ...except for the x I'd get whenever I tried to go to the wrong snack/nightclub.

>> No.4578751

Here's a basic breakdown of life in Japan.

- Close relationships are rare in Japan. They only people you will become friends with are people you work with or people you grow up with. Once you're no longer working with them or living with them they don't care about you anymore. This ties into dating as well. The only reason a girl will date you is because you're dependable and you can support her. If your a foreigner she might date you or hang out with you so she can learn about your culture or learn your language. A guy dating a foreign woman would probably be just for sex because he's going to be too busy with work. If you do get a relationship you're not going to spend time with each other.

- When working in Japan you can do just quality work but if you don't work as long as other guys or you don't participate in company excercises/parties then you're not considered a teamplayer and therefore less efficient.

- People are very polite. This is both good and bad. A person may completely hate you but still be very nice to you to your face. They may also say something is okay even though it is not cause they don't want to hurt your feelings. They will also give you backhanded compliments which seem nice but are quite insulting.

- Being that they are polite and won't tell you if something is wrong there are places that do not allow foreigners. That way they don't have to waste time having to deal with you and explain the rules.

- Drug laws are extremely harsh. Having a gram of cannabis on you will lead to arrest and detainment. If you're a foreigner after you serve your time you will be deported. You will also lose your job and be socially shunned. This also goes with being openly homosexual. You will lose your job and being socially shunned.

>> No.4578790

>>4578751
It sure is taken from a video about Japanese culture around here.

>> No.4578799

>>4578751

>Having a gram of cannabis on you will lead to arrest and detainment.

FUCK

THAT

NOISE.

>> No.4578823

>>4578799
I hope you get arrested wherever you are right now let alone in glorious Nippon.

>> No.4578828

>>4578751

No wonder people lock themselves up. What asian countries are fairly chillax compared to this? SE asia?

>> No.4578835

>>4578751
Like america, Japan has some great things going for it, but it's not pefect.

>> No.4578838

>>4578823
You're just pretending to be stupid right?

>> No.4578840

>>4578799
i want to make sweet love to you arc

>> No.4578842
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in before 400 posts regarding marijuana

>> No.4578843

>>4578799

Jesus. How many loser stoners does /jp/ have?

>> No.4578852
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>>4578823

Arrested for what, jerking off in my house?

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>>4578751

Stop reading articles by Tim Rogers you fucking idiot.

>> No.4578882

moved there
llived there a little over a year
went back home a more informed individual
continued my life like normal

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>>4578843
Who you calling a loser?

>> No.4578899

Personally, I want to move to Amsterdam.

Probably fly over to Japan occasionally.

>> No.4578912

>>4578899
Amsterdam sucks.

Though I did see a really stereotypical alien statue with a rasta hat on and laughed.

>> No.4578930

>>4578912

Yeah, Amsterdam is a shitty place. So is California. Goddamn it, why is weed legal in the shitholes of the world?

In b4 the Straightedgers and D.A.R.E. indoctrinated kiddies chime in with >WELL THAT SHOULD INDICATE SOMETHING ABOUT WEED

>> No.4578938

>>4578899
Amsterdam hates foreigners now too cause so many people come over just for the drugs and act like jackasses. Which sucks cause it ruins it for everyone else. But that's really the samething with any country. A lot of countries don't like foreigners just cause they don't know the culture.

>> No.4578944

>>4578930

I don't really care what you do. Have fun being a dentrimental and unrespected member of society, though. It's your life.

>> No.4578950

>>4578930
Move to BC Canada

>> No.4578951

>>4578912
>>4578930
Really? I'd move there and I'm not even a pothead, just because the Dutch are nicer than the sadistic, elitist faggots in the rest of Europe.

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>>4578930

>> No.4578948

>>4578938

Amsterdam has always been a foreigner-hating shitheap like most of Europe. It's just grown worse, it's nothing new.

>> No.4578956

>Close relationships are rare in Japan. They only people you will become friends with are people you work with or people you grow up with. Once you're no longer working with them or living with them they don't care about you

What? And you think things don't work this way in the rest of the world? I myself am like that

>> No.4578957

>>4578950
i live there. its pretty boring...

>> No.4578961

>>4578950

I've already been there, it's pretty swell. Canada isn't too bad, but I certainly wouldn't be the only person moving there - a lot of US Citizens are.

>> No.4578976

Taiwan or even Korea are great places to live, once you get over the fact that they're not as well-known or romanticized as Japan.

>> No.4578983

>>4578944
Uneducated fag reporting in

>> No.4578993

>>4578471
How's it compare to discrimination in America?

>> No.4579028

>>4578993
See "backhanded compliments". It's rare to have just blunt racism but it happens. But you'll probably get a lot of compliments for not doing anything special. They'll basically treat you like a child.

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