Holy crap. That was… special.
Here, at least this makes a bit more sense.
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That meme is over my head
Is he putting drugs in the mix?
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Nope, it’s just a clip from an old cooking show edited in a way that makes it completely nonsensical.
So you can extract about the same amount of information from that clip as you can from that rambling woman in the other clip.
I miss mental asylums… too much people who desperately need help and guidance.
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Japan is place that I respect utmost, totally different world and very beautiful culture. Fortunately enough where I live this doesn’t happen and it is not as bad as in the Western EU and USA and here on the Balkans we are quite different than anything in Europe. Maybe a bit closer to Eastern Europe but not the same at all. If we had proper government that doesn’t have only goal to get rich by any means because it is from position of power would have been great. Our central system is fucked, criminals and mob are untouchable but if somehow that fixes in foreseeable future and we have working system as we did in the early 90s and 2000s we can be something like Switzerland but on the Balkans.
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That’s a good comparison. It’s (over here at least) also a failure of the education system. Instead of teaching them how to think critically and independently they just mindlessly parrot any- and everything (often without ever having left their protective bubble).
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That’s another homerun right there 
These vids are on point as well as hilarious.
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I wouldn’t say its completely perfect tho, there has been a recent controversy of manga author grooming a girl from when she was 15, also creating CP and whatnot, the company (manga publisher) tried paying hush money to the girl as well. A female author was disgusted enough to choose to leave the company on her own.
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Japan is spectacularly Racist.
If we go by American and Euro views on that and how it is applied.
I find it interesting how people don’t apply the same logic to a 1st world country. Excusing it in what is a racially based excuse..which is ironic
Gay Marriage is illegal
I went to the bank today and the staff said “Gaijin”
Derogatory word
Proper is Gai Koku Jin
Sexploitation of minors and everything “Kawaii “ is off the charts
I’d much rather be in a place that is stumbling constantly to try and protect their identity than a country that is saturated with hate and violence which is what America is now
Japan is awesome but it has its own unique flaws.
I have seen so many foreigners come and go because they had an anime based image of Japan.
I had no such notions so that never happened to me
It’s just an overall excellent country warts and all
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Nowhere is perfect, but the western shitshow is crazy. Everyday I think there isn’t any new level of craziness they can get to but they prove me wrong day after day.
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Agreed 
I recently have decided not to even try taking Kai to America. That wasn’t my intention but it’s just too crazy and dangerous
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Only foreign country i have been recently considering is finland. But gotta learn and prepare to even attempt anything there.
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I am used to Racist, since where I live we are quite Racist also and Gay Marriage is illegal but there isn’t any open anti lgbt propaganda or degrading them in any way as citizens. In fact I know many gay people that work and function normally just marriage and adopting kids isn’t an option. There are some immigrants now as workers or as transit and they tried to do some fucked up stuff immediately they were stomped on their face by locals. You ain’t doing that shit here, or if you do you will get serious beating and no one gonna give a fuck or justify your behavior as they do in all the fucking western countries where they protect the immigrants and justify stuff that is bonkers. Spain is now last in this shitshow that gave in order to give every immigrant passport and right to vote since their government is full of 
which no one in their right mind won’t vote for them again. But immigrants will. I have friends that live there and there is so much not shown in the media that is happening locally and crazy problems with all the immigrants. The West is literally in suicide mode for some reason.
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I appreciate having smart people to talk with about the issues of the world.
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Same here for a lot of different topics. In that sense, social media can help bringing it to light but you need to do some work and know what accounts are (and aren’t) legit.
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I’d rather deal with racism (which I have when I lived in Singapore) than propoganda… Parts of my country is also affected by that shiz rn… Need to find a way to get out asap
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Definitely appreciated since these days this is quite rare and usually explodes in full blown keyboard war lol. I guess appreciation for your work unites smart and matured people which appreciate this thread and behave in this thread on vast different topics. Glad I am part of it!
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Im 42mins into this vid, this lecture had taken place in 1983…
Man read it like a fucking textbook.
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Indeed. It’s tiresome imho. So many people get stuck in their circlejerk full of confirmation bias. It’s like you have to take a side. Wanting to take the middle ground is not good enough anymore. And it’s really easy to slip into it. Happened to me a few times aswell. You get swept up in the hivemind. What snapped me back everytime is to just step outside and face reality.
Maybe it’s my history in the marine sector. I’ve met so many people from all over the world with so many different views on life, but there was always one constant. These were real people working their ass off to provide for themselves and their families. They don’t care who or what you worship, they respected the effort put in to keep everything working.
Hell, I just need to look at our own barges. Belgians, Dutch, Syrians, Polish, Ukranian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Filipino and Egyptian. They are perfectly capable of working together.
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Sounds like some of my co-workers on Monday when the whole thing in Iran blew up on the news. I was stuck, sat here, listening to these clowns talk about world politics like they know what the fuck they’re talking about 
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