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There are homeless people in Japan but it's a hell of a lost less than in North America. Close to 0%, whereas it's anywhere from 8 to 12% of the population in America.

I can speculate as to why that is:

1) Culturally, asian countries tend to just have a sense of shared social responsibility. Kids helping clean their schools, tenants helping clean their apartment complex, etc. Homelessness is considered a pitiable thing and a failure of the economy/community. Japan already considers its homelessness a major social problem, but if it were anywhere near America's it'd probably be considered a national emergency lol.

Meanwhile Americans usually subconsciously consider poverty to be a personal moral failing. "If you are poor, then you are a bad person who should have saved money and made better choices." Seriously Americans absolutely HATE homeless people and want to do less than nothing for them. Politicians fear monger about "welfare queens" and such.

2) The United States has infamously little in the way of government services and social safety nets. Japan is no less a capitalist/neoliberal country than America, but they invest a lot more in their infrastructure and social services. Cleaner cities, public transportation in already-walkable cities, cheaper rent, much less crime, universal healthcare, etc. You're a lot less likely to get put out in the street by a medical emergency or job loss in Japan. And if you do, there's social services you can sign up for.

Meanwhile America has a major political party dedicated to reducing any and all non-military public spending at any cost.

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The above mentioned, Japan's homelessness could be better. Compared to, say, Norway where it is basically nonexistent because there are actually programs to give homes to homeless people (in extreme cases).

Karovorak posted...

Yeah, go on, move some goalposts until you tried to gaslight me and accused me of lying and making stuff up.

I'm out of here, that's what I get for posting in non-funny topics.

You're the one that claimed that Yasuke's article is twice as long as Adechi, which is at best a misleading claim, at worst just a lie, because you're counting a mile-long references section.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e56e5b86.jpg

You based your whole thing on a false premise... and then whined about gaslighting because someone called you on it lol.

Humble_Novice posted...

This only applies for the English version of the articles, right?

Yes.

Karovorak posted...

I literally took the word count right out of wikipedia.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/ff6bb62e.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/774d8005.jpg

I checked myself using Word's wordcount and these are definitely not accurate. Like I said, Yasuke's article has about 1,500 words bloated on to it by the References section. I'll concede that it turns out that Yasuke's article is longer by about 500 words, but again, like I already said, cut out the In Popular Culture Section and it's less than Akechi's. They have about the same in historical content writing with an edge to Akechi, Yasuke is just in more fictional media that Wikipedia thinks is worth mentioning.

But you want to know who has a longer article than either of those guys combined? Surprise, it's William Adams. Do you have any opinions on why that is now?

Karovorak posted...

his article is now twices as long as the article of Akechi Mitsuhide

Assuming you're talking about Wikipedia, this is not true. Yasuke's article is significantly shorter than Akechi. They only appear about the same on the scrollbar (Yasuke's still being shorter here) because the citations section on Yasuke's article is longer. Nix Yasuke's "In Popular Culture" section also and Akechi's article's wordcount is dramatically bigger.

So, why did you lie about this?

Man, there is more historical documentation on Yasuke than there is Jesus Christ. There is SIX historical documentations that mention Yasuke by name and give details of his life. Which, for a guy in the 16th century that ultimately wasn't terribly important, was a lot. He was on Nobunaga's payroll and was given property like the rest of his samurai, he carried the swords of a samurai, he was explicitly mentioned to have fought for Nobunaga until the very end alongside the rest of Nobunaga's men and it's just farcical to suggest he wasn't a samurai.

"Yea sure he was worked the same job with the same salary as other samurai, dressed and armed himself like a samurai, worked for the most famous feudal lord in Japanese history, fought until the death of said lord along side other samurai, continued to fight after his death along other samurai... but he wasn't a samurai because reasons."

BlueAnnihilator posted...

I didn't even know you could do Spirit before Shadow.

Yea this.

PS1 had a huge library of JRPGs, but besides that, N64 was better. Nintendo basically invented 3D video games as we know them now during the N64 generation. Mario 64 continues to be one of the very best games ever made. Basically every action-adventure / hack n slash game owes everything to Zelda OoT, including Dark Souls and Devil May Cry.

Dungeater posted...

im somehow doubt this is why it is so widely loved

That is exactly why it's so widely beloved. The most popular arcs in DiU are just about the trouble Josuke and Okuyasu get into when they're goofing off.

Man if you don't get The Vibes of being a teenager in the summer of 1999 that Diamond is Unbreakable captures so perfectly, I don't know what to tell.

But part 4 is the best part OP. Dialing back the stakes to tell a more personal story did wonders for the story.

I otherwise mostly agree. Part 8 was really bad, had a few good parts but was mostly sloppy and meandering. 5 and 6 aren't great. 7 is probably Araki at the peak of his ability to write characters and story. I've only read like two chapters of part 9 but it seemed ok.

_____Cait posted...

Biden is definitely calling out the zombie politicians though. These guys are too slow to change, dont really do anything, are severely out of touch with people, are pushed by weirdo political cults, and are probably suffering dementia or stress related disease.

Joe Biden is the absolute last person to be making that callout.

It's kind of funny because

1) He's not wrong, there is a lot of xenophobic sentiment in Japan, about as much as much or perhaps more than America.

but also

2) Japan makes it EXTREMELY easy to immigrate there and become a citizen because they are desperate for foreigners. Don't speak of word of Japanese? But know English? Gratz, you're just a few steps away from getting a job as an English teacher at a school and moving there lol. It is objectively way easier to immigrate to Japan than it is America.

Japan has been trying to make its country attractive to foreigners since the 80s, look up the "Cool Japan" initiative if you want to learn more. The push to get kids in America watching anime in the 80s and 90s literally came from the Japanese government. Fast forward to the present and everyone is watching anime movies in theaters and playing Japanese video games.

Biden's entire point is that "oh we welcome immigrants, unlike JAPAN and RUSSIA." Brother your immigration policy is basically exactly the same as Trump's. The American government is hellbent on making life MISERABLE for people who want to immigrate here. Japan may have a huge problem with racism and reactionaries (I just wouldn't throw no stones from America's glass house about it), but on the level of government policy, Japan is extremely welcoming to immigrants. They literally put out ads encouraging people to move there. You may, as a foreigner, face some discrimination... but actually getting into Japan is quite easy. They want you there!

Back when I was unemployed, I made a hell of a lot less than that last for like 6 years, with the occasional odd job or part-time. But the cost of living was generally a lot lower back then, I did some couch surfing, had room mates, etc.

Now that I am gainfully employed and have a mortgage and shit, it'd be more a question what I do with the money than how long it'd "last." I could definitely make $150 last like at least a decade if I decided I wanted to quit my job and just Enjoy Life for a while. But re-entering the work force after would be rough after it runs out, in my 40s with a horrible employment gap would look terrible on a resume.

$150k would definitely be enough to just pay down the rest of my mortgage, like that other guy said. That'd be cool, I would still need to keep working but then I could proceed forward, take more risks, etc knowing that I would always have a place to live. I would only need to pay property tax and such, easily covered by a part-time job.

But there's also a bunch of different ways you can spin $150,000 in liquid cash into getting rich. Buy some property, invest, etc. It would be a serious decision I would probably spend weeks or months considering.

Caffeine is a stimulant. This includes stimulating your metabolism.

Probably Wendy's. Or KFC.

0.9999999~ is just the value that represents "the highest amount possible without being one. As close as you can get to a whole without being a whole." That's the best Arabic numerals in base 10 can come to representing that amount. That doesn't mean the value is the same as 1.

But this thought experiment DOES expose a minor flaw in our numbering system.