I like to watch stuff about myths, the occult, that kind of thing
So yesterday I was watching something about Japan's samurais
More specifically, Taira no Masakado.
Holy crap. What a bunch of crazy stuff.
Of course, you could ignore it all and call it all a myth, since he lived more than 1000 years ago, so the craziest stuff, like his head crying and mumbling and then uprooting a tree and flying hundreds of miles away.
But you can't deny all the weird stuff that continued to happen in modern times, like when the US was doing construction around his gravestone and the bulldozer simply tipped over and killed the operator in a very freak accident when the bulldozer touched his grave.
And to this day, people still fear and respect Masakado, since they put all the seats facing his tomb in nearby buildings and there's even a bank with an account full of money in Masakado's name.
What surprises me is that the Japanese are a very rational and intelligent people, you can't deny that. But their culture is completely sunk in the paranormal and the occult.
The western, specially the Americas, are "new" places in terms of culture, so it seems like people are way more mundane and skeptic around here, but these beliefs are still pretty much alive in much of Asia.
I'll be checking out more stuff about Japan later, it seems like they have a lot of crazy stuff going on there.
Nobody here is from Japan, but iron horse jockey has a Japanese grandmother even though he is mostly Caucasian..
I can speak a little Japanese and my all my grandparents and great grandparents spoke Japanese as their first language because Taiwan was part of Imperial Japan until 1945..
I've been to Japan, I like the country, and it's cuisine..
Samurai hisory is still strong in Japanese culture today.
My son learnt mandarin....begrudgingly because of school, but he was glued to Japanese cartoons and hated dubbed versions.
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My son learnt mandarin....begrudgingly because of school, but he was glued to Japanese cartoons and hated dubbed versions.
That's how many children develop an interest in Japanese language and culture.
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My son learnt mandarin....begrudgingly because of school, but he was glued to Japanese cartoons and hated dubbed versions.
That's how many children develop an interest in Japanese language and culture.
My son excelled at Mandarin... he went to Beijing for 5 weeks on a school trip with his mainlander teacher, and they'd play reverse roles. Son was the teachers guide. The teacher pretended to be ignorant of the language. My son had to explain that the teacher was raised in Canada and Australia and didn't know much of the language.
(But the teacher was telling him in English the whole time about the realistic cost of stuff...and to keep bargaining). Then the teacher told the vendors they totally got screwed.
The teacher got into a lot of shit for encouraging all the students to take home every robe, pair of slippers, and the plane blankets...
I still have a blanket from one of the flights...
China charged the school thousands of dollars.... but the kids had a blast. Great teacher.... kind of like this guy:
https://youtu.be/AE0vA7id0eE
(Despite him not being Korean)
But my kid gravitated to Japanese anyway... lol
It must've been a terrific experience for your son Dinky.
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I like to watch stuff about myths, the occult, that kind of stuff
So yesterday I was watching something about Japan's samurais
More specifically, Taira no Masakado.
Holy crap. What a bunch of crazy stuff.
Of course, you could ignore it all and call it all a myth, since he lived more than 1000 years ago, so the craziest stuff, like his head crying and mumbling and then uprooting a tree and flying hundreds of miles away.
But you can't deny all the weird stuff that continued to happen in modern times, like when the US was doing construction around his gravestone and the bulldozer simply tipped over and killed the operator in a very freak accident when the bulldozer touched his grave.
And to this day, people still fear and respect Masakado, since they put all the seats facing his tomb in nearby buildings and there's even a bank with an account full of money in Masakado's name.
What surprises me is that the Japanese are a very rational and intelligent people, you can't deny that. But their culture is completely sunk in the paranormal and the occult.
The western, specially the Americas, are "new" places in terms of culture, so it seems like people are way more mundane and skeptic around here, but these beliefs are still pretty much alive in much of Asia.
I'll be checking out more stuff about Japan later, it seems like they have a lot of crazy stuff going on there.
It's an entertaining mix of history and folklore.
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I can speak a little Japanese and my all my grandparents and great grandparents spoke Japanese as their first language because Taiwan was part of Imperial Japan until 1945..
My dad is over eighty, he learned Japanese before Korean.
Fash....
I think the teacher MADE the best part of the trip. He was a scammer and would regularly let the kids out to run amuck despite the other chaperones. He was always looking out for them though...
Think CON ARTIST turned to nurturing foreign children... but by the time he got back to China, he was just as foreign himself....maybe 25 years?
He was a fun guy.... my son came back with crazy stories about what he let my son and the other kids do.... even running interference with the Australian chaperones so the kids could sneak out and just do what they wanted.
And he'd instruct the whole group to take anything not bolted down with them. He actually got dismissed for it. When the class was back, the school got a crazy bill for hotel and airline items which were meant to remain.... lulz....
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My son learnt mandarin....begrudgingly because of school, but he was glued to Japanese cartoons and hated dubbed versions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQw3oYUTejs&t=12s
I can fully understand, life without Japanese cartoon would be pretty dull and boring ac_cool
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It's an entertaining mix of history and folklore.
I've personally seen unexplained stuff. REALLY unexplained. The kind that can't be a natural phenomenon.
We live in a highly technologically advanced society, at least compared to how things were 100 years ago.
But humanity's culture, all of it, seems to be always intertwined with the paranormal.
What seems to have happened is that a lot people abandoned these beliefs and stopped paying attention to some things.
But the moment one starts searching for themselves, really looking for answers and signs, they'll show up
Like I said, some personal experiences I've had make it impossible for me to "believe in nothing".
BTW, that show Round Six was a HUUUUGE success here in Brazil
A lot of Korean shows on Netflix
K-pop also has a large fan base here in Brazil.
Asian cartoons too.
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BTW, that show
A lot of Korean shows on Netflix
K-pop also has a large fan base here in Brazil.
Asian cartoons too.
Do you mean Squid Game Rancidmilko?
It's too violent for my tastes.....so is the Japanese series Alice in Borderland.
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BTW, that show
A lot of Korean shows on Netflix
K-pop also has a large fan base here in Brazil.
Asian cartoons too.
Do you mean Squid Game Rancidmilko?
It's too violent for my tastes.....so is the Japanese series Alice in Borderland.
Yes, that's the name in English
There's also that one with the monsters who go around killing people after they receive a warning, I forgot the name, I started watching that one,
Lots of movies too, Parasite, Train to Busan and others
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Quote from: Rancidmilko post_id=436956 time=1643479176 user_id=2853
BTW, that show
A lot of Korean shows on Netflix
K-pop also has a large fan base here in Brazil.
Asian cartoons too.
Do you mean Squid Game Rancidmilko?
It's too violent for my tastes.....so is the Japanese series Alice in Borderland.
Yes, that's the name in English
There's also that one with the monsters who go around killing people after they receive a warning, I forgot the name, I started watching that one,
Lots of movies too, Parasite, Train to Busan and others
I hated Train to Busan. But, I hate the Walking Dead. So, I don't know why I watched that movie.
I loved Train to Busan... epic movie... the baseball team beating each other was epic.... and the deer....
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I like to watch stuff about myths, the occult, that kind of stuff
So yesterday I was watching something about Japan's samurais
More specifically, Taira no Masakado.
Holy crap. What a bunch of crazy stuff.
Of course, you could ignore it all and call it all a myth, since he lived more than 1000 years ago, so the craziest stuff, like his head crying and mumbling and then uprooting a tree and flying hundreds of miles away.
But you can't deny all the weird stuff that continued to happen in modern times, like when the US was doing construction around his gravestone and the bulldozer simply tipped over and killed the operator in a very freak accident when the bulldozer touched his grave.
And to this day, people still fear and respect Masakado, since they put all the seats facing his tomb in nearby buildings and there's even a bank with an account full of money in Masakado's name.
What surprises me is that the Japanese are a very rational and intelligent people, you can't deny that. But their culture is completely sunk in the paranormal and the occult.
The western, specially the Americas, are "new" places in terms of culture, so it seems like people are way more mundane and skeptic around here, but these beliefs are still pretty much alive in much of Asia.
I'll be checking out more stuff about Japan later, it seems like they have a lot of crazy stuff going on there.
I have some Japanese in me. I am white though.
When I was in my late teens and early twenties I wanted to reconnect with that part of my heritage. I was fascinated with Japan's samurai past. Sadly, I have forgotten most of it.
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Quote from: Rancidmilko post_id=436926 time=1643470828 user_id=2853
I like to watch stuff about myths, the occult, that kind of stuff
So yesterday I was watching something about Japan's samurais
More specifically, Taira no Masakado.
Holy crap. What a bunch of crazy stuff.
Of course, you could ignore it all and call it all a myth, since he lived more than 1000 years ago, so the craziest stuff, like his head crying and mumbling and then uprooting a tree and flying hundreds of miles away.
But you can't deny all the weird stuff that continued to happen in modern times, like when the US was doing construction around his gravestone and the bulldozer simply tipped over and killed the operator in a very freak accident when the bulldozer touched his grave.
And to this day, people still fear and respect Masakado, since they put all the seats facing his tomb in nearby buildings and there's even a bank with an account full of money in Masakado's name.
What surprises me is that the Japanese are a very rational and intelligent people, you can't deny that. But their culture is completely sunk in the paranormal and the occult.
The western, specially the Americas, are "new" places in terms of culture, so it seems like people are way more mundane and skeptic around here, but these beliefs are still pretty much alive in much of Asia.
I'll be checking out more stuff about Japan later, it seems like they have a lot of crazy stuff going on there.
I have some Japanese in me. I am white though.
When I was in my late teens and early twenties I wanted to reconnect with that part of my heritage. I was fascinated with Japan's samurai past. Sadly, I have forgotten most of it.
I wasn't raised with samurai culture but I've practiced on plenty of hanging deer and cattle corpses...
The trick is in the cut and angle.
I'd love to go to Japan.
Japan, the country all Asians love and love to hate.
The popularity of K-pop and Korean mivies has not trickled down to the masses in Korea. Korea's economy has slowed like the rest of the former Asian tigers. But, unlike Singapore, and Taiwan, quality of life is dropping in Korea. Japan's economy has been slow for thirty five years, but dispaosable income continues to rise. Not so in Korea.
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The popularity of K-pop and Korean mivies has not trickled down to the masses in Korea. Korea's economy has slowed like the rest of the former Asian tigers. But, unlike Singapore, and Taiwan, quality of life is dropping in Korea. Japan's economy has been slow for thirty five years, but dispaosable income continues to rise. Not so in Korea.
That movie Parasite kind gives an insight on what's happening there
Too many people, housing has become unaffordable for many
I saw the same is happening in Germany too. They have a million homeless people there, unbelievable. So many who have jobs and still have to live in cars and garages
In Brazil, we do have the space. but people still insist in piling up like animals in slums, many in places that are prone to floods and landslides
In some ways, we have built a society that has to be completely dismantled before it can be fixed for good.
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Quote from: seoulbro post_id=437064 time=1643498363 user_id=114
The popularity of K-pop and Korean mivies has not trickled down to the masses in Korea. Korea's economy has slowed like the rest of the former Asian tigers. But, unlike Singapore, and Taiwan, quality of life is dropping in Korea. Japan's economy has been slow for thirty five years, but dispaosable income continues to rise. Not so in Korea.
That movie Parasite kind gives an insight on what's happening there
Too many people, housing has become unaffordable for many
I saw the same is happening in Germany too. They have a million homeless people there, unbelievable. So many who have jobs and still have to live in cars and garages
In Brazil, we do have the space. but people still insist in piling up like animals in slums, many in places that are prone to floods and landslides
In some ways, we have built a society that has to be completely dismantled before it can be fixed for good.
Don't get me wrong, Japan and Taiwan have social problems like any other country. But, the middle class in those two countries continues to grow more prosperous even with stagnant economic growth. Kind of like Australia.
In Korea, the jobs that moved millions of Koreans into middle class prosperity four decades ago are disappearing quickly. The wealthy are doing fine. If this isn't reversed soon, Korea risks becoming like every other developed nation with a huge underclass, an elite ruling class and not many people in the middle.
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The popularity of K-pop and Korean mivies has not trickled down to the masses in Korea. Korea's economy has slowed like the rest of the former Asian tigers. But, unlike Singapore, and Taiwan, quality of life is dropping in Korea. Japan's economy has been slow for thirty five years, but dispaosable income continues to rise. Not so in Korea.
That movie Parasite kind gives an insight on what's happening there
Too many people, housing has become unaffordable for many
I saw the same is happening in Germany too. They have a million homeless people there, unbelievable. So many who have jobs and still have to live in cars and garages
In Brazil, we do have the space. but people still insist in piling up like animals in slums, many in places that are prone to floods and landslides
In some ways, we have built a society that has to be completely dismantled before it can be fixed for good.
Don't get me wrong, Japan and Taiwan have social problems like any other country. But, the middle class in those two countries continues to grow more prosperous even with stagnant economic growth. Kind of like Australia.
In Korea, the jobs that moved millions of Koreans into middle class prosperity four decades ago are disappearing quickly. The wealthy are doing fine. If this isn't reversed soon, Korea risks becoming like every other developed nation with a huge underclass, an elite ruling class and not many people in the middle.
I'm seeing more Korean immigrants in the last ten years..
Many I've talked to have said similar things you've said Seoul..
I haven't noticed a collapse of the middle class in Taiwan.