Japanese restaurant caters to Fucking Loser demographic

[zhaoyun]

I was always a bit wary of the Moomins when I was younger. Their faces were too big to be entirely trusted. To be fair to the Moomins (whom I would not wish to offend) it wasn't just them, but also others of their ilk. I would certainly not feel relaxed sitting opposite a giant one in a restaurant whilst it watched me eat

I'd be very comforted with their big goofy faces watching me eat.

[zhaoyun]

They are not losers, sometimes people prefer to be alone. A loser can also be surrounded by a bunch of other losers.

True. But let's be real now, these are fucking losers. lol

[Catkin]

I'd be very comforted with their big goofy faces watching me eat.

No no no. Just no.

[Hithaeglir]

As creepy as the virtual girlfriend epidemic : http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24614830

[StonyArabia]

I always admired Japan but also found it weird. It's kinda sad though, that there are losers like this but they also need someone to comfort them maybe it's some kind of a cartoon character/stuffed animal. When I feel lonely I do play my pokemon games, I am not a loser though but can understand why the restaurant did it, they probably understand the psyche behind this and hence they did it.

[Vesuvian Sky]

adds up actually. Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-0...ts-record-high

Good news however for Japan's stuffed animal market.

[zhaoyun]

adds up actually. Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-0...ts-record-high

Good news however for Japan's stuffed animal market.

Most of the time when I meet Japanese guys (from Japan, not Jap-Am), I usually wonder how they are descended from samurais.

[Vesuvian Sky]

Most of the time when I meet Japanese guys (from Japan, not Jap-Am), I usually wonder how they are descended from samurais.

When I was there back in 2012 I honestly found the modern culture to be rather degenerate. Japan's old culture was so beautiful and amazing. Granted, aspects of it still persist but I find what exists culturally in Japan today a near and complete utter erosion of the old ways.

I heard most of the samurai class were obliterated though during the 'transition era'. For obvious reasons I suppose. The current culture has an obnoxious vibe to it and awkward femininity. You gotta like anime and tons, and tons of neon lights. Plus vending machines every freakin' where and have a strange feminine air to you even if you are a man.

[Prisoner Of Ice]

I'd love to get a whole table of 12 of them, and have a big tea party in public. Would be hilarious.

[zhaoyun]

When I was there back in 2012 I honestly found the modern culture to be rather degenerate. Japan's old culture was so beautiful and amazing. Granted, aspects of it still persist but I find what exists culturally in Japan today a near and complete utter erosion of the old ways.

I heard most of the samurai class were obliterated though during the 'transition era'. For obvious reasons I suppose. The current culture has an obnoxious vibe to it and awkward femininity. You gotta like anime and tons, and tons of neon lights. Plus vending machines every freakin' where and have a strange feminine air to you even if you are a man.

To be honest, I really hate Japanese pop culture. Even as a kid, I never got into any of the anime or crap like that. I was always very averse to that, it really annoyed me when people would think I was into it just because I was Asian (and frankly, has nothing to do with me as it isn't my heritage anyways). I do like traditional Japanese culture, so it's not a matter of historical animosity for me. But I just find modern Japanese culture very weird, nihilistic, socially awkward and effeminate (in all the wrong ways), a celebration of social retardation basically. I don't relate to it at any level, in fact, I'm very hostile towards it.