Comments by "Commentary Talk" (@commentarytalk1446) on "What Do Japanese Girls Envy About Foreigners?" video.

But Japanese are very individual in their personal lives as with anyone else. However in public they realize it is important to create a harmonious consensus so everyone can benefit...
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I must confess, I try to avoid emotions such as envy or jealous: Long and hard-earnt experience has taught me, time and time again, that external measure of emotion reflecting on others does not lead to improving yourself or making you feel any happier! However, I must confess, I am very, very envious of how polite and thoughtful these young ladies are in their conduct and in how they express their views with such good grace! I guess, "the shoe is on the other foot" this time around! Thank you to those interviewed, but please bear in mind how impressive it is to show such polite manners and thoughtfulness of others even while expressing a feeling that tends towards "the grass is greener on the other side"! The grass MAY be greener but I suspect it is not as tasty as it looks in all cases. Only experience can determine if the taste matches the luscious emerald sheen!
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@viciousoz4188 Maybe or maybe not? A lot of people are driven by "Celebrity Fashion" such as the recent trend of sports starts to have tattoos and earing and other decorations and adornments. In fact that trend may be a good trend of self-expression or it might in fact be a trend of spreading vanity and ego across culture? In my nation, the rise of liberalism has probably gone too far: Yes people have freedom to wear tattoos but then you see the rise in broken families and the social evils that lead from that because of the liberalism "to do as you want - no matter what others say or think". In Japan there's a cultural reason why they don't have tattoos: It's traditionally "RESERVED" for Yakuza: "A place for everything and everything in it's place" might be apt aphorism for Japanese culture. The benefits: A well-organized society. The negatives, less individual choice in public spaces. In my nation, I have often talked with Muslims who are very well educated people and are fine with other peoples' views but in their view the excess of individual freedom in the nation, they see the social consequences are negative and think the people of the culture lack guidance and are acting in a lot of cases in a self-destructive way. I think they are right about that. Japan is known for it's high standards - well there is a price to that but is it worth it? In my opinion I would say they have succeeded and should retain high standards.
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@benolofson9732 What you say is so self-evident if given just a tiny bit of thought. What's interesting is how a statement can "SOUND RIGHT" via "SOUNDING SYMPATHETIC" when in fact it could not be more disastrous as you so rightly and clearly point out ! It's also mathematically clearly a function of Scale: A highly dense, large population is in NEED of much more such social regulation and protocol etc than a farmer of 1 in a wilderness of 100 square kilometres to illustrate two opposing poles that reinforces exactly what you said. Historically, Japanese culture developed very very strong social rules in part as a consequence of high frequency natural disasters! There's method and in fact not so much madness but sanity in this method of the Japanese that so many casual commentators get so wrong such as the stem comment here! Thank you for simple common sense: The best kind of wisdom.
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@benolofson9732 Absolutely spot on again. There is a dynamic duality: In that the family and community create a consensus with another body, the "elected overseer" body aka goverment that applies the agreed governance. In that the former should inform the latter and the latter should only apply what the former created as consensus. With that said, it all depends on a coherent culture in the first place. Secondly a scaled up equivalent in the modern complex world leads to yet another evolution of this relationship that is more fuzzy. With that said, the social contract you describe is the HEART AND SOUL and should be absolutely respected. Most Western nations have destroyed their own cultural consensus in contrast... They are not democracies at all and are in fact rudderless with respect to their own people.
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@kathiemathias212 Some years ago I lived in Australia. It suited me a lot. The people were relaxed and generally good-natured and seem divorced from the madness of the global world, being "far out" so to speak. It's as you say: Find what suits you and enjoy life. With that said, Japanese is interesting for a variety of reasons despite the large challenge of differences faced by being a foreigner. There's something to learn from Japanese culture I feel an that may not at first feel "suitable" however it may end up being "worthwhile"... Thank you for your pacific and kind comment. I wish you well.
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@ginsengdroplets Yes, if one opens one's eyes "wide enough" there is a whole universe of possibility within reach! Why fixate on something out of reach! Being grateful is a good mindset, you are right and that itself will guide life as if in a "dream-song" matching the song to the landmarks in life's journey... one will encounter.
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