• JasSmith@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been watching this channel about a Canadian couple moving to a little village in Japan. The locals have been very welcoming. They’re renting a home from a local who were apparently very happy to have them.

    I’m sure small town attitudes happen. They happen everywhere. I’m just not sure Japan is uniquely bad.

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      1 year ago

      I watch them too. And there’s another similar channel of a single young (American, I think?) woman who’s doing the same thing. And again, the locals are very welcoming - I suspect this depends on whether the newcomers are making an effort to integrate, learn the language, etc.

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            1 year ago

            Why the fuck would researching Thailand suddenly make me like their culture and amenities any better than Japan’s

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              1 year ago

              You seem like a nice person, and any culture should be proud to welcome you and your reading comprehension levels!

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                What am i not comprehending? You implied that researching Thailand would “update my worldview”, when I merely mentioned cultural preferences and better amenities. Researching Thai culture would not make one like it any better than Japanese culture nor would it eliminate the fact that Thailand is a poor country with poor amenities, especially if you’re moving to a rural village.

                Also if you can’t handle the word “fuck”, then you might consider getting off the Internet.