I Can't Go On, I'll Go On

[jedophile]

I find it hypocritical and unreasonable that the same people who submit to the banal paranoias of our culture tend to pin the term "paranoid" on people who talk about "conspiracy theories". In fact, it's disturbing to me that even the mention of the word "conspiracy" has the whiff of crazy to so many of us. If you were "them", wouldn't you want

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Re: j

[tenkiya]

But the diet has changed quite a bit since the 70s. Still, average life expectancy goes up. The fast food in New York does not approach the fast food shops in Tokyo in terms of numbers. Then again, the average household in Tokyo is about 1.2 people, which explains why they eat out so much. Burgers, curry, katsu, ramen, gyuudon...riding my bike home from the nearest subway station I must pass 25 fast food shops. I do live downtown, in the most densely populated area of Japan, but it's scary how many bars/izakayas/fast food shops there are, sometimes with lines outside.

Back to the US GDP questions. One thing I wonder about Japan is what percentage of GDP comes from prostitution. It's essentially legal in Japan, since it's only illegal to pay for vaginal sex. This means there are fully legal handjob/blowjob operations everywhere. Further, it's only illegal to pay for vaginal sex from someone you "don't know", which means once you know their name, paying for vaginal sex is legal - you can only imagine the kind of websites that facilitate such beaviour. There are about 40 sex clubs by my station, with names like "Fashion Health," "High School Health," "Try Hard Maid Club," "Butterfiles," "Housewife Health," "Delivery Health" and so on.

Re: j

[jedophile]

Still, you don't think the average Japanese person eats better than the average American?

I'd imagine a pretty decent portion of the GDP, then.
Delivery Health indeed.

Re: j

[tenkiya]

They certainly eat less, that's true. But I don't know if they eat better anymore. Probably they do for breakfast. They do eat less beef and more fish, I think that's still true, but the gap has narrowed.

Serving sizes in the US amaze me.