Culture obsession

[skydancerlilitu]

I don't get people who go nutty just because something is from a specific culture, regardless of the merits or demerits of the thing in question. I used to see a lot of Anglophiles going all squee! over anything English, but these days it seems to be more related to Celtic or Japanese cultures. I definitely understand having a big interest in a

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[kadiera]

*nods*

We have an acquaintence who is 1/2 Japanese, who believes it will be just peachy to get an English degree and then go to Japan to teach English, where he will be welcomed with open arms. Keeping in mind that he's already been thrown out of the military, is on serious drugs for mental issues, and hasn't held a job in 4 years, I'm not sure how this is going to manifest, but even if he got the degree....I don't think he'd get the welcome he expects, and none of us have been able to beat this into his skull yet.

[skydancerlilitu]

Perhaps he should be encouraged to go to Japan (with someone for support in the ways he needs it) to see for himself how it is there first. Poor deluded guy.

[puppetmaker40]

Your comment about the girl who loved everything Japanese reminds me of one of my old friends who was a Jap-a-holic. Anything and everything about Japan was the bees knees. All her conversations seems flow into something about Japan.

Finally after college she went to Japan to teach English and improve her pretty good Japanese (to the point that we use to use her to translate anime for us). She came back two years later with a much different opinion of Japan and the Japanese people. She got tired of having her butt pinched on buses and subways. She got a lot of flack for her Japanese accent which apparently had a Korean twang to it. She got tired of all Japanese men assuming that since she was american then she would put out. Now she had a great time too and wouldn't trade that time for the world but it did put the kybosh on that everything was perfect and wonderful in Japan.

[skydancerlilitu]

Yep, that would do it!

[skalagrim]

I have my own culture and it rocks! It also lives in my refrigerator.

[skalagrim]

Sure! I'll tell the potato salad to move over.