Japan as a tourist: I want nothing but the most authentic washoku home cooked meals from recipes dating back to the dawn of the Edo era
Japan as a resident: Damn the Shinjuku Sizzler salad bar sounds perfect rn
A generation of people who want nothing but to optimize for not having to work for the rest of their lives, leaving things like purpose, interest and passion by the wayside
High-paid tech workers are cutting life down to the basics so they can invest and retire by 30
One Meta engineer makes over $300K a year and still owns no car, couch or TV
More successful Gen Z are choosing calm life over career and money
When your economy is crashing, the value of your currency keeps falling, and you’re the ruling party corroded with corruption and deeply in bed with the unification church, the best thing you can do to distract the public from your many failures is hunting immigrants.
And get your pet media to make that the story of the day.
@ebibebibae I hate it when tourists remark on how “cheap and good” eating out can be in Japan, they need to stfu, enjoy the privilege and focus on being respectful customers
There is a special type of derision that should be reserved for beneficiaries of countries with social safety nets like Canada and Australia making the move to a much more liquid job market thinking that they’re above any shock. Literally clown behavior from this goon.
Feeling robbed of my path to citizenship right now after grinding a PhD and contributing to foundational AI + computing technologies for the United States for the past ~ 10 years.
Feels like robbing top and technologists like me of the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
i don’t understand tech ppls obsession with wealth / net worth when they don’t even live particularly luxurious or aspirational day to day lives. don’t build anything breathtaking with the money. none of them are particularly well dressed, their progeny are nonexistent etc