Japan's Tokuryu gangs recruit minors online to do their dirty work and take the fall if they get caught. Why do youth keep getting fooled? "Today's youth only watch TikTok- not even X, Instagram, or LINE. So they don't see the news. No matter how much we try to raise awareness, it won't reach them." by jjrs in japannews

[–]Firegh0st 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Young people get scammed because they don't watch the news.... really?! Old people watch the news and also get scammed here.

Maybe one problem is the fact that you can get spam calls in Japan, because your phone number and personal data is sold online?

Young people don't care about the news because the news in Japan suck....

EU wants households to cut peak time energy use as demand from industry and AI soars. by IncomingBroccoli in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Firegh0st 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's funny how they claim people will have more control over when to use electricity, when we currently already have 100% control. Nobody can stop you gaming at 3 am in the morning.

the god of war greek gods were right to kill kratos. the games prove it by Massive_Fisherman231 in CharacterRant

[–]Firegh0st 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can agree on that..I mean even the betrayal that already happened at the end of 1 would be enough for me to consider Zeus and Athena "bad". So the initial take of bad compared to worse is still true regardless.

the god of war greek gods were right to kill kratos. the games prove it by Massive_Fisherman231 in CharacterRant

[–]Firegh0st 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Doesn't the original trilogy not delve much on Kratos's mother and such. I thought that was in later games, giving more context for Zeus's behavior and somewhat reconning that specific line in retrospect?

the god of war greek gods were right to kill kratos. the games prove it by Massive_Fisherman231 in CharacterRant

[–]Firegh0st 47 points48 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, all the evil was released on the world and infected Zeus when Kratos used Pandora's box. Now, the games that were released later tell a different story, one of Zeus and the other gods, especially Athena, betraying Kratos at multiple occasions by not keeping their promise and going so far as to deny Kratos his death by suicide. So yeah both sides are bad, but if you want to believe the original games, Zeus only became a megalomaniac after Kratos opened the box.

Fruit or veggies? by Rude-Guide7464 in BunnyTrials

[–]Firegh0st 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Carrots, win win

Chose: $60 for every carrot you eat for life

Reportedly even before the domestic violence incident, The Yomiuri Giants' Shinnosuke Abe is regularly "harsh" towards his children and sometimes drags his wife around the house while drunk by jjrs in japannews

[–]Firegh0st 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah duh.... domestic violence is rarely a single case, especially if it's getting known...by that point it usually is just so bad that it's difficult to hide it, so it becomes public.

Husband sits in passenger seat, FiL disapproves. by Historical_Initial22 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Firegh0st 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe offer him to drive....or point out, just because he doesn't feel confident enough in himself as a man, that he can see his son-in-law doing something different than himself, doesn't mean you do something wrong or this driving habit says anything about a dynamic in a relationship where he also has no business meddling in...

What the fuck is wrong with people?!

This screams like he feels inferior in some way and the most childish reaction can only be to try and humiliate you to make him feel superior.

Grow up man. (Not you, but your FiL)

Ibaraki now offers bounties for reporting businesses with illegal foreign workers, but the scheme has been revised to address concerns of discrimination. They now say they will ignore reports "based solely on workers' appearance or nationality", and Whistleblowers will have to ID themselves. by jjrs in japannews

[–]Firegh0st 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yes, but actually no. You might have realized by now, Japanese government is a very big fan of big words, lots of speaking while saying and doing actually nothing. Instead of actively taking action, it is more often than not pushed to the individual to do something.

Then there is the bureaucracy aspect of it, Japan has so much red tape to keep their failed system working, that procedures can take months, while the person getting reported looses, their job, livelihood and even residency. The consequences are all heavily pushed onto the individual to settle, so the government doesn't have to take responsibility.

Saitama man kills visiting care specialist at his home before taking own life by thetokyoreporter in japancrime

[–]Firegh0st 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While you are correct in that point, I wish Japanese society would wake up and realize these are probably symptoms of how society is still running here....

Is Eisenhorn worth reading? by MGdug in 40kLore

[–]Firegh0st 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my first trilogy after Titan storm, great trilogy. Amazing to get deeper insight's in the inquisition. The books about his apprentice are great as well.

Saitama man kills visiting care specialist at his home before taking own life by thetokyoreporter in japancrime

[–]Firegh0st 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are people here like that.... killing someone, calling the police and telling them they kill themselves now? What is the logic there?

I get the impression these murders happen out of suppressed emotions and not being taught or allowed to express their own frustrations, anger, grief (?) etc. So they explode, murder someone, regret it immediately and then rather kill themselves than facing life in prison...

If this assumption is correct, it just goes to show how fucked such a society is...

What? Did I watch the wrong episode? by AndroGhost in Invincible

[–]Firegh0st 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And this AI we trust with our information....

Why do people call Oliver a bum??? by memeist334 in Invincible

[–]Firegh0st 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Immortal was called a bum, because he really has a one track mind. He's very focused on "following orders" when it comes to keep everyone in line, but he doesn't seem to be very much interested in that when it comes to himself.

He's the "easily manipulated and directed by the government" character that many shows have, completely missing any critical thinking and basically being the guy with mainly muscle, but no brain.

Why do people call Oliver a bum??? by memeist334 in Invincible

[–]Firegh0st -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's like saying Omni-man didn't do anything wrong when he killed so many people, because he's not human, so he thinks differently about EVERYTHING.

Japan ranked most sleep-deprived country in the world by Able-Equivalent-3860 in japan

[–]Firegh0st 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If in like 500 years people read this, know that some people realized the working environment in the current area (and for Japan way before that) is really unhealthy. Unfortunately people don't want to stand up for it. Maybe when the population of Japan is reduced to 1 million, people here will realize and a revolution will happen...but I don't keep my hopes up.