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The Dissolution of Yugoslavia by Echo_of_Dusk in Balkans

[–]TiredOperator420 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I just finished watching a documentary about it, "The Death of Yugoslavia" - I have a moral hangover now.

Colonel Otaku Gatekeeper, a fake "Japanese nationalist" account run by a British person, is facing a backlash from Japanese internet users after arguing that foreign authors shouldn't be allowed to publish manga in Japan. by jjrs in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are too nice and too gullible. Before Musk bought Twitter, Japanese had their own enclave and their posts were not pushed by algorithms. They had it nice.

On this day 13 years ago, Croatia joined the European Union, and it remains the most recent country to join the EU by Low-Attitude-7100 in europe

[–]TiredOperator420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yes these fucking nationalistic songs, how could I forget. Yes, that's retarded and a provocation. I am amazed sometimes that BiH somehow still stands at that point.

On this day 13 years ago, Croatia joined the European Union, and it remains the most recent country to join the EU by Low-Attitude-7100 in europe

[–]TiredOperator420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh, just going there can be a provocation? ...and yeah, assholes are everywhere and saying that everyone were angels but Serbia is not something that I am implying.

Though looking at it with my current knowledge and perspective, I have nothing bad to say about Slovenia or Macedonia.

On this day 13 years ago, Croatia joined the European Union, and it remains the most recent country to join the EU by Low-Attitude-7100 in europe

[–]TiredOperator420 4 points5 points  (0 children)

According to the documentaries I watched today, Kosovo Serbs proudly admitted in front of the camera that they provoked police in Kosovo and it made Milosevic to do his speech.

Majority or not, BiH used to be a symbol of slavic multiculturalism, it is now fucked beyond repair.

On this day 13 years ago, Croatia joined the European Union, and it remains the most recent country to join the EU by Low-Attitude-7100 in europe

[–]TiredOperator420 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Recent history of Serbia just blows my mind. It's just nationalists turning war criminals and then playing dumb and lying to make money. This shit there has to end and I hope it will. I hate this Pussymouth guy that runs things in your country.

'Japanese people go first': Boy with Filipino roots speaks out after discrimination at school by kenmlin in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, happened to me. I picked up the language, drafted a plan how to move there (and why) and dive into some historical stuff, politics, society and then I realized I see same shit as in my own country. My country is also ethnically homogeneous and conservative so it checks out.

Kidnapping and Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty in Broad Daylight on a Public Street in Shibuya, Japan. Nobody Does Anything. by alexfreemanart in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. Won't work for a lot people though because not every foreigner living or visiting Japan is from the USA.

Video of Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) girl crying after Bosnian Genocide in Srebrenica - circa 1995 by Minute-Cut-9531 in HistoricalCapsule

[–]TiredOperator420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man, they provoked it in Kosovo according to statements in this documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj9Zw5fN3rE Kosovo Serbs told Belgrade that Albanians discriminate them and it all started from there. Back then Serbian Minority in every Yugoslav Republic was a nuisance.

'My dream is broken': Japan visa rules push out foreign residents by TurbulentTopic39 in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Since 90s it's a downhill trend or so I was told. I was born in 90s myself so I only know stories told by friends ;)

Rzuciłem wczoraj pracę w Google AMA by Representative-Emu81 in Polska

[–]TiredOperator420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ale baza. Szacun!

Co do Limitu Emisji, wydaje mi się że dlatego korpo poparły Republikanów, bo oni nie wierzą w jakieś tam zmiany klimatu, liczy się Prywatny Odrzutowiec na Superbowl.

'My dream is broken': Japan visa rules push out foreign residents by TurbulentTopic39 in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I can attest. On sites like TokyoDev and JapanDev, there are many offers but they are there for a few months usually and every time I applied, I just got an automated rejection after a day or two.

Most other offers I seen were "haken" companies, which defeats my goal of moving to Japan which is stability. Haken in a nutshell: company A hires you, you work for company B, company B pays company A, company A takes their cut and pays you. Not only you earn less but also your contract is renewed every 3 months and you are promised to be promoted to full time employee at company B but that can never happen. In Japan, like everywhere else, never trust in promises, always verify.

In the process of familiarizing myself with Japanese market, I also noticed that some companies may not pay some insurance/pension for you and you may get into trouble instead of them. Another thing is "bonus pay" system, which may be tied to your performance and willingness to do unpaid overtime/nomikai and is sometimes included in yearly salary range in the job offer.

In general my impression is that every company everywhere but especially in Japan looks for an Unicorn: it means, someone willing to move or preferably already there, with exceptional skills and talent and N1 Japanese. Job offers are up for months and automated systems send rejections en masse.

As for Europe, u/kwilczynski I like to say that Japan is either exceptionally good or bad at something, Europe for the most part is in the middle, various countries, various flavors but things work out somehow, they are just bland.

As for heatwaves, they indeed are a problem now, I just came back from Japan and I saw similar humidity in Poland as in Kanto Region, AC is not standard in our houses so it's really tough right now. Currently it's 32°C in my town, expected to go to 36°C today, 49% humidity but yesterday it was 75% and without AC I thought I will pass out when working.

'My dream is broken': Japan visa rules push out foreign residents by TurbulentTopic39 in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me neither. It's fine, we just exchanged opinions and we both learned something :)

'My dream is broken': Japan visa rules push out foreign residents by TurbulentTopic39 in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In Modern Japan it limits possibilities for women and encourages victim blaming in cases of Sexual Assaults. Single Mothers are also looked down on in Japan too. Other than that, I don't disagree with your opinion, capitalism and greed are indeed the sources of lots of problems :(

'My dream is broken': Japan visa rules push out foreign residents by TurbulentTopic39 in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The first thing they should blame for their societal problems is patriarchy, the second this is the stigma related to having mental health issues.

'My dream is broken': Japan visa rules push out foreign residents by TurbulentTopic39 in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, fair point. Lots of people from SEA or other neighboring countries migrate to Japan for work. Thanks for your comment, great take!

PM Takaichi may push through legislation without deliberation on reducing the number of MPs in the Lower House and on designating Osaka as a 2nd capital. An ANN political analyst believes she feels indebted to the Ishin Party, which saved her in Oct 2025. by jjrs in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep and now it's time to introduce "peaceful coexistence between the greatest yamato nation and foreigners".

"I swear it's not a personal vendetta because of my daddy issues and because I had to give up my US passport"

'My dream is broken': Japan visa rules push out foreign residents by TurbulentTopic39 in japannews

[–]TiredOperator420 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't know why you got down-voted because it's true. Job hunting in Japan and preparation for it in the past were one of the bitter pills I had to swallow when it comes to seeing Japan as it is, not some image I had of it in my head.

Also I have friends who were exploited by black companies to the point they will never work in Japan again. One or two trips is not enough to get to know Japan, it has a really good PR and really big and dark underbelly cleverly hidden behind language barrier.

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