I was talking to this girl who I found interesting and she mentions that she really likes the new seasons of The Simpson’s and Family Guy. I told her I also like the shows but only the earlier seasons, to which she said she’s never watch them because she thinks they were boring.
I had a Seinfeld moment and suddenly my mind was simply occupied with “boring? BORING??” And thinking about what kind of person finds modern simpsons entertaining
People who are actually interested in a culture can articulate specific things about that culture that interest them. Someone might go to Italy to see the Sistine Chapel and learn coffee making, or France to visit the Louvre and learn to cook, or Moscow to watch the Ballet and learn about Dostoyevsky. Anyone actually interested in a culture enough to move countries is likely to be able to name a couple of specific things they like beyond "the culture".
In my experience, the people who can only give vague bullshit answers about why they moved are embarrassed about the reason. In Japan, 8 or 9 times out of 10 it's because the only Japanese cultural product they consume is porno and they think they can score a "submissive waifu" or some shit.
Even the weebs who say "anime and games" are generally way cooler (or at least less creepy) than the "culture" guys. In my opinion anyway.
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Makes sense, thank you. Gotta say there are cheaper places than Japan to get your rocks off though.
On the bright side, Japan (even Tokyo) is not as ridiculously expensive as its made out go be. Especially true if you're coming from NYC/London/Vancouver, etc. A small private studio in Tokyo can be rented for about US$800 a month, which is not exactly outrageous by comparison to other world cities.
As for getting their rocks off, one Brit I talked to who "moved for the culture" told me after a few beers that he decided to come to Japan because the women in Thailand and the Philippines were "too brown". There's also a contingent of chuds who think Japan is their perfect right wing ethnostate and came because of that. It's so bad that one of my good friends who lives there (white, male, American) keeps telling me stories about other white dudes who think my mate is "one of them" and start spouting off actual Nazi shit.