Oh yeah japan is very patriotic, sometimes even more than some american ppl which i find kinda funny, since ppl usually associate patriotism with america.
Is it patriotism or nationalism?
Look at cultures where everything is passed down through oral tradition. You have a younger generation that doesn't want to or can't be bothered to learn from their Elders. You have centuries and generations of knowledge, customs, traditions that will be lost forever. This applies to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Europe. Imagine being able to trace your ancestry back that far- only to have it be forgotten. That's truly sad.
I understand the whole oral tradition thing. But, the world moves on. If you're tradition isn't important enough to
fucking write down then it 's gone.
There are Native American tribes that refuse to share many stories and tradition with anyone who isn't devoted to the tribe. in the next breath, they complain about the erasure of their way of life and culture. Their language is disappearing because nobody can learn it? Oh, because only these few people are
allowed to teach it, outside of school? Fuck right off with all that bullshit.
The reason all the knowledge, customs and traditions are being lost, is because stubborn
dipshits aren't recording them.
Sorry about the mini rant there. But, you shouldn't feel sad for other people's arrogance. They probably wouldn't want us to know the secrets anyway.
What's even worse, from an American standpoint only (so not as far back chronologically)- you have a younger generation of people that were born and raised here, attended school here, have a lot less to remember than the rest of world- and they couldn't pass a Citizenship test at gunpoint. (Anybody remember Jay Leno's "Man in the Street"?)
Just FYI, the "Man on the Street" style of interviews and stuff like that really does go for lowest common denominator.
I'm not saying people aren't stupid, they are, but it's not everyone.
They have to film a LOT of people to find the truly stupid (or dumb
and funny). Sometimes they film for multiple days to get good footage. Ever notice how the segment will almost always have one person that appears multiple times? The people who get the questions right aren't funny!
Another example is those food reality shows: Food Paradise, Bizarre Foods, Diner's Drive-Ins with Guy Fieri, etc. They film little 5-10 minutes spots about one food or diner or restaurant. Each little 10 minutes takes them 4-8 hours to film.
That is also very true. As someone pointed out earlier so much of that can be attributed to natural disasters and war mainly.
There aren't archives, or back-ups, or off-site storage. So much of it was painstakingly hand written and only one copy ever existed and if it's destroyed- probably well after the person who wrote it has passed away...it's gone forever.
Oral traditions can disappear if someone dies suddenly, too
I thought I was the only one who did that. I notice misspelled words, the wrong tenses, punctuation, and even an Oxford comma will bug the crap out of me. I guess that adds to the time it takes to get through this.
My posts look dyslexic sometimes before I edit them.
I think you might be right. Did you try all the other weird Big Cup "flavours" they came out with- the ones with the Reese's pieces, potato chips, Reese's Puffs, and Caramel- just to name a few?
I absolutely loath Reese Pieces, they're the candy corn of Reeses. I never tried any of the weird stuff, though. White chocolate a couple times. But, why mess with perfection?
I've always heard you couldn't Bork the willing...
It wasn't the love-making that was unwilling! It was the kisses on the mouth.
That just makes me wanna fuck you more you know! But worry not i will make it a special fuck for a special badge person!
How romantic!
Pumpkin recess for the win for sure. A possible more controversial opinion is that I prefer the white chocolate ones.
I may not agree with your chocolate choice, but the peanut buttery goodness wins!
Remind me after halloween and i'll give the pop rocks a go.
Enjoy! You won't, but you can try.
I never realized that China hated Chewbacca, this wookie erasure will not stand!
Follow your dreams, and you too can one day be disappointed.
Only perverted people thinks DAP means other thinks than Displayed Anime Picture and DPP doesn't mean Displayed Profile Picture.
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