@maple_no_motcii: kind words in my mind, but I wonder if it feels cold
@onepercentdsgn: This is just my observation + opinion + what I think from my recent research around the Tech community in various countries, I’ve been researching the tech community in various countries recently, and I’ve come to the conclusion that the “I can understand it because we went through this hardship, but you can’t” kind of reality-telling is already being recognized as “Japanese-ness” in various studies and surveys. Japanese economy, the source of the slump, is Japanese people’s meanness, Osaka University and other research shows | PRESIDENT Online “Japan ranks lowest in the world for helping people” British agency: Is Japan a cold country, refusing to accept homeless people? Makiko Iizuka) - Expert - Yahoo! News Why 1 in 3 Japanese believe that the government has no responsibility to help those who cannot live on their own - Amamako’s Blog In the Tech community in other countries, of course, these “harsh opinions” are often expressed as their own, but they are equally often combined with words of support and encouragement, such as “I know you can do it,” etc. In Japan, there are extremely few posts that discuss the latter, encouragement and possibilities, and when you ask an expert for his/her opinion, you are usually met with nothing but negativity. In Japan, there are very few posts that discuss the latter encouragement and possibilities, and when you ask for an expert’s opinion, you are usually met with nothing but negativity, which I think is similar to the classroom scene in Japan. In Japan, it is even considered “cool to tell people the reality that no one else is talking about” to “deny the possibility of the other party. I feel that the fact that no one talks about possibilities and that people start from denial is a rather Japanese characteristic. I was just in the middle of researching the area when I saw it, and I thought it was simply interesting. I think it’s a good idea to just take the exchange as an opinion. I think it’s a good idea. I think, “Well, they didn’t ask me what I’m good at, did they?” at the same time.
relevance - The market can play the role of denial.
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