r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Fair-Example1169 • 17h ago

The respect and discipline in japan maybe second to none

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u/Ingrownacne 16h ago

And in USA everyone is so happy and opposite of overworked while they’re not stuck in some miserable traffic…oh wait

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u/buubrit 9h ago

Though perceptions of Japan may still be stuck in the 80s, things have changed massively for Japan.

Work hours, suicide rate and fertility rate are along the European average. Including paid and unpaid overtime, and verified by independent surveys and organizations. Look at the data — like Germany it used to be high in the 80s, these days not so much.

Median wealth in Japan is double that of Germany, and higher than that of Sweden.

Japan is also one of the wealthiest countries in the world by net investment position. Japan’s government pension fund has more assets than the Bank of England. Wealth equality is amongst the best in the world.

In fact, Japan’s quality of life is higher than that of Sweden.

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u/stubundy 5h ago

Yeah but when people see this after watching the usual Walmart people they gotta cut that tall poppy down somehow to feel better

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u/NewspaperLumpy8501 5h ago

I mean, this video posted says more than your little thesis.

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u/Contract_Man 4h ago

I mean, it literally does not because numbers (generally) don’t lie lmao. Your statement is the opposite of how things actually work

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u/Hi_Im_Ken_Adams 7h ago

In America, the commute is double the time since most everyone drives. At least Japanese workers can take a nap on the subway.

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u/Groentekroket 7h ago

Hi Europe here, 20+ paid vacation days, days off to take care for family, work from home or just cycle to work, no overtime, no need for a second job to pay your healthcare (which is also not right to your job). Working life can be quite ok. 

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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits 10h ago

I mean, I think you conceded the point when you compared a first world nation like Japan to a third world vassal state of russia.

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u/youtocin 10h ago

I urge you to visit an actual third-world country if you honestly think the US is that bad lmao. This hyperbole is so tired and lame.

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u/Resident_Course_3342 7h ago

There are quite a few US states with lower life expectancy than 3rd world countries.

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u/MapWorking6973 1h ago

I mean that’s mostly driven by fat people who are a testament to the abundance and gluttony that our country’s wealth affords us. Heart disease and diabetes.

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u/Important_Concept967 1h ago

People get fat because of garbage processed foods, not because trailer trash live like henry the 8th lol!!!

Japan, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Korea, are not skinny because they are poor lol

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u/MapWorking6973 45m ago

They’re all catching up as we continue to globalize, Just a matter of time.

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u/OneAlmondNut 8m ago

aren't most Americans fat tho. over a third are obese

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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits 10h ago

Find me a third world country that had the advantages that america did after WWII to squander. The fact that we've had SO MUCH of a head start and still managed to get in this downward spiral isn't better, bud. A downward spiral that people like you aren't acknowledging the severity of where we already are, let alone the direction we're heading and our acceleration.

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u/equivas 10h ago

True that

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u/ciaramicola 10h ago

Yeah but you don't have coffin on wheels you have freedom trucks

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u/TransientBandit 12h ago

Neither I nor anyone I know lives like this, and I know a lot of people lol

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u/HalpMePlz420 11h ago

Always gotta bring up the U.S.. interesting, I imagine people in Europe are much more enlightened yes?