Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
11–20 of 48 posts
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#12I have always been seeing this as a solid need especially in Japan. I know several people in japan who recently divorced that experience loneliness, they would host dinners and meet-ups like every week or so. Plus young people are dating less and less here, Plus Plus there are a lot of socially awkward people who will have a hard time trying to build a family.
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#13I have always been seeing this as a solid need especially in Japan. I know several people in japan who recently divorced that experience loneliness, they would host dinners and meet-ups like every week or so. Plus young people are dating less and less here, Plus Plus there are a lot of socially awkward people who will have a hard time trying to build a family.
"Plus young people are dating less and less here" - I keep seeing this a lot. Why are people dating less and less?
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#14I have always been seeing this as a solid need especially in Japan. I know several people in japan who recently divorced that experience loneliness, they would host dinners and meet-ups like every week or so. Plus young people are dating less and less here, Plus Plus there are a lot of socially awkward people who will have a hard time trying to build a family.
"Plus young people are dating less and less here" - I keep seeing this a lot. Why are people dating less and less?
The short answer is money. People are more interested in spending the money and time they have on hanging out with their friends or their hobbies than dating.
Basically all of Japan’s “problems” boil down to society cutting inputs then acting shocked that the output has dropped, then choosing to blame the younger generations instead of helping them. Cf. avocado toast in the west
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#15I have always been seeing this as a solid need especially in Japan. I know several people in japan who recently divorced that experience loneliness, they would host dinners and meet-ups like every week or so. Plus young people are dating less and less here, Plus Plus there are a lot of socially awkward people who will have a hard time trying to build a family.
"Plus young people are dating less and less here" - I keep seeing this a lot. Why are people dating less and less?
I am biased cause I went to engineering school where people typically dates even less. What people are saying is that both for boy and girls it feels a lot to commit if you decide to start a relationship right now. Way cozier just to hang out with your friends instead. I personally think it have something to do with the culture that rewards people play safe and not attack.
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#16[deleted]
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#17If I pay extra, will they make awkward politically-charged comments in front of my friends, just like the real thing?
I'm not racist, but...
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Plus young people are dating less and less here" - I keep seeing this a lot. Why are people dating less and less?
The short answer is money. People are more interested in spending the money and time they have on hanging out with their friends or their hobbies than dating. Basically all of Japan’s “problems” boil down to society cutting inputs then acting shocked that the output has dropped, then choosing to blame the younger generations instead of helping them. Cf. avocado toast in the west
When it comes to life in Tokyo in particular, people really do not have time for anything outside of work and a small slice of time on weekends (if you even get that--overtime is even more crushing if you're a man since you're born to work). When you factor in the overtime and 45-90 minute commutes each way, that really doesn't leave any time to do anything else. In smaller cities, the commute isn't nearly as bad as Tokyo so that provides a little more breathing room, and that's why I chose to live away from Tokyo despite fewer job options and being in a fairly "boring" town.
And when it comes to money, it's primarily based on age and nothing else. A 59 year old thumb twiddler counting down the days until he can retire and chug some beers from morning to night will easily be getting paid more than double a 28 year old engineer whose work is the backbone of the company.
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#19This is a repost of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16927649 from two weeks ago.
So in that vein, here's my comment on that one:
Getting a little tired of these showing up. Yes, these services exist, yes some people use them, and yes, it's totally "weird Japan."
But no, they're not anywhere NEAR mainstream. I think using the word "industry" really makes the reader think it is and imagine a huge, dysfunctional society. I do appreciate the paragraph or so where they point out that this kind of thing has existed and does exist in other countries, as well -- I just don't understand why people always insist on pointing at a minor subculture in Japan and writing entire spiels about it as if it were a common thing.
Imagine a Japanese writer talking about the "greased pig chasing industry" in America.
Re: Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry
#20Every culture has their own "weirdness". It might seem weird to some us, but hey, who are we to tell them how to cope up with their lives if we can't even fix our own.