Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years

news.com.au

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

11–20 of 136 posts

Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years

#11

Post by setr »

robin_reala wrote: post #6
puzzlingcaptcha wrote: post #4

A real commitment to “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” https://www.tofugu.com/japan/conformity-in-japan/

I found out recently that the Chinese have an equivalent phrase: “The fattest pig gets eaten first”.

That sounds more like its about showing off and such, than it is about generally not following cultural norms

Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years

#13

Post by danieka »

I find this really depressing, that he is forced to abandon a lifestyle that he himself choose. I can't help but think of Ted Kaczynski who wrote along the lines that we are cogs in the social machine deprived of dignity and autonomy.

The industrial society and its future: http://editions-hache.com/essais/pdf/kaczynski2.pdf

Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years

#14

Post by Angostura »

setr wrote: post #11
robin_reala wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found out recently that the Chinese have an equivalent phrase: “The fattest pig gets eaten first”.

That sounds more like its about showing off and such, than it is about generally not following cultural norms

See also, "the tallest poppy"

Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years

#15

Post by Jaruzel »

icebraining wrote: post #12
singularity2001 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ad?

Yes. No fewer than five links to their site and two videos of their channel.

I read the whole article without following any further links, or clicking on the videos. No-one is making you click on them either.

On topic though: It's 100% wrong that a person who is zero threat to anyone, is not allowed to live out their life how they see fit regardless of whether it is considered 'normal' or not.

Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years

#17

Post by bitL »

jpgvm wrote: post #5
kwhitefoot wrote: post #3

It's sad that they didn't respect his wishes.

It seems very cruel to deny him the only thing he seems to want and that has negligible effect on anyone else.

But he seemed to have fun! Why isn't he miserable like everyone else? Society can't function if people are having fun, can't you see that?

Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years

#19

Post by bitL »

pasabagi wrote: post #16
puzzlingcaptcha wrote: post #4

A real commitment to “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” https://www.tofugu.com/japan/conformity-in-japan/

To be fair, the American equivalent (Christopher Thomas Knight) was immediately sent to prison.

...for burglaries.
Post reply on HN