Pictures reveal the isolated lives of Japan’s social recluses (2018)
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Pictures reveal the isolated lives of Japan’s social recluses (2018)
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#2Archive link: https://archive.is/P8Ym2
There is a nag that tries to force you to enter your e-mail mid-way down the page.
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#3It's a bit interesting that people see this as something that needs "fixing".
Is it because it's a psychological disorder? Is it because the parents don't want the financial burden?
The pandemic has certainly recently shown me the upsides of withdrawing totally from society. It's not for me (I'm antisocial, not asocial) but I can see why some would prefer it.
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#4Archive link: https://archive.is/P8Ym2 There is a nag that tries to force you to enter your e-mail mid-way down the page.
you can also use uBlock Origin to zap the elements.
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#5It's a bit interesting that people see this as something that needs "fixing". Is it because it's a psychological disorder? Is it because the parents don't want the financial burden? The pandemic has certainly recently shown me the upsides of withdrawing totally from society. It's not for me (I'm antisocial, not asocial) but I can see why some would prefer it.
> Is it because the parents don't want the financial burden?
In the article they mention that the parents pay $8K per year or more for this service.
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#6It's a bit interesting that people see this as something that needs "fixing". Is it because it's a psychological disorder? Is it because the parents don't want the financial burden? The pandemic has certainly recently shown me the upsides of withdrawing totally from society. It's not for me (I'm antisocial, not asocial) but I can see why some would prefer it.
Wikipedia mentions the 80/50 problem. At some point the Hikkomori will be 50, and their parents, their sole means of support, will be 80. The Hikkomori are not capable of supporting themselves and will run into trouble.
I also expect there are health effects to lifelong withdrawal from all social contact and from not leaving one’s room. We’re not meant to totally avoid touch and eye contact and movement.
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#7The basic needs of a man until his late 30s are quite straightforward. If there is no chance for sex, and professional endeavours deliver more stress than anything else, then why bother with the rest? Saying this from completely different perspective - of a native citizen of less developed EU country, the pandemic measures and shutdowns almost haven't changed my lifestyle.
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#8"According to him, he is a great man and could do extraordinary things, but he does not always try his best"
This is right here probably a major explanation for the whole phenomena. I have seen this exact attitude with individuals who are in their 30s and living with their parents. Something in their upbringing gave them this immense sense of worth but the world isn't rewarding them for the little work they do as much as they think it's worth.
So, since their whole worldview cannot be reconciled with how they are treated outside their family, it makes sense to retreat to that very same safe place as before.
He is right he could do extraordinary things, but first he needs to work hard to get there.
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#9Brief photo theory interlude: beware of rhetoric about photographs "revealing" or "exploring" things. These photographs are telling a story, and have all the subjectivities and editing that we take for granted in written works. They are not empirical evidence, they are works made to represent and persuade.
When you see something framed this way, proceed skeptically!
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#10"According to him, he is a great man and could do extraordinary things, but he does not always try his best" This is right here probably a major explanation for the whole phenomena. I have seen this exact attitude with individuals who are in their 30s and living with their parents. Something in their upbringing gave them this immense sense of worth but the world isn't rewarding them for the little work they do as muc…
> Something in their upbringing gave them this immense sense of worth
Is there an abundance of this in Japanese culture that I wasn't aware of?