Not Wanting a Girlfriend is a "Serious Illness"

[Davroth]

At least they are not gay. Just imagine the damage, and stuff, to society.

 

[Xanadu84]

To play devils advocate, ratio of working age population to non working age population is the single strongest predictor of a countries economic growth. So if they do kick up their population, in a few years they will be doing awesome.

Also, ive gathered that Japan if a bit behind in terms of gender roles progressiveness. Maybe fix that and interaction between the genders will normalize? Makes more sense then, "cartoons did it".

 

[DeepComet5581]

I don't have a girlfriend, but that's no big deal.

According to the Japanese, i'm ill.

According to American teenagers, i'm a nerd.

According to my friends, i'm a weird, shut-in w**ker.

Oh well. At least I have disposable income, a car, a property and free time.

Unlike many people of my age, I grew up. I understand that one needs to be a realist and needs to work towards building a stable and independent life, which dating would quite frankly ruin. I don't understand why girls feel the need to go out with some arse just "Because" and guys feel the need to wear Polo or Checkered shirts and stick their hair in spikes to attract females. It's stupid and fatuous.

I hate to break it to you, but that is not how you pick up girls.
And most girls don't go out with an, as you put it, "arse" just for the lulz.

Cheer up a little.
Why so serious?

When was the last time you were in Britain?

Actually, holidaying in popular destinations for British tourists was enough to formulate that opinion. I was literally the ONLY guy there not to fulfil some sort or archetype for the young British male (Stupid dress sense, spiky hair, crap attitude).

Also, the first sentence was "I don't have a girlfriend, but that's no big deal". I have no intention to pick up the shallow, vain, ditzy slags that grace my generation.

If it's not an awkward question, how old are you? Because your opinions on your own generation seem worryingly similar to my own...

More on topic: I can kinda see the point this guy's making, but serious illness? Maybe something got lost in translation somewhere down the line...

Not at all. I'm 19.

 

[bz316]

This is moronic. Declining birthrates have occurred in virtually every developed nation on Earth, including the US, Europe, and Japan. This issue has far more to do with the wealth and education level of a nation's citizenry then it does with how many tentacle-porn animes a country produces...

 

[Aeshi]

Isn't Japan overpopulated anyway?

 

[CardinalPiggles]

I just don't have the money nor patience for dating, I'm only interested in girls, and in my experience the ones I like don't get out much either, plus I'm overweight and not as attractive as Bradley Cooper.

So I must be ill too.

 

[ablac]

i just had a brilliant idea, I am going to start a new company where men can pay women for all the relationship needs: keeping company, a +1 for social events, and of course sex. Don't try to rip me off I'm going to patent this right away

In regards to the article: LOL WUT

Thats a mix of a brothel and an escort business the thais have probably beaten you to it. Id say they simply start adopting Chinese orphans. I mean they want to cut down on population growth and japan needs youth so why not? Its mutually beneficial and could help improve relations between the two countries. They let them be taken out of the country anyway so why not simply encourage it through a government scheme.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Time to incentivize baby making. OR have an exchange with China, i hear they have too many men and not enough women!

XD

 

[DeepComet5581]

I don't have a girlfriend, but that's no big deal.

According to the Japanese, i'm ill.

According to American teenagers, i'm a nerd.

According to my friends, i'm a weird, shut-in w**ker.

Oh well. At least I have disposable income, a car, a property and free time.

Unlike many people of my age, I grew up. I understand that one needs to be a realist and needs to work towards building a stable and independent life, which dating would quite frankly ruin. I don't understand why girls feel the need to go out with some arse just "Because" and guys feel the need to wear Polo or Checkered shirts and stick their hair in spikes to attract females. It's stupid and fatuous.

Seconded.

With all the modern entertainment options available today, many of us feel that the opposite sex has little to offer that you can't more conveniently see to yourself or rent for infinitely less cost/stress. Toss in the current 50% divorce rate and likely high percentage of married/commited people you know personally who are miserable in their relationship or have a very high turnover rate thereof and not only do you lose interest in looking, the FINDING becomes a negative in itself.

Unless you have a direct goal of having children (Do a cost/benefit analysis of THAT in your head) you have no need for a sexual partner beyond entertainment and emotional satisfaction. If you can fulfill those needs at far less cost/stress with other entertainment options, then a partner is outright undesirable.

"It would be nice." is a far cry from "This is my top priority."

"Porn: Cheaper than dating" becomes oddly appropriate.

But, to a tee, this is precisely the problem. For a lot of people, the effort, time and expense of finding (And keeping) a partner, for any purpose, motivation or length of time simply far outweighs the benefits (At least, at my age). Call me old fashioned, but a good night out involves spending an evening at my local Conservative Club with my best friend, playing Snooker and mingling with people who actually have a functioning brain cell.

Maybe I just don't understand the appeal of it all, but I honestly can't see why someone would slowly deafen themselves listening to Dubstep until 3 in the morning and then stagger home, having come out about 80 quid out of pocket, with nothing to show for it. Ridiculous.

 

[ablac]

Isn't Japan overpopulated anyway?

Sort of but the main problem is that they will have a huge amount of people needing support or at least not being able to work. This is the first time in human history that there is a chance that the majority or atleast a large amount of people are very old and cannot contribute. Thats probably worse than overpopulation.

 

[Sandernista]

I live in a town filled with gweedos (However the hell you spell that). I swear it's like Jersey Shore her sometimes.

It's spelled Guido, and it is a racist slur for italians.

Eh, I think it is definitely a problem that Japan's population is shrinking. But they've always had huge problems when it comes to, well, just about everything about gender roles and mental health and the like.

 

[repeating integers]

Well gentleman...with this news presented to us we have but one choice. And that is to...

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It'll be hard but goddammit, it's for the good of the Japanese people!!!

Oh yes, it'll definitely be hard...

[small]I am prepared to accept the death penalty for that[/small]

 

[Drummie666]

Okay, for a second there, I thought that applied to me, based on the title. There's kind of a difference between "not wanting" and "wanting, but not getting." I'm actually in the "not wanting" category. Most people want romantic relationships. I don't. Granted, I still have that whole Schizoid personality disorder (how many times have I mentioned that on here?) thing, but I wouldn't call that a "serious illness." It's just a lack of desire for social interaction.

 

[SwimmingRock]

I wonder, what about women not wanting boyfriends? Are they sick, too?

Also, wtf is waifu?

I believe it's a character someone obsesses over and forms an emotional connection with. I should mention that I'm not entirely certain I understood the explanation myself. Personally, I couldn't help but think it was a portmanteau of wi-fi and Kung Fu. I'm still waiting for somebody to develop an internet-based martial art.

The title is completely misleading. He said that if you actually want a gf but your self-esteem is so low that you say you can't get one and try to pretend it's ok, that is an illness. Calling it an illness might be going too far, but it's certainly not a good thing.

What if I have 13 years of empirical data and have simply made a decision not to waste anymore time, money and energy trying? Is that low self-esteem or good logic? For claritys sake: not trying to be a snarky a-hole. Genuine question. Also, not trying to sound like an Elcor, but it happens.

Side-note, I don't so much "pretend it's ok" as "deal with it". Similarly, I will never be an Olympic athlete. This is a thing one must decide on at some point. Considering I wouldn't want children if I had a relationship anyway, I don't see how it much matters.

OT: I just... I don't... I'm tired, okay? I'm too damn tired.

 

[attackshark]

maybe the japanese women will get fed up with their men and jump the pond for some anglo-saxon romance.

a man can dream.

 

[LordFisheh]

You'd hope that someone studying things scientifically wouldn't make ridiculous value judgements that can't be proven in any way. I'd expect a chemist to explain how a molecule fits together, not spew unprovable nonsense about how it looks prettier if you don't fit it together. I'd expect someone studying relationships to explain how they work and the effects they have, not tell me that people who are single are terrible people. And I'd expect them not to venture into bloody medicine. Illnesses are not his field; he could at least brand it a social problem or something. That might even make some objective sense.