And that’s bad. It’s bad here. This culture should not reproduce and anyone who brings a child into this should be taken out back and shot.
Comment on Japan’s Birth Rate Set to Break Even the Bleakest Forecasts
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 days agoIt also doesn’t help that they have a “work and drink yourself to death at the expense of having a life” culture.
Americans, on average, work more hours per year than Japanese people (1765 vs 1691). Per capita alcohol consumption is also higher in the US than it is in Japan.
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Doesn’t really change what I said? Just because we drink more and work more doesn’t mean what I said isn’t happening.
pulitzercenter.org/…/karoshi-deep-look-japans-unf…
The difference is in the US we probably do it because we get paid poorly and are stressed out due to societal and economic reasons. So we work a lot and become alcoholics because stress, advertising, whatever.
In Japan, it’s expected you work a lot and drink with the boss.