Why are high school clubs much more prevalent in Japanese culture

Because individualism vs group mentality.

>>149723056
Honestly I have no personality or aspirations for anything and I think being nothing more than a cog in a dehumanising machine would be the most comfortable way to await the inevitable release of death. I'd fit right in. Why couldn't I have been born a gook?

>>149723787
Are you me?

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>>149722777
They get actual funding to actually do stuff. Makes a huge difference.

>>149722777
It's easier to center a story about a theme and most of the settings are hs, so it comes as a no brainer for producers, meanwhile in the west most of hs shows are about the "outcast's lives"

>>149723787
why do i desire so strongly to be like this, yet am too incompetent to do so?

Do school clubs even exist in the west?
None of my schools had any clubs.

>>149724037
I went to high school in the 90s and yes, we did have clubs. Obviously not as many as portrayed in anime, but we did. I think not having clubs is more of a new thing.

>>149724037
My high school had clubs, but barely anyone joined them.

>>149724005
It's easy. I mean if you stop finding joy in watching anime and doing whatever other mundane shit you're doing with your life, what difference does it make if you spend your days joylessly watching anime and playing video games, or doing some menial task for a salary? You're still joylessly occupying your mind with shit while you wait to die. And it's easier to flow with the current and do whatever society demands of you than to go against it.

>>149724115
>>149724130
The real difference is that in the western world the clubs are private, and only the richer fags or the really ambitious ones join them.

>>149724184
Does that really apply for school clubs?

>>149724135
>It's easier to do what society expects of you
Doesn't seem to be the case for me, or I'd be on Facebook right now discussing Game of Thrones, rather than be on /a/ discussing anime

>>149724224
In Japan the kids interested in basketball would join the school basketball club.
In Europe or America, the kids REALLY interested in basketball would join the non-school affiliated basketball club.

>>149724236
Society doesn't expect any more from you than to work for your salary and pay back to the government. The facebook and game of thrones shit is the same as the anime and video games stuff. Just and opiate that keeps you away from existential thoughts. Tomato-tomatoe.

>>149724135
I disagree wholeheartedly.

If you can understand the futility of struggling against death, how can you so meekly accept a joyless life?

>>149722777
Forced socialising

>>149724299
Facebook and GOT don't keep you from having dangerous thoughts.
School education that teaches you to always think within the lines and streamlined newspapers that present 2 similar parties as the entire spectrum of the acceptable political ideology do.

>>149724314
Because sticking a shotgun barrel up my mouth goes against all of my instincts. Free will is a myth and it takes a lot of effort and circumstance to break your programming. Also noguns country.

>>149724037
My high school just had a cinema club I think

>>149722777
I want to fuck Yui chan!

>>149724293
I think the problem is how stigmatized clubs are in Japan. You're either required to join a club, or, if you're not, you'd be "that odd guy" who isn't in any clubs. That's not really a thing in Europe or America.

>>149724373
I never said suicide was the only other option, but in your case that may be best.

Such a fatalistic response, you really think societal programming overrules free will?

>>149724293
I don't know about other european countries but my high school in France had an "association sportive" which offered 6-7 sports for 30€/y. Not really a club per se though.

>>149724515
>but in your case that may be best
I mean I used to have those thoughts as a teen but now I really don't care, I may occasionally get the urge once a year or two, but in general I'm more drawn to just going to the flow until eventually washing out into the ocean. Suicide seems too disruptive and stressful.
>you really think societal programming overrules free will?
Was referring more along the lines of biological programming. But I mean if you look at the muslim nations then sure, that has influence too.

>>149724649
I was generalizing.
I'm pretty sure there is a completely different environment in Eastern Europe or bankrupt places like Greece or save-every-penny retard countries like Germany than there is to actually rich countries like Norway.

>>149724037
I'm in high school in Sweden and we have lots of clubs. Mostly because IB students need to get CAS hours, I think. And yes I'm 18.