Why would a grade schooler backpack cost $350?

because japan

watermelons are like $50 in japan

Aren't randoseru supposed to last forever?

Not made in china so last forever

>>160765404
Yeah but who the fuck is going to use a bright red kid's backpack? Kids probably get tired of that shit by the time they're 12 or something.

Superior japanese backpack folded over 10,000 times

>>160766032
why do anime girls keep their school swimsuit then?

>>160766032
You are supposed to give it to your little siblings or another child once you don't need it anymore.

cum repellent fabrics

>>160766104
It lures pedos into their trap.

>>160765141
>Why would a grade schooler backpack cost $350?
You know the saying "they don't make it like they used to"?
The Japanese school backpack is what happens when they STILL make it like they used to.

You either spend the money to have something that lasts, or spend more money replacing the bag every year.

>>160766385
backpacks cost $20 where I live, you could replace it every year from K-12 and it still would cost you less than buying one $350 backpack up front.

This is why japs live in tiny 600 sq ft apartments, they can't into money management.

>>160765141
Welcome to child raising 101, this is no different than what they make parents pay in the western world because they know kids NEED that stuff for schools and they know parents will or have to pay ungodly ammounts of money for it. Shits ridiculously overpriced just for little stuff.

>>160766032
>Kids probably get tired of that shit by the time they're 12 or something
I'm pretty sure they're mandatory at a certain age in Japan.

>>160765141
>I'm a poorfag and don't understand quality since I buy everything at Walmart and Dollar General and throw it away and buy a new one in three weeks when it falls apart.

>>160766121
so if you have no friends and are an only child you're fucked?

>>160766499
>I'm pretty sure they're mandatory at a certain age in Japan.
I don't know how jap schools work, but I guess it could be part of a uniform policy. If anime is realistic at all, it seems like no one uses them outside of elementary school.

>>160766482
>This is why japs live in tiny 600 sq ft apartments
You mean, like most people who live in cities?

>>160766715
only people with poor money management skills live in large cities

>>160765141
it needs to be resistant to alpha male thrusts and weight

>>160766751
Suburban/rural life is boring as shit.

>>160766751
If you have the money living in the city is 1000x better than commuting there. Living and working in the country/suburbs is tops though.

>>160766032
If that were true there wouldn't be a market for them because in a country with a declining birth rate the first generation of randoseru would still be in circulation. They are durable, sure, but they're still disposable. And as >>160766482 points out, not financially sensible. Tohru had it right, the shit is a conspiracy used to perpetuate and subsidize Japanese leather goods. Not the only of its kind of course, deals between education bureaucracy's and other industries are nothing new, and ranges from the price of textbooks, banning of hot plates in dorms, dolphin meat in school lunches of certain towns, the list goes on.

>>160765141

I'll give a serious answer because I saw a thing on NHK world about them. Each one is individually handmade. They use horse and pig leather. Unlike an American backpack that'll last a year or two if you're lucky, these last throughout the whole Elementary school.

>>160767000
i was amazed to find out that some american universities force you to get a dorm on-campus for the first year and their meal plans are mandatory because they don't want you cooking there

it's like high school all over again, throw some forced GE classes in there and it's literally high school

>>160766751
>living in large cities means im financially irresponsible

Gee, i guess i didnt see those tech, medicine and other decently paying jobs in bumfuck rural nebraska

>>160767287
what's the point if you still have to go home everynight to a tiny closet apartment for $2000/mo that eats half your paycheck?

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>>160767138
>implying Jansports, Herschels, etc. are real American backpacks
>>160767329
You don't live in a city if you want to stay inside all day.

>>160765141

Like Tohru said, it's a conspiracy.

>>160767390
is this why students hang out in coffee shops and study there?
Because their living space is so tiny they can't even study at home?

>>160767437
HAnging out in coffee shops is a suburban thing

EVERYTHING is expensive in japan, its either you live in Osaka/Tokyo or in a rural wasteland nothing in between

>>160765141
Tents are cheaper than that.

>>160767329
Better than paying $400 rent when that too is half your paycheck.

>>160766482
>This is why japs live in tiny 600 sq ft apartments, they can't into money management.

Japs live in tiny apartment because there is no choice when 70% of the country is MOUNTAINS

>>160767640
but everything is cheaper so it works out ok

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I use a pic related. I've been using it for 5 years already all year long(school and work), and it's still in good condition. Shit was $60 freedoms but it was worth.
Now, it was expensive if you think as a poorfag, but buying a kindergarten backpack for fucking $350, which is used for like 3 years? That's retarded, unless you're filthy rich and don't care.
Also, if I'm corrrect, japs believe that expensive=better.

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>>160767689
>America can carve faces into their mountains
>Japan can't carve houses into theirs

>>160767717
this is worth $60?
i saw one once the material was thin as hell and it only has one compartment
it doesn't even have any padding to protect your things when you drop the backpack on the ground

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>tfw you're still stuck in last season and haven't moved on

>>160765141
Is there no market for children's backpacks there? In America you see kids with all kinds of character backpacks like Pokemon,power ranger, minecraft etc.

>>160766482
Meanwhile there is 11 backpacks in the dumb per student. This is why amerifags and capitalism are killing this planet

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>>160767689
Why don't they just nuke the mountains away

>>160767717
Japs are somewhat right, expensive materials/craftsmanship tend to last really long/be reliable


I dont care about utility though, when i
was in elementary id change my Backpack with whatever hot cartoon character/game of that year

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>>160766482
>tiny 600 sq ft apartments

>msw i live in 350sq ft

>>160767804
If Americans didn't buy backpacks every year for children to go to school, the children working the Vietnamese backpack factories would be out of a job.

>a properly manufactured backpack made from genuine leather priced at 350 bucks is expensive
>people compare this to some Made in China synthetics shit
Whats the point in doing this? Why are you even trying to argue these things when you clearly lack the intellect to understand the basic principals of fashion.

>>160767437
no, becouse sometimes its good to change your studying enviroment or you study in a group and have some plans after that

>>160767804
I don't think you have any idea how huge the United States are. We could combine all of our landfills and it would make a tiny dot on the map.

>>160766032
You just described everything you buy for kids ever. Clothing, cribs, beds, all stuff they grow out of and need to replace after months

>>160767717
I used these growing up, carrying +30 lbs of books and shit. Mind you this is before parents started bitching about the weight of backpacks.

Mine lasted 2 yrs each time, hard to keep together when you beat on it every day.

>>160767919
>that kid who wore a black leather jacket to school

>>160765354
I can buy them for 10 time less here aaah I like living in a first world country

>>160767940
Sure, but most of those are priced fairly for what they are. The backpacks are insanely overpriced.

>>160767919

Props for exploring the relatively uncharted intersection of "fedora-wearing pseudo-intellectual cringelord" and "complete homosexual faggot"

Randoseru are some keeping up with the neighbors preying on catty housewives.

>Oh, that's a nice grocery bag your son is wearing to school. Tee Hee.

>>160768019
>caring about fashion is equal to being gay
Are we emulating high school?

>>160767764
>i saw one once the material was thin as hell and it only has one compartment
Notebooks fit perfect, even gym clothes. Shit is spacious. I don't know how.
One compartment for pens, ruler, and calculator. What else do you need?

>it doesn't even have any padding to protect your things when you drop the backpack on the ground
Yes, my laptop has suffered the consequences, but I solved it just putting clothes on the bottom and its good to go.

Then again, unless you're underage or care about "organized" compartments, it's not for you. Although we all know, you're just gonna end up throwing everything in the backpack and don't care about organization.

>>160767940
Was lucky to be the oldest. I saw how my cousins would hand down clothing, by the time the youngest got it, it was basically paper thin and heavily worn.

>>160768017
>most of those are priced fairly
>shoes are priced fairly
>kids clothing is priced fairly
Are you high or something?

>>160768082
Bitch please, fashion is one of the last things an elementary schooler should be concerned about


I bet you're one of those people who would justify kanye west selling 120$ white tees

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>>160767919
>talks about intellect when he can't even distinguish between homonyms

>>160767806
They don't want to wake up all the weird gods/demons and yokai, you dingus.

>>160767873
I did that in middle school. Then, in highschool I just cared about utility, resistance, and space.
Most backpacks I had would have the straps tear because of the weight.

>>160765141
It's a racket.

japanese K-12 kids pay for their own books

>>160766104
because they dont get fat like american girls. well until they're late 20s they dont.

>>160767966
Before than one, mine lasted a year max because of the weight of books.

>>160768177
It's a proxy fashion war between housewives.

>>160768177
Its Japan. If you go to Tokyo everybody is /fa/ as fuck. People want their kids to fit in

>>160768177
>justifies
Whats there to justify? People are retarded enough to buy them so it seems like proper pricing?! Point is that comparing a throwaway backpack to a properly made one, especially when both are made from different materials, is completely retarded. Youre basically saying A should have the same price as B because both fill the same purpose. This is like those gaming laptop arguments, with people ignoring the portability of the laptop when judging the price. Makes no fucking sense. Maybe Japanese schools have a lot of fighting so you need a strong backpack that lasts, who the fuck knows. If anime are any indication that Japanese kids sure have it rough.

>>160767919
Its funny because Randoseru are expensive for their quality, ultility and durability.


/fa/ggots like you would justify spending 500$ on a tattered rag with a brand name on it

>/a/ defends $350 kiddy backback because japan

woooow

>>160768456
>/a/ is one person meme

You know why the Japanese do something? Because they've always done so.
They have a very hard time breaking an established tradition, even though it makes no sense whatsoever.

Japan needs a cultural revolution. Some sort of a wave of "out with old dumb shit"... but then they'd probably just ruin that too by slavishly following that to their doom, destroying their heritage.

>>160768456
Indont defend japan

I am against disposable 'made in sweatshop' products

>>160767878
I hope you pay less than $750 a month.

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is it time?

>>160768316
How terrifying, textbooks are another overpriced racket. I remember buying books my freshman semester in college and thinking it a colossal waste of money. Then I moved to renting, then buying previous editions for a few bucks, before pirating ebooks/PDFs.

>>160768533
japan has spent most of their history copying china, and then the west
nearly all of their traditions come from their misinterpretation of things they stole from the chinese, including their writing system

>>160768533
Yeah I'd really love my anime to be more like western TV shows.

>>160767878
Is it comfy at least?
Small spaces are the best for maximum comfiness.
I live in a studio but it's too big for me.

>>160768550
What would those sweatshop kids do if the sweatshop closed down?

>>160768372
>If you go to Tokyo everybody is /fa/ as fuck.
Wait a minute
HOL UP

HOL U P

I've always wondered about where and how anime directors get their fashion sense when they have to show girls in "casual" clothes (not school uniforms), and they always look cute in frilly dresses or hip outfits. Are you saying that's actually a real thing and part of the culture in the Tokyo metropolitan area? Do girls actually walk around in thigh highs outside of cosplay?

>>160768639
They get sold to human traffickers

>>160768683
Which board did you come from?

>>160768582
Still a collosal waste of money sempaitachi
Last semester, I was "supposed" to buy a fucking $350 book, and some reference book of same class for fucking $200.
I just made copies of someone else's books

>>160768683
Yes, Tokyo is the most /fa/ city on the planet. Asians care so much about how they are perceived its ridiculous. In Tokyo anime are real, like ReCreators.

>>160768745
I got meme'd by several professors saying that some books were mandatory


>he gives everyone free copies of excerpts from the textbook anyway
>some never even touched upon those books

>>160768781
That's explains why some MCs dress pretty /fa/, despite being neets or complete casuals

>>160768839
>when the professor shills his books as "mandatory readings"

>>160768683
Depends where you go, but in general most people look pretty sharp. Much better dressed than the US and most of Europe for sure.

>>160768839
The worst ones are when they demand a workbook that they happen to have written.

>>160768556
Funny because i pay 75$ for it (im form Poland)

>>160768636
>Is it comfy at least?
It is actually, I destroyed the inside wall and its basically one room + bathroom. I live alone, so i don't need more rooms.

>>160768839
>>160768892
The best part is
>Professors tells The class they can donate books for new students
>Next semester he is seen selling them half the price

Motherfucker

>>160766032
Don't they change backpack in middleschool anyway?
>>160767000
the uniform thing is to make all kids look the same without discriminations like Kobayashi said

>>160768975
I destroyed the inside wall and its basically one room + bathroom. I live alone, so i don't need more rooms.

Is that even legal? I mean, it's an apartment. Unless your manager is super good, I don't see that happening

>>160769114
Shit forgot the >

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Tohru a cute!

>>160768975
Is that small over there or avg? 350sqft for one person doesn't seem so bad. 2 seems cramp. 3 or more would be very tough.

>>160768892
>buy a book for class at the bookstore
>flip to the end
>there is picture of the professor smiling
That's when I knew I got meme'd on

>>160769230
so it isn't just an italian thing

Some things you want to really pay for quality, like Work Boots, Knives, Luggages, Wallets, Cars

>>160769230
It's always tenured professors too.
Name another profession where you can have such a condescending attitude toward the people who pay your salary.

>>160769007
This is why i rent a used text book from the outside

I don't care if that book is dirtied by an indian, african as long as im saving 60% off original price


Textbooks aint shit

>>160769384
Any profession if you are at the working highest level. Being a professor is the highest level in the educational sector. You think a top end seiyu cant ask for and do whatever the fuck he or she wants?

>>160769114
I'm the owner. I don't know how exacly it's works in us, but here not much people rent houses from private persons.
So as long as it doesnt violate building base structure (like destroying bearing wall or some shit) i can do whathever i want with this place.

>>160769226
It is, this kind of apartments are literally called "kawalerka" ("bachelor house"), but it's more than enough for me thought. Easy to keep it tidy.
>captcha: "residential block "

>>160769418
>when the based professor tells everyone to return their textbooks and buy this for $20 instead

>>160768002
>Japan gets hit by 9.1 earthquake
>No riots, no pillage, everyone remains calm and in order

Meanwhile in the west people burn their cities and kill each other over sports and politics.

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>>160769877

>>160765141
Aren't those made of real leather?

I finished university without having to buy a single book, and most of the people I know did the same. Don't you have libraries? Copy machines? Pirated PDFs? Teachers who upload the necessary materials for all the students to access?

>>160770098
You used to be able to do this, now in lower division classes, pearson has effectively weaponized and mastered the art of killing used book sales by requiring teachers to post and accept your homework assignments using their online portion of the textbook called "mymathlab".
The online code is $100, and that's for every class that uses it.
You don't even need to buy the book at all because it includes a digital copy.

>>160767764
It's a backpack not a fucking time capsule you put notebooks and binders in it

>>160765141
It's a expensive loli-bait, but it works every time. Put one of these in a secluded area, suddenly a loli will come and take it. BAM, you got a loli

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>>160767689
That's a good question: why aren't there samurai dorfs?

>>160770213
This
Good thing for me is that the professors in the engineering department are not greedy Jews. They know the burden of wasting money on books. Also, it's mostly composed on Indians, and Asians so there's that, too.

>>160765354
You don't grow backpacks.

>>160770330
Because Dwarves wouldn't use low class iron sand to make weapons from. Give them some dignity.

>>160770368
>he doesn't have a randoseru plantation
???????????

>>160769909
Nobody cares, weeb.

>>160770374
But wouldn't their glorious steel actually be glorious?

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>>160770537
>calling someone a weeb on an anime board

>>160769473
Yes, but a top-end seiyuu has objective standards to which they must adhere in their progress to the top. Professors are almost all in the same line of thought, and their progress and stature at the top is incredibly insulated from outside criticism so long as they say the right things. You can't just be a shitty VA and get to the top echelon of seiyuu. You can, however, be a shitty "academic" and rise to the top tier of educators.

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>>160770537

>He replyed

See you care

>>160770680
You seem confused, I recommend lurking 20 more years.

>>160770668
Glory is done by the wielder of quality steel rather than the steel itself. Still it's hard to get a slicing weapon to give you glory when it chinks off in clumps at every strike.

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>>160769192
Tohru a best.

>>160770731
lol

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>>160765354
Must be in Korea too. When in Afghanistan the S Korean troops would gank plates full of watermelons from chow.

>>160769909
>Japan
>withstanding a 9.1

AHHAHAAHAHAHA. Yeah, I sure love my nuclear plants exploding.

In Chile they get way stronger earthquakes all the time and nothing happens, if Japan had the same earthquakes Chile has everyone would just fucking die.

>>160769920
My CCNA teacher told me to pirate the book. "you're going to be doing internet stuff, i'm sure you know how to get it for free. as long as you have it, it's fine." good times.

>>160770828
>forges a mace from grorious nihonjin steeru
>shit cracks straight through on first clang against armored target
The dorfs probably wouldn't even like the sake/beer/wine that the Japs make anyway. No booze, no dorfs.

>>160770213
Every time I read about American education it gets worse. I went to college in the early 2000s and never had to buy anything other than copies. I went back for an electrical engineering degree which I finished a couple of years ago and everything had become even more convenient: online and free all the way. Being a student gave me access to dozens of digital resources like the Safari technical library with everything paid for. I also made around 3000€ each year through scholarships. It's a completely different world.

>>160769909
>Japan: nigger population less than .01%
>Japan: South American population less than .01%
Gee I wonder why

>>160770978
>Japan has nuclear meltdowns
>still a wonderful first world country

Meanwhile Chile is still a 3rd world shithole filled with brown people

>>160771048
>made 3000 euro through scholarships
This never happens in burgerstan. The most you can hope for is to chip at or negate (if you're accomplished or lucky) the obligatorily incurred debt. I made like $700 USD from post-secondary education scholarships one time, but that was basically just because I took only a few courses during 1 semester at a community college; it's ludicrous to assume that the same would happen at a university or main college. Regardless, this is what happens when you let some fuckstick sign the Federal Reserve into law. Wilson was the actual worst president of the United States.

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>>160769954
Are people that work with leather still looked down upon as second-class citizens?

>>160770978
As far I remember it was 9.0

>People in Chile don't even b
notice it.

Is like pissing in a sea of piss anon.

>>160766385
>>160766482
>>160765141
I still use the same Eastpak I got in junior high. I've used this thing everyday for like 15 years and it's still fine.

>>160767191
A lot of them actually do have a number of GE requirements, plus gym ("health and welness").

>>160767138
Nigger I have a molle 36 liter backpack I had for highschool, use for camping, and now for college.

That poor thing has pretty much seen war, the hell of public education, flooding, and 25 pounds of daily commute textbooks and what not.

It cost me 150$ roughly off Amazon. Seven very solid years of abuse. No leather. And I'm more than sure I can get another three out of it.

Buy once, cry once. American made can be affordable and quality.

Nips just charge what they do because of government beuocracy.

Fucking everybody likes to ignore these were the fuckers who approved medication given to everybody and their dead cat, from idiots with internal bleeding to pregnant mother's, that gave them fucking hepatitis c. And then fucking got away with it

>>160771358
I had the same backpack from kindergarten all the way through HS graduation, and only replaced it upon entering college. I forget it's brand though, as it is sadly no longer with us.

>>160765141
Sorry, I am not from here.
What anime is this from?

>>160771521

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

>>160771521

That is from Boku no Dragon Piccolo Double Z Gundam.

>>160767138
That's retarded, your average fabric North Face or Jansport backpack will last a decade. Also leather doesn't age well. It cracks and gets wear marks after like 3 years of use.

>>160766121

>japan
>multiple children

good one

>>160771583
Thanks

>>160771521
Milky Holmes TD

>>160770359
Oh god my Engineering teachers have been great for textbooks.

Copying sections we need, giving formula packets for notes, having well encompassing text books for multiple semesters, showing where to buy the 25$ paper cover version of books, how to file hard cover books as being tax deductible for work as many we use are used in mechanical engineering as references, even telling us that there's a good chance of finding digital version of 500$ textbooks online.

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>>160771479
My previous backpack was way cooler. It was basically this but TAS Season 1. I think that shows how long a normal $30-$60 nylon backpack will last you.

>>160765141
Integrated rape alarm

>>160771257
>Regardless, this is what happens when you let some fuckstick sign the Federal Reserve into law. Wilson was the actual worst president of the United States.
I agree with your sentiment but feel as though the blame has more to do with a couple of generations of teachers pressing the kids to go to college as the only way to make it in this world because that's how they ended up with careers.

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>>160770368
>not growing your backpacks

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ayo teach anon be packin some manga all up in his jansport

>>160765141
Because it lasts for all of primary/elementary school.

>>160772511
>implying it wasn't the black kids bringing in printed out scans of DBZ chapters
Leonard, you were a bro.

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>>160771521
Darude Sandstorm

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This backpack right here costs $60 when it launched. While mine is black/grey. I've used it since 2011. It has endured school books, trading card binders, clothes for trips, rain, being forgotten under clothes until needed and laptops AND it still performs really well. This bag could go another 7 years and could last the entire school life. You don't need a $350 backpack.

>>160772673
>This bag could go another 7 years and could last the entire school life.
Wait how old are you? 11?

>>160769954
Yes, 100% real leather and handmade.

>>160768683
I bet you thought Kubo Tite was actually creative and original with his clothing designs and wasn't just ripping off the latest Harajuku trends.

>>160765141
If that thing is real leather, has proper stitching and is not some plastic shit, then that is an acceptable price. But yeah it's normally wasted on a grade schooler.

>>160765141
I dunno why.
I still have my kindergarden and grade school bag and they are still intact after 19 years.

>>160772796
26

Im saying this bag could last AN entire school life if given the chance.

It's investment you baka.
Equipping it during prostitution will give you additional $50 profit.

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yes

>>160772673
Newer materials are pretty good, plus kids nowadays don't get loaded up like I did. I remember walking home with a 30+ lb backpack. Grew some serious stamina and strong legs but yeah sucked carrying that much weight.

>>160765141
Classical design, natural leather. It's a premium product. Also, made in Japan, maybe, not in China.

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>>160773851

>>160766751
Wrong. People with poor money management skills cannot afford to live in the city ya dingus. They live in the outside the city with their parents

>>160768683
Harajuku street fashion makes Lady Gaga look conservative

>>160774112
>have parents that aren't total assholes
>pay your part of the utilities until you can reach financial independence and move out
versus
>get kicked out at 18
>forced to work 3 jobs and and take on loans you can't pay back just to get educated, feed yourself, and put a roof over your head
>literally giving $1000/mo to your big-nosed landlord instead of saving up to put down payment on a house

yeah I know which one I'm gonna pick

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>>160770537
found the nigger

>>160769909
>He doesn't know
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake

>In the confusion after the quake, mass murder of Koreans by mobs occurred in urban Tokyo and Yokohama, fueled by rumors of rebellion and sabotage. The government reported 231 Koreans were killed by mobs in Tokyo and Yokohama in the first week of September. Independent reports said the number of dead was far higher, ranging from 6,000 to 10,000.

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>>160774572
>In the confusion after the quake, mass murder of Koreans by mobs occurred
Kek, fucking japs

>>160774572
Don't worry, the Japan Internet Defense Force on /a/ will defend this too. I can already see them typing stuff like >implying le koreans aren't subhumans

>>160774572
Japs were such a violent people before they got domesticated by america

>>160774572
>1923
That was before Japan got bombed into being kawaii, that doesn't even count.

>>160772193
That's truly the worst of it, yeah. Everyone expects degrees nowadays despite the fact that there are alternatives to drowning in debt for a piece of paper that might not even net someone a job. The issues really just compound each other at this point.

>>160774572
>1923

>>160774747
Took two nuclear weapons to subdue these savages

>>160774818
That and they sent all of their alpha males to die

>>160774747
>implying
Americans were huge racists in 1923.
Hell, they still are.

>>160774572

>1923

At least you tried

>>160774943
japan never stopped being racist and xenophonic, they just suck it up and enforce it quietly whenever they can

It's still very much a real thing that you can be blocked from entering certain bars, soapland establishments for being a gaijin.
Hell, some vendors at comiket will outright refuse you sell things to foreigners because they're going to scan it and post it online the moment they get home.

>>160771285
as far as i am aware not anymore

>>160775033
Japan truly is a model nation. If only the cucked west would take notes and they might stop getting killed by niggers and muslims

>>160775111
they're also experiencing negative birth rates, their monetary policy is only a decade away from collapsing again, their population is aging rapidly, and all the young people refuse to have sex or participate in the slave driver corporate culture of working at the same company your entire life.

>>160775033
And? Lynching mobs that targeted blacks and other minorities were certainly a thing in America at the beginning of the 20th century. If you want to make the argument that the Japanese were "savages" while Americans were "civilized people" pointing out racist crimes doesn't really help your case.

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>>160770537

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>>160774736
>it's another 'Americans can't into history' episode

>>160775033
So this how things are at the present time.

>Japan : Doesn't sell you doujins because you are not Japanese
>America : You can still get beat to death over your race/ethnicity

>>160775634
>>America : You can still get beat to death over your race/ethnicity
Only if you are a white trump voter in a black neighborhood

>>160775304
>they're also experiencing negative birth rates
Sounds like they could use a few Jamals themselves.

>>160765354
aren't those the high quality watermelons? I know Japan got some really nice fruits that can sell for up to hundreds of dollars.

>>160774736
They are already coming out of the woodwork!

>>160774986
>>160774813
>>160774801

>>160775717
Nips don't have a shit ton of arable land to waste on things like fruits so there's not a lot of supply. I imagine you could find imported ones but after all that cost I imagine it comes out to about the same to the consumer.

>>160775777
t. kim

Don't you have some shit-covered toilet paper to shove down trash cans instead of flushing them?

>>160766121
Is this subtle Abe propaganda?

>>160775840
>t. ken

>>160775840
>shit-covered toilet paper to shove down trash cans instead of flushing them?
w-what? are you implying they don't flush toilet paper?

>>160775717
No?
Japan is a small nation so it's seriously lacking in resources.

>>160769877
>when the TA hands everyone his pirated copy

>>160775908
Some countries don't flush tp, because it'd clog their toilets.
http://www.wheredoiputthepaper.com/

>>160776024
I understand the shitty countries not being able to flush their toilet paper, but Korea? Fucking country of Samsung and LG but still can't have decent plumbing?

>>160776024
>Having said that, the French still like to squat over a hole in the ground or crap behind a bush (or car or tree or anything to hand), in these cases, act politely and bin your paper somewhere hygeinic.

What the fuck?

>>160771285
Not even that, it's enough your parents were burakumin.
I think it's mostly 'dealt' with, there was even a burakumin governor of Osaka district. I'd guess it's like nignogs in America.

>>160775840
It's so cute when apologists are grasping at straws.

>>160765141
>Why would a grade schooler backpack cost $350?
She bought it from a fetish clothes store in Akihabara.

>>160775595
Tumblr as some weird logic. When they see something ecchi on a show they complain because apparently all Japanese are sexist pigs but when a girl is forced to marry her rapist or gets stoned over being immoral in an Islamic country they start campaigns like "not all Muslims"

They also make a big deal out of a gay joke on a show saying Japan is oppressing homosexuals unlike glorious Muhrica where they get shot over fucking each other in the ass.

Japanese society as their own issues that is trued but I think people should look at the state of their own countries before trying to criticize other cultures.

>>160766032
>Yeah but who the fuck is going to use a bright red kid's backpack?
Well, I would.

>>160776838
>tumblr is one person

>>160770955
that area can't grow watermelons or bananas, they have to import them from the Philippines

>>160771130
>>>/pol/

>>160765141
To discourage people from having children, products related to children are more expensive because they are taxed higher

>>160777246
is that why single anime BDs are $60?

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>>160776183
Better than india

>>160769637
Poland sound pretty cool now for some reason

>>160776890
Those are often the same people though, I knew a creature like that IRL.

>>160777246
Why would ((((((((they)))))))) want to do that?

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>>160765354

BECAUSE THE JAPS SMASH THEM ON BEACH EPISODES

>>160765354

Japan is fucking retarded.

>housing is absurd, to the point that getting an apartment in NYC is cheaper/easier
>food is absurd, when 90% of America can buy corn at 10 cents a head, watermelons for $2, bananas for 80 cents a pound, etc
>magical red backpacks that cost a fortune when any random backpack in the USA costs you $20 at most
>meanwhile they work like slaves, go to school every fucking day of the week, and get pressured into so much shit that it drives them insane

>>160774572
In their defense it was only koreans, not real human beings.

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How can a backpack be attractive?

>>160777417
There's also no social stigma for living with parents (at least if you have a job). A really great thing for penny pinchers.
Comes from the years past when we had commies and not enough flats for everyone so even normal people with their own families were sometimes forced to live with their parents.

>>160771130
The truth hurts libtard.

>>160777685
Also from people taking their parents into their own homes when parents become to old to manage on their own.

>>160777656

You don't care about the backpack; you care about the implications of the backpack. This is also why there's an entire fetish dedicated to grown women wearing said backpack (along with kids' clothing).

>tfw Eri Kitami is hitting 30 soon, yet she still rocks the backpack look

Only problem with her now is she's constantly doing diaper photoshoots now instead of cosplaying like she used to.

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>>160775111
>>160775840
>>160777652
>being deluded enough to act as japan's personal /pol/ bitch boy just because you watch their animated cartoons
I can't imagine ever becoming this retarded.

>>160767390
Those straps look uncomfortable as hell

>>160767138
>Unlike an American backpack that'll last a year or two if you're lucky, these last throughout the whole Elementary school.

I'm sorry, but that's horseshit. Any random backpack will last a decade or more in school use.

>>160777777

>>160778025
Fuck off, it's a wasted get.

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>>160777950
>JAVs where women pretend to be elementary schoolers or dudes pretend to be shota

I do not know how people have enough delusion points to be able to stand that stuff

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>>160765141

It's some kind of retarded Japan thing where they're priced absurdly high because they know everybody wants that specific kind of backpack, and everybody wants that specific kind of backpack to fit in with the rest and not stand out.

>>160777888
>>160777685
This is normal in many countries. I was actually surprised when I learned about the way the elderly are treated in America

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>>160778128

To be fair, Kitami is pretty cute when she's not doing weird photos.

>>160778153
They are soulless machines, just like Gooks.

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Does this look $50 for you? Stop this "fruits in japan" meme already.
Expensive ones are not for eating.

>>160778153
>This is normal in many countries.
This. Murrika is the only place I know of that has that retarded culture of YOU HAVE TO MOVE OUT THE VERY MOMENT YOU ARE 18 OR YOU ARE A LOSER FOREVER. No sense of family at all, and say this as someone who hates his family.

>>160777957

Your new is showing anon-kun.

>>160778259
>Expensive ones are not for eating.
Then what the fuck are they for?

>>160778259

>Expensive ones are not for eating.

Nigga what do you do with an edible fruit if it's not for eating? Admire it?

>>160778259
>Does this look $50 for you?

No, but $10 for a melon is still expensive as fuck.

>>160767138
I used the same backpack through all of my grades and still use it. Shit is finely made

dont be a retard

>>160778272
I've been here almost a decade before /pol/fags shat everything up, friend.

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>>160778259

Pretty much this >>160778259 the expensive ones are the super "special" ones and those are to show off and or gifts.

>>160777957
I play worst korean video games too, that doesn't mean I'd mind if they got steamrolled by NK after their country dies later this year/early next year.

>>160778422
Literally folded over a thousand times.

Fruit in Japan is fucking delicious desu.

>>160778400
Nope. People started to call each other nigger and such years before /pol/ was created.

>>160778474
>I play worst korean video games too
Found the problem, it must have rotted your mind.

>>160778422

What makes them so special? I used to grow ones like that in my yard by putting a baby melon in a cinderblock.

>>160778259
jesus fuck, you can get watermelon at the 99 cents store here, they're relatively shit quality but still edible
imagine paying 10 bucks for a tiny ass watermelon

>>160778291
>>160778303
Actually kind of yes. Those fruits are gifts between rich people. Tastes good but It doesn't matter

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>>160771130
Wrong, /pol/tard.
It's because Jews don't rule Japan.

>>160768017
>those are priced fairly for what they are
You will regret those words one day anon.

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A JS easily makes that back with an hour of work. It's just proper investment.

>>160777646
Why do you think moeshit is so popular.
It's mindless cute fun that prevents suicide for a while.

>>160778522
calling strangers niggers over an imageboard meant something completely different than the /pol/ shitposting infecting these boards nowadays.

>>160778542
They made it compact, meaning the juices are more flavored.

>>160778542
You can buy a cheap phone to make calls and use the internet and yet some people brag about having the newest Iphone.

Is the same thing but with fruit.

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Haha, here we go

$1000 for a shitty backpack that your kid will wear for like three years

And it looks identical to a version that's 1/20th the price

>>160778755
>Kid
These backpacks are for sex dolls. Kids don't actually wear these just like they don't actually wear those fetish swim suits.

Grown men just like jerking off to them.

>>160778706

I must confess I have never head of anyone bragging about having the most expensive fruit.

Not saying it doesn't happen but it seems like a really weird thing to brag about, given how the difference between the best possible melon and a completely average melon is almost imperceptible.

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>>160778815
Are you retarded?

>>160778815
>Kids don't actually wear these just like they don't actually wear those fetish swim suits
a-anon...

>>160778897
Clearly those are prostitutes. Get with the program.

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>>160778755
I can cherrypick on Amazon too.

>>160778897
>wearing skirt that short
No wonder there's a lot of loli artists there.

>>160778535
Sorry you're the niggers of your area of the east, Park-san.

>>160778941

To be fair, it's kind of hard to tell which Japanese schoolgirls are prostitutes and which ones aren't.

>>160778815
>Fetish swimsuits
Please show these.

>>160779011
None of them are, its just your retarded headcanon. Just like if a girl who's a virgin has a friend in anime it means they fuck like rabbits with every male.

>>160777957
This. /pol/ posting aside the fact that they pretend to adopt a nip identity is straight up pathetic.

>>160778142
So it is a standard supply/demand thing.

Is it mandatory for all schools? If it is the government should just control the price.

>>160778897
Jesus, what the fuck are they wearing?

>>160779103
>None of them are

Sure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjo_k%C5%8Dsai

>>160778958

Meh at least this ones just want to look kawaii instead being strong independent womin not afraid of their sexuality.

>>160779170
>Wikipedia
Yeah I'll just change the page of Earth to making it being flat.

>>160779190
>It's the current year and people are still dismissing wikipedia articles even though Wikipedia requires you to cite sources.

>>160779121
The $500+ ones are status symbols, most of them are in like with your average well-made backpack at $60-80.

>>160779121
No is just an special fetish backpack.

>B-but it doesn't look special at all.

Yea I know but perverts are willing to pay for it so who cares.

>>160779258
By that logic everyone's clothing, shoes and hair styles are just for fetish purposes. Fuck outta here with this retarded bullshit.

On the topic, how much are those indoor slipper things if I wanted to make my own schoolgirl outfit?

Did any of you nerds use a rolling backpack during school?

>>160779483
Indoor slippers?

>>160779494
Only homos use those.

>>160779502
school indoor shoes.

>>160779226

Wikipedia is biased as fuck on almost everything but acting like compensated dating isn't a huge thing in Japan requires some world championship class denial skills.

>>160767772
tfw the current season is trash so you stay back in previous seasons that you liked.

>>160779560
Dating is different to prostitution anon.

>>160779645

Not really.

>>160765141
It can cost whatever she wants, as long as she lets me hit it raw.

>>160775033
And for things that actually matter, you can legally be denied housing because of your race.

>>160779645
the difference between prostitution and modern dating is razor thin, it's almost not even worth mentioning if it weren't for the fact that the former is illegal

>>160778755
If I know anything from my previous stint in sales is that people will pay as much as they feel comfortable with. Most people are buying the most they can get for the least, the bang for the buck folks. Then you have a good 15% of customers that want to spend every single dime they can afford and put the rest on credit to buy the most expensive thing they can. Good for commissions and you would insult them for suggesting they should get the most bang for their buck so just let them buy what they want.

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>>160778259
>$10 for a fucking watermelon

>>160769909
Yeah but does muhammad make the top 20 for most common names for newborn babies? I think not. Do blacks make over 3% of the population? I think not. Check mate japan, enjoy your non-multicultural society of hate.

>>160779660
Dating you actually care about the person and you both get other benefits and not just sex and not to mention you have a extremely higher chance of aids or all sorts.

>>160769909

It gets better in this thread

>Americans thing that other countries are weird.
>The same country were 10 year old kids can go through sex change surgery while the media congratulates their parents for being so progressive.

>>160778261
Thats only like white boomers though that have the mindset. Id be surprised if some people think like that after 2008 crisis

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>>160779866
I don't want my America to be like that.

Another /a/utism thread.

>>160780081
>>>/reddit/

>>160778897
Hot

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>>160775911
>small nation
>larger than england
???

>>160780569
England is tiny now. It's funny in hindsight.

>>160779866
>bringing up a percentage of the population which is less than 1%
>America

Stay ignorant

>>160777957
Whatever you say Zhang, hating on Japan won't change the fact your country is inferior

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>>160778952
You can, but you can't start a flamewar by picking on America. Everyone already hates America, because we live here.

Pick on some foreigner, so that the 'Boos come out of the woodwork. 'Boos are natural prey for Racist /pol/tards, so that'll bring them out, and then that will bring in the Non-racist faggots to try to stop the /pol/ incursion.

Nobody will ever suspect you, because this whole site is summerfags now. Even /tg/ is slowly being corrupted by faglords.

>>160780706
See anon now you understand why is not ok to make generalizations over something you see in anime.

>>160779116
t. ameritard who gets uppity only when Japan is seen in a bright light

>>160775430
this pic is greater than all of modern art combined

>>160780833
>'Boos
see
>>160775430

>>160780948
You're very well versed in damage control

>>160777646
>when 90% of America can buy corn at 10 cents a head
Corn is crazy subsidized though, that's why there's corn syrup in fucking everything. You've got too much corn.

>>160777646
Wouldnt say that.
>moms house in Japan is worth only 34,000usd
>Sanma is 2 dollars for a 10lb bag of fish
>seasonal vegatables are cheaper than us
>clothing is cheaper than in the us
>only white collar workers have to bear the brunt of stress at work while blue collar folks dont have it as bad

Still I couldnt live there. Linework looks like a pain in the ass in Japan compared to here in the usa.

>>160765141
wtf I always assumed the red backpacks and yellow hats where given to elementary kids do the kids in middle and high school have to buy their uniforms?

>>160778542
you monster

>>160778542
Coincidentally that's almost exactly how they make the $120 cubed watermelons. They keep them in wooden boxes to maintain the cube shape. I imagine yours had one bulbous end poking out making it look like you were chopping a stripped dick instead of a watermelon.

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>>160765141
>this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0duSM5NtNKw

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Why is Kanna so damn cute?

>>160781793
yes, they have to buy the uniforms
they're also extremely expensive

>>160781997
what kind of weak ass pussy shit is this?
He has a gun and he doesn't even point it at him.

>>160782171
A villero from my country, they are the niggas from argentina like the niggers from usa.

>>160781793
Yes, the parents have to buy them. If they won't then their kid won't be able to go to the school.

>>160780657
We had our fun.

>>160781106
I was using 'Boos as a general term. You know, Polandboos, Russiaboos, Francoboos?

We're all weeaboos here, but that only makes the minority 'boos more insecure about the greatness of whatever Czech steel folded 100000 times they're shilling.

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>>160780713
Learn your place, roach. My country could tie your country down and ass rape it without even breaking a sweat.

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>>160778958
>>160779153
Even the kindergartners dress like this.

>>160781997
>"You want the bike?"
I know this is a panic situation and all but come on, he's riding a motorcycle

>>160767804
>in communism, there would be no waste
good one

>>160766385
I dont think i know a single person who buys a new one every year

>>160783868
but he's right if there isn't any food then there's no wasted food

>>160768975
Anime is legal in Poland? The more you know

>>160776838
>in america
>where they get shot
Ha I wish

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>>160777646
Their econ is fucked since the 90s and is unlikely to recover for another ~10 years till their private debt levels get down to a reasonable level.

>>160784206
They could be a global porn powerhouse if they ever decide to uncensor. Someone should create a study linking uncensored porn to economic growth.

>>160778422
Whats stopping me from getting one of those molds or whatever they use and just grwing my own lmao

I think they cost that much because of the semen-resistant material they use in it

>>160777487
>tfw no aggressive lucoa gf

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>>160783745
>You can't beat me because i'm an American

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>>160784341
I'm trying to be serious here

>>160784652
>hasn't beaten him
Face it, Americans are strong retards. Just leave them alone and don't talk about oil or offending Israel.

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>>160784652
>no comeback

>>160778598
Fuck off degenerate

>>160785186
That's what these little girls do.

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>>160784813
Nigger please,i'm not that anon you're arguing with,i'm just making fun of your Keith image

>>160781585
this tbqh. the government subsidizes corn so much it's practically free.

>>160785923
not to mention, all gas sold in the US is E10, cut with 10% corn ethanol, not only is the corn subsidized, so is the gasoline itself

>>160771768
This.

My diff eq professor actually just wrote a link on the board the first day of class.

>i'm not going to tell you what this is, i don't even know what this is. no one knows what this is. but trust me, i think we'll both agree that this is beneficial.

Contained a PDF of all the textbooks and workbooks for diff eq as well as all my MechE textbooks. Fucking godsend human being.