Forum - View topicINTEREST: Street Survey Shows Childhood Friends Are Winning Love in the End
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_Cyphon_
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Well, for Japan social media may be helping romantic relationships, but in America I can say its having almost the exact opposite effect.
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Mr. sickVisionz
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7 out of 50 that drops to 1 out of 50 over time kinda says the opposite about your chances of this actually working out. |
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Tuor_of_Gondolin
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All this tells me is that Japanese people are less adventurous than other cultures. It seems to be part and parcel with how they are growing less and less likely to seek outside of Japan for work or for anything else.
Galapagos Island Syndrome, here we come! |
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lizardking461
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This doesn't indicate that such couples are on the rise at all. Basic logic dictates that, by the time the people in such couples reach middle-age, there is going to be less couples comprised of such people than when they were 20 years younger.
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Razor/Edge
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I think you're misunderstanding something about what those numbers mean... |
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ScruffyKiwi
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So according to you marriages between childhood friends either have a higher death or divorce rate? And enough to account for the huge change?? I don't think so! Personally I think the advent of email and cellphones has as much if not more impact as social media. Just imagine what would have happened in "5 cm per second" if as kids they had cellphones and skype? |
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xyz
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When I watch anime, drama or movies I always root for the childhood friend (like *cough* Tifa *cough*.) I believe it's an Asian thing. MC ends up with childhood friend will make Asians happy. MC ends up with the new girl will make Westerners happy. Something like that....
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Hoppy800
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It seems that childhood friends are the best mates in Japan unlike in anime where the childhood friend is the worst or the 2nd worst.
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rinkwolf10
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How about Chiwa from Oreshura? To be honest if it wasn't for the constraints for the the leads current situation they would be together especially after what happened at the end of the season between them. Just pointing out that there are exceptions and a Childhood friend relationship development is nice when it is utilized correctly. |
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Wrangler
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Japanese culture is very different from other parts of the world.
In the US, it would be difficult. Frankly, normal kids growing up are going change mentality when they hit their teens and late twenties. Finding out who they are individually. Childhood friendship would be nice thing, but article is questionable to me. Japan is highly condensed country, with people living in tight quarters. Culture is caste style by tradition, not saying its exactly that. Anyways, look at the currently population, I think their desperate for good news on families growing. Their population is graying faster, and kids aren't having enough kids of their own never mind finding a relationship. |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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Explain. I'd love to hear how someone sees 1/50 and takes that to mean that the 49/50 probably won't happen and the 1/50 probably will. |
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