>doing nothing with your life is... le good

>>211490479 (OP)
He cleaned toilets for a living and had a full social and cultural life.

>>211490479 (OP)
>enjoying life is... le bad

>>211490503
>>211490522
Fuck society

WHAT A LIFE

>>211490479 (OP)
you post on /tv/

>>211490479 (OP)
I think about this film a lot

>>211490479 (OP)
I mean yeah, there's no reason to feel ashamed for being content with what you have. Working to live is a perfectly respectable position to take.

>>211490503
>full social life
huh?

>>211490479 (OP)
He was doing more and was happier than anybody posting here.

>>211490479 (OP)
Not everyone can be a revolutionary thinker who changes the world. Some people's capabilities might max out at cleaning toilets, which is fine and not anything to be ashamed about.
It's actually a very important role. Without sanitary toilets, things can get real bad real fast. I've got various medical issues that cause me to need to use a toilet more than most people, so I'm especially appreciative of the people who clean them.

>>211490479 (OP)
what is it you think there is to do on this planet? how many times can you spend your vacation money on jet ski rentals before you realize that we're really just killing time here? if you have a job, you're doing something with your life.

>>211490722
He went to the onsen regularly
People at the small restaurant liked him
People at the bar liked him too and they'd chat in a relaxed way
He was seen as attractive (by the shy girl and the park and the bar owner) and fatherly (his niece/his coworker's gf) by women
So he had friends, younger ppl who looked up to him and intimate alternatives (that is, the 2 women which were sexual/romantic prospects) as well as good social skills since all of these people saw him as likable

>>211490479 (OP)
They have different cultures, Japan was heavily influenced by buddhism, while America is huge on the protestant work ethic. It's interesting to see how big a divide culture creates in the perception of the same phenomina. I think burgers (and westerners in general) are shocked that a society doesn't need to copy them in order to obtain the same quality of life/development.

>>211490479 (OP)
Yeah man, he would have been more fulfilled as a starlet getting mating presses by Big Harv so she can ride the cocaine carousel for ten years before turning into Nosferatu.

>>211491018
>while America is huge on the protestant work ethic

Japan does however have insane overwork expectations.

>>211491018
Japan has the longest working and school hours in the entire world, barring maybe North Korea and literal slave colonies.

>>211490479 (OP)
>tfw his younger coworker still had a cute gf despite being a literal janitor

>>211490479 (OP)
What's with the uptick in discussions about this movie? It's rare for people here to talk about festival circuit flicks. Did this one strike a chord with lonely men here?

>>211490479 (OP)
I didn't get the point of the movie, it's like is there is something missing, maybe he was gay something like that, in that case it still being a pointless movie.

i've watched so much jav over the years that when his qt niece showed up i was legit surprised the didn't at least flirt with the idea that they might fuck

>>211492357
there are less than five good movies released each year now so they all get talked about
if this came out even 10 years ago it would have been lost in the shuffle

>>211491614
>Japan has the longest working and school hours in the entire world
Not even close by the way.

He's a handsome and could have fucked a lot of Japanese MILFs and zoomerettes. But he didn't because things with hole in the middle bring trouble.

>>211490820
The cruelest liberal impulse is the idea that everyone can be an astronaut/whatever they want. It’s just not the case. But everyone can be happy. That’s a different problem.

>>211490479 (OP)
>I shouldve girlbossed more as an email sender and powerpoint creator and had no kids

>>211490479 (OP)
>doing the same thing everyday with your life is... le good
Its why japan has a long history of artisans and craft men's which still exist today, while Europeans and Americans and other Anglo countries are in industrial decline

>>211493522
>oil soup le good
lol, no

>>211490479 (OP)
It’s like no one watched the ending of the movie or something.

>>211493617
>t. only eats McDonalds

>>211492402
being pornsick aint so funny, anon

>>211491018
>the same quality of life/development
It's time to stop this weeb meme. Maybe at a peak of it's development in the eighties, life of an average japanese could be compared to some amerimutt, but that's it. They never had the same quality of life as majority of Western and North Europe.

>>211493522
>japan has a long history of artisans and craft men's
Which is absolutely hollow bullshit serving you "the experience". Pointless exercises with no superior quality, just the obsession with perceived status. There's a reason why Jiro became a meme.
>which still exist today
Solely because of said modernisation and industrialization brought about by the West. Pure marketing propagated by retards like you chugging TikToks.
>while Europeans and Americans and other Anglo countries are in industrial decline
They are in decline because they offshored their industry to their colonies.

>>211490820
Ideas don't matter unless they further the already powerful

>>211492402
there was that moment she started to get undressed in front of him and he noped out back down the stairs
she was probably dtf

>>211492370
it's implied his dad was a rich hardass who disowned him in the scene where his sister shows up

>>211491614
I was surprised to learn that my "laid back" country of Ausfailia works much longer hours than Japan. Then I remembered the starting price for a shitty house is a million dollars.

>>211493617
all stock is made with oil like that, americans just dont understand anything about food and get grossed out when they hear how sausage is made for the first time

>It's another thread from a midwit that didn't understand the movie