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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I was pointing out that there are people out there who go well over and beyond what other people do for the sake of fitting in... And end up totally overshooting the mark - often without even realizing it.
Trying things is one thing - doing it (and taking it to an extreme) because you think it is going to make you fit in is something entirely different.
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Look Nyo I am not trying to attack you and in regards to the "rebel" thing, I was combining Realjames post as well, sorry for the confusion.
I was merely pointing out as Wise had posted "Then another gaijin will get the same crap for being "too" into the culture." It's a completely subjective point of view. You and many other gaijin are drawing an imaginary line of what you deem is "ok" and what you consider is extreme and the person is trying too hard to fit in.
I understand people have a passion or some love of the culture/country why else would you choose to live there? Yet, why is it so strange for someone to have a greater passion than yours and take it a step further? To me that's like saying my level of interest in Japan is "normal" anything more than that is too extreme and you are obviously trying hard to fit in.
I guess I don't understand how one cannot see the error in this thinking.
I could be sitting here in SoCal and say, "Foreigners who move to Japan and practice the culture to any degree...are just trying hard to fit in." The guy is obviously a wannabe Japanese. I am defining normal as simply having an interest in Japan...moving there is extreme.
This whole idea would be very wrong on my part, I cannot tell anyone how they should think and I cannot use my concept of norm to define another.
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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I was pointing out that there are people out there who go well over and beyond what other people do for the sake of fitting in...
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Who's to say where that line is drawn between norm and extreme?
Reminds me of a philosophy class, where the Professor said the wall is green and the students all said its blue. To which he replied how do you know what I see is what you see?
Hope this makes sense
