254 sats \ 8 replies \ @cryotosensei 3 Mar \ on: Stacker Saloon
3 March is Hina Matsuri, a Japanese doll festival for girls. My wife promptly displayed this:
https://m.stacker.news/18530
Coincidentally, today is my 69th day of wearing the cowboy hat. I take it as a good omen!
Cc @Bitman
Does a lot of work go into making display dolls? Is it considered an artwork?
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Everything is an artwork in Japan. I’m sorry that I don’t know more about how these display dolls are made to give you a more substantial answer. Haha.
Does showing you my daughter’s dinner yesterday help a bit? This is the art my wife created:
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That’s cute. I would be creeped out if that was served to me and I wasn’t expecting it though…. I dont like my food looking at me lol
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Do you know that we Singaporeans devour fish head curry? Haha
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Yay another festival day!
Your wife and daughter must love it.
Here's two questions that you might be able to answer: why has the Japanese birthrate decreased over the years (I've heard one reason, and want to hear from another source).
Secondly, why the 3 pin plug? That looks like something from England. Has Singapore a historical connection to England? Colonization?
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Tough question. I would say that the Japanese are predisposed to marriage and child-rearing. It’s in their DNA. Young people kinda get freaked out about not settling down by a certain age and go for matching parties.
However, more and more young Japanese find that being connected to others is troublesome. This explains the weird trend of people getting married to their sex dolls. I think there could be many reasons why people shun from establishing connections. Work is tiring, they wanna have their own time to do their stuff, some people are in sexless and/or weekend marriages.
I think overall the Japanese are not optimistic about the future of their country. Which explains why they don’t want to bring another human being into this earth.
Yes, Singapore was colonised by the U.K before. Sharp eyes!
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Yikes, none of that sounds great.
The explanation that I'd heard centered on the idea that traditionally Japanese women are expected to end their career in order to raise children.
The hypothesis continues that modern Japanese women neither want to end their careers, nor want to buck tradition, so they largely choose to be childless in order to follow their career.
I can't remember where I'd heard about this hypothesis. I wonder if it's based on fact.
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Yes it is true. I covered it under “they wanna have time to do their own stuff”. Stuff meaning advancing in their career or fulfilling self-actualisation needs like travel.
Well birth rates are plummeting all over the world, not just Japan
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