Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4680574-20140324180244/@comment-25035274-20140726180839

Fatedhearts wrote: Aye, internet communication can have the meaning of many things lost. No worries about getting defensive either, I understand what you thought I said so can't blame you for getting a bit defensive. Do have to say though that for many people, mamono may not look weird but by the majority of people, they would say mamono look weird. Alien idea though could be a possibility, but with so many idea's and theories about alternate dimensions, infinite universes, parellal worlds and the like, the MGE universe could be real. How anyone would ever be able to PROVE that though is a mystery.

Also I just want to put in my own two cents on the heart break of KC talk. Before you two go on further with the talk, just think for a moment of where the auther lives; japan. If people know anything about japan at all, they know the japanese are known for many things, among those things would be pervertedness and sex. Now I'm not saying that japan itself is like that, heck not even saying a lot of the japanese people are like that, but the country itself isn't called "the most perverted country" for a reason. Though some say japan sees america as the most perverted, so eh. But what I'm getting at with this is that the possibility he was cheated on or is close friends with someone who was cheated on isn't that bad in odds.

Regarding whether or not there are other universes: At present, it's something we can't evaluate scientifically. We're just not far enough advanced, and don't yet have the tools necessary, though it's a question we may one day be able to answer. Right now, all we can do is look at the question from a philosophical perspective and wonder, "What if?"

Regarding the issues of Japan's hentai industry: You have to keep in mind that living in Japan as an average white collar worker can be ridiculously stressful. We're talking 100 hr. work weeks or more, constant pressure to sacrifice everything of yourself to make the family/company/nation/anyone-except-yourself look good, etc. People have been known to drop dead of exhaustion there, and they have one of the highest(if not THE highest)suicide rates in the world. So...hentai, and the wide ranges of perversion it covers, is a very necessary pressure release valve over there. It's also why so much of their anime is so graphically violent. Without those releases, Japan as a whole would be a ticking time bomb just waiting to blow.

And you're probably right, Floddy. But, as the paparazzi would say, "Inquiring minds want to know!"

EDIT: To summate:

For every person who's ever said they wish they were Japanese and life is just so much more fun and carefree there and yadda yadda. No. It isn't. You think your job or your classes is/are stressful? A week as a Japanese worker or student will clear you of that idea real quick.