[ SECRET POST #2096 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2096 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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04. http://i.imgur.com/KENos.png
[True Blood; sort of porny, illustrated ... choking and spanking or something?]


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[Koi Kaze; Freefall]


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[Suits]


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[A Song of Ice and Fire]


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11. [SPOILERS for Doctor Who]



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12. [SPOILERS for A Song of Ice and Fire]



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13. [SPOILERS for the Stand]



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14. [SPOILERS for Teen Wolf]



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15. [SPOILERS for Shin Megami Tensei IV]



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16. [WARNING for self-harm]

[bogglelovesyou@tumblr]


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17. [WARNING for attempted suicide and depression]

[The Walking Dead]


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18. [WARNING for suicide]















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Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[yeahscience]

I'll tell you, in my experience, a lot of kids out here do develop very tight bonds at school, and they're encouraged to wear their heart on their sleeve about the topic of nakama and friendship and working together and all that so it's one of the few places they're really able to show their feelings fully. So yeah, I do look at the kids sometimes and I'm like, wow, you have really strong feelings about your friend or whatever.

At the same time, I also frequently remember that these kids almost never interact outside of school because they barely have the time. Almost all of the relationship is based on things that happen on school property, during study hours or club hours. So that has a lot of effects, in various ways.

[childings.livejournal.com]

There is definitely a huge cultural difference between Japan and the United States, obviously -- from what I can tell, teenagers in Japan are encouraged to work in groups and join clubs and interact more with each other than American teenagers are. Americans in general value individualism to an extreme degree IMO (compared to most other nations) and the Japanese think more socially? This is just a broad generalization obviously and doesn't apply to every individual, but it's what I've noticed from what I've read, anyway.

It just makes me really sad because at least where I grew up, showing any sorts of emotion around your friends other than amusement or generic happiness was OMG REALLY WEIRD. And I always wanted to have a really tight friendship with somebody (especially a girl, I've never had an actual female friend for longer than a couple of years). I remember this one time in AP art, sitting with my group of friends, and witnessing a guy who I considered a good friend of mine at the time break down and cry because his girlfriend had broken up with him earlier that day. And we were all really taken aback by that, not because we thought it was wrong or anything but because you rarely saw anyone get that emotional at school.

[yeahscience]

It's definitely true that the kids are encouraged to join clubs, work together, etc. etc. much more than in America, where we're more individualistic about achievement. And yeah, kids are much more willing to cry in front of each other here, show emotions, things like that.

However, keep in mind that there are drawbacks to this, sometimes extreme ones. Because of the group culture, people are encouraged to not stray too far from the standards of the group. If someone is too different, they'll have a very hard time and feel a lot of pressure to fall in line, or at least keep their issues a secret. Being gay/bi, being bullied, being depressed, etc., these are all things that essentially get ignored a lot of the time. Or hell, just being different at all, if it's in a way that people don't know how to deal with. I'm not saying that's not also true in the States, but we do have more opportunities, I think, nowadays, for people who are different to go seeking other people who are different. Japan is still more rigid on this matter and kids are highly encouraged societally to just shut up and fit in.

[childings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, any extreme is ... not good. Young people should be encouraged to be themselves, but at the same time, I don't like how nobody seems to care about each other in American high schools (at least the ones I went to, subbed at, etc.)