the_nin_collector

I don't mean to offend you or anyone with these questions.

1. Do you think being a hikikimori is a mental illness? Do you think it can or should be treated or cured? (I'm basically a shut on. myself other than going to work)

2. I live in Japan 15 years btw. Hikikimoro kinda always made me angry becuase I felt they are a drain on society. My taxes take care of them. But they aren't deserving of wealthfare like many other groups of people. For example I live next to one. He is gross, I've seen him 3x in 6 years. He blasts his music when he wakes up from 11am to about 3pm everyday. So Sunday naps? Nope. No job. No nothing. He is a drain on society. BUT you don't seem like that. You worked. You tried to work. You pay your bills. Right? To me a truehikimori is someone living off their family or off wealthfare and also never goes. And I missing something in the translation.

My neighbor is a NEET and hikikimori. You are just hikikimori.

are you ever too old to start this? If my wife dies and I am 45. This sounds like the perfect life. just getting away from the world. And I love the ocean and a routine.

How do you feel about Zoos in general? Is that too vague? I have been to a lot of zoos in the USA and a lot in Japan. The ones in the USA like Birmingham and New Orleans were okay at the best. But the zoos in Japan are just horrible. Like the "world famous" Ueno zoo is just sad and depressing. Japanese choose to live in small confined spaces but to make large animals do the same just made me sad. I found American zoos to be constrictive. But Japanese zoos we're a joke in the size they offered animals. Not to mention the aquariums where I saw gaint king crabs in a tanks so small they could not turn around and everyone saying "oh delicious looking".

I 100% appreciate the learning environment and conservation that (some) zoos offer, but how to reconcile with what we do to these animals. Since visiting so many horrible zoos (and aquariums) in Japan I refuse to give anymore of my money to them. And I am a teacher, I don't preach this belief, but I do explain to my students that I am very conflicted when it comes to zoos. A massive elephant in a 10x10 fake dirt room is not "cute". It's great you get to see that creature in real life and learn about it, but know it's not happy. So how would you like to see zoos change? How can we offer the learning experience to as many people as possible with as little harm and discomfort to the animals as possible?

"Pirate" or private?

Aren't all torrent sites pirate?

I also have UC. Its an evil disease. Do you have yours under control? How extensive is it? What is your UC treatment? Is there a connection between PSC and UC?