Above you see four Japanese children asked what it is they want from life (presumably in adulthood).
Below are their answers:
The girl in the top left answers “Work.”The girl in the top right answers:
“A man with a good income (living with his older brother or parents is no good).
A peaceful old age. ”The boy in the bottom left answers more honestly: “Money. Women. Power.”
The girl in the bottom right answers rather more inexplicably “Make peace with God!”
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I like the answer of the girl on the top left's answer.
Wise kids...
*sigh*
Knowing that my proficiency in Japanese is lower than that of young children makes me want to cry...
“Money. Women. Power.”
Right on, little boy!!
Great. Little rats / parasites. Only ONE of them wrote something sensible. Is it really the standard in south-east Asia, that men want money, power and women and girls are basically only after money? Are they really willing to give their bodies just to the man, that will pay her more? It is, of course, biological, man wants to be strong and wealthy to have a beautiful (and by it supposedly a valuable womb to fertilize), woman wants a wealthy man to provide her and her children with safety. But really, is a human just thinking animal? For me, this is the bitter conclusion, that those people (or rather, their parents and society they live in) have no higher priorities in life. They just live as if they believed in nothing after death. OK, I do not want to offend anybody, one choses the way of life, he was taught by parents (and society he lives in) and choses voluntarily.
But let me ask the question: are Japanese godless pagans (from the point of view of an European)? Does their faith, like Shinto / Buddism influence their lives substantially?
I am a Christian and such approach to life is for me a slight cultural shock. But, what I read about buddhism and especially about it's point of view on suffering - I invented independently, when I was 12 or so. Just some 5 years later I heard the word "buddhism". I invented then, that suffering is caused by the things we desire and cannot fulfill. We are upset because we cannot have a desired man/woman, car, house, money, power... Buddhism correctly teaches, that the proper way of dealing with it is to not desire anything. It is quite close to what Jesus taught. Be modest, be silent, have pure heart, pure thoughts, make peace and love your fellow humans, do not stick to power, women and money. Buddha must have been a very wise man, since he was able to invent independently what God in His own person said. Since Buddhism is one of the religions of Japan - why they still go the straight road to hell?
Do you imagine, how those kids will suffer in early adulthood, when they see, that money, women, power and older, wealthy patrons act only in films? One day they will close tightly door of a car, close the air conditioning and set-up a charcoal oven...
You sound like Mikee ????
He doesn't sound misogynistic, so it's probably not him. He also deserves props for acknowledging other religions, but some of the typical Christian ignorance still shows through.
MONEY! WOMEN! POWER!!
HAHAHA
"Money. Woman. Power."
May god bless that child to one day lord over the people with an iron fist.
I wonder what kind of things that girl has done that she needs to make peace with god. Loli assassin?
Maybe she helped the bottom left boy get some money, women and power and regrets it.
神と和解せよ is rather a common hmm,, promotion word/phrase? for christianity.
means sth like "obey/follow the god/jesus" or whatever like that,
google it and you'll see loads of pics of sighs/banners/flags with the phrase on them.
Bottom left kid is now officially my idol.
i second that
No, no boy. First you get the money. Then you get the power. *Then* you get the women.
Kids these days, always after immediate gratification.
The boy's answer is the best :3
Kids scare me these days..
They think more about their life than I do >.>
The girl in the top left sure have a great dream but remember the place of a woman is in the kitchen now GO BACK
“Money. Women. Power.” i see the mankind in a good hands :)
ADORABLE
you look into their hearts
top left: I saw a homeless person
top right: mommy is dating a unemployed jerk who lives with his parents and watches tv 24-7
bottom left: just like daddy
bottom right: the priestwouldn't let God forgive me :P
I'm only joking btw
Speaking of TV and ambitious children, did anybody see this ad for 'Flake Coconut Milk" ( チロルチョコCM ) posted on Youtube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLdRjV-hhps
Probably won't be there very long, so there's another one posted at NicoNico:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5346975
That kid on the lower left will be chilling with Jeezy and Jay-Z before we know it. Good for him!
Money.Women.Power.Wow,he's going to be a politician in the future.
The kids are rotten.
All of them.
Wauuuhhh!
Is that a brunette remix of girl from Kodomo no Jikan, or what?
(Kotonoha or something not dissimilar...)
is it me or does teh top right girl remind you of Rin from kodomo no jikan? XD
Oh my goodness, YES!
Exactly what I thought.
that is the best thing i've heard all day
Kokonooeeeeeeee~
Then she should be writing down "Want you to ejaculate inside me",lol.
It's you.
does someone know where i can watch this episode from that tv show online? (nnd link is also ok)
The boy will grow up to be a fine young man...
he's the most promising one
i thought maybe the girl on the top right was rather set too
yet to see a new god kira candidate..
I had always thought my wish "money" was bad enough for a kid... That boy wants even more than me -*-.
Wait, the show was after midnight?
Oh you boy XD,at least he has the right thinking of them all.
The faces of the childrens are perfect for they respective answers :D
These answers seem rather... produced. Is there a way to confirm that it is the children that wrote them ?
Lol I think it's more for publicity. Theyre probably taught to write those words.
And about the kanji thing some mentioned above, some of the kanjis are rather common ones, like the kanji for money, women, work, god. I believe living in Japan those small kids seen enough of those words on the streets to actually know them.
Guess you're right. Didn't thought about the possibility that they could have learned those kanji from somewhere else than school. And I keep forgetting that I learn kanji in a complete different order than the Japanese do.
And that there's a difference between learning to read and write your own native language at a young age and deciding to learn Japanese when you're an adult and European.
As I said, I wasn't sure.
Haha, I certainly couldn't write like the girl on top right when I was her age. I simply lacked the vocabulary. But it could be that she is very well-read.
Additionally, I don't know how old these kids are but I don't think some of the used kanji are taught before fifth or sixth grade. Not sure, though...
i would say it depends to what school you went etc..
They use a standardized system in Japan, so I don't think so.
Wrong. LOL
I envy their ability to write kanji at such a young age.
Must study harder...
Why would you want to waste your learning doodle language? Romanized characters as so much more efficient
Not when you have ten different words written shouji.
For me, because it's more difficult. When you have finally mastered a very difficult language (Chinese and Japanese, generally) you might get a feeling of superiority, in the sense of "you'll never achieve what I have".
Also, Chinese seems to be set to become the language / economy / superpower of the future, so being fluent will be a huge advantage.
Cuz 'doodle language' is an art.
There is NO way they wrote that themselves. They only learn a few hundred Kanji before middle school.
It looks like this is a comedy show. Chances are good that the children were given these answers.
The kid on the bottom left is going places! ;D
Wrong. First off, their penmanship is horrible, especially the guy's. (Decent for little kids I guess. -_-) I clearly remember in elementary school that pretty much the whole class was rather adept in kanji (well, knowledge of 3000 characters and ability to write 700-1000 by 3rd grade).
I guess all I can do now is LOL at you disillusioned people for underestimating kids' kanji-writing abilities.
i lol'd
and he probably will make good friend with the girl on the top left.
I too (as a person that lives in Japan and knows his kanji) don't believe they can write such kanji at their age. It won't be too hard to assume that they received help from their parents and then wrote the kanji on their own. and to anonymous, don't compare Chinese to Japanese. First, because in Japanese each kanji usually has more then 3 readings as opposed to only one reading in Chinese, and second because 70% of China's population is illiterate
He wasn't dissing Japanese literacy, no need to get all defensive. Are you implying that Chinese is easier to learn than Japanese? Not saying that Japanese is easy, all languages are hard to learn. Chinese has both traditional and simplified "kanji", so learning to read and write it isn't exactly a walk in the park.
by the way,
30% of China's population > 100% of Japan's population
they dont know a lot and its exactly the significance, the fact that money, gold, and women are the three things the boy learned in early stage suggests that he'll grow up to be a successful pimp.
To be honest I don't find it hard to believe they could have wrote that. At age 3-4 I was writing a letter in Chinese to my aunt to bring me toys on her next visit.
Lol @ Peter. Most Kanji IS easy to read if you know Chinese.
where the fuck did you get "70% of China's population is illiterate" from you fucktard? According to wikipedia China's literacy rate is 90.9%. Don't pull random numbers out of your ass. As for Japanese kids writing Kanji if you read Kanji as Chinese it ALL sounds like kiddie talk
lmao, those characters are hella easy, and they're among the first that I learned. If you grow up having to read and write kanji all your life, of course any kid can write simple words like those.
Chinese > Japanese in terms of difficulty.
I'm chinese and learned both languages, so I know.
Sorry Mimi, but I too believe they didn't write that all by themselves, if anything taught before how to write it.
Just not possible for them too. And unless you meant Chinese there's no way they knew 1000 kanji by third grade.
Exactly...kanji isn't hard when you're immersed in the culture- and Chinese kids use the symbols exclusively.
But those are, for the most part, ones that they would have learnt... Besides, the handwriting looks about right for the age.
Don't worry, at least you know English ;)
english is definately not enough. i know 4 and still not satisfied
english is enough for those who have difficulty with it.
I agree. I know six languages and have only attained fluency in four of them, and soon I'll already be 16 years old. Mastering Japanese and Chinese before I'm 18 is the plan, but... we'll see.
it was on TV.. i wouldnt belive it was there own with that fact alone
That boy will become a yakuza crimelord.
Also, the girl on the top right will become his wife and the girl on the left one of his prostitutes.
girl on the bottom right will be their crack dealer
I was thinking more along the lines of 'Future Jehovah's Witness' but I thoughtabout it again and lol'd.
+1
i lol'ed
+1
HAHAHA!
+1
Lawl. The first girl must have been worried about recession.
sounds like an eroge premise.
Or rather, nowadays everything sound like an eroge premise to me.
Thats because even if Aliens landed and stole Piza Hut, they would make an eroge from it.
You know, a Strike Witches/Code Geass mashup like that would be freaky.
I'm pretty sure that was a Doctor Who episode, actually.
None of them answered "I WILL DESTROY BRITANNIA"?
Also, the girl on bottom right is destined to become an IRL version of Kafuka Fuura. Make peace with God? (-_-")
She's probably been brainwashed by fundie Christians who told her that God hates her and she's going to Hell.
I love that kid. Money, women, and power...he's almost a Westerner.
He's a young Tony Montana (from Scarface). He just needed to switch power and women and the list order would have been perfect.
Because the inscrutable oriental mind only cares for life in temple?
Not just that, but also the maximum amount of "w"s they're able to string together, if Nico² is any indication.
Certanly their parents forced them to wrote that.
That boy is going to grow up to become an excellent example for males everywhere.
the Top Right girl has pretty large vocab...and possibly a Kokonoe imitator?
the Momi, spherical elastics, what more do we need?
The girl on the top right probably knew what they were going to ask beforehand and had her parents teach her extra kanji. Or she's just a snob and likes getting ahead of the class. Damn snobs.
its ok if you failed out of high school
One of the boys are holding a sign stating that he is 5 years old, so I am presuming the age group to be 5~8 or so...
If so, that has got to be shopped...
Not visually, I can't tell... But logically...
Shopped logically?
Brain-washing?