Top 10 Seeds of Jealousy
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: May 16, 2010 02:52 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Dating, Money, Rankings, Relationships, Shopping
Japanese men and women asked to rank what makes them jealous of their friends offer up an unsurprisingly materialistic list, with some significant differences between the sexes.
1. A wide circle of friends
2. Lucky
3. Nice body
4. High income
5. Rich family
6. Cool or cute
7. Nice skin
8. Gift of gab
9. Lovely spouse
10. Popularity
The survey is once again too polite to say “large breasts,” although it can probably be inferred that this is the major component of a “nice body.”
1. High income
2. Luck
3. Popularity
4. Gift of gab
5. Rich family
6. Good at work
7. A wide circle of friends
8. Clever
9. Lovely spouse
10. Cool or cute
Similar sentiments seem to be felt by both genders, with the very conspicuous exception of the number one spot in both rankings – money and friendships are, not surprisingly, valued rather differently across the sexes.
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Ah, but a factor you have to consider is whether they have the need feel jealous at these certain things, and that just opens up all kinds of other variables. That's why I don't like surveys like this, they try to get a quick answer without any thought about method. But hey, if it sells...
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This article just shows (yet again) what sheep and shallow fucks a majority of people are.
The only thing which would've hammered that fact home much harder is if this survey had been an international one... not just in Japan, but anywhere in the developed world.
Wow. I haven't been jealous in such a long time that I've forgot how it feels. I don't see the point in it. Talk about wasted time and your emotions when you could be progressing your life to actually get the stuff you want.
1. High income
Money wouldn't buy the only thing I want (my health back).
2. Luck
Actually, I have so much karma luck isn't worth much to me.
3. Popularity
I've never known a period of my life where I wasn't popular enough.
4. Gift of gab
Hehe I have too much skill at this already.
5. Rich family
Again, money matters little to me, although my brother and sister are mostly well off.
6. Good at work
Work is for worker types, I'd be an employer.
7. A wide circle of friends
Friends are easy considering I already aced popular. And that makes this category redundant.
8. Clever
Well I have been tested and I apparently have a high IQ.
9. Lovely spouse
She is the other end of the scale, but so what, I'd rather have a good wife than a cute toy.
10. Cool or cute
Cool is subjective. I must be farely interesting in order to be so popular that I have a lot of friends. Again this questionarire was clearly not thought out well.
I'm not cute, but I'd rather be clever given a choice.
pfft... show off....bastard
someone popular in sankaku, I'm so jealous.....
That's ironic considering how many women out there seem to want a rich husband in japan..
4. Gift of gab
8. Clever
10. Cool or cute
Dammit... Damn those bastards that always cut me off mid sentence, with their smarts and their coolness...
At least I'm reputed to be really lucky, so that must grind someones gears, I'm sure.
So the Japanese are the unlucky nation, huh?
Neat, I have a lot of things that guys are envious* of. C:
*Can't be jealous of something you never had to begin with. xD
There's always enhancements Azu-nyan . . .
BLASPHEMER! leave our resident loli alone!
Whatever happened to being happy and contend with their own lives.
I'm not jealous of any of my friends because I don't have any! Take that losers!
what do they mean by "lucky"? O_o and how can one be jealous of that? "Hmmm, this guy looks lucky to me, I think I'm getting jealous~!!" (well, maybe I don't get it cause I am kindda lucky myself XD, though I don't see how anybody would be jealous on something as relative and as impossible to prove as that....) I personaly get envious of rich or very popular people, whether the are guys or girls. ^^"
My first would be "Clever", then "Good at work".. if I would have only those two, I would be able to get "High income", and create a "Rich family".
...I am not jealous... or rather I don't know how that feels... if jealousy is what I think it is, then I never was jealous of anyone.
Whats wrong in being jealous? With those feeling we will kept feeling enough on everything.
With that jealousy we will able to pump ourself to work harder for our ambition don't we?
I see this as just more reinforcement of how otaku are in such a better place than normalfags. Friends? Really? People are jealous of people with more friends than them? Being cool?
I stopped giving a sh*t about that crap in middle school. Grow up.
As nice as that ideal is, in a society where social standing is the difference between life and death its not really applicable. You can care all you want, but its better to at least maintain a neutral standing than being an asshole or worse.
I agree nonetheless, being cool and all that crap is a bunch of stuff that should have been left back in school.
Sigh. Is money really all that Japanese people think??
What does "Gift of gab" mean?
from wiktionary:
The ability to talk readily, glibly, and convincingly.
In other words, "lie convincingly".
It's a skill necessary to be an effective politician or salesperson.
The skill to charm the panties off a nun and the underpants off the Pope...
Or an effective slut/gigolo.
well, for the pope you don't have to talk to him at all if your a little boy, his pants just fall off on their own.
I never hold jealousy.
It's just sometimes a shame I can't get to them first!
Going by all the poll posts I've seen on here, Japanese men and women are really similar surprisingly.
Stay as you are! Azu-nyan!
As a guy, I am jealous of how some people ease their way through life better than I do, and I am pro at it.
I sometimes get jealous of someone else's abs... if only I had some...
Awww Azu-nyan, you're cute like that <3
Don't be jealous of Mio's breas Azunyan, your flat chest is perfect as it is!!!
It's sad that almost every woman (who doesn't already have) want large breasts. Instead be happy with what you've got, be happy with who you are!
Where are you getting this info? I'm a girl, and none of my female friends give a shit about their boobs. Unless they -are- big, in which case all they do is complain about how big they are and wish they were smaller.
You must be lucky then, alot of my female friends do nothing but bitch about their sizes. It gets old after awhile.
So should women with big breast with back ache not get a reduction or does your loli mind say that's ok ? Because if it's the latter you would be a liar in what you say, and if the former your ok with girls in pain when they can fix it?
Why do you think that "nice body" just means large breasts? Not ALL Asian women are into large breasts.
My hot skinny Asian A-cup girlfriend had all her chubby friends jealous of her body.
They should be. DFC rulez.
What the hell is "lucky" ?
winning a lottery ticket or rare items...? getting laid by a loli?
How about Lucky as in 'Getting laid by a loli and not getting caught'?
Nononono..... just making up an example of the term 'lucky'. <_<
I never had that kind of luck, and no, I never shared a cell with a 300 lb. mook named Bubba.
You sound like you speak from experience miroku, care to share with the rest of us? hehe.
The ultimate excuse. The fact that it's so high on the list makes me sick.
I'm surprised that men value high income higher than women. Maybe the things at the top of the lists are things that make you "get lucky" with the opposite sex.
The income bit only makes sense seeing as that's the top requirement to be a "good" husband, right?
Oh my beloved Azu-nyan, you don't need to be jealousy because Mio's breasts. Your body is nice this way ^^
Pft. When will women learn to not be jealous of large breasts and love what they have?
The moment when all men prefer flat chests over huge knockers.
When will men learn not to be jealous of the size of their penis and love what they have?
When men stop constantly measuring their packages too I guess.
Horrible time finding a ladies' bra that fits, horrible time... Plus it's disconcerting to realize your guy friends are packing more in the chest department than you.
Wow! A real live pettanko! You have a gift there, don't despair, some of us guys like girls like flattops...
Haha! Shallow people must be jelous of me;
I got Luck, popularity, gift of gab, A nak for most things, a wide circle of friends, I got a pretty sharp mind and I'd say I'm cool. And I don't need pointless shallow things like money to be awesome.
You loose all credibility when you call yourself sharp and cool.
Being smart doesn't make him loose credibility, being cool does.
When men don't consider that when looking for a girlfriend...probably never...
My first toughts exactly.
I'm mostly jealous of the guys, who are dating the girls I was ambitious of.
Don't be jealous of Mio's tits, Azu-nyan! Your DFC is just perfect. ^_^
The ability to talk easily with people. Depending on how far you want to make the definition go it can also include convincing others or getting them out of the shells or whatnot through conversation.
Gift of the gab is a noun, referred to the ability to talk readily, glibly and convincingly.
Does anyone even know what gift of gab is?
I'm a bit curious about the "cute" part the boys is jealous of, though.
When they have large breasts, a wide circle of friends, have luck, a nice body...*insert top 10*
I love how the males were jealous of friends with higher income. it was obviously the survey's way of saying "he can actually get a wife"
If it's true that wives usually control the income in japanese marriages, one would question whether there was any dignity there anyhow. I mean, seriously, an alotted "allowance" decided by someone who isn't working? lol
Going to the argument about bigger breasts for a moment, AND putting aside our own personal interests. For the health of women a "b" would probably be good. I have a lot of female friends who complain about their small breasts and friends with large breasts.
The crowd with the small breasts wants the extra perks that usually comes with bigger breasts.
The crowd with the large breasts are complaining about chronic back pain, poor posture, and a number of other things.
Friends with the... *ahem* larger breasts complain about what the above complain about but with the additional cost for custom bras as each set usually goes around $500+ depending.
Place where I'm living, above a certain cup size the government offers free breast reduction surgery because it's deemed as a health hazard.
My advice to the women out there with small breasts and want more, really think about the downsides too. And if you're that worried about it regardless go ahead and eat as much meat as you want. Can't remember where but I'm pretty sure I read that the chemicals we feed to animals we eat to make them larger work for womens breasts.
Okay... I'm done... dunno why I sort of ranted about that... was kinda bored I guess :P
Let the flame wars begin? :P
Two bits about the actual article:
I can agree with what's on the list for myself but I can't help but wonder if there are people out there that can put those aside and see past that...
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...Excuse me while I get the bandages, burst my gut laughing too hard.
Not without a good enough prenup, he can't. Otherwise, he may as well just drop his account numbers, credit cards, and pay checks for the next some-odd years on the altar along with the rest of his dignity.
I wouldn't mind having Azusa over Mio.
Rather, the DFC is more appealing to me than large breasts.
"I'd like to see your face thanks. Move those overweight fat balloons away from your face please."
You must be pretty short if you can't see her face through her boobs.
zing
Dear CoreFlood,
tl;dr but it seemed it didn't contain any useful information anyways.
I like how you assumed that 'nice body' up there was only referring to bigger boobs. Did the accompanying picture get to your head? You'd be singing a different tune if it were a fat woman thinking about a model
Weird.
I thought men would envy penis lenght as well... !
length was no matter
its the stamina to undergo 5 hours of hard sex
Most important, the first thing to envy is the partner to undergo sex with.
only 5 hrs....
LOL
well maybe they were never in a position where they saw their friends' penis length so they couldnt be jealous of it =P
They are all Japanese. Hard to compare invisible things.
fail anon, thats a common misconception, japanese men have on average the same length as NA white males. The other asians are below average length.
Dude, that's so wrong. And have you not heard of onsen and public baths?
And I meant the "MENS" side xD
You're telling me that men usually don't all sit down in one room and measure the length of each other's penises?
Hmmmm, I think I might have been tricked. ಠ_ಠ
I don't know about the rest of you, but I recall me and some ROTC classmates giving nicknames to our wangs, along with nicknaming the girl's..... mentionables. And pairing them up, for giggleshits.
Great way to kill time on a class field trip to Charleston, S.C., let me tell you.
@ Captain Obvious 04:49
I'm alone ("malone"), but that doesn't mean I have a big dick. *ka-dump!*
Thank you, thank you. Next show at 11:00.
The game is called "big dick malone".
FUUUUUUUUUU- I am turning into femamon... but I see profits in that :3
I want larger boobs...
No you don't! Leave the fat sacks alone and embrace your uniqueness...there's a saying along the lines of; "A nipple is more sensitive closer to the bone" i.e. flat chests or small breasts. So keep the titties small and enjoy the sensations.
i hope you are not a guy :p
... then eat at McDonald's more often.
However, there's a side-effect -- it's not *just* your boobs that will enlarge.
I've heard beer has that same effect.
I mean.... look at Misato for chrissakes!
I'm not going to try that...^_^"
As a man i would've been jealous of others' intelligence (Clever). I've never been good in studies and as far as i know girls are interested in people who can study. what can an otaku like me do
Azu-nyan will love you how you are :)
2D is the superior species
That the "3D" makes and keeps making because the "2D" can't breed and make more with out "3D" help. How is "2D" superior again?
"How is '2D' superior again?" ... LOL :D
"2D can't breed" ... who cares :P
Think of it like this: Why does God "exist" in the eyes of so many religious people? It's because they believe. God cannot breed nor can He continue to exist after people stop believing, but is He inferior to people? Many people regard God as being omnipotent, and therefore - at least to them - He is.
Same with 2D. They can only exist thanks to people, which by no means implies inferiority. Like God, they are made perfect - unlike people.
Furthermore, people have only two realities - one is introspection and one is perception. No matter what you do, as long as you perceive 2D as being superior to 3D-people, that's your reality. In a situation like that, it matters little how others perceive the same thing, because that's a separate reality with no relation to yours.
...it sounds like you watched NGE or EoE lately :)
i`m somewhat incapable os studying myself so i can somehow relate but nevertheless i manged to get into university without studies.
it only comes down to how well you can handle the things you know. :P
Being a straight 90s student in university, with government funded summer research project and other misc junk, that it is not what girls care about.
If girls cared about smart people, we won't be sitting here and feeling lonely.
They're more about sweet-talking and throwing-money-around guys, it seems. So yes, that "gift of gab" thing is something you can be jealous of.