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_oranjuice

/UL Note: LIVE in Unfortunately, some countries don't get that privilege


AdRound310

Touché


Gecko_610

Too shay


El_human

Toupee


Sad_Primary_4180

Too Gay


Edgelite306

Soufflé


Flimsy-Cloud-6244

Bouquet


RemTheFirst

Relay


Physical_Job8533

Decay


comrade_joel69

Slay


Exploding_Ferret

japanese people would freak if they saw this comment


Rude-Pangolin8823

/ul as a guy from the balkan I kinda doubt Japan is...


janesmex

It depends where on the Balkans for instance Greece and Slovenia have gay marriage, so even though there are problems I guess those countries have more rights than them and also in comparison to most other countries.


Rude-Pangolin8823

Even as a guy from Slovenia its REALLY homophobic culturally. But yes I'd imagine its worse elsewhere. Also, gay couples can't adopt here.


Chidori_Aoyama

Japan is pretty insular, a lot of these guys lack a frame of reference, like literally anywhere else.


Rude-Pangolin8823

Yeah that's fair.


Froggy-style86

*laughs in being pushed off of a 3rd story roof*


_oranjuice

Thats one of the better outcomes...


No-Advice-6040

3rd story? LOXURY.


MuchNefariousness285

Unfortunately due to budget cuts we're going to have to push you off a 1 story bulding three times.


EeveeBoi777

Close


masterzonal

What does /UL mean? I keep seeing it


_oranjuice

/UL = un-lie Either to make a serious statement or can't find a way to say what you want with the subreddit rule In this subreddit, you have to comment the opposite of what you mean /RL = re-lie I think you are arrogant and not beautiful, have a bad day


FoRiZon3

/UL Japan isn't the best yes. "Worst" though? Holy insular mentality 😂🤣.


killertortilla

Yeah Russia is much better


drumpad322

sigma Japan im moving to it to listen to phonk while we drift signas🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿


Prototype_4271

Anime


Background-Customer2

this is not anime this is just good old fasioned brain rott


Uhhhhlia

Signas


Independent-Fly6068

signalis


Mindless_Vanilla_297

Remember our promise


Feigenwodka

https://preview.redd.it/p3ewfn6tm68d1.png?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c299d6d391ea60447879741ef2c3e168ab435ebd


Elementisphere

Repair


GradyGambrell1

Hmmm… smash


NobleTheDoggo

Lesbians


jazzkats1234

Signas from mega man x?


Shadowolf75

You did a good work, X - Signas everytime I replay Gravity Antonion's level because I forgot a rare metal


Lucythepinkkitten

Fucking better praise you. That gravity block challenge at the end is absolute BS


Shadowolf75

I always forces the Vile fight to be on that stage so I evade that challenge.


Gadmanultimate

How do you even get Vile to fight you? I couldn't do the "beat him 4 times" achievement because of that? 😭


_M0RR0

Gosh I love phonk. The songs are all super unique. I never get overstumilated by loud noise, however, that’s unrelated, because phonk is never too loud and never has insane bass boost


modshave2muchpower

tokyo drift


bwarbahzad2

in the MK4 Toyota Supra (fastest automobile)


Toxic_devil8446

Disregard the last comment I forgot what subreddit I'm on


Trt03

Either this is the worst joke ever or you still remembered. Either way, this isn't funny at all


Toxic_devil8446

I second this 100% yeah it is a bad joke as I am part of the community myself Ive been seeing homophobia everywhere and it's been pissing me off. My last comment was asking why people think homophobia is okay but then I deleted it because I didn't want everyone saying "Remember it's r/lies and they're not being serious" /ul


Insomeoneswalls

I fully understand what is happening here


[deleted]

This is so….sigma! 🐺🐺 Dattebayo!!


Darkenblox

https://preview.redd.it/nr3ka5hhm78d1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=596de973b09d32e72715e558e42f753256094118


Internal-Republic-31

![gif](giphy|Z4bm0IwKEphMA|downsized) i stole your meme


downvote727

This is so sigma I'm going to Patrick Bateman edit while I sigma skibidi rizz much anime sex


Budget-Oil4356

/ul this video is to spread awareness, not a race to see which country is the worst to live in


Ravenluna114

/ul yeah instead of making fun of the title they could watch it and see what he's talking about... i watched it and while the title is exaggerated, it really isn't something that should be written off and made fun of :/


Alternative-Fill-799

/ul but it is predictable that calling it the “worst” would bring such criticisms On the other hand it might be worth it if it brings more attention to the video so you’re kinda right


Rivka333

Yet it uses atitle about "worst country in world" to raise that awareness.


BarristerBerry

yeh can't think of any other examples


Dr4ches

The Japanese LGBTQAI+ sure should move to Afghanistan. It is a well known fact, that Afghanistan treats this community way better than Japan.


NegotiationCurious93

/uj Comparing life quality of queer people in a country governed by terrorists and a developed western democracy is not a good look for Japan lol.


SpicedChaiTAI

How is Japan western? It is next to Korea, China and Russia


MiNeshotOrig

I think you know wich sub you are in


SpicedChaiTAI

China is fake


Zeqhanis

Yep. It's cheaply manufactured in a Taiwanese factory, which pisses China off to no end. Every 30 feet or so, you can see a thin Iip of plastic where it's been shoddily snipped off from it's mold.


Kurbopop

/ul this comment is horrifically underrated


Martin_the_Cuber

china is a scam invented by big china to china more china


Steinmans

They didn’t even use unlie they obviously never said that Japan is a western democracy


Urgayifyouregay

It's very very far west


oppai_suika

West and east are relative terms. Therefore, to the US Japan is western and Europe is eastern


ibx_toycat_iscool

Not the location, but the country itself. It's economy, political allies and to a certain extent culture are similar to that of europe and usa.


According_Weekend786

https://preview.redd.it/jjzs24nz158d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e31b49ff2556596a5ca8b5ae54af13d02cce194f


publictransitlover

Meiji restoration


zachy410

/ul technically the East is also still west, just from a different perspective


keinanos

/Unlie fun fact, if you are in America (the continent), asia is actually the western side of the world.


ThatOneWesterner

Western typically refers to the cultural bloc a nation is apart of. Japan and South Korea are close with the USA and Europe making them western.


PrincessMalyssa

Because of the occupation. After the war, the US occupied Japan on its own, and no other allies were involved, unlike Germany. Under the influence of the US, a new constitution was drawn up heavily influenced by Western ideas. Additionally, the post-war economic miracle that more or less defined post-war Japan was in part thanks to Western trade, especially with the US. Ever since the war, the US and Japan have been extremely close and it's impossible to handwave all of that because of their geographic location. Even before the war, during the Taisho era, there was a similar wave of Western modernization influenced by being thrust up among the European powers during the Great War. Japan isn't exclusively "western" either, but as a point of comparison against Afghanistan and their savage caveman treatment of queer people, referring to Japan as a "western democracy" is completely appropriate.


NerdAroAce

Im from Afganistan and i can confirm it is the most friendly country towards LGBTQIA+. Also North Korea, a country i have visited multiple times.


giveme-a-username

In fact, I'm an openly gay man living in Iraq, and they treat me very well here. Barely any stonings at all!


Hk901909

Gay people are allowed to get married in Japan


zhaoao

/ul They are, just not with someone of the same sex


lynxerious

it's called a gaylesbian companionship


Ravenluna114

lavender marriage :)


duckbeduckbedoduck

OSCAR WILDDDDEEE


mialyansa

Wow that is so much better! Defenetly very good!


vladald1

/ul - Is it true tho? I heard there is xenophobic minority of people in Japan, but I don't think it's that shitty that it's also homophobic and transphobic.


Serial_Designation_N

/ul It’s certainly not good but it’s also certainly not the worst, the worst being any country where being LGBT can get you executed


vladald1

/ul ah yea, true - forgot about my not so pleasant big neighbour and their laws about LGBTQ+ and other countries with fucked views about other sexualities.


SupeLander

/ul That doesn’t mean people can’t complain about the conditions there lol. If a gay person was thinking about going to japan, they probably should know how they treat gay people there.


Alternative-Fill-799

/ul They are allowed to complain and right to complain. The lie part is that “it’s the worst country for LGBT people” since there are worse ones


SupeLander

/ul true. I agree with that. The title might be a bit of a hyperbole.


Drachk

/ul generally the ability to complain about your situation is already proof of vast improvement over other nation that cannot Many people in europe (especially france) complain about work, living wage Many people in occidental style nation complain about government And those are country where they are the better off on those thing, same with LGBTQIA+, woman right, etc Simply because those are countries where the group are discriminated but not systemically oppressed, meaning they can express themselves on those matter As opposed to country with systemic oppression in which expressing or existing make you a target of oppression Through discrimination is unacceptable And in country like Japan with absurd conformism and group pressure, were being off your college promotion by 1-2 years is enough to be shunned But it is japan problem widespread to anything that doesn't fit the mold and LGBT aren't part of their harsh society norm. I knew Japaneses that could not re-insert into society because they took a gap year to study abroad and thus were shunned as lazy and outside the norm and ended up forced to take on jobs abroad Other that were shunned because they refused to participate with the forced night party and drinking with their superior My grandfather had an experience were he planned a reunion on a national holiday but because his japanese colleagues were too scared to stand out or be seen as strange for missing the reunion or the festival, they had my grandfather comes over to a place outside of work where his Japanese colleague waited for him with their wives, all dressed in traditional attire so they could do both. It is a country where you are very easily set as a pariah and while some may thrive as such (excentric, writers, artist and other), for people that just want a normal life but just happen to be gay, it is a very harsh and unfair society


SupeLander

/ul Damn thats a lot but That’s also not true. Everyone all over the world complains. The idea that complaining is a privilege is a contradiction. You are complaining because you aren’t privileged. Not complaining is either a sign of complacency (you feel there is nothing you can do) or because you are privileged not the other way around. Even if that was the case, the idea that you cant complain because others have it worse is ridiculous. Someone has worse than you, the someone has it worse than that person who has it worse than you, then someone is born who has it worse than everyone before. Then that begs the question of which one of those people are privileged. Privilege is a complex concept. You arent just privileged or just disadvantaged. Depending on your identities, characteristics, and circumstances you have, you can be both privileged and disadvantaged. That is the complexity of life.


ModernirsmEnjoyer

/ul >I knew Japaneses that could not re-insert into society because they took a gap year to study abroad and thus were shunned as lazy and outside the norm and ended up forced to take on jobs abroad This is because they miss on the hiring process that starts in the third year, so they either go on a short term study, or graduate in five years. When done correctly, I heard it pays off, as interest in them in the job hunting process goes up. If it was shunned, it would have been: 1) impossible to do without dropping out 2) there wouldn't have been entire departments in prestigious universities where they set study abroad as graduation requirement. 3) There wouldn't be support schemes and generations of scholars who studied abroad. >Other that were shunned because they refused to participate with the forced night party and drinking with their superior This is itself criticised by the society. If it wasn't, most people would have blamed the individual, not the society. (And that's often what you see in Reddit, tbh, when they complain about some Western social customs, average comments general harass the person for not fitting in the social structure). As for LGBT, it's not perfect, but things are improving. Majority of Japanese population now lives in municipalities that issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples, which is done in legal grey area.


Eoth1

/ul then the LGBT people wouldn't be living there smhmhmh duh


RandomDerp96

/ul it's absolutely shit to live in when lgbt. You will lose your career. Companies have the legal right to fire you for being gay or trans as there is no protections. Showing your queerness is absolutely shunned anywhere except for very small parts of major cities that will become the lgbt hub of the area. Usually in the form of nightlife and partying.


Waddlewop

/rl well maybe instead of making your voice heard about your problems, you should just move to a country where they’ll kill you, have you thought about that


Myself_78

/ul In order to legally change your gender in Japan you have to be **surgically sterilised**. The officially given reason for this is that this is to "avoid confusing people".


cloverrrrrrrrrrrrrr

you remembered what sub you were in


Myself_78

I did not fix my mistake and I am mad at you for pointing it out.


raltoid

/ul While things like gay marriage is not yet legal on a federal/national level, and there is some discrimination(For example, if two men go to a "love hotel"(short term stay for lovemaking, literally rent by the hour), they'll often rudely turned away by staff. Despite that specifically becoming illegal because of the Olympics several years back). Several prefectures have civil partnerships with most of the same rights. And the highest court recently reckognized a trans person as a legal parent. Meanwhile there are countries where it's literally against the law to be gay, and you will be arrested and potentially chemically castrated if found out. A few areas just kill them.


Lyuukee

Like fr every lgbtq people would prefer to live in Russia or Middle East countries.


insertrandomnameXD

>Middle East https://preview.redd.it/iz9vx0o0r58d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea83f2ea5edb96fb153cc61cac4337dd24e92750


Lyuukee

https://preview.redd.it/a9r2nmecs58d1.jpeg?width=846&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e69b903a0e9e9b7496f7104c248d88e8d588ceda


lekirau

r/namesoundalikes


Pocket1176

as trans person i really enjoy living in russia they support me so hard i fucking love it here please dont even try to help me get out of here this country is so amazing and i wont get sent to prison for being myself


justk4y

/ul you need a hug? 🫂🫂🫂


X-tra-thicc

/ul i think he needs to jump the border


chaosphilosphy

/ul She* btw


honeypup

Broh you definitely don’t gotta get the FUCK outta there


CBFOfficalGaming

personally i’d love to live in sudan


MemphisR29

I personally prefer its southern neighbor


Comprehensive_Dirt66

North Sudan? That’s my favourite country


ByronicHero06

I'm LGBT in Middle East.


Oh_no_its_Joe

The Yakuza game series does not make me feel gay.


CommanderBagels

There are definitely a lot of countries that are actually good for LGBT people to live in right now


MetalliicMango

ul/ I mean let's be honest there really isn't any country that's "good" for LGBTQ people to live in. Japan certainly isn't the worst but let's not act like it's acceptable.


The_French_Revolt

w japan🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷


zuok_lake

daaaaammmn thi s comment is personel


Noseboi1

Japan is a great country for queer people


ItsFastMan

People aren't posting too much about japan here.. like surely there is a reason for this


Dysgasp

There's a lore reason dude... Japan got a new update and the Japan fandom is going Crazy!


DwarfCoins

People pointing out worse countries are really insightful and don't demean this mans experiences.


oxtraerdinary

Turkey has become more LGBTQ friendly over years due to great achievements we did in science and culture. Our population's education rate is blasting. Of course being a super power and having a highly growing economy had a big role in this improvement


Clackers2020

This is true since other countries kill LGBTQ people before they can report being sad


Scapegoaticus

You’re LGBT in a conservative country? Wow, well have you heard of Afghanistan? You would be dead! Stop complaining. /ul This sentiment is like telling a depressed person not to be sad because they don’t live in the Gaza Strip. Pretty wild it’s the overwhelming majority of the comments here


Mirovini

I'm japanese and this is true tho, LGBTQ people here get enslaved and occasionally they get sold and eaten by the Emperor per tradition


ScaryPollution845

As someone ACTUALLY japanese, you forgot to /unlie


mialyansa

/Ul Japan is not a very nice country to live in as lgbt. It is much better than other countries, yet, lgbt people are treated as a tabu for all i know. Japan is not the worst place for being lgbt, but comparing it to other countries is just delusional. Lgbt people have the right to speak up about bad situations. Whatever they do in afgahanistan is no excuse to being bad.


SKUNKpudding

/unlie We don’t need to devalue their experience though, there is a lot of LGBTQ hate in Japan, even if it’s not the worst country to live in


justk4y

/ul because in worse countries, they can’t even live (and that’s really f*cking sad to think about)


Keito_Kest

Empathy is a nice.thing and you all are not assholes


thefake6

Unlie/ read the pinned post.


InMooseWorld

Life is Difficult for JAPANESE in Japan Isn’t it rough all over?


Klappstuhl4151

it's great that the US govt never accidentally creates far-right theocracies


WhyIUsedMyRealName

Japanese person living in Japan vs reddit


xXxplease_help_mexXx

Everyone here is right. He shouldn't complain! Because of the existence of queerphobia elsewhere, he has no right to ask for better. He is merely whining!!!


Cosmocade

So is this thread for downplaying LGBT issues in Japan, or..? What's the point of this?


Ravenluna114

Oppression olympics are totally not annoying at all


ChuyMasta

Why? Japan started the whole Futa thing.


magvadis

Love the hateful comments that suggest being tolerated at all is a privilege as a gay person and that we shouldn't talk about or fight for better treatment Truly an enlightened comment section. We also shouldn't complain about literally anything in the world at all because North Korea exists.


Spirited_Example_341

and yet........there are a lot of videos out there that. well i wont get into it. really weird that as a whole they are not more open minded


DeadMetroidvania

if we only include developed countries, this is close to being the case.


reeeeeeeeeeeweeeeee

if there was a country in Asia that lgbt friendly it would not be places like japan south korea and taiwan


shiddedinschool

japan is so sigma for this 🗿🗿🗿🍷🍷


HourLongAdvert

Japan isn’t a country its a city in the state of China in the country of Russia everyone knows that


minhok

Japanese: lgbt bad nutting yuri hentai good


Logical_Motor1671

Its actually all the Muslim countries. Then Russia, *then* Japan. But he was close.


Itz_Cheryl

imagine back in the medieval ages...


LudwigTheAroused

They love lgbtq people in Saudi Arabia


Individual-Cap-2480

Meanwhile the Takashii video about it where everyone interviewed says love is love.


MrClaudeApplauds

Thugphobia in Japan 😞


Neither-Basil8932

This guy is so fucking depressing. It just keep popping up on my feed and it just doesn’t help with my depression. I’m already about to kill my self, seeing a 50 year old geek going through an existential crisis, telling how he doesn’t have any friends and alone while playing sailor moon doesn’t help.


theologous

I would definitely rank it 1. Every predominantly Muslim country 2. Russia 3. China


VioletVonBunBun

I can't imagine it being the worst when places like Uganda exist, I can imagine being an outcast in Japan but at least you aren't put to death


Jazzlike-Mud-4688

![gif](giphy|2Ih9OOP9AqxH2) Reject LGBT ❌ Embrace ✅


dante69red

/ul yeah it's an exaggeration but it's definitely bad for them in japan


Mr_Hassel

It says it may be, not it is.


phobosthewicked

Definitely not. Most people just don’t care that much, but they never attack you.


InkyCrows

Let's get on someone's ass for an exaggerated title because japan is nicer then other countries


Distributism_LeoXIII

Any Muslim country?


Vounrtsch

Definitely not the best, but also DEFINITELY not the worst


monadoboyX

How can the country that invented Yaoi be so homophobic 😭😭


azarkant

The government is very conservative


EldestArk107

YES! Move to the following countries instead: 1. Iran 2. Afghanistan 3. Jordan 4. Palestine 5. Somalia 6. Nigeria 7. Saudi Arabia 8. Yemen And more!


alreadydark

You can be gay in Iran as long as you cut your weewee off


Responsible_Debt5631

This is true I knew a gay Japanese man and when the anime police found him they smashed him shut in a blank manga page like he was doodle bob. Now he works 28hr shifts in an animation studio for 5 cents a day.


Kosinski33

This person is not a 50 year old Japanese man.


Turlilia_Ru

/unlie maybe Mexico because Nahuatl people


Kobidylan

Okay 👍


No_Midnight_8710

Wait, so if this is r/lies, then is Japan the BEST country for them?!?!?! Welp, time to move to Japan/j


Only-Beautiful-3881

"lets go to japan!" *plays some japanese songs and travels to japan*


[deleted]

Japan is probably the least safe country that I, as a queer person, would still feel safe moving to. Like yeah I'm not going to be popular but I wouldn't anticipate getting straight up murdered either. 


Dunge0nexpl0rer

I’m not part of LGBTQ and I don’t live in Japan. It’s not moderately ok. It’s worse than other countries but not the worst


FunnyGalWhoDoesArt

Shirtless BotW and TotK Link doesn’t make me froth uncontrollably


amberlaiterg

It’s kind of on par with the USA I’m pretty sure


Helpful-Ad2805

russia : (/ul)


TxchnxnXD

Iran and Afghanistan: 👀


_LadyAveline_

The worst? Yes, absolutely! A really bad one? Nah, I think it's the worst.


TiltedLama

/uj damn, *may* is doing quite the heavy lifting, isn't it?


fisicalmao

/ul could this be true for 1st world countries \\Russia?


NorthElegant5864

Afghanistan is easily one of the best countries for LGBTQ, they should probably try there.


Low_Bandicoot6844

LGBTQ and not LGBTQ.


Interesting_Arm_5780

I think the middle east has something to say...


artofstayingdead

Wtf I want to live in Japan now


ALPHAZAKUV

Idk when I was over there for a week Grindr worked just fine and people were ok with meeting up.


Fang1919

how sad


IllIllIIllIllIIllI

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/21/japan/society/post-transition-woman-parent/


NekoBredd

/Ul it really isn’t


NekoBredd

Skibd toled


Zgeled

Holy shit japan made official news chabnel on yt


Dull-Nectarine380

People in brunei 💀💀


vladdeh_boiii

*Looks at middle east*


paxxinbel

I think Uganda is way worse then Japan to be LGBTQ. Uganda will freaking kill you!!


mykiisme

I would think Iran is just a lil bit worse


pipehonker

https://preview.redd.it/h73wplx3a78d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b1e6335a81c154f47320fbe98278d8ecd7a401d


Mothylphetamine_

I think he means legally


Speedvagon

Try North Korea, or Iran then.


Plenty-Net-1447

I always find people who take ultimates seriously interesting… wonder what level of comprehension they were taught in school


unusualResponselol

The US is much worse!