Japan, like Germany, is a society that has been bombed into submission. They went straight from feudal society into Empire mode. There's nothing particularly peaceful about their history.
60 years ago they sure didn't see any problem with looting the entirety of Asia and were about to continue into the Hawaii and the West until that pesky little thing called World War 2 got in the way.
I've been here for years, they kept deadbanning my original accounts because I say things people disagree with. I imagine it'll happen again fairly soon.
By the way, your average karma is kind of low, you might want to try bringing that up. You've had over a year with this account!
You can get any of the sauces they put in the burgers on the side to dip your fries into also.
On a related note, I recently at at 5 guys and it was 2x as expensive and about 1/2 as good as in-n-out. Anyone who says it's better is absolutely nuts. They expanded too fast.
Cognitive dissonance of realizing a lowly engineer (you know, something those immigrants do) can make more than an attorney. Apparently he wasn't paying attention during the last 20 years.
Even small-scale stuff that nobody writes articles about like putting a personal guarantee on a 2-year commercial office lease or a line of credit qualifies as sacrifice and is actually quite risky.
I'd offer a small edit on the premise and say that it isn't necessarily a willingness to be poor, but a willingness to go broke for your convictions that is important. Being poor/impoverished is a mindset, being broke is a temporary condition.
Somewhat tangentially related is the derivatives trader mindset which I have been reading about recently.
Do you have an e-mail address? I think we can help you out - I run a managed hosting company and would like to offer you some help as a member of the HN community.
I would also add - sometimes a smart person just doesn't give a damn about impressing others.
When I deliberately dis-engage in uninteresting conversations with "smart people" I can see them judging me immediately. Sometimes I just don't want to faux-argue over inconsequential bullshit. The older you get the better you get at letting your ego go in these kinds of meaningless contests.
60 years ago they sure didn't see any problem with looting the entirety of Asia and were about to continue into the Hawaii and the West until that pesky little thing called World War 2 got in the way.