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When I was stationed there, I worked pretty closely with my counterparts in the JASDF. Apparently their Wing would hold "english" contests, where their NCO's would go up against each other to see who had the best grasp of our language. Because their weather squadron had such a good relationship with my shop, they cheated and would get our help.
I helped this one female NCO out once with a paper she was writing, and it was on this topic. Apparently, the issue had gotten so bad that the government had turned a total 180 on it, and has started encouraging females in the military to become pregnant. Before that was a complete career destroyer, if they did it was pretty much unofficial policy to ensure they never advanced or would be removed from the service.
So I'd say the government has gotta be sweating this hard, if they've gone as far as to offer women in the military incentives to get pregnant now.
cincydooley wrote: I'm not saying it'll cause the apocalypse. I'm just saying there are a lot of people in the US vastly overbreeding.
I believe the fertility rate in the U.S. is right around replacement level, with immigrants above replacement level, and native born below replacement level.
So I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it sounds like kind of an ugly statement to me.
cincydooley wrote: I'm not saying it'll cause the apocalypse. I'm just saying there are a lot of people in the US vastly overbreeding.
I believe the fertility rate in the U.S. is right around replacement level, with immigrants above replacement level, and native born below replacement level.
So I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it sounds like kind of an ugly statement to me.
I think it was an Idiocracy reference?
You guys know that was a movie and not a documentary right?
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cincydooley wrote: I'm not saying it'll cause the apocalypse. I'm just saying there are a lot of people in the US vastly overbreeding.
I believe the fertility rate in the U.S. is right around replacement level, with immigrants above replacement level, and native born below replacement level.
So I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it sounds like kind of an ugly statement to me.
I'll spell it out for you then:
There are too many uneducated and undereducated people reproducing at higher rates, when they're younger, than much of the educated population.
I mean, I'd pretty much direct you to the open scene from Idiocracy:
The only ugly thing is that it's sadly coming true in the United States.
But then again, it's no surprise when attitudes like this exist:
cincydooley wrote: I'm not saying it'll cause the apocalypse. I'm just saying there are a lot of people in the US vastly overbreeding.
I believe the fertility rate in the U.S. is right around replacement level, with immigrants above replacement level, and native born below replacement level.
So I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it sounds like kind of an ugly statement to me.
I think it was an Idiocracy reference?
You guys know that was a movie and not a documentary right?
Are you sure about that...
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cincydooley wrote: I'm not saying it'll cause the apocalypse. I'm just saying there are a lot of people in the US vastly overbreeding.
I believe the fertility rate in the U.S. is right around replacement level, with immigrants above replacement level, and native born below replacement level.
So I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it sounds like kind of an ugly statement to me.
I'll spell it out for you then:
There are too many uneducated and undereducated people reproducing at higher rates, when they're younger, than much of the educated population.
I mean, I'd pretty much direct you to the open scene from Idiocracy:
Hard not to notice the difference in hue involved in your examples.
Probably a solution out of Frazz's book, but a solution none the less to the problem:
Evacuate all of Japan's cities, get the USA to bomb them again, with the end result that the cities will have to be rebuilt = Japan's economic malaise cured for the next 20 years, + the latest generation of Japanese men will be able to emulate their post-war ancestors in having something to strive for, which will result in Japanese women being swept off their feet by the new wave of masculinity, resulting in a population boom!
And they say solutions to the world's problems are complex!
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deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky. But is it true?" - Tom Kirby, CEO, Games Workshop Ltd
Hard not to notice the difference in hue involved in your examples.
I'm embarrassed for YOU.
Idiocracy is clearly a satire. The sad thing about the satire is that it's coming true.
The second video was simply a topical example of uneducated people super breeding.
Young professionals in the United States (read: college Educated) are having children later and less frequently than those without college educations. It's a pretty simple fact.
Mr Nobody wrote:Couldn't they solve the issue by trying to increase immigration rates?
The common fear that immigration creates is that of culture shift. We're dealing with this in Quebec at the moment with our lovely "charter of values" debate. My fiancee worked as a JET at the turn of the century and she said she never felt accepted because she refused to go too native, and she always stuck out. Nothing too dramatic, but she didn't want to join in traditional female activities (the weird flag and staff housewife choreography comes to mind). The point is, at the moment, cultural preservation is more important to them (which is probably a giant head-in-the-sand issue at this point, young'uns seem to be doing things not quite the traditional way anymore).
Hard not to notice the difference in hue involved in your examples.
I'm embarrassed for YOU.
Idiocracy is clearly a satire. The sad thing about the satire is that it's coming true.
The second video was simply a topical example of uneducated people super breeding.
Young professionals in the United States (read: college Educated) are having children later and less frequently than those without college educations. It's a pretty simple fact.
It's not just the United States. I think it's pretty much the world over. If it is generalised, it ought to keep the Malthusians happy.
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cincydooley wrote: I'm not saying it'll cause the apocalypse. I'm just saying there are a lot of people in the US vastly overbreeding.
I believe the fertility rate in the U.S. is right around replacement level, with immigrants above replacement level, and native born below replacement level.
So I'm not sure what you're saying here, but it sounds like kind of an ugly statement to me.
I think it was an Idiocracy reference?
You guys know that was a movie and not a documentary right?
Are you sure about that...
Yeah...I think idiocracy was originally intended to be a movie. It just ended up being a reality. It's disturbing how accurate it's becoming.
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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hotsauceman1 wrote: Yeah, but does germany have Host Clubs and Cuddle Cafes?
Although I might pay the 70$ and hour for a girl to dress up and go on a date with me as my favorite Anim Character....Maybe Revy.
It's incorrect to ascribe the low birth rate to Hello Miffy cafes when countries that don't have them have the same low birthrate as ones that do.
I Should have been more clear. Im not saying it is part of the problem only. I was saying that the reason they are reported on is th weir stuff you can say about it.
Japan will be a good place to go to for work soon then if they cannot keep their population, lots of progression and opportunity. guess i better brush up on my japanese
timetowaste85 wrote: Yeah...I think idiocracy was originally intended to be a movie. It just ended up being a reality. It's disturbing how accurate it's becoming.
Yeah, living in a society where we have much more access to information and higher levels of education has somehow made us dumber.
timetowaste85 wrote: Yeah...I think idiocracy was originally intended to be a movie. It just ended up being a reality. It's disturbing how accurate it's becoming.
Yeah, living in a society where we have much more access to information and higher levels of education has somehow made us dumber.
Cant tell if sarcasm....but if not:
You're missing the point. The point is not that we DON'T have more access to information and higher level of education--we do--but that developing an educated class that IS using that information, and IS going to college and graduate school.... but they're not procreating as early, or as often. Most of my college educated friends are starting families around the age of 30, waiting because they want to be secure in their careers and and so that they've unburdened themselves of some of their college debt. They're also having only 1 or 2 children, below the US average.
Contrarily, those that aren't going to college tend to have children earlier, and have more of them, in part due to the fact that they're starting earlier. The video I linked about the 15 Keeeyaaads woman is an example, albiet an extreme one, but its certainly a reality in the US. If you're living off the government, there's literally no reason NOT to have more kids aside from personal accountibilty. Remove that, and more kids equals more gov't cheddar.
timetowaste85 wrote: Yeah...I think idiocracy was originally intended to be a movie. It just ended up being a reality. It's disturbing how accurate it's becoming.
Yeah, living in a society where we have much more access to information and higher levels of education has somehow made us dumber.
Cant tell if sarcasm....but if not:
You're missing the point. The point is not that we DON'T have more access to information and higher level of education--we do--but that developing an educated class that IS using that information, and IS going to college and graduate school.... but they're not procreating as early, or as often. Most of my college educated friends are starting families around the age of 30, waiting because they want to be secure in their careers and and so that they've unburdened themselves of some of their college debt. They're also having only 1 or 2 children, below the US average.
Contrarily, those that aren't going to college tend to have children earlier, and have more of them, in part due to the fact that they're starting earlier. The video I linked about the 15 Keeeyaaads woman is an example, albiet an extreme one, but its certainly a reality in the US. If you're living off the government, there's literally no reason NOT to have more kids aside from personal accountibilty. Remove that, and more kids equals more gov't cheddar.
OK that makes a little more sense I thought you guys were giving a blanket statement about people in general being dumber, that being said shouldn't developed nations be lowering their populations anyway as they consume like 80% of the world's resources and only make up 20% of the
global population. Anyways their are ways of reducing undereducated poor people such as increasing social mobility, offering better education services that are practical to the poor, etc.
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