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...have natural conversations in Japanese than in your own language.
Other than me, who else does this apply to? Maybe it's a common case of the charisma man effect.
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Define easier. Do you mean easier to express what you want to say? Or easier to talk to people in general because you are less shy?
Neither apply to me, but if either one applies to you, that's awesome.
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What's the charisma man effect?
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Charisma man is a comic book character where he is a loser back home but around Japanese he is transformed to be the most Attractive person ever. It's a failed belief that If you go to Japan then you're gonna be instantly loved by everyone around you. It's similar to the widely known 「日本語が上手ですね。」 People are just being nice. If you can't speak the language then you won't be getting any women of "quality". つまり、You would only be able to date Japanese girls that can speak English. And typically girls that can speak English are average or below average looking girls. They make up for this by improving their English and it seems to work, right. The hot girls want to meet a cool foreigner but don't have the English to be able to do that so they stick to cool Japanese guys. if you Up your J-speak you can open your opportunities. Learn Kanji > Learn Japanese > Have fun.
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@nosleeptillfluent: thanks for the explanation
@everyone else: I think he was joking, but he's not slept since february, so maybe not...
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*raises hand*
Years of speech training has made English conversation seem much more intimidating. I'm not as nervous in Japanese (and in Chinese since it's monosyllabic I don't have the same speech issues I have with English).
Though I wouldn't say it's because of skill because it ain't. :L
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mezbup, I didn't know you were single. *cough cough wink wink*
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devils advocate...
Let's consider just a hand full of the qualities someone's date-ability can be judged on; good personality, high intelligence and good looks. Obviously everyone judges these things according to their own criterion and based on supply/demand, but I imagine some combination of the above is required in a potential candidate before you would consider dating them. Represent each of these qualities with a circle. In most cases, I imagine the more attractive one is the smaller the 'good looks' circle will be (ie. the number of people whose looks impress you will be smaller) and likewise for the other circles. Draw the three circles slightly offset from each other and observe their points of overlap. People that represent the pinnacle of desirability across the three traits will be much less common than those who possess only one or two. Basically no-one is perfect and people devote their time,resources and natural talents to improving different areas over the course of their lives. If an interest in language learning is the product of open-mindedness or an interesting personality, and success in it may indicate some combination of intelligence/efficiency/pragmatism/perseverance , then it's quite possible that the 'best looking' women are less represented in the 'good English speakers' category. This is not a causal relationship of course but rather a consequence of above average people being less common that average ones. Really this shouldn't come as any surprise.
Women who spend ridiculous amounts of time on their makeup/hair/wardrobe are statistically less likely to be great English speakers.
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