Comments on: Social Resistance

By: Deepthroat

Deepthroat — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:44:38 +0000

This.

Also try Atlas Shrugged.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:44:51 +0000

I agree with your interpretation.
What were you thinking, me from three years ago?

By: ライトニング

ライトニング — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:34:06 +0000

A little over 3 years late 🙂

By: metoob

metoob — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:29:58 +0000

no. he didn’t mean to display his knowledge of kanji; he meant to show that even he could become good at kanji.

By: Miss Language Learning

Miss Language Learning — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:28:50 +0000

It’s just humor, it doesn’t matter, and you know that.

By: Sergei

Sergei — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:54:20 +0000

“AJATT is often described as cultish. And it is, because I have carefully laid plans to whisk you all away to a compound in South America where we can watch anime and drink colored sugarwater.”
what does it say about me, as a person, if i have little to no trouble with that?

By: David

David — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:41:58 +0000

^ “i dont even hear you im on a mission”

Kobe Bryant would make one hell of an ajatter

By: David

David — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:39:43 +0000

social resistance summed up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-uJswwgIRk&feature=player_embedded

By: Flame Less + Journal More = Win | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time

Flame Less + Journal More = Win | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:59:36 +0000

[…] does it matter whether people agree or disagree with you? Their opinions are irrelevant either way. You’re not trying to be liked or disliked, you’re trying to acquire a […]

By: 星空

星空 — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:36:42 +0000

this is just a gang of evil people from teh previous article:
a rehash!

as it was stated before:
forget the monolinguals and 日本語でやれ！

By: A few things along the way : jouzu

A few things along the way : jouzu — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:49:51 +0000

[…] reference to a recent post by AJATT, /social-resistance, it is important to choose between success and immediate popularity. Sometimes you want to do the […]

By: Jaybot7

Jaybot7 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:49:48 +0000

Just to be a fool, here’s the foil: Khatz seemed like a cool guy. I wanted to seem cool to Khatz and hang out with/chat with him, but I knew I couldn’t do that if my Japanese was sucky: So I learned Japanese in order for him to accept me 😛

By: Mikhayla

Mikhayla — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:29:00 +0000

I think what you said, Khatz, is true for languages, but when applying it to sentence repping, and other areas, like sports and stuff, what you said is half the battle, and then motivation is the other half. If you could get both (social resistance and motivation) down, then you could totally accomplish anything….I think. 😛

By: kak

kak — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:23:57 +0000

@triplej

Here’s the info for the book “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand in Japanese for ya. A good read! Enjoy!
肩をすくめるアトラス
ISBN 4-8284-1149-6

By: qaz

qaz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:38:52 +0000

Khatzumoto:
That may have sounded like a fair compromise to you, but in reality, was it? I know if I did the same thing with some of my friends, they may get annoyed too.. but then again I do not hang out with them a whole lot so the time we do get together, I want to show them I appreciate and enjoy the time we can literally SQUEEZE in together.. were you constantly hanging out with friends then?

By: triplej

triplej — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:11:13 +0000

Why does Ayn Rand keep on coming up in these comments?? I guess I remember seeing a poll with her as one of the most loved authors by “non-critics.” Which means normal people. I might have to give her a try, any thoughts on the Japanese translation?

Anyway, this post definitely strikes a chord with me. I think especially for people living in Japan, like Lane’s comment, it’s easy to get sucked into the foreign crowd, which is really only a very small portion of society creating a micro-environment which effectively shields people from learning Japanese. (here I go quoting Khatzu again.)

This post also reminds me of what Gary Wolf says about SRSing in the Wired article about Piotr Wozniak, the creator of Supermemo:

“His advice was straightforward yet strangely terrible: You must clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired. This should lead to radically improved intelligence and creativity. The only cost: turning your back on every convention of social life. It is a severe prescription.”

www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/16-05/ff_wozniak
(can someone teach me how to make links in these comments?)

I know it’s been posted somewhere here, but it’s a great read for anyone who missed it.

By: akira117

akira117 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:33:02 +0000

“AJATT is often described as cultish. And it is, because I have carefully laid plans to whisk you all away to a compound in South America where we can watch anime and drink colored sugarwater.”

Yea, it is funny how cultist the ideas are viewed (sadly), but it is more about updating learning a new language to the current day and age. We no longer have to use paper flash cards, one source of the spoken language (aka the teacher), special books written for language learners, a special non-native alphabet, special meal plans….oh wait sorry I drifted. 🙂

Anyways back to my paper about “How to Learn a Language” 😉

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:26:35 +0000

@Harvey

“Foreigners” typically hang out with other foreigners and not with locals. They form their own little culture bubble. So, by hanging out with locals instead of other foreigners, you wouldn’t be an outcast so much as an … incast?

I think preferentially hanging out with locals is probably the best way to assimilate. Good for you.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:45:57 +0000

I wish I had had you to read when I was a teenager! You could have been my father figure (instead of tv :P).

By: Harvey

Harvey — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:54:37 +0000

After 18 months! Geez…. that’s quite the spat.

This is good stuff. I’ve only been in China for three weeks and I already have started to consciously avoid the foreign english song singing karaoke outings. Maybe they’ll think I’m an outcast… but hey. I’m here to learn Chinese!