mercedo's Journal: At The End Of The Day

I worked 8 hours today as was usual. I visited Slado tonight, SassyOS2, NoGoodslash..., cyber205, oddmake are Japanese Slashdotters in which cyber205, and NoGoodslash...are a regular contributer. As opposed to numerous entries from other countries, the number of members from Japan is still small.

I have noticed I am not keen on latest world movement. I work very hard, but I don't want to attribute my lack of common knowledge in the current world to the lack of free time as a result of this hard work, but sadly I must say it's true, I have no time to browse 'even' the latest news. This vicious circle already affects so badly over all ourselves.

I rarely find that national news matters to me

[Degrees]

I rarely find that national news matters to me. I do however, use an RSS feed from my local newspaper to keep up with local news.

And I visit the /. front page to skim the article headlines.

Re:I rarely find that national news matters to me

[mercedo]

Before the advent of the Internet era, the lifestyle of almost all Japanese people were similar. They work from 9 to 7 and at home they watch the same TV program. They read the same newspaper. They were talking about the same social topic, hold the similar opinion. Always say we Japanese think, believe, act, not I. We had been feeling very secured when we put ourselves in this group psychology. They rarely thought they act because it is right. Everybody does, therefore I do. They didn't care whether it is r

Re:I rarely find that national news matters to me

[Degrees]

I do like reading Journal Entries and associated comments more than I like broadcast media. Particularly, I like the fact that people from (sometimes wildly) different viewpoints can post their ideas. Once in a while, I add my own opinion; but often, I just read other people's opinion.