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And this almost made me have a knee-jerk reaction to the expressed desire to make the content in question available in English. As if I am tired of you Americans Americanizing everything you touch[2]. This sentiment is also expressed in Ramstein's song "Amerika"[3].

But that's why it is called a "stereotype". I shouldn't stereotype a population of +300 m out of a small sample size (that includes YouTube/Twitter too). I lose a lot of potential good/bad experiences if I continue to do that. And even if, for the sake of the argument, 90% match my silly stereotype, I still should have an optimistic modus operandi. Pessimism/cynicism is a counterproductive trait. You should be an optimist[1].

But putting all that aside, what makes you think that the inquirer is an American? He could be a French person knowing Japanese and Russian besides English.

Anyhow, we shouldn't follow protectionist policies. Nothing good comes out of that. We should be thankful/appreciative to people who are willing to share content with others (open source, creative commons, etc.).

References:

[1] Algorithms to Live By

[2] https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2021/01/04/report-plays...

[3] https://youtu.be/Rr8ljRgcJNM

Edit: for the people who take issue with my post here: I would appreciate a feedback on why my post is counterproductive/bad. Thank you!

Comment · 5 years ago

Yep, I now use duckduckgo.com and yandex.com for reverse image searches.

Comment · 5 years ago

Why is the EU so lenient with Sweden in that case?

Comment · 5 years ago

- https://www.c-plusplus.net/

- https://dixq.net/

II. Quality YouTube channels from Germany:

- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrWissen2go/videos

Explains societal/political/historical topics (in a neutral manner) to laypeople.

- https://www.youtube.com/c/maiLab/videos

Explains science topics (chemistry, biology, studies) to laypeople.

III. Quality YouTube channels from Japan:

- https://www.youtube.com/c/atelierateruimath/videos

Math professor teaching linear algebra, analysis etc.

IV. Services from Germany

- https://www.mindfactory.de/

Computer hardware etc.

- web.de

For me the best European Dropbox alternative so far (Online-Speicher).

V. Services from Japan

- https://fc2.com/

Website hosting etc.

- https://www.nicovideo.jp/

The Japanese YouTube basically.

- https://www.rakuten.co.jp/

The Japanese Amazon.

VI. Concluding Remarks & Miscellaneous

- Arte, Phoenix make good documentaries. (But these were already mentioned by others.)

- https://www.schenker-tech.de/en/ - https://www.xmg.gg/en/

Laptops made/assembled in Germany.

- https://www.gigaset.com/hq_en/

Some smartphones are made in Germany.

- https://www.youtube.com/c/worldorder/videos

By Genki Sudo (須藤元気) former MMA fighter. He's now a politician.

- Hiroshi Abe (阿部寛)

The Japanese Clint Eastwood.

- Kim Ki-duk

A Korean movie director that I happen to like.

PS: If I find/remember more interesting stuff from Japan and Germany, I will update this post. :)

Comment · 5 years ago

My apologies. Yes that was perhaps a little weird from me. (But I am a socially awkward person anyway. :))

My intention was to inquire why person X came to that conclusion. Many people have different experiences throughout their lives. Some rich people wouldn't be perhaps able to empathize with poor people (making less than 10k a year). Some of them don't know (most of the time) what it is like to live with 10k a year and trying to make ends meet.

Louis CK expressed that sentiment in a clever manner: https://youtu.be/P3jLufZx3IM

So why did I come up with the "rich people example"? Well, I am trying to illustrate that we all have our blind spots somewhere. Different people, different experiences (and with that different levels of empathy/understanding).