It's too expensive to have a kid in Japan. There aren't enough childcare to take care of the kids so one parent usually ends up staying home, making household income low.

Japan can't fix this by having bandage solutions like paying couples to have children, or subsidizing deliveries or schools. Yes, they help, but only in the short term. Prospective parents will think about long term prospects and opportunity cost in having kids. Japan has change the whole system to make it work for couples to have kids.

Get fucked Elon

Filipino living in Singapore, married to a Japanese:

Philippines - Facebook Messenger (they love Facebook there) Singapore - WhatsApp (everyone uses it here, especially businesses, so it's hard not to have it installed) Japan - Line (I think it's because of the stickers and emojis?)

Maybe pear has a chance but I've never had a draginfruit that comes close to mangoes.

Truth! Unless they come straight from the tree, this is the way to go.

Still using the 3A and it's still OK. I'm a fan of Pixel phones (used Nexus phones before that), and I usually use them until they stop working, then I buy the latest model. I think I still have a year with this one.

I guess the takeaway is that, the more accessible a fruit is, the better it tastes. Shipping things really alters the taste and freshness somewhat.

Isn't the fruit to seed ratio bad?

I grew up in South East Asia, and mangoes here are the best. I tried "western" mangoes and they're trash. I feel sad for people who can't experience eating "proper" mangoes. Although I feel it's the same way for me if we talk about grapes, peaches, berries, etc.

Love Wristwatch Revival. Almost makes me want to learn watchmaking.

That's great! I was actually surprised with the amount of responses this got but it's really opened me to a lot of great content on YouTube. I've been coming back to this too and trying a bunch of recommendations. 😊

Shock for the Secret Seven. It's a kid's book that was given to me by my godfather. It was the book that made me fall in love with reading.

Rambutan in great. But I don't think it comes close to mangoes' level.

Love kiwis but I get some kind of allergic reaction whenever I eat them.

I think the difficulty adds a bit of a natural filter for those that really want to leave Reddit vs those that just want to check things out.

But yes, easy access would make it more mainstream which may be better for long term growth of the platform.

Will do! Thanks!

I was able to eat it in one go.