And Why are NEETs Looked Down Upon in Japan?
First off, let's get one thing straight right now, we're not talking about cleanliness. Like Weeaboo, this is another type of person that an Otaku would get confused with. And like Weeaboo, it's perfectly possible to be both an Otaku and a NEET at the same time. But unlike Weeaboo, there are no racist people trying to turn NEET into a racist word for an Otaku person like the "n" word is for a black person.
NEET is an acronym for Not Employed, being Educated, or in Training. But despite the way that sounds, this does not mean that the person is a lazy bum who doesn't do anything. But be forewarned that you will hear a lot of people who only looked at the words that make up the acronym and thinking that's all they need to know, will be telling you "Oh it's a lazy bum who doesn't do anything, and that's what's wrong with these young kids today. And when we said we want them to be neat, we meant clean their rooms! And this and that and the other, and blah blah blah, and ooh la la (like preach on, brother!).
Originating in England (or was it Britain, I often get those two mixed up), NEET was originally intended to be used for people who did not go to work or school today. Didn't matter what your reason was, today was your day off, you had to stay home sick, this is your spring break, or whatever else, all that mattered was that you did not show up at work or school today. And there was nothing negative about it either. It was more like, "Oh so you're a NEET today. Well go ahead and enjoy your day off." or "So you had to be a NEET today. Well I hope you'll be feeling better tomorrow. Get well soon." But as it spread, other countries began changing it into a negative word to be used only for criminals and dropouts, as they're not working, attending school or doing any kind of training, unless you count murderers as self - trained military soldiers.
But upon getting around to Japan is where it took on it's most interesting and current meaning as the name of the revolution against Corporate Japan, who works it's employees like dogs and turns them into Hikikomoris. About the only thing they don't make them do is bark! And it's for this reason that Japan's population has been declining so, because everyone who's old enough to do so is always far too tired and stressed out to lift a finger to perform the harmonious art of The Way of Baby - Making, if you're catching my drift.
So now NEET is used to refer to a person who has found a way to make a living without having been hired by a company to be an employee. As a self - employed person, a company never hired you to be an employee so technically you're not employed, you most likely would be finished with school so you're not being educated, and you wouldn't be doing the self - employed work in the first place if you were still training yourself to learn how to do it, so you're not in training. So as a self - employed person is Not "technically" Employed, being Educated or in Training, a self - employed person is a NEET. Neat huh?
One last thing to mention is that unlike here in The States, NEETs or self - employed people are very badly looked down upon in Japan because they're a society where your job is your life. The higher up the corporate ladder you are, the higher your social standing. So someone who's not on the corporate ladder at all is considered to be like at the very bottom of the food chain regardless of their skill or money. This is why NEETs in anime (Anime studios are a part of Corporate Japan too, you know) are often portrayed as lazy bums that don't do anything (which you know now is complete bull) and they often leave behind their NEET lifestyle for Corporate Japan most likely by the end of the show. Just like the American mainstream media does with the Gun community, you're being lied to about what NEETs are really about and being shown what they want all NEETs to do.
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| The Lie About NEETs. |
But upon getting around to Japan is where it took on it's most interesting and current meaning as the name of the revolution against Corporate Japan, who works it's employees like dogs and turns them into Hikikomoris. About the only thing they don't make them do is bark! And it's for this reason that Japan's population has been declining so, because everyone who's old enough to do so is always far too tired and stressed out to lift a finger to perform the harmonious art of The Way of Baby - Making, if you're catching my drift.
So now NEET is used to refer to a person who has found a way to make a living without having been hired by a company to be an employee. As a self - employed person, a company never hired you to be an employee so technically you're not employed, you most likely would be finished with school so you're not being educated, and you wouldn't be doing the self - employed work in the first place if you were still training yourself to learn how to do it, so you're not in training. So as a self - employed person is Not "technically" Employed, being Educated or in Training, a self - employed person is a NEET. Neat huh?
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| A Real NEET |
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