Elderly Japanese Women Going To EXTREMES To Find Community

[@jesusbarrera6916]

There's a possibility that she was a terrible parent and the son wants nothing to do with them for good reason....

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

Most likely

[@FromTacoma]

@@jesusbarrera6916 I work in a nursing home. It’s amazing to see how coping through pain with machismo, numbing with drugs and alcohol, scapegoating, can cause cycles of family separation. I believe it starts there and echos into our political landscape.

[@mamtily]

Ask that mom how she raised him. I am a Japanese Citizen. These are just a few bad example. Those old "parents" are plenty gamble addict that never care thier Children at thier time and also abused thier Children. Those Children have thier mental stress when they meet thier parents. Just go to check yourself instead of blaming others. Majority Japanese people are very loving and supportive to thier parents. You can find it at hospital elderly center. Jail is definately a terrible place to confirm it.

[@matildauebel7599]

To be fair to the son, we dont actually know what kind of a mother she was to him. It's easy to judge without knowing the full story. Abusers are good at "playing theater" and it*s not fair to expect a survivour to take care of the person who hurt them, just because now they need something.

[@rso_media]

The public call-out is her trying to get other men to white-knight for her and harass/attack her own son (you can see the exact reaction she was looking for in some of the comments on this video), so... clearly, she was a wonderful mother. Very loyal and caring too, I'm sure.🙄

[@matrixwitch666]

​@@rso_media he is never named

[@matrixwitch666]

​@@rso_media you don't even know her, idiot.

[@rso_media]

@@matrixwitch666 lucky me ☘🙂

[@matrixwitch666]

@@rso_media how can u say that? you literally don't know her, fool.

[@aandreya]

I used to be in the "oh, the elders" camp. But after caring for my elderly grandma for 15yrs (she's 90 now), my mind has change. Elders can be vile, entitled, uncooperative, purposely deceiving. I have no love left.

[@tsunami2447]

Let me guess. You voted Kamala

[@aandreya]

@@tsunami2447 when you assume, you are making an ass out of u & me

[@MarvelGeekify]

I think the problem is- and maybe this applies for Japan too, we just work too damn much… I have an office job, but after I get home from work, I don’t feel like doing anything else except watch a show or two. If we had more time to spend with friends and do stuff with friends, then we might be more social and less lonely

[@mcostagirl123]

In Japan, people work even more. They practically live at their office buildings. There's even a cause of death known as karoshi, which is death from overwork.

[@MarvelGeekify]

@@mcostagirl123 either that, or they sleep in Internet cafes

[@jssamp4442]

Get a grip, Ana. Just because you have a good mother who treated you well, doesn't mean everybody does. I'm glad that you have such a perfect life and family.

[@christinawebb3016]

I cared for my MIL for 5 years, she had dementia. This makes me incredibly sad. I agree isolation is hard on emotional health.

[@vijayiyer8518]

sadly, loneliness among elderly people has been a growing long term problem in most western nations for a long time

[@TurtleTimeVoiceOvers]

Homeless people in the US do the same to escape winter on the streets and for 3 hots and a cot.

[@PathOfRage]

No they don't 😂...my city has (reportedly) 6,000 homeless, a lot of which are in a notorious open air drug market neighborhood. 99% are drug addicts, thats just a fact...their dealers are across street, somewhere nearby. When the temperature drops, they dont go anywhere...what they do is steal metal trashcans from street corners, subway stations. Then they find wood, paper, anything flammable out of piles of garbage, and light bonfires...I kid you not 😂 They get blankets from church outreach groups and cover up against storefronts, subways. Theyre not going far from their drug supplier. They are fed free three course meals by church outreach groups drop offs, and are eating better than YOU are 🙂. They eat some or none at all, and toss it on the sidewalk.

[@lisaa.4667]

Social isolation is an important risk factor for dementia. It is sad to see elderly people in this country and other countries feeling so isolated. Social media is no real replacement. That Japanese woman's son will be old someday, sooner than he thinks. May his own children treat him the same way.

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

Nah, he will probably be a good parent.

[@chilliwhiggerE]

One person's loneliness is another person's not having to deal with judgmentalism and being pestered and annoyed.

[@Fanouriou]

It is not really a thing in the US, but a large problem in the world has become that prisons have better rehabilitation care than eldercare provides. I think this isn't just a japan problem. Far to few suicide prevetion statistics count elder suicide because a lot of said suicides are counted as "mistakes" or "natural causes" heart attacks.

[@NextNate03]

Regarding bad son: Maybe the mother was treating him bad (abusive) for years or decades.

[@pitbossea]

Yes! The elderly start to get crazy as they get older.

[@asdfg78547]

Right! You can't judge just by watching this video. All young children love their parents. Something happened between now and then. It's not normal to talk to our parents like that in Japan.

[@rasnac]

It makes me happy to know I live in a Western Asian country that still has strong big family structures, and even though ı am a single man, I will not be left alone in my old age by my many nieces, nephews, aunites, uncles, cousins, second cousins, third cousins, fourth cousins etc. even if I wanted to. There is no such thing as distant relative in my country, all relatives are close relatives, and we check each other constantly. It is almost tribal.

[@gayfrog68]

I'm quite the introverted person so I don't think I could live like that. 😄 But it also sounds really beautiful.

[@Carlos-rd5ep]

It's a insane as people in the USA spending huge amounts for the rich, wars and drugs while children are being martyrs and prior are overdosing and abusing drugs of desperation.

[@FromTacoma]

Great story guys keep up the good work!

[@supercadet111]

The Japanese seemed to have stumbled onto a missing public service. These elderly people want to live and work for room, board & community. Create self sustain facilities to cater to the need. Working retirement communities, where they do their minimum labor, they can age in place, and have other abled-bodied seniors work in the assisted living/hospice section coupled with other perks, rather than prison confinement. They can be a net benefit to society, rather than a net expense. Japan already has a worker crisis on it's hands. Give the elderly, who want it, a job, a purpose and a community.

[@pattycake4boss785]

OMG this is so sad. We took care of our elderly mom who was 100% bed bound for multiple ailments until she passed at 86 and she was still talking and happy and smiling with us and the caregiver we had to assist while working till the end.Her son will end up without anyone to help him

[@tylerharris4392]

Her son will probably just kill himself, I mean that's usually what men do

[@samuelp2882]

I think you guys need to do more stories like this

[@alans98989]

2:08 You don't know what their relationship was like when he was growing up and how she treated him. You shouldn't judge people in these circumstances unless you know the facts.

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

Men are bad no matter what. If it was an old man with his daughter not showing up, she would say how she understands

[@-7070]

I'm not really sure why elderly centers were glazed in this video. If you ever known anyone who has been to one they are often pretty terrible places in the US. Some have been caught intentionally pushing drugs on elderly to keep them quiet, they just have rooms with nothing much to do, some people go bankrupt over keeping people there, there's just so many layers of wrong. That's major issue for me on the left as someone who wants universal healthcare is to also majorly reform elderly centers to have parks, views, games etc. The way they are ran now is prison with a handshake

[@ggstatertots]

I used to run a care home, and it is also very hard for caregivers. They are often underpaid and overworked. I ran a smaller home, so it was easier to give one on one care to the residents. However, there are larger facilities where the caregivers are tasked with clothing, feeding, giving medications, changing diapers, bathing, etc all on a tight schedule. Many residents have some form of dementia, and will be confused, irritable, hyper sexual, aggressive, etc. It is a tough job that burns many people out unfortunately.

[@steevesdd]

Sounds like they need a seniors center and/or a seniors apartment.

[@atlas5687]

Wow. Thats so so sad. I dont blame to ladies...seriously. heart breaking. Youd think Japan would treat their elders better, and build community centers/live in, for them. JAPAN NEEDS/CAN TO DO BETTER SO SAD

[@garwynrosser8907]

Judging by how poorly senior citizens are treated in nursing homes around the world. It says something about how they prefer prison. Maybe we should do a swap.

[@petrafied.]

I thought the Japanese families stayed together! Esp in old age

[@pattycake4boss785]

I heard that also from Japanese students I knew in college many many years ago but they must have changed to become like lot of Americans here in the USA

[@Greycloud-m6b]

They passed away before her?

[@petrafied.]

@Greycloud-m6b no, her son said he wants nothing to do with her :(

[@petrafied.]

@pattycake4boss785 I've visited kyoto, and there was a whole section of town with different themed "love hotels". I was told it was very common for couples because they didn't have much privacy living among family. That was 2008? Sad if they've changed :/

[@sayuas4293]

Ana, most people aren't "super fit" like the ones you'd go out with

[@bobby5678-ck2tc]

Yes we are maybe if you are left wing because you guys don't go to the gym but that's on you stop being lazy bums.

[@michaelroark6565]

I'm not afraid of rejection, because I am rejection. I get tired of trying.

[@rachelk7555]

Heartbreaking.

[@tonylouis6072]

This is heartbreaking and the bit about the son is an important detail because it seems that they may have a culture in Japan that perpetuates loneliness, much like here in America

[@marinanjer4293]

Japanese jail: "Come for a hug" American jail: "Pick up the soap, Granny"

[@jacoblittle3209]

Man, we don't just have elderly people doing this but we have all ages of adults doing this here in the United States. Mainly for a bed to sleep on and a meal. And I'm sure some do it from loneliness

[@vijayiyer8518]

people used to do this in great britain and in ireland in the 18th and 19th centrury as well

[@Sassykk]

What a sad clip….😢

[@whatsgoingon07]

The mere fact they have to commit crimes to feel wanted shows our dystopian society

[@tino.saurier233]

"this superfit guy" well maybe Cenk wasn't superfit and sexy

[@FLIK510]

This x 1000%

[@grantputnam3269]

Remember when the women said we don't need a man? I think that is still pretty fresh on most guys minds.

[@CadetBoneSpurs]

You misunderstood…they don’t shitty men

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

​@@CadetBoneSpursany man with standards is a bad man to you all

[@pascalcanada9960]

Wait until AI takes control of our lives, and we all end up being lonely. Everything is automated in Japan no wonder why people feel lonely.

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

Men are kind of ok

[@rikgto9351]

Isn’t that part of the reason a small percentage of US prisoners want to be back in prison vs out in an unwelcoming world in their perspective

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

😂 why are we acting like all mothers are good when the majority are bad. The son probably have a good reason not to see her.

[@Larreatridentata-t5i]

I'm suspicious of that too.

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

That's a horrible thing people who don't realize that everyone is going to be elderly one day. Take care of your elders people. Remember that what goes around comes around.

[@DarahanDhesi]

Sad. There was a time when Indians who are related work and even stay nearby. No longer. Money counts.

[@pitbossea]

This is what America will look like in the future.

[@takenoprisoners-u3x]

So much for strong Independent women who never needed a man.

[@tylerharris4392]

Lol

[@tylerharris4392]

Exactly

[@lac2275]

Reminds of the people here in america that commit small crimes to get medical care in prison.

[@TheLastLineLive]

A weird story but I get it. Maybe the local communities and the state and federal governments need to improve social gathering options.

[@ericantone8709]

It'd be so easy too.

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

I've also heard of people in the USA choosing to commit non violent "light" crimes so they can go to jail and get roof over their head instead of being homeless. The light crime means you'll be put in a safer side of jail.

[@FLIK510]

Anna giving the worst possible advice to men at the end there, lol

[@asdfghj13579fly]

She doesn’t know the perceived attractiveness of the guy makes it innocent or creepy. And creepy can lead to consequences other than just being rejected. Cenk comes from a different time.

[@AtZero0]

💯

[@danielguzman6934]

I hope all the women who once rejected me, or any other decent guy who didn’t deserve to be rejected, end up that way. As they say, “nice guys are bitter”. No wonder why.

[@ReturnOfKalki]

you don't know how cringey you sound

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

​@@ReturnOfKalkiactually not really when you think about it. The crazy thing is that older men are looking for young women. Now the older women... well yeah....

[@MrMoraltv]

The guy is absolutely right

[@PathOfRage]

How?! Japan's population density is insane 😂!

[@maureentam5912]

Seems like a good solution for these lonely elderly who can’t fend for themselves..plus they can feel productive having jobs to help pay. Expenses.😊

[@georgebradshaw8670]

Messed up, good life expectancy but a long life alone?

[@IheartAorta]

I used to get lonely but not anymore.

[@kcw1879]

Am I correct that in Japan, there are no aunts; no uncles; no brothers; no sisters? That's super lonely right from the start.

[@garveycampbell80]

Why isn't this affecting elderly Japanese Men????

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

Because men are used to being alone. This is what men tried to tell women for years. Men actually don't need women or etc.. Just some beers, a dog and a little friends.

[@garveycampbell80]

@@NoFreedoms-f1d Hmm.....that makes sense. Thanks!👍

[@ikilledthemoon]

They have Smash Bros Melee to fall back on

[@Demion83]

@@NoFreedoms-f1d Who needs friends? Beers and dog yes.

[@kellydarrius]

😂😂​@@ikilledthemoon

[@srvuk]

There is a question that nobody seems to want to ask. Since the pandemic, have many nations seen an opportunity to deal with ageing populations. Reduce their support and .....

[@tbishop4961]

Anna and Cenk learning the value of the nuclear family. This was beautiful. Congratulations guys

[@whatsgoingon07]

Nuclear family? Gtfoh! 😂

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

Nuclear is way too small. It takes an extended family to care for people.

[@tbishop4961]

@@whatsgoingon07 oh, bless your heart. Don't know who your father is?

[@whatsgoingon07]

@@tbishop4961 son, my father is actually your grandfather your mother just didn’t tell you yet 🤣

[@tbishop4961]

@@whatsgoingon07 there are support groups where you can express your anger and disappointment

[@kriyamoon]

I used to teach retail fraud at an addictions. Counseling agency and every session would have at least one elderly person that just had something happen in their life. This is very common everywhere.

[@ElixirNumberTwelve]

We Love Mamas.

[@JohnnyJPatt]

That is so sad. Nobody should ever be alone! Ever. And as far as I’m concerned loneliness is the most awful thing another person should go through. And at my company I won’t stand for it

[@Nohandle-p5s]

I've been invalidate and can't afford to, and plus I'm burnt out.

[@sibusisiwenyathi6331]

Follow the example of elderly Black women. They go to churches or mosques. If you an atheist find others similar to you

black women are the worst example of mothers on earth, lol.

[@tbishop4961]

7:37 .. letting the days go by

[@houdmeraby3664]

It’s all about the culture over the past 50 years culture changed from staying at home and having family number one priority to seeking career and selfish goals at all cost

[@Larreatridentata-t5i]

It's the atomized family unit that is the problem. Adult children always left home to build their own lives. What remained was your local community. Adults aren't building these social networks anymore. In part, I'd agree that yes they are too busy with work. But, also they are over prioritizing their kids. The community BBQ has been replaced with running little Billy to soccer, Boy Scouts, and guitar lessons. It's no wonder with all that BS, that folks have no energy left for anything else.

[@MaxHoward7473]

Cost of living. Can’t care for a family member on the street.

[@fredrickkun]

Thank you for reporting on this has been a major problem for militaries and Law enforcement’s all Over the world’s 🗺 🌍 🌎

[@channel_nick87]

Plenty of the groups came back after Covid but a lot of people probably stay in isolated

[@thewolfofswingthat2035]

that guy should check your ring finger first before asking!

[@marinanjer4293]

Go to jail to find "community"

They are just copying black culture.

[@Demion83]

True, there's been a huge surge in elderly Japanese woman drill music.

[@amandaj2892]

I wish I was a regular at Friday night drinks with TY staff ❤

[@jssamp4442]

What was that voice at 8:53? I couldn't make out what it said.

[@jesse_cole]

When Ana gives advice to guys about how to talk to women, I always think, "Yeah, but I wanna pick up hot women, not Ana."

[@FLIK510]

Woudln't want my mom if she was a thief either

[@fredrickkun]

How many of them have been born in prison industrial system and then get kicked out of the prison when there whole entire families is in prison so what we really talking about I haven’t forgotten about the jail systems deal with this ever single day petty crimes or patty’s missing with people Console me us console meant Candy mints 🍭 🍬 🗣👥👤 🎑💫👤👥🗣👀

[@mojrimibnharb4584]

That's not really a thing outside the US.

[@fredrickkun]

@ what are you smoking I got billions of people’s locked up all over the world want what you smoking on

[@fredrickkun]

@ in the words of minions what🤷‍♂️🤷🤷‍♀️🗣@ what are you smoking I got billions of people’s locked up all over the world want what you smoking on

[@fredrickkun]

@ defines not really

[@play030]

I love being introvert. I lived in Japan for 3 years. They had all kinds of social gatherings. Not saying that this woman is lying but it's hard to believe.

[@TheEverFreeKing]

The existence of some social gatherings does not negate the reality of most people. I know crazy that you can have anecdotal experiences right?

[@ReturnOfKalki]

I think they are looking for a deeper and less superficial social bond, and prison will definitely give that to people (trauma bonding). Just talk to people who have been to prison and listen to how institutionalized they are

[@eldenringer6466]

I also watch man on the inside. It's great for light weight entertainment...

[@blueocean9758]

2:17 you don’t know there story or what she’s done but judging hard

[@goodanytimej8688]

My son says dissappear....im with anna here, that womans son would have a polite conversation....with my boot

[@kosmfit]

is old tyt back?

[@carbon357]

that was a good joke Cenk - I appreciate it - lol

[@bronzeanzac1322]

I like this woman's son.

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

You should have waited a couple more weeks

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

Bad timing

[@robbyarundel4539]

Why dont they do Ama diving? In the ocean!

[@Veteran1stMemeWarOf2015]

Feminism

[@takenoprisoners-u3x]

Exactly. This is just one of the consequences that the cult of feminism is responsible for. Ana has no clue. I bet she has never experienced rejection in her life. Relatively few women do.

[@tylerharris4392]

​@@takenoprisoners-u3xyup

[@andresmall3830]

Ana! Lol don’t give guys advice on picking up women, unless you tired. I’ve had some bisexual female friends try - it’s not what you think

[@Demion83]

I didn't follow how they transitioned from the old ladies in prison to Cenk learning to talk to women?

[@tarik6990]

Despite this, I would still rather be a retiree in Japan than anywhere in the US.

[@MaxHoward7473]

I understand… men are not nurses. Have girls they are better at that stuff.

[@BlackCat-dm7se]

but having a boy means you only have to worry about one penis, having a girl means you have to worry about every penis

[@montanamountainmen6104]

Hum, heard US women for oh last 5ish years steadily proclaim , " I don't need a man." Well matters not to me. I've been married to a great woman for 31 years. But you feminists best take heed this will be you in 10-30 years ...Enjoy the rewards you requested.

[@NoFreedoms-f1d]

A lot of men nowadays don't see the point of having a woman.

[@gburahbondo2948]

First here

[@PathOfRage]

99% of the homeless in my city are drug addicts...the very reason they wound up homeless in the first place is theyre drug addicts 😂. A lot of them arent even from the city. They came from the suburbs and the state next door, to the open air drug neighborhood here to get high. The high became more important than the rent/mortgage. They get high, they wake up on the sidwalk after being passed out, robbed of their wallet and belongings...they're stuck there 😂...

[@MWhaleK]

Many, many people become drug addicts to deal with life on the streets. Others started taking drugs to deal with how horrible life in America is for so many.

[@Happycat8385]

​@MWhaleK id also add that alot of good ppl became addicts and stayed addicts during the oxycontin epidemic. Oxycontin was pumped onto pur streets in every state in the country by Purdue pharma, aka the Sacklers. There was 100s of 1000s of ppl if not millions honestly that started taking these pills who became addicts who probably wouldn't have been addicts otherwise. Than fast forward 10 years they take the pills away and places like China and Mexico capitalize on this and than here comes fentanyl. I'm not saying this was the sole cause of the drug/homeless problem but it definitely contributed

[@tomshady3530]

"im lonely and i dropped the soap..."

[@eldenringer6466]

Cenk is so funny. More cenk on his own please or with yasmin .

[@ihartevil]

Well i got 0 idea on how much poison i consumed partly because i became obsessed that my triangle shape cake came in a blue square bucket and ended up eating pretty much the entire thing (the cream was to much for me so i didnt eat the end part with it) I surprisingly got full with pretty much 0 idea with what i consumed i sort of follow the rule at this point you deal with poison eating human beings anything cream based probably some kind of cex and go with the ladder of maybe a mixture I am trying to get used to this all and follow what chase said but its hard

[@ihartevil]

Really glyph you got somebody to put a dead light bulb in my lamp That light bulb i had in that lamp supposed to last a lot longer what the fa is wrong with you It worked when i left and it probably wont work for any other lamp i am haping this light bulb good enough and that i am able to use it for awhile Dont worry roundup i plan on buying a lot more light bulbs and a lot more star of davids because of this I know whats to come and i learnt a lot from chase get the light that most people will not use based off the light bulbs it needs less problems with returns then

[@ihartevil]

Roundup whosever heart you gave me really seems to hate autumn so i am guessing joes heart he seemed to care 0 about her being trapped in america but he said bikdip and joel both felt that way but i got a feeling joel and bikdip never want anybody trapped they dont care to take the time to untrap though I dont know why joe hated her so much but from what it felt like her thinking she knows stuff that she knows 0 about he seems to hate a lot and to me i find it funny and shows shes stoopid and got a lot to learn I know i am unable to stop your plans with her but i got a feeling i somehow slowed down her coming to america either by thinning your powers or other maybe somebody else hep maybe its because you wasted your time making lucky a male cat for sometime dont really know any slow down i am happy with

[@tylerharris4392]

It's so funny ana talking about people getting out of their homes to socialize when her job literally is to be indoors

[@paulettemcquay4026]

Shame on everyone who doesn't take care elderly. That includes all of you that throw your elderly in homes so it doesn't affect your life. You are horrible people!

[@demarcusfaulkner7411]

Agreed

[@Larreatridentata-t5i]

Honest question, you actually care take for a person with dementia while raising your own kids and managing a career? Just curious.

[@paulettemcquay4026]

@Larreatridentata-t5i one vehicle,smaller home,day trips and zero expensive vacations, buying second hand, dinners in not out. There are many ways to save money. Maybe try a money management course. Are people important or things? You can always have grand excuses, horrible selfish people normally do

[@kenpachizaraki7234]

This truly is sad af

[@konaGLACIER]

Govt officials been killers

[@tylerharris4392]

Maybe talk about the fact that a lot of men today live with their mothers in women would rather sleep with a guy that already has a girlfriend than somebody that doesn't