This content explores the art of giving compliments, particularly in Japanese culture, highlighting how strategic praise, especially regarding age, can foster positive social interactions and even lead to tangible benefits like free food and drinks.
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in the olden days in japan
when a baby was born his or her age was
counted as
one year old the moment the baby was born
born
and everybody the entire japanese
population grew one year older on new
year's day
so people didn't really talk about their birthdays
birthdays
back in the olden days because new
year's holidays
meant much more to them this is a story
about how to praise people the young
how are you thank you hey i heard you've got
got
good second is that right
hey how did you know oh yes i got good
sake from my relatives yesterday
well can i have it for nothing
nothing what do you mean by that for free
hey if you want something for nothing
then you should at least pay me a
compliment or something
what is a compliment well compliment
is a phrase that makes people happy okay
i see
so is it hard no it's not hard
well for example what kind of things do
you say when you see somebody on the street
street
um well i would say something like
hey what's up you cheeky butters
cheeky burgers is that how you talk
then you gotta be more polite than that
you can say something like
oh it's been a very long time since i
saw you last time
i hear that your business is thriving in
your children are doing really well at school
school
so basically compliment is a lie
well sort of by if you pay such a
compliment then you might get
sake for nothing
not bad not bad so what if i still don't
get any sucker then what can i do
then you can ask the person's age are
you sure about that
so you should ask something like how
would i
or you're 50 or you look so much younger
than that
i thought you're more like 45 or 46 and
the person will be really happy
hey you nice guy why do we go out for
some drinks
it's my treat how's that oh wow
it's exciting but you know in your
not everybody is 50. what if the person
was 60
then 55 or 56. number 70
65 or 66 how about 80 well
the same way oh so
if somebody is 80 you go
the same way no no no that's not what i mean
mean
75 or 76 how about 90
85 or 86 how about 100 this is not
an auction but anyway
if you see such a person then you can
say you look more like
95 or 96. how about one thousand hey hey
there's nobody like dracula or
frankenstein in this world
hey the world is a big place so i gotta
be prepared so can i say oh you look
more like
995 or 996
whatever you like to do yes i won't stop you
you
but the point is you say a few years
younger than the person's age
and that the person will be happy all
right all right
getting exciting so what if i see
a father and his child and
ask the father how did your child and he
says he's annoying
then should i go oh no he looks much
younger than that
i thought he's more like six does that
work ah
no in case of our children and teenagers
the opposite role applies the opposite rule
rule
that's right so you should say how old
is he
well he's nine or he looks very wise and
mature i thought he's more like 12
and that father will be really happy hey
you nice guy it's lunchtime you want to
join us
it's my treat how's that
so you're basically saying compliment
not only brings drinks but also food huh
does that mean if i master compliment i
can pretty much make full-time living
just complimenting everybody
yeah that wouldn't be a possibility oh
this is so exciting sorry
what if i see a baby and
her mother and ask the mother how does a
baby and
she says she is two then should i go
oh two she looks very wise and mature i
thought she's more like
five does that work nah nah
in case of babies and totalize you can
use some special phrases such as
is this your baby oh i've never seen
such a beautiful baby
her face has a sign of long life just as
her grandfather who had a very long life
and passed away peacefully last
year a proverb goes a china berry is
fragrant even as a sprout
which means genius manifests itself even
in childhood
i mean such a child must be a delight
and i hope i will have the same good
luck with my own children
again compliment is getting a little too
complicated so uh thank you for your
advice anyway
complementary this is exciting yeah
i'm gonna get some free soccer and food
from somebody oh here comes osaka
no no no my best friend hanjin hey
what's up hanji
oh the best looking man in the entire neighborhood
neighborhood
he's much better the compliment than i
am but i gotta do my best
hunty it's been a very long time since i
saw you last time
and no i saw you at the public bus
last night it's been a very long time
since then
now come to think of it i saw you at the
tobacco shop this morning
ah that's right you were there yeah so
where have you been you must be really busy
busy
ah no i haven't been anywhere and
you know i got nothing much to do just
hanging out just like you
all right can i make you happy [Music]
[Music]
hey hunty how old are you
you know my age the same age as you are
i'm 40.
40 year old okay inkyou didn't really
tell me what to say to a 40 year old man
am i gonna over or lower or
some special phrase like china bear
china berry is
fragrant china what are you talking
about nothing i'm just talking to myself
hey hanji can you change your age to 45
what no i don't want hey you're my best
mate right
okay whatever you say okay
hunty how old are you i'm 45
are you like much younger than that yeah
because i'm 40.
she at 45 all right okay okay you're
acting so strange
whatever you say 100
how old are you i'm 45 oh you look much
younger than that you look more like uh
42 are you happy now i'm two years
oh he's gone why was he so upset
well i've got to get some free drinks
from somebody
oh that's right my friend takasan just
had a baby last week and uh we gave him
5 000 yen to celebrate this special
occasion oh that's a lot of money man
thank you hey i came to praise your baby sir
sir
oh thank you man come on in come on
thank you thank you thank you so much
so where's the baby i paid the admission
fee last week you know five thousand in
hey my place is not a zoo
huh just kidding
but seriously though where's the baby
whoa he is huge
that's right even though midwife thinks
uh he's a big baby all right
but he is basically gigantic though he's
got like
mustache and wearing long johns that's grandpa
grandpa
grandpa taking a nap grandpa yes
of course this is grandpa so where's the
baby then
you mean this tiny thing here that tiny thing
thing
oh he's so skinny is he ever gonna grow up
up
yeah i hope he's growing up oh he's so red
red
did he boil him no i didn't boil him
because uh he's not an octopus
okay okay okay calm down calm down i
gotta make you happy
pakistan i'm gonna ask you a special
question that will make you happy
takasa is this your baby
hey don't make me nervous man
yeah i i i say he's my baby that's what
my wife tells me
i'm pretty sure yeah i'd say he's my child
child
it took a very long time to answer that question
question
pakistan his face has a sign of long
life just as his grandfather who had a
very long life and passed away
peacefully last year
krampus yeah right in front of you
grandpa he is alive is there any problem
he's alive what about grandma then uh
grandma's doing grocery shopping
she is alive as well is there any
problem with that no no of course not
well everybody's alive in this household [Music]
approve of ghosts china berry
tastes great when it's cooked with bean sprouts
sprouts
no no no no i've never tasted
such a baby no no no no hanging such a
no i don't think no what are you talking about
about
sorry i just got everything mixed up
but anyway i'm going to ask you the
final question
pakistan how old is this baby
well he was just born last week whoa he
looks much younger than that
how can he be much younger well he
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