Alright, I realize that I may have come across rather harsh. I'm not trying to be an asshole so much as I am trying to correct misconceptions. Most people on this site, for instance, tend to be the reclusive, quiet types, and many have few friends. How would these people do in the social hierarchies of Japanese society? These people tend to think that, if they were suddenly in Japan, their otaku-esque behavior and social withdrawal would be more normal. The ironic thing is that these types of people are much more accepted in western countries (where they are right now) than they would be in Japan.