From our other sites
The story
A thread that started with the post “Anyone who travels alone is a loser” sparked heated debate on 5ch’s Newsspeed VIP board. The original poster argued that “traveling with others multiplies the fun,” treating solo travel as proof that someone has no friends. Solo-travel defenders fired back, saying “you can decide everything at your own pace” and “you meet new people on the road,” and the exchange quickly escalated. Before long, the thread drifted away from travel itself and into pointed jabs at each other.
What people said
Who actually WANTS to travel alone? lol
It's a trip
Bet you live in some stinky apartment
No, it's a journey
Just admit it, loser
Can't even travel alone, loser
It's a trip
You could never handle a real journey anyway
What is? With 3 people it's 3x the fun
Sharing the experience makes it more fun, no? lololololol
Alone, you can decide everything instantly based on your own preferences
That's something you can't do when traveling in a group
Sounds like you can't even book a hotel, let alone plan a trip
I'm a guy who can do everything solo
I can even build a house (I'm a licensed first-class architect)
What is?
You're missing a subject there.
That's exactly the kind of thing that makes people dislike you
If your relationship needs a facilitator, that's not really friendship
Wait, do you even have friends who'll travel with you lol?
I do
Though they're mostly girl friends
Guys who are mostly friends with girls don't post on 5ch. Confirmed lie.
How does that even connect
No wonder you have no friends 😅
I don't have many friends, but I'd go with family before that anyway
While you're not catching anything, who are you even talking to?
The ocean? lol
Sorry for being a licensed architect, sorry~ lol
Pretty much anyone can get a first-class architect license after working in the field for like 3 years
Companies basically force you to get it anyway
It's basically (number of people you travel with) × fun
You guys just haven't realized it, but having friends around is a good thing
That's just your personal opinion
I go with friends I click with 😄
You can hang out with people you hit it off with along the way
If you go with friends, it's harder to join other groups
Worrying about stuff like that will make you go bald
Actually, you're probably already bald
Come on, leave him alone
↓lolololololololol
63 Anonymous (courtesy of 5channel VIP) 2026/09/11 (Fri) 14:44:28.265 ID:UHap6nVE0
Re: #59
At least let me rest on my one day off from work
Re: #101
What's even fun about mountain climbing? It's not productive lol
↓The productivity of holing up online on your rare day off from work and getting owned in an argument, lololol
63 Anonymous (courtesy of 5channel VIP) 2026/09/11 (Fri) 14:44:28.265 ID:UHap6nVE0
Re: #59
At least let me rest on my one day off from work
Kind of like OP lol
What's even fun about mountain climbing? It's not productive lol
If you want to have a lively time at an amusement park or tourist spot, going with others is more fun
That's basically the answer, right?
The purpose is different, so there's no point looking down on solo travel
The only other time you're alone is when you die, huh~
So what's your point?
Nobody asked about your situation
Huh? If you actually have a life, you'd die surrounded by family, wouldn't you?
Background and Key Points of the Debate
In Japan, solo dining options like “hitori yakiniku” (solo grilled-meat dining) and “hitori karaoke” (solo karaoke) have become widely accepted for the “ohitorisama” (people who do things alone) crowd, but travel is still widely assumed to be something done with friends or family. This thread played out that same clash in values: one side treated solo travel as proof of loneliness, while the other championed the freedom of “not having to coordinate schedules with a companion.” Interestingly, the very poster who dismissed solo travel later criticized another solo hobby — mountain climbing — as “unproductive,” and other commenters were quick to call out the contradiction. The real fault line wasn’t whether travel itself is good or bad, but differing views on whether enjoying things alone is valid in the first place — and, true to form for a 5ch thread, it ended with no clear resolution, both sides talking past each other.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “Solo travel? lolololol Traveling ALONE? lolololololol.”
Leave a Reply