> the Japan fetish in this article is way too strong Seems like a common thread from the author, see yesterday's submission re: Ikiru. https://news.ycombinato

> the Japan fetish in this article is way too strong Seems like a common thread from the author, see yesterday's submission re: Ikiru. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10839344 But his pseudo-nihonjinron* is nothing compared to the Traditional European Martial Arts (Which are Much Better Than Japan's Didntchaknow) circlejerk we have going on in sibling comments. If I'm ever at a ren faire I plan to walk around and every few minutes loudly say "dude you should have brought your katana, you'd own everyone so hard" just to watch peoples' heads explode. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonjinron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihonjinron