> I'm saying that it's better to taste the tea, and useless to talk about it. Yes, it is better to taste the tea, but useless to talk about it? That's a bit st

> I'm saying that it's better to taste the tea, and useless to talk about it. Yes, it is better to taste the tea, but useless to talk about it? That's a bit strong, IMO. It is futile to reduce a culture to cliches, sure, but there is always something to be learned from the discussion thereof - in fact, even this shitty article has raised the point that "Japan is more than just this cliche, so ignore this hack."