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(from 2016) There was a good article a couple of months ago about some of these Japanese-style listening bars opening in America: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/

• WarDores 7y ago
  One just opened near me, but you can't go to just enjoy the music because most patrons see it as "just another bar" where they can loudly gab with their coworkers, sometimes even yelling to one-up each other. It's super annoying that they're not getting the purpose of it, because I was excited when it opened. Now I might as well just go to the sports bar because I'm less frustrated.
  • magduf 7y ago
    >where they can loudly gab with their coworkers, sometimes even yelling to one-up each other. That's just typical American culture. Americans are very loud.
    • WarDores 7y ago
      Makes going anywhere there's going to be more than a handful of people incredibly tiring. That's probably the introvert in me talking, but it's got to be possible to be an extrovert without giving every outing a frat party vibe.