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The garbage trucks in Osaka were the cleanest garbage trucks I've ever seen. In fact, they were probably the cleanest trucks of any kind I've seen compared to
by sixQuarks 5y ago
The garbage trucks in Osaka were the cleanest garbage trucks I've ever seen. In fact, they were probably the cleanest trucks of any kind I've seen compared to the West.
Japan is awesome as a visitor, but there are some weird things going on. Some of the older grandpas are just straight up pervs, I think years of being subservient and closer to death, they just give up the charade. I was traveling in Japan with an ex who had large breasts and several old men would literally follow her around and stare at them with zero shame.
- rjzzleep 5y agoI think it's more the limitless respect for age and seniority. It's kinda how Trump probably didn't start as horrible as he is now, but since people never told him to fuck off and he got away with it, it just kept getting worse. In Chinese, boss is spelled lao-ban, teacher is lao-shi, wife is lao-po, and husband lao-gong. Lao means old. There are a lot more of these in the language. I wouldn't be surprised if its similar in japanese(at least considering the society itself) The way I imagine it is, is that society is self-balancing in the sense that if you go out of line society reminds you that something isn't ok. But at some point in time when you're old the society just respects you for being old and gives you a pass whatever you do. In east asian societies being old might be one of those conditions. In the US it might be more related to how much money you have, and how successful you seem.
- danielscrubs 5y agoI was looked upon a lot until I cut my hair. Glaring is a kind of bullying that goes around a lot there and it’s effective in making people conform. Only place in the world where I felt safe leaving my new MacBook in Starbucks while I go to the bathroom so I don’t think conformity is all bad.