so the British Broadcasting Company wrote an article about some trivia regarding Japan, so you feel the compulsion to remind everyone that the United States 'is

so the British Broadcasting Company wrote an article about some trivia regarding Japan, so you feel the compulsion to remind everyone that the United States 'is wacky too'. Problem is that TFA never called anyone wacky; they didn't try to pass judgment at all -- and the United States wasn't ever involved in either side until you injected them into it , unless you blame the country for KFC all together? I don't follow. Surely there must be some behavior you find strange from Britain ; you know -- the originator of the article -- without trying to loop around the world to drag another country through the mud? > “Those whacky Japanese” is a perennial category of bus-plunge journalism. 'bus-plunge journalism' isn't only about needlessly expanding nothing stories into pages, it also includes a level of exaggeration. I guess you could say the headline is exaggerated because it's not the entirety of Japan that celebrates with KFC? Feels like yak-shaving, most assume that headlines don't apply universally to entire countries full of people. > Americans don’t think Honey Baked Ham or Boston Market on a holiday is weird (as an American I do.. but who cares, let's look at the numbers) The Honey Baked Ham Company says that it services about 2.5 million customers between Thanksgiving to New Years, meaning that the KFC phenomenon in Japan is significantly stronger, given that TFA states that 3.5 million families purchase KFC for Christmas in Japan. Smaller time frames, smaller country, more sales; seemingly stronger trend.