Hacker News' exoticisation of Japan is exhausting. Probably further proof that nobody here is capable of discussing society. This is just completely wrong. Ye

Hacker News' exoticisation of Japan is exhausting. Probably further proof that nobody here is capable of discussing society. This is just completely wrong. Yes, there is porn at some convenience stores (several chains have outright removed this though). You _might_ see people outright looking at porn in the subway, but people around that person will find it disgusting that they're doing it there. This stuff is available and relatively easy to access, but people are still going to judge you if you're renting 18+ DVDs every week. Especially if you don't keep that stuff to yourself. Your TV comment is also basically wrong. The "time of day" at which more crass commentary from show hosts is allowed on the TV is definitely earlier than the US, but it sure ain't 7 PM. More likely for that sort of stuff to be airing from 10PM onwards. There's a lot of degrees of difference between Japan and Europe about this kind of stuff (the US is its own brand of puritanism that is _not_ the normal), but this sort of hyperbole is not representative of what a random Japanese person on the street thinks (unlike what you might have read on Tokyo Reporter or whatever).