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in japan, children play a game called Kancho, where they put their index fingers together and try to insert it into the anus of their unsuspecting friend. in a
by elif 4y ago
in japan, children play a game called Kancho, where they put their index fingers together and try to insert it into the anus of their unsuspecting friend.
in america, you could destroy someone's life over that. (possibly even multiple lives)
- therealdrag0 4y agoSimilar in South Korea: https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/5476857/south-korean-game-dong-chim/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/5476857/south-korean-game-do... But what does this have to do with nudity or destroying lives? Seems totally off base.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoThe similarity is because it's an example of something other cultures see as normal, or at least harmless, but in the US it is seen as an egregious offense. Not hard for me to imagine a 7 year old American getting expelled and potentially prosecuted for trying to play a "Kancho" prank on a friend.
- adventured 4y agoAnd many normal cultural things in the US would be regarded as an egregious offense in Japan (which has a very rigid, conservative, homogenous culture). So what.
- xupybd 4y agoWe had a similar practice here in Rugby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hopoate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hopoate "During a 2001 game with the North Queensland Cowboys, Hopoate inserted fingers in three players' backsides and anuses. The first incident occurred during the seventh minute of play. The matter was referred to the rugby league judiciary on 28 March. Hopoate was suspended for 12 weeks for what one commissioner described as "disgusting, violent, offensive behaviour""
- pessimizer 4y agoDo you have an example, or are you just saying this? edit: there's honestly never an excuse not to do an existence proof. All you have to do is cite one thing.
- MikePlacid 4y agoI can give one example. In US it is absolutely normal to arrive to the conference room, sit at the table and wait for a boss to come. In Japan to sit at the table before the boss arrives and sits would be an offense - I was actually advised to stand up and wait for the boss standing as all others did.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoYou answered your own question. >And many normal cultural things in the US would be regarded as an egregious offense in Japan Many taboos are specific to culture. That's the point
- therealdrag0 4y agoAny source of a 7 yo being procedures for this or similar?
- mc32 4y agoToday you'll probably get in trouble for tamer wedgies, so, yeah.
- fsckboy 4y ago> The similarity is because it's an example of something other cultures see as normal no, the similarity (and why it was posted) is that both games consist of kids attempting to stick their fingers up somebody else's butt.
- bitwize 4y agoIn America you can be prosecuted for being that weird kid who tries to kiss everybody. It can result in permanent sex-offender registration, and when they look at your record it won't say you were a weird kid who tried to kiss everybody. It will say something like "INDCNT ASSAULT VICTIM UNDER 12 YO". Try explaining that to employers.
- elif 4y agoMy point was that the hypersensitive treatment of children's bodies seems to promote child hypersexualization at the cultural level. The OP of this thread's life was wrecked in such a way that suggests our cultural norms are unhealthy. It is therefore noteworthy to study extreme cultural practices which are HEAVILY legislated in the US (28% of 14-17 year olds report having been sexually victimized), almost always treated in a manner which results in trauma for both victim and actor, yet in a similarly advanced culture (with only 296 total child sex abuses reported last year), is literally a game you play and laugh about.
- melony 4y agoMy japanophile colleague called it the "Konoha One Thousand Years of Death", apparently it's from a ninja TV show.
- Siira 4y agoIt’s from the anime Naruto.
- tsimionescu 4y agoThat name is from an anime (Naruto), but the show simply references a popular children's game, it's not in any way the origin of the practice.