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There is nothing inherently special about Japan or Japanese people. You can pull similar examples from many other countries.
by Cyph0n 2mo ago
There is nothing inherently special about Japan or Japanese people. You can pull similar examples from many other countries.
- Kirth 2mo agoI take it you've never been to Japan... Wouldn't wanna live there permanently. Wouldn't want to have been born Japanese. But my god the products and services are head and shoulders above my baseline expectations; it's simply nicer.
- tdeck 2mo agoThe apps I need to use for Rakuten Mobile are certainly... special.
- Cyph0n 2mo agoI have lived in Japan. > Wouldn't wanna live there permanently. Wouldn't want to have been born Japanese. So I take it you understand that there is no free lunch.
- nekooooo 2mo agoget a point card and try to register it online to pay your water bill and then tell me this
- gchamonlive 2mo agoI agree. I didn't say it's special, only different. Can you say adult adoption is something common in the US? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption
- Cyph0n 2mo agoI have always found the adoption loophole to maintaining a family business hilariously smart. I also understand why it’s not something common outside of Japan. Selling your family name in exchange for (maybe) keeping your business alive is distasteful at best.
- gchamonlive 2mo agoIt's weird and shows how heinous the working culture is, salarymen are almost property of the company they work for
- jamesnorden 2mo agoI thought I was reading a summary about the Yakuza.