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> There is a Japanese word that almost everyone reading this has already heard I had never heard this word. It's the second time in a row that I encounter some
by teo_zero 2mo ago
> There is a Japanese word that almost everyone reading this has already heard
I had never heard this word. It's the second time in a row that I encounter something unknown to me that is characterized as being universal. Curiously enough, both cases were related to Japan. So either I belong in a minority who ignores well-known elements of that culture, or someone overestimates how widespread such elements actually are.
- CommieBobDole 2mo agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/2501/ https://xkcd.com/2501/
- teo_zero 2mo agoThank you. Sometimes I forget that for each and every significant experience in life there's probably an XKCD page that captured its essence!
- robertlutece 2mo agoHere's another one: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- Izkata 2mo agoIt pops up all the time in anime. Given the name of the blog, I'm guessing it's accurate to their normal audience.
- dumberquestions 2mo agoWell the "this" in "almost everyone reading this" being a reference to an article in a blog called the Tokyo hermit makes it a pretty reasonable assumption.