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As someone who has done time as a salaryman in a traditional, very large Japanese company, in Japan, as a Japanese person (even though I'm American, I was expec
by hkmurakami 13y ago
As someone who has done time as a salaryman in a traditional, very large Japanese company, in Japan, as a Japanese person (even though I'm American, I was expected to behave as a Japanese, since I look and speak like one), I fully back everything Patrick said above. The post is really astoundingly astute, despite its sounding quixotic.
- taybin 13y agoI would be very interested to read about your experiences mimicking Japanese culture as an American.
- hkmurakami 13y agoI feel like my brain has encrypted good chunks of my experience from that time (since it was quite traumatic tbh), but perhaps I'll write about it some day... Problem is, it's hard to write it without sounding overly derogatory :P