Herding Together in Japan
Added 2021-08-09 23:38:49 +0000 UTChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC8K2HR1l70
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"brains! brains!" :-D
TheJapanChannel.com
2021-08-10 11:18:43 +0000 UTCI'm sure you must've been itching to make a comment about them being on their phones
George S
2021-08-10 10:22:26 +0000 UTCYep. In Australia, there is a good chance the first guy there would have told the newcomer: "Fck off, mate, what are you doing?" :-D
TheJapanChannel.com
2021-08-10 04:13:33 +0000 UTCWell, that's really something! Add it to the list of things I've learned from you. This really speaks to "conformity" as a cultural trait, doesn't it? It's very telling. THIS, and a photo I once saw of someone taking a survey of foreign visitors to a city who would indicate their nationality by placing a round red sticker in a box under their country's flag on a big poster board. Most participants placed the sticker haphazardly in the box identifying their place of origin. The Japanese stickers were all near-perfectly aligned in nice, neat columns, except for a few ragged ones. This kind of thing would be considered really rude, and bordering on invasive where I live. Another example of how our societies are so "opposite". Good one, Ed. That was a huge cultural lesson in a minute, twenty-five seconds. EDIT: Ah! Found it: https://soranews24.com/2016/04/27/the-people-of-japan-defined-in-one-photograph/
Brian Mack
2021-08-10 01:37:46 +0000 UTC
