• Deconceptualist@lemm.ee
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    That’s a genuine culture shock (compared to America at least). Is it true, is there a good source on this story?

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      These types of “Japan so polite” stories are 50-50 real or absolute bullshit fabrication.

      I question if it ever really happened just based on the logistics of passing anything around a huge crowd in an uncoordinated manner and having it end up at its origin point.

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        Who knows about the source but I was looking to see any indication of where this was. I actually got a chance to see a baseball game at the Tokyo Dome or maybe it was a sumo event - it was so long ago. From my own experience and shallow understanding of the culture it’s probably true. One of the huge motivations is the fear of bringing shame to your family which can be good and bad…it’s just such a different culture and an outsider like me really can’t fully appreciate or really understand because even if you spend your life there you will probably always be considered a bit of an outsider. And the Tom Selleck movie Mr. Baseball is actually pretty good.

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      The culture shock is someone thinking this wouldn’t happen in the vast majority of societies lol

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        Americans and Brits would only do it if they knew in advance that it’d be televised, tbh. And they’d all be smiling like they’re in on something

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      The weird thing to me is I can understand wanting the baseball as a collectors item, but why would you want to look at it for 5 seconds when there’s an actual game going on? You could see the ball in the air and in your hand, it’s going to look just like an other baseball. It’s not even signed yet (if she even managed to get it signed)

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    Japan is another world. When I was traveling there, I remember seeing dots on the highways so as to space your interval with the car in front of you. Another person in my group started laughing because that would be ignored in the US but the guy driving was confused and couldn’t fathom not following that rule. He was like, “why wouldn’t you do that?”

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        That’s a funny way to spell Earth.

        EDIT: I meant that this isn’t just a US problem. There are way too many selfish people worldwide, and they are one of the many reasons we still haven’t made proper steps to avoid an ecological disaster. I don’t really get the downvotes.

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      They have those dots on the road in some parts of PA, specifically around Lancaster. Some people follow the 2 dot rule there, but most I’ve seen do not.

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            Three is definitely better but a lot of places do go by the two-second rule. And obviously use the visual aid if there is one. The point is to learn to use a fixed point to time it. If you only learn to count how many dots/lines there are, you might struggle when there aren’t any obvious markings.

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              Your last point is fair! I didn’t mean to imply that you should only use markings. It sounds a bit stupid to still reach the two second rule though, since the average reaction time seems to be 1-1.5s. If you need to break abruptly 0.5s won’t get you very far.

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            I learned the two seconds rule, actually. And from personal experience, that seems quite enough.three seconds would out rather large distances that tend to fill up with other cars

            Just saying that the two (or three,) second rule can be applied anywhere and everywhere

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              Really? You should probably go for the three second rule though, since the average reaction time seems to be 1-1.5s. That will not give you time enough to stop if needed.

              I do agree with other drivers being idiots and not leaving enough room though, it’s really annoying.

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                I have actually never heard of the 3 second rule, just 2 as I was taught in the Netherlands. and believe me, driving rules in the Netherlands are rigourous.

                In practice it depends where you drive. 3 second rule in the Netherlands might work. In Canada maybe, in Mexico definitely not (there they have the .1 seconds rule and a LOT of head tail collisions)

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    Japan is a place where you can leave your phone on the table at a Cafe while you go to the bathroom and still expect it to be there when you come back, but God help you if you left your nice umbrella in the communal umbrella holder on a rainy day.

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    Where 99.8% of trials result in conviction 😅 I’d be making damn sure that ball made it back too.

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    if someone took it they wozld have been shamed by everone around i think that would happen in most cultures hinestly

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      It’s likely a side-effect of it being translated as Gairaigo then back to English. It’s so common there are lots of interesting and funny examples all over the Japan and is referred to as “jinglish”.

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        I love it 😂! See also engrish.com, containing such classics as a clothing retailer named Store My Ducks and a sign proclaiming that you are for sale at the ticket counter 😁

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          But you will find your bike back at the nearest store or in the general area, not on craiglist or marketplace.

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        germans are all selfish af. they just like to call everyone else an asshole while acting like a selfish fuck themself. thats why some people believe that they are saints because they act like they are so much better and some people believe it

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          Nope. Can’t play that card with me homeboy coz the police actually caught one who stole my bike and surprise surprise , it was one of your Germans living in Germany from past 48 years.

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        There’s a good YouTube video (this one, I think) that discusses how Germany and Japan were pretty much only allies on paper and they did very little to support each other’s war efforts.

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      Nah germany may seem organized and disciplined from outside but except for all the paperwork and the laws and norms that go into every detail it’s just as every other country (obviously some cultural difference is to be expected)

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    One of the highlights of my life was having a chance to live with a family in the Tokyo suburbs - in Akitsu Higashimurayama. Miss them so much. お母さん に 会いたい な~

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      Unfortunately, the past war crimes, were horrific and the lack of accountability for them remains an issue. I can not speak for the average Japanese citizen but I have a feeling most of the Japanese people are ashamed of the cult of personality of their past leaders and wish the current government would handle things like the controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine differently. Much like most American’s don’t support Trumpism.