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[–] toxicbubble 104 points 1 year ago (2 children)

itt: Americans angry they will never experience this level of empathy

[–] UnculturedSwine 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Some things I hear about Japan makes me feel like we should be more like the Japanese. But then I remember what their work culture is like.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imo it's okay to take pieces of other cultures to improve your own. I know there are people who are against that, but if someone else is doing something better than you, I really don't see why it'd be an issue to take the pieces that make it work and incorporate it into your own culture.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Hopefully nobody's gonna say that being less entitled is cultural appropriation!

[–] PennyJim 11 points 1 year ago

And their justice system

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's ruff there is the crazy work hours and then often the "mandatory" drinking parties after work. It really can put your own culture in perspective.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We do though. I've experienced it. Some kid sitting in front of me caught a foul ball from Julio Rodriguez and ran over to the dugout between innings and got him to sign it. I asked him if I could see it, then several other people wanted to see it. It got passed around a few rows of seats before making its way back to me and then the kid. Baseball fans are good fans.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think it would only happen because a kid caught the ball

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's a genuine culture shock (compared to America at least). Is it true, is there a good source on this story?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://nextshark.com/japanese-fans-world-baseball-classic-shohei-ohtani-home-run-ball

Dunno how good the source is (never heard of that site), but it aöso contains a video from fox sports

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

From the video, it looks like stadium security was involved.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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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[–] negativeyoda 96 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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?"

[–] Alexstarfire 82 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Cause America is the land of the selfish.

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[–] Tsuroth 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've seen them on route 41 in PA and I can't ever remember seeing anyone maintaining a two-dot following distance.

[–] AngryCommieKender 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Our work culture is worse. They have some worker protections, and healthcare isn't tied to employment.

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/tutors-problems/Human-Resource-Management/48953154-Americans-work-137-more-hours-per-year-than-Japanese-workers-260/

Whoops wrong thread

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[–] mvirts 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

That of course is because of the high shame/snitch culture and the fact that the police can hold you indefinitely and force confessions. Conviction rates that high often have many false positives too.

https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/japans-hostage-justice-system/

https://www.vox.com/world/2015/12/13/9989250/japan-crime-conviction-rate

It may be a nice police state but imo I wouldn't want to live under those rules. Maybe a visit if I ever have money but yeah.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Iirc part of the reason the conviction rate is so high is because either A) it's a relatively minor infraction and person apologizes, claims it was a misunderstanding, accident, cultural differences, ignorance, etc and is then released, or B) they don't think there's enough evidence to convict, so they don't even bother taking it to court.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

The Japanese people are disciplined people.

[–] expatriado 36 points 1 year ago

plot twist: was not the same ball

[–] odbol 28 points 1 year ago (7 children)

People taking pictures of a normal baseball 🤦‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

in most cultures the ball wouldn't be passed around at all

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't exactly understand what is remarkable here. But maybe that is because I'm not from the USA.

[–] Goony 7 points 1 year ago

As an American I'm surprised it found it's way back to her

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[–] Viking_Hippie 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Basedball" is a very fitting typo for this particular story 😁

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[–] Sir_Premiumhengst 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yea..not quite. I lived in Germany and my bike got stolen twice.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bike theft is one of the most common crimes in Japan.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think all humans are selfish af, different cultures just have different ways of expressing that selfishness

[–] Ascantel 5 points 1 year ago
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[–] negativeyoda 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those countries should team up. They'd probably take over the world

. . ... wait...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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)

[–] nxfsi 7 points 1 year ago

Certainly two of the countries of all time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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~

[–] Adori 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

It's based....ball after all

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