Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort...
by vacri on Saturday August 19, 2017 @01:32PM
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I remember watching a b-grade Chinese kung-fu film. This side of the river had the master with six sons, that side had the master with six daughters. The second master really wanted a son and was overjoyed when his next child was a son. He was prancing about happily in front of his naked infant son, bent over and lightly flicked the baby's penis, then kissed it like you'd kiss a baby's cheek. It wasn't remotely sexual, fit in with the character, and was just a passing moment, but I remember sitting there and thinking "you'd never see that in a western film..."
Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort...
by microcolonel on Saturday August 19, 2017 @12:23PM
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Seems pretty convenient too, if you want to walk to the urinals you don't need to touch any doors or go around any bends. Just go through the arch, take a whiz, and exit to the sink.
Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort...
by dghughes on Saturday August 19, 2017 @12:47PM
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Old time bars in the US and Canada supposedly had trough urinals right at the bar where most now have a brass footrest.
Googled it a bit. Now that I read up about it more it seems they were meant as spittoons for tobacco spit/juice but were often used as urinals too.
I was pretty entertained by the cultural differences and thought immediately how none of these things would ever happen in the US.