Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry

Re:Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry by hamslamwich on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @07:57PM (#17035365)

If I pay extra, will they make awkward politically-charged comments in front of my friends, just like the real thing?

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Re:Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry by Consultant32452 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @09:30PM (#17035804)

I'm not racist, but...

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Re:Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry by ergothus on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:24AM (#17037001)

I think that was a comment about families in general, not about these particular people.

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Re:Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry by eric-hu on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:57AM (#17037105)

I think that comment above yours was alluding to how many family gathering trainwreck conversations start: "I'm not (racist, sexist, homophobic, etc), but..."

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Re:Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry by exolymph on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:34AM (#17037206)

The person you replied to was joking, because "I'm not racist but" is a classic opener from embarrassing family members.

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