How YouTube converted people to flat Earth

Re:How YouTube converted people to flat Earth by brigandish on Thursday July 18, 2019 @01:22PM (#20472000)

You don't believe modern Japanese believe in absurdities from the past because it's part of folklore but it's not okay for Americans to believe in absurdities from the past because… the Japanese have a better education system? (Which I'd also count as an absurd belief because I only hear complaints about it.)

And are you really going to give lessons on the mythology of Japan to people who live in Japan? That's perhaps a tad presumptuous, especially considering it's like telling people living in Britain that witches are part of British folklore.

I mean, please.

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Re:How YouTube converted people to flat Earth by mattigames on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:15PM (#20472508)

You miss-represented all the points, AND skipped the one where I said they don't take such superstitions as seriously as their American counterparts.

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Re:How YouTube converted people to flat Earth by brigandish on Thursday July 18, 2019 @11:36PM (#20475983)

An anecdote: A friend of a friend's son was very sick in the stomach. She went to see a fortune teller to ask what was wrong. The fortune teller took her money, did a reading, and told her she needed to take her son to a doctor.

I found that amusing. I have tons of these, most of them amuse me. Try living here and (among the many other notions you have of the place that are no doubt wrong) you'll see there's a huge amount of superstition, regardless of education level.

If you can't afford to come, https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/ is a good resource. It's amazing how much that sounds absurd is true.

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