Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthiness of others (2014)

Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by Xixi on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:01AM (#24089139)

I'm sure many Japanese salarymen would agree with your description. I used to work in a small familial company in Osaka where you didn't need an excuse to "exercise honesty", but from I gather it was the exception more than the rule.

So far of all the places I worked at it was probably the one I enjoyed the most in terms of atmosphere and relation with coworkers, alas the work was not particularly interesting. I still pay my former coworkers a visit from time to time.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by innocenat on Saturday August 08, 2020 @01:46AM (#24089377)

Well, it's Osaka. A lot of Japanese wouldn't consider Osaka to be a part of Japan lol.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by Xixi on Saturday August 08, 2020 @04:00AM (#24089901)

I’ve travelled to many places around Japan, never once has anyone told me that Osaka wasn’t in Japan.

There are lots of stereotypes about people coming from various cities/regions in Japan (Tokyo: cold, Kyoto: indecipherable, Osaka: uneducated/rude, Hokkaido: weird, Okinawa: lazy, etc.), but Osaka not in Japan? Never once.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by innocenat on Saturday August 08, 2020 @08:13AM (#24091041)

It's a running joke. A lot of stereotype of Japanese people simply doesn't apply to Osaka.

Eating while walking? Check. Jaywalk? Check. Cross road on pedestrian red? We do it all the time.

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by lovemenot on Saturday August 08, 2020 @06:10AM (#24090455)

Given the earnestness of the reply, may we suppose you are not from Osaka?

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by eska on Saturday August 08, 2020 @08:20AM (#24091076)

I only ever hear Japanese people say that Okinawa is not "real" Japan.

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