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Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by howlgarnish on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:36AM (#25503258)
"There are too many myths peddled about Japan ... also due to Japanese culture itself, a culture of putting appearances before truth."

Are you suggesting that this culture is somehow uniquely Japanese? Because I've yet to work at a company that didn't do to the same.

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Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by crooked-v on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:51AM (#25503331)
Or, say, the current US president.
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Re:How the New Yorker Fell into the “Weird Japan” Trap by brigandish on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:03AM (#25503415)
> Are you suggesting that this culture is somehow uniquely Japanese?

Did I write that? No, I didn't, thanks for noticing. How you managed to take that from what I wrote is for you alone to explain.

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