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Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by jatins on Saturday May 23, 2026 @10:05AM (#48247826)
> In Japan, your corporate affiliation often dictates your social standing

Where does it not? As in which countries are not like this?

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Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by astrange on Saturday May 23, 2026 @11:30AM (#48248530)
The US doesn't.

"Social standing" in this case means if your girlfriend's parents will let you marry her. Not, like, who likes your LinkedIn posts.

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Re:Why Japanese companies do so many different things by parineum on Saturday May 23, 2026 @11:54AM (#48248694)
I don't know where most of my friends work and I barely understood what my wife does when we started dating.
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