What is wrong with you Japan

[closetohumping 17449]

Cleaning up the stadium after beating Germany.  Taking jobs away from the local Qatarans out of spite 

[52-80 19162]

They do it at many events, too, not just soccer.  Great society.

[ztejas 43475]

1 minute ago, 52-80 said:

Great society.

[Zepol87 9188]

They do this every world cup and the team does it in the locker rooms before heading out to the field. It has been highlighted and talked about a ton 

[UpperWestside 6169]

It’s a pretty cool facet of their societal values in Japan to do this. When I get Japanese tourists they are absolutely the politest group. It is them and the folks from the UK and the Scandinavian countries that have the best manners.

[Zepol87 9188]

From the UK? lol nah, granted my friends and family live in Croydon but those folks are not to be included in this group

[52-80 19162]

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Pre-smartphone days, we asked for direction from a japanese guy who looked to be out jogging.  He pointed out where it was, and then insisted on breaking his exercise and walking us all the way there.

Later that trip I got obliterated drunk. Got out of the wrong subway station around 3am (?) after which the network shut down, stumbled in the entrance hall of some building and passed out there. Cops found me there barely coherent with no physical ID, no virtual (phone-based) ID, and obviously no way to communicate with them. I suppose in most other places they would take me to the police station...instead they drove me to the nearest taxi stand.

True story.

[BrickHorn 18237]

5 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

It’s a pretty cool facet of their societal values in Japan to do this. When I get Japanese tourists they are absolutely the politest group. 

[FartingMonk 3608]

Fuck you whale.  Fuck you dolphin

 

[ztejas 43475]

10 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Pre-smartphone days, we asked for direction from a japanese guy who looked to be out jogging.  He pointed out where it was, and then insisted on breaking his exercise and walking us all the way there.

Later that trip I got obliterated drunk. Got out of the wrong subway station around 3am (?) after which the network shut down, stumbled in the entrance hall of some building and passed out there. Cops found me there barely coherent with no physical ID, no virtual (phone-based) ID, and obviously no way to communicate with them. I suppose in most other places they would take me to the police station...instead they drove me to the nearest taxi stand.

True story.

Yeah they have a neat culture. Also a pretty colorful history, but who doesn't. 

[52-80 19162]

6 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Yeah they have a neat culture. Also a pretty colorful history, but who doesn't. 

Canadians.

[UTGrad98 2280]

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2652]

49 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Canadians.

Don’t tell the natives that 

[PRONG HORN 3146]

or minorities 

 

 

[Homercles 10206]

They certainly made a great, shitty movie for the MST3k folks to riff on

[BigHorn'13 3369]

2 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Pre-smartphone days, we asked for direction from a japanese guy who looked to be out jogging.  He pointed out where it was, and then insisted on breaking his exercise and walking us all the way there.

Later that trip I got obliterated drunk. Got out of the wrong subway station around 3am (?) after which the network shut down, stumbled in the entrance hall of some building and passed out there. Cops found me there barely coherent with no physical ID, no virtual (phone-based) ID, and obviously no way to communicate with them. I suppose in most other places they would take me to the police station...instead they drove me to the nearest taxi stand.

True story.

You missed writing in the part about wanting your children to attend, err, live in Japan and you somehow became the first visitor who still could not find the stadium. 3 of 5 stars. 

 

Do better. 

[Wiler77 1566]

4 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

Always cracked me up they snuck the Donger in there as a tourist.

[CooterBrown 18014]

Yeah they have a neat culture.

[futureman 22484]

exactly. 

[UpperWestside 6169]

17 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

From the UK? lol nah, granted my friends and family live in Croydon but those folks are not to be included in this group

They are always nice to me. The only people that aren’t fun to get are most tables from the Deep South and my home state of Texas. A whole region of the country where the people act like they were raised by wolves. 

[ClubWhatever 12145]

I bet a ton of Japanese relationships end with it’s not you it’s me. 

[TornACL 7702]

God damn, everyone and their cousin is sharing that shit on LinkedIn. Along with some inane shit like "This is why I tell my son to always clean his room. Successful people pick up after themselves."

[Underdog 28711]

Am I the only one disappointed this wasn't a thread about the used panties vending machines? 

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1689]

Followed by….

[SurlyGator 865]

[Stella Link 534]

 

QUESTION:  In Japan, how do you order one egg sunny side up?

ANSWER:  Yoko Ono

 

 

[Dennis Taylor 18830]

22 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

When I get Japanese tourists they are absolutely the politest group.

Pics or didn't happen 

[closetohumping 17449]

47 minutes ago, Bender Bending Rodriguez said:

Followed by….

#merica

 

 

[Underdog 28711]

1 hour ago, Bender Bending Rodriguez said:

Followed by….

Pretty, pretty certain the Germans bombed PH.  

[staboner 4984]

good on them. I loved it there and one of the reasons is this. The level of respect they show for other people is amazing. Their following of Shinto to some extend explains their belief in respect to nature and others. Obv many other things contribute to this culture. 

Every time me and the wife unit depart a foreign country and head back to the US we always bet on when the ugly American will show up first. Its 100% in the airport of the country we are boarding the plane in. When this happened in Japan it was an American family screaming at each other in the airport terminal. Mom at kid, father at mom, etc and holy shit was it jarring after a just a week there. 

[Chewbacca 7780]

Don’t tell the natives that 

Beat me to it.

[Samson's Wig 3192]

Just don't get between a Japanese tourist and his photo subject.  All politeness goes out the window once that camera is raised. 

[Armybrat 40851]

On 11/23/2022 at 8:44 PM, FORTY NINE TO ZERO said:

Don’t tell the natives that 

Our dinner guest yesterday from Vancouver is pretty damn colorful.

[Js1 85407]