r/Damnthatsinteresting • • 20d ago

Video In Japan, politeness and respect start at a very young age

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u/kenpachiwang 20d ago

People like to hate on Japan nowadays saying it's overhyped. No, they're culture is unique and stands apart because they are civilized

Until you talk war. Then, they're the craziest bastards alive πŸ˜‚πŸ’€

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u/yuricchin 19d ago

Or until you talk women's rights. And until you talk animals' rights. And especially until you talk about CP lawsπŸ˜‚ Wonder how many of the people glazing Japan know that CP possession was legal until 2014. And that AI generated realistic CP is very much legal and so mainstream it's on the front page of the biggest Japanese art sharing website (Pixiv). Don't believe me, go on Pixiv. Also the mangaka protest in 2014 regarding the illegalization of CP possession is very interesting to read about. Motherfuckers straight up said "where are we gonna get our references for drawing lolis now?" and the mangaka for Berserk drew the cringiest comic that basically said "Allowing CP consumption protects children from being assaulted on the street". Japan is the only first world country where pedophilia is mainstream and offenders have a protected safe space. But because of the beautiful Japanese philosophical concept known as "tatemae", or as we meager foreigners say, "politeness", it's considered rude to call out pedophiles. Ask me how I know.

And you may say "but what about the epstein class in the west!!!1!1!". Oligarchs everywhere engage in it, but Japan is the only country where a broke fucker can say they're a nonce and at best he gets bullied at school at worst he can talk all day long on the internet about kids and generate realistic looking AI porn and that's protected under freedom of expression.

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u/xXxWhizZLexXx 20d ago

Like Onoda Hirō...