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Meanwhile Japanese people, for all their faults, put a fucking mask on when they get a cold because that’s seen as a decent thing to do.

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yeah. it’s a cultural norm. I don’t want that norm. I want actually thinking as the norm, not tying a rag on your face for cultural reasons.

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9 points

Imagine believing consideration for people around you is not “actually thinking”

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14 points

That is the decent thing to do. Well the most decent thing is to isolate yourself when you’re sick.

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Or you know

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3 points

Haven’t they been seeing a rise in anti mask/vaxxers since covid misinformation during initial lockdowns?

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I don’t know. But I do know masking up when sick was a thing even before covid.

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It’s an ugly fact of human nature that we see way higher levels of social responsibility in relatively ethnically homogeneous societies like Japan.

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33 points

If it weren’t for the work culture, I would love to live in Japan.

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My boyfriend is in nursing school, and they have some sort of program where you can move there and get a house for cheap, if not free. I’m sure they’re not great houses and would need some work done, but still a great deal. We considered it for a hot minute…

But then I started thinking about that stuff, and did some more research into what it’s like to move there. Some really awesome aspects to it, but I think we are gonna pass.

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39 points

And the racism

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23 points

That’s true, they hate us*.

*Anyone that isn’t Japanese

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9 points

I just stay home when I’m sick ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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Yes, but they’re still expected to come into work even when they’re ready to fall over.

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65 points

Sounds like America then

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If you think America is bad, you really need to look more into Japanese Black Companies. They really take the cake on toxic work cultural. Imagine being socially obligated to get black out drunk with your boss.

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