110 points

That’s a genuine culture shock (compared to America at least). Is it true, is there a good source on this story?

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These types of “Japan so polite” stories are 50-50 real or absolute bullshit fabrication.

I question if it ever really happened just based on the logistics of passing anything around a huge crowd in an uncoordinated manner and having it end up at its origin point.

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https://nextshark.com/japanese-fans-world-baseball-classic-shohei-ohtani-home-run-ball

Dunno how good the source is (never heard of that site), but it aöso contains a video from fox sports

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11 points

From the video, it looks like stadium security was involved.

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Who knows about the source but I was looking to see any indication of where this was. I actually got a chance to see a baseball game at the Tokyo Dome or maybe it was a sumo event - it was so long ago. From my own experience and shallow understanding of the culture it’s probably true. One of the huge motivations is the fear of bringing shame to your family which can be good and bad…it’s just such a different culture and an outsider like me really can’t fully appreciate or really understand because even if you spend your life there you will probably always be considered a bit of an outsider. And the Tom Selleck movie Mr. Baseball is actually pretty good.

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15 points

The culture shock is someone thinking this wouldn’t happen in the vast majority of societies lol

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Americans and Brits would only do it if they knew in advance that it’d be televised, tbh. And they’d all be smiling like they’re in on something

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The weird thing to me is I can understand wanting the baseball as a collectors item, but why would you want to look at it for 5 seconds when there’s an actual game going on? You could see the ball in the air and in your hand, it’s going to look just like an other baseball. It’s not even signed yet (if she even managed to get it signed)

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0 points

That’s a good question.

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104 points

itt: Americans angry they will never experience this level of empathy

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Some things I hear about Japan makes me feel like we should be more like the Japanese. But then I remember what their work culture is like.

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Imo it’s okay to take pieces of other cultures to improve your own. I know there are people who are against that, but if someone else is doing something better than you, I really don’t see why it’d be an issue to take the pieces that make it work and incorporate it into your own culture.

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8 points

Hopefully nobody’s gonna say that being less entitled is cultural appropriation!

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11 points

And their justice system

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Yeah, it’s ruff there is the crazy work hours and then often the “mandatory” drinking parties after work. It really can put your own culture in perspective.

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We do though. I’ve experienced it. Some kid sitting in front of me caught a foul ball from Julio Rodriguez and ran over to the dugout between innings and got him to sign it. I asked him if I could see it, then several other people wanted to see it. It got passed around a few rows of seats before making its way back to me and then the kid. Baseball fans are good fans.

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4 points

I think it would only happen because a kid caught the ball

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96 points

Japan is another world. When I was traveling there, I remember seeing dots on the highways so as to space your interval with the car in front of you. Another person in my group started laughing because that would be ignored in the US but the guy driving was confused and couldn’t fathom not following that rule. He was like, “why wouldn’t you do that?”

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82 points

Cause America is the land of the selfish.

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That’s a funny way to spell Earth.

EDIT: I meant that this isn’t just a US problem. There are way too many selfish people worldwide, and they are one of the many reasons we still haven’t made proper steps to avoid an ecological disaster. I don’t really get the downvotes.

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America has not yet been nuked

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They have those dots on the road in some parts of PA, specifically around Lancaster. Some people follow the 2 dot rule there, but most I’ve seen do not.

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I’ve seen them on route 41 in PA and I can’t ever remember seeing anyone maintaining a two-dot following distance.

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Our work culture is worse. They have some worker protections, and healthcare isn’t tied to employment.

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/tutors-problems/Human-Resource-Management/48953154-Americans-work-137-more-hours-per-year-than-Japanese-workers-260/

Whoops wrong thread

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2 points

I have seen these in Michigan as well.

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-6 points

Just use the two seconds rule, no dots needed

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7 points

Fwiw, it’s the three-second rule. And why not use a visual help when there is one?

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50 points

Japan is a place where you can leave your phone on the table at a Cafe while you go to the bathroom and still expect it to be there when you come back, but God help you if you left your nice umbrella in the communal umbrella holder on a rainy day.

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12 points

7-11 umbrellas all look the same

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10 points

I think there are lot more than 7 to 11 umbrellas that look the same out there 🥸

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1 point

Touché

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3 points

The crime rate and especially the murder rate compared the the US is shockingly different.

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45 points

Where 99.8% of trials result in conviction 😅 I’d be making damn sure that ball made it back too.

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That of course is because of the high shame/snitch culture and the fact that the police can hold you indefinitely and force confessions. Conviction rates that high often have many false positives too.

https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/japans-hostage-justice-system/

https://www.vox.com/world/2015/12/13/9989250/japan-crime-conviction-rate

It may be a nice police state but imo I wouldn’t want to live under those rules. Maybe a visit if I ever have money but yeah.

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Iirc part of the reason the conviction rate is so high is because either A) it’s a relatively minor infraction and person apologizes, claims it was a misunderstanding, accident, cultural differences, ignorance, etc and is then released, or B) they don’t think there’s enough evidence to convict, so they don’t even bother taking it to court.

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