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View from 1989: Japanese stoicism seems to be a guarantee of continued trade imbalances (still true?)
by davidzet
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>_Why is pachinko, a mindless pinball game that you “play” by watching metal balls bounce around, the most popular pastime among some of the world’s best-educated people?_
In my country, people in casinos press a button thinking they are ‘playing’ slot machines.
>_Why is a person’s blood type—A. B, O, or whatever— supposed to reveal his character, like an astrological sign?_
Coz it’s on the same level as an… astrological sign?
>_Why do men cruise through neighborhoods twice a week, in trucks equipped with loudspeakers, incessantly announcing that poles for hanging laundry are for sale?_
Big population, bamboo is everywhere, it’s cheap as fuck, and tends to get brittle and split once it dries out completely. It’s also far more environmentally friendly to dispose than a rusted out aluminium one from the home center.