• PlantsRcoolToo [any]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah the 'Japan is sad and lonely' trope always seemed suspect to me... Like if I watch japanese yt channels or even westerners who are in japan that just doesn't seem to be the norm or at least not any more normal than everywhere else.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      "Japan so wacky!" gets clicks, "Japan is pretty normal in a lot of respects" does not.

      • RowPin [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        People link the weird game shows and stuff to prove Japan's really wacky until you realize America had a semi-popular series of movies wherein one guy drinks horse cum and another sticks his balls to a frozen pole.

        spoiler

        And hell, I'm tired of pretending Jackass wasn't funny!

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I like asking people to take a step back and consider how objectively fucking weird a character like Batman is.

          He's a billionaire who has untreated PTSD so he dresses like a fuking bat and drives around in his bat shaped car to fist fight a clown with untreated mental issues.

          Fucking. Weird.