10 Japanese Travel Tips for Visiting America

Mental Floss ^ | February 18, 2014 | Therese Oneill

[Slings and Arrows]

We use :) and ;) perhaps we need something like, ‘,)

We do!

[Slings and Arrows]

Always a pleasure.

[Slings and Arrows]

Thanks!

[Don W]

Try Utah. The drivers there, at least on the Interstates are ALL possessed by something WORSE than Satan.

[jocon307]

Try Utah. The drivers there....are ALL possessed by something WORSE than Satan.”

Do they all have dogs on the tops of their cars?

(had to say it!)

[Fresh Wind]

Their vending machines are ridiculously limited and dishonest.

I guess if you're used to buying whiskey, beer, and sex toys from vending machines on the streets, our vending machines probably do seem limited.

[GeronL]

don’t forget use/soiled panties

[Fresh Wind]

/facepalm

[sushiman]

[sushiman]

You are one sick mofo . Get a life .

[afraidfortherepublic]

'O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us!' Robert Burns

[Slings and Arrows]

I get into enough trouble with two.

[Slings and Arrows]

I loved those movies.

[Slings and Arrows]

I’ll not haggis with you over that.

[21twelve]

“...whiskey, beer, and sex toys from vending machines...”

So what do they have in the other vending machine?

[sushiman]

http://www.wnd.com/2002/04/13722/

Pedophilia more common among ‘gays’ !

Sandusky and company . ;-)

[sushiman]

He has no idea what he is talking about .

[sushiman]

Pedophilia more common among ‘gays’

[CharlesOConnell]

10. But darn it all, they’re so weirdly optimistic you just can’t stay irritated at them.

In Japan, there is great fear of failure and mistakes in front of other people. It is better to do nothing and avoid being criticized than to taste the humiliation of failure. As a result, there are things we wanted to do, but did not, and often regret.

In America, you can make mistakes, fail, and it doesn’t matter. It is a fundamental feeling that to sometimes be incorrect is natural. In addition, rather than thinking about mistakes and failures, Americans have curiosity and say, "Let’s try anyway!"

"Ann" had cried on my hand while kissing it because of the great process improvement I gave her. Later she attacked me for 'mistakes" her department made. She experienced unbearable personal tension at perceived errors.

sacra-pizza-man.org/business-etiquette-in-cultures-with-rabidly-paranoid-fear-of-failure/

Ikiru (1952) A bureaucrat with a fatal disease defies conventional governmental intransigence, drives through a project to give a park to people in a poor neighborhood. His colleagues reflect on their frustrated lives at his funeral dinner.

Considered by some to be Akira Kurosawa’s greatest achievement, Ikiru presents the director at his most compassionate—affirming life through an exploration of a man’s death.

http://www.criterion.com/films/353-ikiru

[Jimmy Valentine]

Nice Mystery Science Theater sub-reference. Sigh, I really miss that program