If American in Japan, avoid the vending machine.
If the product does not say Saporro, it may not be beer.
11. Hey, they drive on the other side of the road!
12. Yes, many Americans are fans of Gojira (Godzilla) movies. And I might add, most of the really cheesy 50s and 60s Japanese movies. Classics!
This was hysterical. I needed the laughs.
Amsoc primesource minis.
The foundation of American Socialist order is its powerful, authoritarian government agencies.
http://www.sacra-pizza-man.org/popups/amsocPrimethink.html
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.
