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Meanwhile Japanese people, for all their faults, put a fucking mask on when they get a cold because that’s seen as a decent thing to do.

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Yes, but they’re still expected to come into work even when they’re ready to fall over.

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67 points

Sounds like America then

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If you think America is bad, you really need to look more into Japanese Black Companies. They really take the cake on toxic work cultural. Imagine being socially obligated to get black out drunk with your boss.

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34 points

If it weren’t for the work culture, I would love to live in Japan.

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40 points

And the racism

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23 points

That’s true, they hate us*.

*Anyone that isn’t Japanese

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13 points

My boyfriend is in nursing school, and they have some sort of program where you can move there and get a house for cheap, if not free. I’m sure they’re not great houses and would need some work done, but still a great deal. We considered it for a hot minute…

But then I started thinking about that stuff, and did some more research into what it’s like to move there. Some really awesome aspects to it, but I think we are gonna pass.

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15 points

That is the decent thing to do. Well the most decent thing is to isolate yourself when you’re sick.

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Or you know

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9 points

I just stay home when I’m sick ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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4 points

Haven’t they been seeing a rise in anti mask/vaxxers since covid misinformation during initial lockdowns?

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5 points

I don’t know. But I do know masking up when sick was a thing even before covid.

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0 points

It’s an ugly fact of human nature that we see way higher levels of social responsibility in relatively ethnically homogeneous societies like Japan.

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yeah. it’s a cultural norm. I don’t want that norm. I want actually thinking as the norm, not tying a rag on your face for cultural reasons.

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12 points

Imagine believing consideration for people around you is not “actually thinking”

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It’s still surprising to me that so few after 4 years of this still do not understand the airborne nature of respiratory illnesses especially Rona with all that has gone on.

Then again I might be expecting too much from people…

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70 points

“Yes, if Fox News says Biden opposes people jumping off of bridges.”

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I seriously wonder how many MAGA morons would suffocate themselves if Biden (or better, Obama) came out as pro-oxygen.

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They would just declare that Biden (or Obama) is agreeing that they shouldn’t wear masks, because that interferes with their oxygen intake. They will always try to twist whatever Biden says, no matter how sensible it is.

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5 points

I think you just solved the problem.

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If all my friends jumped off a bridge, there’s probably a good reason. I keep pretty intelligent friends. The bridge is probably collapsing or some shit. Wear a fuckin mask tho.

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78 points

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4 points

Pretty much. Always is. Now that I think about it, I probably got that from this lol.

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17 points

The FOMO would be too much. I’d jump

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6 points

If all my friends jumped off a bridge I’d assume there is good reason AND hell now that they’ve jumped I don’t need to ignore that intrusive thought that’s been telling me to jump.

I’m with you my dude, let’s do a flip.

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5 points

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1170/

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“So what, now I’m just supposed to do anything that Rosa does? What if she… jumped off a cliff?”

“If Rosa were to have jumped off a cliff, she would have done her due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, the angle of entry… so, yes, if you see Rosa jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff.”

"You jump off a cliff."

“Gladly. Provided Rosa did first.”

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2 points

Is it better to have bridge collapse on top of you?

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Probably. At least you’re a bit clear. It’s a shit situation regardless lmao

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49 points

This actually came up recently. Was playing Battlefield and saw all my teammates jump off the bridge we were on, so I just jumped off with them.

As I parachuted down I saw the helicopter crashing where we’d just been standing. It made me laugh realizing I’d just lived out that little saying.

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