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[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 103 points 2 years ago (2 children)

itt: Americans angry they will never experience this level of empathy

[–] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Some things I hear about Japan makes me feel like we should be more like the Japanese. But then I remember what their work culture is like.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imo it's okay to take pieces of other cultures to improve your own. I know there are people who are against that, but if someone else is doing something better than you, I really don't see why it'd be an issue to take the pieces that make it work and incorporate it into your own culture.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago

Hopefully nobody's gonna say that being less entitled is cultural appropriation!

[–] PennyJim@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

And their justice system

[–] a_seattle_ian@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's ruff there is the crazy work hours and then often the "mandatory" drinking parties after work. It really can put your own culture in perspective.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We do though. I've experienced it. Some kid sitting in front of me caught a foul ball from Julio Rodriguez and ran over to the dugout between innings and got him to sign it. I asked him if I could see it, then several other people wanted to see it. It got passed around a few rows of seats before making its way back to me and then the kid. Baseball fans are good fans.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I think it would only happen because a kid caught the ball

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 103 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That's a genuine culture shock (compared to America at least). Is it true, is there a good source on this story?

[–] Oszilloraptor@feddit.de 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://nextshark.com/japanese-fans-world-baseball-classic-shohei-ohtani-home-run-ball

Dunno how good the source is (never heard of that site), but it aöso contains a video from fox sports

[–] MrSqueezles@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

From the video, it looks like stadium security was involved.

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[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 12 points 2 years ago

The culture shock is someone thinking this wouldn't happen in the vast majority of societies lol

[–] TheAndrewBrown@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The weird thing to me is I can understand wanting the baseball as a collectors item, but why would you want to look at it for 5 seconds when there’s an actual game going on? You could see the ball in the air and in your hand, it’s going to look just like an other baseball. It’s not even signed yet (if she even managed to get it signed)

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[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 96 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Japan is another world. When I was traveling there, I remember seeing dots on the highways so as to space your interval with the car in front of you. Another person in my group started laughing because that would be ignored in the US but the guy driving was confused and couldn't fathom not following that rule. He was like, "why wouldn't you do that?"

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 81 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Cause America is the land of the selfish.

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[–] Tsuroth@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (10 children)

They have those dots on the road in some parts of PA, specifically around Lancaster. Some people follow the 2 dot rule there, but most I've seen do not.

[–] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've seen them on route 41 in PA and I can't ever remember seeing anyone maintaining a two-dot following distance.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Our work culture is worse. They have some worker protections, and healthcare isn't tied to employment.

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/tutors-problems/Human-Resource-Management/48953154-Americans-work-137-more-hours-per-year-than-Japanese-workers-260/

Whoops wrong thread

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[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Where 99.8% of trials result in conviction 😅 I'd be making damn sure that ball made it back too.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago

Iirc part of the reason the conviction rate is so high is because either A) it's a relatively minor infraction and person apologizes, claims it was a misunderstanding, accident, cultural differences, ignorance, etc and is then released, or B) they don't think there's enough evidence to convict, so they don't even bother taking it to court.

[–] ahriboy@kbin.social 38 points 2 years ago

The Japanese people are disciplined people.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

plot twist: was not the same ball

[–] odbol@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

People taking pictures of a normal baseball 🤦‍♂️

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[–] Napain@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

if someone took it they wozld have been shamed by everone around i think that would happen in most cultures hinestly

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

in most cultures the ball wouldn't be passed around at all

[–] torpak@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don't exactly understand what is remarkable here. But maybe that is because I'm not from the USA.

[–] Goony@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

As an American I'm surprised it found it's way back to her

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Basedball" is a very fitting typo for this particular story 😁

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[–] a_seattle_ian@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

One of the highlights of my life was having a chance to live with a family in the Tokyo suburbs - in Akitsu Higashimurayama. Miss them so much. お母さん に 会いたい な~

[–] Sir_Premiumhengst@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] yoz@aussie.zone 40 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yea..not quite. I lived in Germany and my bike got stolen twice.

[–] xep@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Bike theft is one of the most common crimes in Japan.

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[–] Napain@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

germans are all selfish af. they just like to call everyone else an asshole while acting like a selfish fuck themself. thats why some people believe that they are saints because they act like they are so much better and some people believe it

[–] hatchet@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think all humans are selfish af, different cultures just have different ways of expressing that selfishness

[–] Ascantel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
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[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those countries should team up. They'd probably take over the world

. . ... wait...

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[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nah germany may seem organized and disciplined from outside but except for all the paperwork and the laws and norms that go into every detail it's just as every other country (obviously some cultural difference is to be expected)

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Certainly two of the countries of all time.

[–] Adori@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] jdf038@mander.xyz 17 points 2 years ago

It's based....ball after all

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