I take it you've never been to Japan...
replyWouldn't wanna live there permanently. Wouldn't want to have been born Japanese. But my god the products and services are head and shoulders above my baseline expectations; it's simply nicer.
I have lived in Japan.
reply> Wouldn't wanna live there permanently. Wouldn't want to have been born Japanese.
So I take it you understand that there is no free lunch.
The apps I need to use for Rakuten Mobile are certainly... special.
replyget a point card and try to register it online to pay your water bill and then tell me this
replyI agree. I didn't say it's special, only different. Can you say adult adoption is something common in the US?
replyI have always found the adoption loophole to maintaining a family business hilariously smart.
replyI also understand why it’s not something common outside of Japan. Selling your family name in exchange for (maybe) keeping your business alive is distasteful at best.
It's weird and shows how heinous the working culture is, salarymen are almost property of the company they work for
replyI thought I was reading a summary about the Yakuza.
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