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• UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Define “get away with.”

  Imagine if you heard that Japan cut off people heads for saying bad things about their king or that they still had slavery or that they were dropping bombs on their neighbors. They would never “get away” with that!

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah Japan has uncomfortable cultural quirks at times, and they’ve gotten away with a fair bit in the whole “pretending they weren’t evil in the 30s-40s” sphere, but like they’re not doing that much in the extremely bad category at the moment beyond the yakuza (and organized crime is outside government control by definition).

    If you want to know who can get away with real bad shit it’s Saudi Arabia and it’s because the us financially benefits from their regime

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• capuccino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Japan has the “I have been nuclear bombed twice” card

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  • klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I mean, the middle east has the “At least 45 million people killed over oil” card, along with a whole lot of other shit that’s happened there. Not trying to downplay the bombings, but the middle east has been getting fucked with for a loooooong time.

    No clue why Japan gets a pass on it. Although I do remember reading an article that said (I think) the UN was pressuring Japan to make some changes to their laws around pornography

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    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      the UN was pressuring Japan to make some changes to their laws around pornography

      look man, just, the pixelation is like whatever, you can take that out if you want , no one gets offended by what’s under the blur.

      Just please stop shoving live animals into women’s orifices, it’s just not cool dude.

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    • capuccino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      All the stuff that the middle east have been trough its for their own culture, that’s the nail the US has always hanged to. The same will happen with Latam. You see what happened already with Venezuela, Mexico it’s next and we all are scared as fuck. Maybe, we, every country thratened by the US need vending machines with schoolgirl panties.

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Why arab specifically? Japan is just weird, that thing not gonna fly anywhere.

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Because arab countries are looked down on for various reasons, but the general social conservative attitudes towards women are shared with arab countries from a social perspective, and not a political perspective.

    Like, they didn’t ban women from driving, but they still have ideas like “Christmas cake” (women are unwanted after they reach 25, since no one wants xmas cake after the 25th of dec [NB : I do not agree with this idea])

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    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You are suggesting that a social attitude that women should be married by 25 is equivalent to a country banning women from autonomy?

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not sure about comparing petty misogynist vs government mandated policy against woman based on religion.

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• trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Japan gets away with urban myths? Maybe don’t believe everything you read on the internet.

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burusera

    I dunno davey, this “wikied pedia” seems pretty legit

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    • trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Prefectures in Japan began enforcing regulations in 2004 that restricted purchases and sales of used underwear and saliva of people under 18.

      Doesn’t really sound like they’re getting away with it

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    • zout@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It also doesn't seem to mention vending machines, but specialized shops or online selling. It's still gross, but it's also not unthinkable that this could happen in western countries. There was for instance an English internet personality who sold her used bath water a few years ago.

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• tiredofsametab@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So far as I know, there have been a couple of people arrested for trying to do things with actual underage girls' clothing. One I think had a vending machine set-up, another on the internet. Selling things like that on the internet also isn't unique to Japan. The vast majority of Japanese society has no patience for such things.

  I've been in Japan for over a decade and never seen what you're talking about (and I have been to fetish events and shops).

  Framing this as an accepted thing or even a common thing or even an extant thing is disingenuous at best.

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• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Seems weird to me either way, but I don’t think I’d be any more worded out if an Arab country did the same thing.

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What do you think if the internet learned tomorrow that they sold used schoolgirl underwear in saudi arabia? how do you think the conservatives and news outlets would react?

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    • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I dunno, when was the last time Japan dismembered a reporter at one of its consulates?

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    • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      how do you think the conservatives and news outlets would react?

      Honestly, IDGAF. The posts topic aside, what Conservatives and MSM might think is NEVER the bar here. They have been on the wrong side of history since forever.

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m sure many people would be offended, and many others wouldn’t care at all.

      Personally, I think there are much more important things to get riled up about right now, and if I heard about this happening, is just think it’s weird and move on. But, of course, I’m sure others would feel differently depending on their situations.

      I just don’t think it would be anything that people would be talking about for more than a few minutes.

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    • Griffus@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I would think “Finally something not negative for women happening there”

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• ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I regularly watch some YT shorts from this white girl living in Japan and she said she can’t hang her panties out to dry cause she’s on the ground floor and they get stolen easily. How can a society be so horny and yet have falling birthrates? 😅

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  • Abundance114@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Kids too expensive. I’m careful that I dont buy a Ferrari because I can’t afford the maintenance and insurance.

    They’re careful they don’t accidently have children.

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• vatlark@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This post was reported for stereotyping against Japanese people. Stereotyping is probably always a bad idea so I’ll remove it. I’m always open to feedback.

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• Quilotoa@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It wouldn’t go over in Canada either.

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