pooh [she/her, love/loves] to news • 7 months agoJapan’s latest bizarre delicacy: armpit rice balls made with cute girls’ sweatexternal-linkmessage-square35 fedilinkarrow-up153file-text
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minus-squareAutomatedPossum [she/her]hexbear22·7 months agoin this case i wouldn't rule out it was originally made up because somebody was horny and then later turned their fantasy into an article. link
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]hexbear20·7 months agoOne of the things I've noticed about reporting on Japan is how eager journalists are to attribute one-off or rare occurrences to the entire country. Its like if someone wrote an article about "Britain's gamer girl bathwater" and trying to make it sound like the whole country is in on it. link
in this case i wouldn't rule out it was originally made up because somebody was horny and then later turned their fantasy into an article.
One of the things I've noticed about reporting on Japan is how eager journalists are to attribute one-off or rare occurrences to the entire country.
Its like if someone wrote an article about "Britain's gamer girl bathwater" and trying to make it sound like the whole country is in on it.