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Feels like back in the 90's people were a bit more chill and didn't go into a genocidal lunatic rage at the mere mention of the country. Wild to think people used to get down with hong kong action movies.

  • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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    5 months ago

    Most of the 90's

    Didn't Japan's real estate bubble crash heavily during those times?

    I mean, it seems that the U.S, in the 90s' generally, seemed to thrive, throughout the post-Cold War suffering that they've caused...

    Edit: Look at CindyTheSkull's response for explanation...

    • CindyTheSkull [she/her, comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      Did Japan's real estate bubble crash heavily during those times?

      The US reined in their vassals.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Accord

    • LaGG_3 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      5 months ago

      It crashed in 1991, but I think the yellow scare lasted into the mid 90s for some people. I remember my parents always acting like stuff made in Japan was inferior to American made products.

      • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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        5 months ago

        Hell I remember it in the late 90s and even early 2000s with the Pokemon satanic panic.

        Southpark literally made an episode at the time [Racism, dick shaming]

        spoiler

        where Pokemon was a weird thing Japan was using to brainwash kids. I forget the details, but there is a scene where the Japanese CEO's of Pokemon or whatever talk about (voiced by a white dude doing a very racist Japanese accent) how "Japan have small penis"

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          5 months ago

          Matt Parker and Trey Stone are such fucking shitheads. I hope they're miserable sitting on their pile of money

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          I swear to God nobody thinks as much about the penises of other men as much as ostensibly straight white men.

        • Teekeeus
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          24 days ago

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