Yeah the 'Japan is sad and lonely' trope always seemed suspect to me... Like if I watch japanese yt channels or even westerners who are in japan that just doesn't seem to be the norm or at least not any more normal than everywhere else.
People link the weird game shows and stuff to prove Japan's really wacky until you realize America had a semi-popular series of movies wherein one guy drinks horse cum and another sticks his balls to a frozen pole.
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And hell, I'm tired of pretending Jackass wasn't funny!
I like asking people to take a step back and consider how objectively fucking weird a character like Batman is.
He's a billionaire who has untreated PTSD so he dresses like a fuking bat and drives around in his bat shaped car to fist fight a clown with untreated mental issues.
Yeah the 'Japan is sad and lonely' trope always seemed suspect to me... Like if I watch japanese yt channels or even westerners who are in japan that just doesn't seem to be the norm or at least not any more normal than everywhere else.
"Japan so wacky!" gets clicks, "Japan is pretty normal in a lot of respects" does not.
People link the weird game shows and stuff to prove Japan's really wacky until you realize America had a semi-popular series of movies wherein one guy drinks horse cum and another sticks his balls to a frozen pole.
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And hell, I'm tired of pretending Jackass wasn't funny!
I like asking people to take a step back and consider how objectively fucking weird a character like Batman is.
He's a billionaire who has untreated PTSD so he dresses like a fuking bat and drives around in his bat shaped car to fist fight a clown with untreated mental issues.
Fucking. Weird.
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