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What's not nihonjinron but feels nihonjinron to you?
I'll start: 8 types of trash collection but everyone sorts plastics incorrectly anyway
More correct answer: Someone sorts the trash incorrectly, so building management contacts only the 3 units which have foreigners living there
Let's NHK Fee Harassment
I think this one counts too https://twitter.com/dec_vs/status/1326873214694248448
Pretty sure that counts. https://twitter.com/Justin__Kanda/status/1327059546850770945
Here's Pepper the Robot being useless. Isn't it cool! By the way, to update your password we need to send it in the mail. https://twitter.com/_bradramos/status/1327064785041571840
One of these reminds me of how even during years when miniskirts are in fashion, most women still take care to ensure their shoulders are covered. https://twitter.com/johnqjn/status/1327072176617312256
I believe this is another candidate. https://twitter.com/keitoku1115/status/1327064462898069504
You see, plastic wrapping is rooted in an ancient Japanese religious taboo about touching other people's stuff and for that reason, we must constantly invent new ways to layer things in plastic. https://twitter.com/wkdwitchofdwest/status/1327093647100104706?s=19
This reminds me of this train poster I saw over the weekend featuring salariman lighting their cigarettes on katori senko just before exercising (company "Sports Day" based on the text). https://twitter.com/tonykeyesjapan/status/1327103377336012801?s=19
Not to mention marginalizing other "unconventional" relationships, and limited availability of childcare. https://twitter.com/elas_corner/status/1327126381965225989
Definitely feels nihonjinron to me.
The Gaikokujin community might not have heard about any of these things *checks notes* 8 months into this pandemic, and they've obviously been traveling a lot so they need to be careful. https://twitter.com/tocho_koho/status/1326862893904621568
The Gaikokujin community might not have heard about any of these things *checks notes* 8 months into this pandemic, and they've obviously been traveling a lot so they need to be careful. https://twitter.com/tocho_koho/status/1326862893904621568
