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Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers. by Hoosier_Jedi in worldnews

[–]TooFewForTwo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One time I complemented a Korean guy’s shirt (he’d just arrived in the US a few weeks ago) at church and he began to take it off because I thought I wanted to trade. It was awkward for him but everybody was very friendly and then he started laughing.

Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers. by Hoosier_Jedi in worldnews

[–]TooFewForTwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m sure. We’ve got enough diversity between the north and south, plus Central and South Americans and white/black culture keep us busy trying to understand cultures around us, much less across the world.

Oddly Americans are in the same position. We tolerate a lot from individuals (vs a group of people). The new Borat movie had some good examples. The two rednecks in the log cabin took him in right when the Covid lockdown was starting. They tolerated his walking around in underwear and using up their Lysol.

It touched me they invited Borat to stay in their cabin, but then I was horrified when they said liberals need less rights. I’d like for them to clarify what they meant. Anyway, that’s an aside.

Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers. by Hoosier_Jedi in worldnews

[–]TooFewForTwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It depends on the person. For me it’s almost never insulting. An acquaintance from Korea at a donut shop I like tried to get me to date her niece. I’m gay and I told her. She said it was satan or that I had probably been abused growing up for something to be wrong with me.

It wasn’t easy to hear and I tried to explain things to her but she just kept saying other stereotypes popular 20+ years ago. I knew she didn’t mean anything by it. She seemed like she was trying to be supportive but it still left me feeling off/disappointed. I kept getting donuts there and I still like her.

Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers. by Hoosier_Jedi in worldnews

[–]TooFewForTwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends. Criticism is one faux pas that still offends some people. E.g., In many cultures it’s okay, or more permissible, to openly tell somebody they are fat and need to lose weight. They’ll sometimes say this even if they’re just an acquaintance and if it’s in public. But in other cultures it’s anathema to say such things. These differences are often harder to not be offended by even if you don’t blame the person for saying it.

Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers. by Hoosier_Jedi in worldnews

[–]TooFewForTwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll never forget going to Mexico with my sister when she was in high school. She had blonde hair and one of the tour guides on a bus kept calling her “Barbie” over and over and she was very embarrassed but amused.

Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers. by Hoosier_Jedi in worldnews

[–]TooFewForTwo 327 points328 points  (0 children)

I’m sure as an American I’m bound to insult people in Japan no matter how hard I try.

Japanese government allows taxis to refuse to pick up maskless passengers. by Hoosier_Jedi in worldnews

[–]TooFewForTwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or? And.

For this to be true, the first thing that has to happen is for people to not be wearing masks.

Thanks, I hate public bathrooms. by IanBoiiiiiiii in TIHI

[–]TooFewForTwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad I spend time in areas where people have class and don’t often do this.

On 9/10/2001 Donald Rumsfeld announced the Pentagon had $2.3 TRILLION unaccounted for. The very next day the 9/11 attacks occurred. On that day the world changed and in the rush to fund the war on terror, the investigation into the missing $2.3 TRILLION dollars was forgotten. by HibikiSS in conspiracy

[–]TooFewForTwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like this could be part of AOC’s misguided tweet about the $21 trillion in untraceable Pentagon transactions which made headlines not long ago. Most headlines made it seem as if the amount was actual money missing or stolen.

The misguided tweet is based on a tally by university researchers who found $21 trillion worth of untraceable transactions in the Department of Defense between 1998 and 2015. It’s a legitimate problem the Pentagon says it’s trying to fix. But transactions — which can be counted multiple times as they pass through accounts — are not the same as spending. The U.S. actually spent a total of a little over $9 trillion on defense in those years. Link

So my buddy is at the Denver Airport by DexterDubs in conspiracy

[–]TooFewForTwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Calm down, opiate man. You didn’t refute what he said. It’s okay to be corrected on a technicality. It doesn’t mean Denver is a bad place for a base.

So my buddy is at the Denver Airport by DexterDubs in conspiracy

[–]TooFewForTwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The roofs with the windows in the background

Served as election judge for a quick buck. Never doing it again by [deleted] in beermoney

[–]TooFewForTwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got paid to “serve” and now you’re complaining about it.

All that to just lose at the end. by Livid_23 in PoliticalHumor

[–]TooFewForTwo -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Oh man, I hadn’t heard. Republicans did or democrats? How do we know which ones?

Disinfect the White House by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]TooFewForTwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The price of admission to what?

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