• @pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    191 month ago

    I noticed everyone in Japan was surprisingly well-behaved. I wondered if this was the punishment for those who stepped out of line.

    • oce 🐆OP
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      251 month ago

      There’s a culture of not sticking out of the pack, and the feeling that everyone is judging you if you do. It’s sadly more about that than deep understanding of the value of civism, according to my native friends.

        • oce 🐆OP
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          41 month ago

          I think Western cultures often value differentiating yourself from the mass, it has its stupid downsides too of course.