4/23/2026 at 1:13:54 PM
by PaulHoule
4/23/2026 at 2:37:34 PM
This is an interesting topic but reporting on what some random people typed or clicked on social media is such a shallow basis for news. It's a subjective narrative of a subjective trend.by causal
4/23/2026 at 3:57:30 PM
One good thing about the destruction of Twitter was that there were less of these "some 'people' on the Internet are mad about a thing" articles.by Larrikin
4/23/2026 at 8:12:20 PM
In Brazil “US glazing” was very popular and, in many groups, still is. I’m not sure how it is now, but up to 10 years ago it was annoying.by rbanffy
4/23/2026 at 5:05:07 PM
This is somewhat of a pet peeve for me, I'm getting really tired of both narratives this article discusses online. The internet is flooded with posts either calling Japan a perfect place, or posts that smugly call out the previous type by calling Japan a horrible hellscape. Both of them are making the same mistake: not realizing that Japan is just a place. Even those in the backlash are still falling prey to the same exceptionalism that they're trying to satirize. Every post I see on the topic of Japan makes me lose more hope for the ability of the internet to have a nuanced opinion.by tsunagatta
4/23/2026 at 8:14:20 PM
Every place has good and bad, things you’ll like and identify with, things you’ll find fascinating, others you’ll find confusing, and a fair amount of hellscapes. The trick is to find a place you can fall in love with that’ll love you back.by rbanffy