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minus-squarePeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·6 days agomaybe Japan trying to save face?
minus-squareamemorablename@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 days agoI did have that thought, tbh, but wasn’t sure if that was being presumptuous about their culture. I’m not real familiar with face-saving culture in the specifics.
minus-squarep0ntyp00l@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 days agoi don’t think wanting to do damage control is specific to culture…that just sounds like a human thing
maybe Japan trying to save face?
I did have that thought, tbh, but wasn’t sure if that was being presumptuous about their culture. I’m not real familiar with face-saving culture in the specifics.
i don’t think wanting to do damage control is specific to culture…that just sounds like a human thing