Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years
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#2Url changed from https://gizmodo.com/japans-naked-hermit-pried-from-island-ut..., which points to this.
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#3It's sad that they didn't respect his wishes.
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#4A real commitment to “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.”
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#5It's sad that they didn't respect his wishes.
It seems very cruel to deny him the only thing he seems to want and that has negligible effect on anyone else.
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#6A real commitment to “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” https://www.tofugu.com/japan/conformity-in-japan/
I found out recently that the Chinese have an equivalent phrase: “The fattest pig gets eaten first”.
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#7Effective ad, even gets linked on HN.
Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years
#8A real commitment to “the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” https://www.tofugu.com/japan/conformity-in-japan/
Yes. Probably he could have been left alone if he didn't get that much publicity though. There are tons of communities "standing out" in Japan, but they just go by themselves into exile, staying under the radar to survive.
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#9It's sad that they didn't respect his wishes.
His big mistake was he neglected to pack a cannon when he moved there :D
Re: Japan's 'Naked Hermit' Pried from Island Utopia After 29 Years
#10Effective ad, even gets linked on HN.
ad?