Why Japan is better than America.

1. 2016-12-21 at 12:57 AM UTC

   #1
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   http://japan-magazine.jnto.go.jp/en/1301_cvs.html
   
   You can buy tickets at 7-11. I need to use a credit card through a bullshit company.
   
   

   For example, the “Multi Copy Machines” found at Seven-Eleven (which has the most convenience stores in Japan) provide a service called “Seven Ticket”, which sells tickets for concerts, sports, movies and various types of events, and the machines can also be used to buy tickets provided by “Ticket Pia”, which is a major ticket sales service. Tickets for theme parks and highway buses are also easy to purchase. The control screen can even be displayed in other languages (English and Chinese), making it simple to arrange your travel plans at the convenience store.

   
   Free Wifi at 7-11.
   
   

   There are also Japanese convenience stores that serve as Wi-Fi spots, many of which offer Wi-Fi access free of charge. A handy trick to remember when you are struggling to find a Wi-Fi on your travels is to go to a convenience store and connect there. Note, though, that you will need to register in advance before connecting for the first time, so don’t panic if you are asked to register. As for other utilities, many of Japan’s convenience stores have toilets that can be used by general customers, which at times can be very helpful. However, simply using Wi-Fi or the toilet and then leaving the store without purchasing anything is viewed as rude in Japan, so it is best to buy a little something (even a small item such as a packet of gum or a canned drink) as a courtesy to the store and its staff.

   
   Tobacco vending machine.
   
   
2. 2016-12-21 at 1:02 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Asia in general is way better than America except for the parts about the drug laws
3. 2016-12-21 at 1:04 AM UTC

   #3
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Wait, your supermarkets dont have free wifi in America?
   
   Pretty much every shop over here has wifi you can connect to
4. 2016-12-21 at 1:07 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   However, simply using Wi-Fi or the toilet and then leaving the store without purchasing anything is viewed as rude in Japan

   
   I'd expect anyone with any self awareness would consider it rude
5. 2016-12-21 at 1:11 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   It's rude if I stand outside shops using their wifi? Wut?
   
   I'm British and I don't even consider that rude
6. 2016-12-21 at 1:25 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by greenplastic Asia in general is way better than America except for the parts about the drug laws

   
   Japan has a really advanced society but yeah their drug laws are bullshit.
   
   

   Originally posted by reject Wait, your supermarkets dont have free wifi in America?
   
   Pretty much every shop over here has wifi you can connect to
   
   It's rude if I stand outside shops using their wifi? Wut?
   
   I'm British and I don't even consider that rude

   
   The only place I get free wifi is mcdonalds.
   

   Originally posted by aldra I'd expect anyone with any self awareness would consider it rude

   
   Thats also true
7. 2016-12-21 at 1:26 AM UTC

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   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   Originally posted by reject It's rude if I stand outside shops using their wifi? Wut?
   
   I'm British and I don't even consider that rude

   
   I was thinking more standing around inside the store or just using the bathroom, ie. obstructing facilities for paying customers
   
   yeah, just using the wireless isn't negatively impacting them unless you're thrashing it, in which case they should've set up per-client bandwidth limits anyway
8. 2016-12-21 at 1:29 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   The only time I don't feel bad about using a washroom in store somewhere is when there is no public washrooms outside anywhere. Once again MCDONALDS is the place to go for this.
   
   I'm sure Japan has plenty of public washrooms.. and water fountains.. and pay phones.. oh god it sounds so nice.
   
   At least I have a bitcoin vending machine.. thats all I can say.
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   • aldra
9. 2016-12-21 at 1:32 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Pretty much the only bathrooms I'll use to shit in public are McDonalds bathrooms cos they're always so so clean
10. 2016-12-21 at 1:34 AM UTC

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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    tobacco vending machine
    
    it seems so foreign for a country to know that smoking is unhealthy, but trust the populace enough to decide for themselves whether they want to do it or not. the attitude here is fucking ridiculous; they'd ban it outright if they could - it was like $30+ for a standard pack of cigarettes here last I checked. you end up paying more in tax than you do for the actual product
11. 2016-12-21 at 1:36 AM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    I don't get why they tax tobacco so heavily yet they don't tax junk food to the same extent. Obesity is a far bigger problem than tobacco smokers. Plus, by the time I'm old and have lung cancer, the NHS should be giving me gold star treatment I've paid so much into them. Yet fat cunts pay fuck all tax and get free gastric bypass's and shit. How is that fair?
12. 2016-12-21 at 1:42 AM UTC

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    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    I actually really hate that argument. I hear it all the time from stoners, 'alcohol's heaps more dangerous than weed, we should ban that instead'.
    
    people need to be more fucking honest. for the most part they don't care about safety and just want to get high - encouraging another substance to be controlled does not help them at all.
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13. 2016-12-21 at 1:45 AM UTC

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    bling bling Dark Matter
    grow ur own bacy cash in empty cush bags for food stamps
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14. 2016-12-21 at 1:50 AM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole

    Originally posted by aldra I actually really hate that argument. I hear it all the time from stoners, 'alcohol's heaps more dangerous than weed, we should ban that instead'.
    
    people need to be more fucking honest. for the most part they don't care about safety and just want to get high - encouraging another substance to be controlled does not help them at all.

    
    Yea I love smoking and will continue til I'm at least 29, but why don't they put extravagant taxes on foods high in sugars and fats? Why should people be allowed to make themselves obese and a strain on the health services due to their own actions without even paying into it?
    
    I'd happily take cheaper cigs if it meant I had to pay for my own treatment if I get lung cancer in the future
15. 2016-12-21 at 1:51 AM UTC

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    bling bling Dark Matter
    england and wales had the highest rates of lung cancer for men british ciggarettes had the highest sugar content at 17%
    
    american men smoked more ciggaretes per capita but had a lung cancer incidence only half the british rate. their tobacco had an average 10% sugar
    
    french men smoked 2/3 as many ciggaretes but had only 1/3 the lung cancer/ their tobacco was air dried and had 2% sugar
    
    *smoking inhibits blood clotting thereby dissolving harmful clots in the arteries and relieving ischemic heart disease
    *smokers have a much better chance to survive heal and do well after heart angioplasty
    *nicotine produces new blood vessel growth around blocked arteries
    *smoking by women during pregnancey has been shown to significantly decrease the risk of high blood pressure. eclampsia and many other conditions related to pregnancy
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16. 2016-12-21 at 2:02 AM UTC

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    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    It's all a fucking conspiracy by the sugar industry. Get people to blame tobacco whilst their main products go sailing by, tax and controversy free
17. 2016-12-21 at 4:20 AM UTC

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    Lanny Bird of Courage
    Why did open wifi disappear in the US? Despite there being like 30+ networks available at most points with consumer equipment in urban areas it's genuinely rare for one to be open without some pay-for-it captive portal bullshit. There were more like 5 years ago. There's no way that war driving is sufficiently embedded in the public consciousness that that's the reason people don't put up open networks anymore. Maybe they just don't ship routers with open defaults anymore? It's kinda sad really
18. 2016-12-21 at 5:08 AM UTC

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    infinityshock Black Hole
    wifi?
    
    i have no idea what that even is.
    
    i have unlimited data on my phone.
19. 2016-12-21 at 5:31 AM UTC

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    kroz weak whyte, frothy cuck, and former twink
    ^well you're a dumbass then
20. 2016-12-21 at 5:41 AM UTC

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    HampTheToker African Astronaut
    Most businesses here in middle Tennessee have public WiFi. The ones that don't typically have Xfinity internet service, so if you're an Xfinity customer you can connect using your Xfinity account (or someone else's if you know someone cool enough to let you use their deets).