Comments by "Jordan, inside-outsider in Japan" (@Jordan-inJapan) on "Has Japan Changed Me?" video.

  1. Thanks for reminding me of the ways Japan has changed ME. (I’ve been here so long I can’t remember what I was like before.) I think “still can’t read the air” was one of my favorite lines, although I suspect that it might actually just be an excuse to “play the gaijin card” and be selfish without seeming to be selfish, since you have an irrefutable cultural excuse. (I admit I catch myself doing that from time to time…)
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  2.  @southcoastinventors6583  I don’t allow myself to play that card with friends or people who know me well. But I do catch myself, occasionally, taking advantage of the ‘unintentional kindness’ of causal acquaintances or coworkers. 😆
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  3.  @roripantsu  You just kind of develop a sense of it after a while… or you don’t. (In that case, you get labeled “KY” if you’re Japanese, or “foreign” if you’re…foreign. 😆)
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  4. I think it peaks at around 10 years. (any longer and you start to forget what was “normal“ before. 😆)
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  5.  @southcoastinventors6583  🍻!
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