pooh [she/her, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 27 days agoJapan’s latest bizarre delicacy: armpit rice balls made with cute girls’ sweatwww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkJapan’s latest bizarre delicacy: armpit rice balls made with cute girls’ sweatwww.scmp.compooh [she/her, any]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAutomatedPossum [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·27 days agoin this case i wouldn’t rule out it was originally made up because somebody was horny and then later turned their fantasy into an article.
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·27 days agoOne of the things I’ve noticed about reporting on Japan is how eager journalists are to attribute one-off or rare occurrences to the entire country. Its like if someone wrote an article about “Britain’s gamer girl bathwater” and trying to make it sound like the whole country is in on it.
in this case i wouldn’t rule out it was originally made up because somebody was horny and then later turned their fantasy into an article.
One of the things I’ve noticed about reporting on Japan is how eager journalists are to attribute one-off or rare occurrences to the entire country.
Its like if someone wrote an article about “Britain’s gamer girl bathwater” and trying to make it sound like the whole country is in on it.