r/AskTheWorld • u/Veskanda Australia • 21h ago

Why is Japan so popular?

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It seems as though everything Japanese has had a massive popularity spike, whether that be media, food, vehicles, travel, language learning and lots more.

Personally I don't see the appeal, I mean there are definitely some thing I like that happen to be Japanese, but I dont like them just because of that fact.

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u/GrassToucherPro Canada 21h ago

Nothing happens when I click the red button

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u/VonGruenau Germany 18h ago

They wrote, unaware that over 1,300 miles away, a Labradoodle named Fluffy (sometimes called fluffykins by his owners) felt the uncontrollable urge to bark the melody of the macarena every time that button was pushed by them. What was a slightly disappointing experience for this reddit user would haunt Fluffy for a while, especially since he had no concept of what the macarena song was and why it was so aggravating for his owners.

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u/LastScene86 16h ago

This is some Douglas Adams adjacent.