NinjaZ to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoMiddle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Townwww.tokyoweekender.comexternal-linkmessage-square11arrow-up1281cross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
arrow-up1281external-linkMiddle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Townwww.tokyoweekender.comNinjaZ to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square11cross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
minus-square@jballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish16•3 months ago Mr. Honda (74)… Soba Master Mr. Takeshita (81)… Mr. Fujii (68) These are the people Japan considers “middle-aged”?! I’ve heard that Japanese people have long lifespans, but calling an 81 year-old “middle aged” seems a bit optimistic.
minus-squareadr1anlinkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoYet, somehow, my brain managed to think the sentence was referring to people from the Middle Age… In hindsight, these are rather young :)
minus-square@uranibaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoThe title made me think there was a man in his forties, trading TCG cards and it vent viral.
These are the people Japan considers “middle-aged”?! I’ve heard that Japanese people have long lifespans, but calling an 81 year-old “middle aged” seems a bit optimistic.
Yet, somehow, my brain managed to think the sentence was referring to people from the Middle Age… In hindsight, these are rather young :)
The title made me think there was a man in his forties, trading TCG cards and it vent viral.