Kinda sounds like a big deal but the people don't seem to care and just ask technical questions. Even the person responding seem to be super level-headed considering the situation. Kinda eerie to see.

If anything it'll encourage/empower his base to mimic him.

The one thing I'm worried about is the idiots who think Trump and his goons' policies are sound and they are succeeding. We have those in Japan and they seem to be getting louder every day.

American tomatoes would probably be smeared in e coli. Be careful out there my US friends.

Could someone explain what's happening to a non-american? I was under the impression that this Madmani gentleman had already won the mayoral race. Are they having another election for something else??

We probably don't have the workforce to replace since we won't open up to immigration lol

Methinks you are romanticizing a culture you don’t live in by only seeing the positives you like.

That's kind of an insulting assumption as I'm Japanese and live in Japan. So while I may have a biased opinion, I wouldn't say it's romantisizing.

In fact, I'd say you're the one that seems to be making assumptions based on snippets of our culture that you see on the internet. The weird vending machines that sell letters from your pretend grandma to used panties aren't found everywhere you go — they're in specific locations for the novelty.

Also having regular vending machines for drinks and food doesn't exactly contradict my point. The vending machines are more for the customers' convenience. They're not installed specifically for removing human contact. Yes, we lose human contact as a result, but it's a tradeoff to better serve customers whereas most companies that deploy AI support agents probably do so to save a buck.

Sorry about the rant.

It might actually be China. All the robots I see here are the one with the cat face and I'm pretty sure that's where they come from. We don have remote control robot cafes where people with physical/mental disabilities to serve you using avatar bots which is cool!

Here in Japan, I used to use it to follow up and coming Japanese illustrators and webcomic artists, most of who tweeted fun, non-political, wholesome things. I got live updates whenever we had typhoons and earthquakes.

Obviously there's toxicity if you look for it, but I didn't really see it. Which is why I honestly didn't understand why so many people shit in Twitter especially on "tech/bologicallysocially-aware" circles like Reddit calling it toxic. The reason why I stopped was because Musk bought it, not because of the content I was seeing. Maybe I was just lucky.

Note: This is just a single old man's anecdote, so please take it with a huge grain of salt.

If he's still alive he hasn't changed enough imo.

Japanese people tend to make a big deal out of the "human touch," especially when it comes to service, so I can see how companies aren't jumping on to the hype. We're also pretty slow to adopt change.

Oh and maybe the shit exchange rate makes it expensive to use the service as everything is pretty much foreign tech.

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