I was sipping morning coffee and going over the worldnews sub when I came upon an article that mentioned how Japan is still reliant on fax machines and shit to report on Covid. These people are required to go into work just to stamp documents. Someone in that sub asked "can't they bring the stamp home?", which lead to the following response:

A question that only someone that’s never lived in Japan would ask.

There doesn’t need to be any practical or logical reason for a rule

Rules no matter how trivial are followed without question

People actually go into a sort of shock if you violate a rule

For example my wife once tried to order hot takeaway milk from a Mr Donuts.

The server explained that you can takeaway coffee etc but not hot milk because “you might not drink it right away and it could go bad and then make you sick”. Long nonsense discussion

My wife proceeds to order a hot milk to eat there and asks for an empty takeaway cup. At this point we assumed the server knew what was going to happen next because she gave my wife the milk and the cup without question and there really was only one explanation for wanting the empty cup.

When my wife poured the milk into the cup the server said something like “ah ahh ooh ee-ee-eah” and then remained totally motionless for what seemed like 2 minutes. We were concerned asked if she was OK and she just nodded.

The sort of rule breaking that my wife just did literally doesn’t ever happen in Japan.

This absolutely blew my mind.

Apparently following rules is so burned into their culture, that they wouldn't even consider breaking even minor rules.

Another comment in the same thread mentions how you can't even order an omelette without rice. You have to order the omelette with rice, then throw the rice out while the server stares in disbelief .

Then my wife poured the milk into the cup the server said something like “ah ahh ooh ee-ee-eah” and then remained totally motionless for what seemed like 2 minutes. We were concerned asked if she was OK and she just nodded.

Which got me thinking about the blue pill "rules" here in north america in context to the red pill (get a gf, get married, get her pregnant, pay her cash and prizes when she's ready to move on, and don't you dare deviate from that path you fucking sonofabitch!).

I realized our ability to say "fuck this I'm gonna spin plates, avoid marriage, enjoy the decline, etc" results in the same "ah ahh ooh ee-ee-eah” short-circuiting in blue pill programmed individuals.

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"Seducter, you can't fuck her, she's married! ah ahh ooh ee-ee-eah”

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Not only did I fuck her, but I sent her ass home to the husband who's cooking supper for her and the kids.

Just seeing that comment thread made me really appreciate the freedom that we have. To be able to break free from society's conditioning and do what we want. Imagine freezing up in a firestorm of cultural programming and indecisiveness because someone asked you if they could borrow your shovel.

Thank fuck for the red pill.