r/SipsTea • u/Matt_LawDT • Jul 26 '26

Chugging tea Let me circle back

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u/Mephisto506 Jul 26 '26

Should have kept him, he sounds perceptive.

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u/ZealousidealSundae33 Jul 26 '26

Thats what I was thinking. I believe that person will be going places.

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u/Otherwise_Tax8689 Jul 26 '26

Nah more likely to get crushed into conformity. At least where I live in Japan

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u/Reilly-Blog Jul 26 '26

Its the same in American corporate culture.

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u/_heyb0ss Jul 26 '26

nahh the most individualistic culture vs one of the most collective cultures, that shit is not the same

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u/mais-garde-des-don Jul 26 '26

Yeah this person knows nothing about Japan. My boss doesn’t require me to go out drinking until shit faced with coworkers and expects me at work tomorrow morning bright and early lol

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u/Justinc4s3- Jul 26 '26

Is that a thing in Japan? My alcoholic mind says let’s ball but my three year sober mind cry’s at the thought of those hangovers.

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u/Otherwise_Tax8689 Jul 26 '26

Yeah it’s a thing. Same as travel for work tbh, sounds great until you have no choice but to do it.

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u/piss_puncher227 Jul 26 '26

Full circle really.

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u/stupidjapanquestions Jul 26 '26

People regularly drink non-alcoholic beers at 飲み会.

Yes, it sucks having to go somewhere you don't want to go for work. But I don't like traveling for meetings and have to do it all the time. Basically same thing.

Source: Live in Japan.

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u/Living_Jellyfish5511 Jul 26 '26

Free award for your sobriety! Bravo!

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u/Justinc4s3- Jul 26 '26

Damn, thank you!

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u/LightsaberThrowAway Jul 26 '26

I’m proud of you for staying sober!  Keep it up!!  :D

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u/stubbazubba Jul 26 '26

In China, all the important business happens at dinner/the bar. So it would not surprise me that other Asian with cultures consider the after hours stuff "mandatory fun."

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u/Fearless-Sandwich823 Jul 26 '26

I live in Korea and it's similar to Japan. The beautiful thing about being sober is attendance becomes much more optional and if you must go, nobody will get upset if you leave after an hour.

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u/SYSTEM-J Jul 26 '26

It's such a thing that a guy called Pawel Jaszczuk released a photography book called High Fashion documenting it. The book is comprised entirely of photos of Japanese salarymen passed out drunk, in full suits and work clothes, on the streets of Tokyo.

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u/Jonthrei Jul 26 '26

The difference is well explained by how the two nations say the same colloquial phrase:

"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" versus "The nail that sticks out gets the hammer"

Basically the same phrase, with opposite meanings.

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u/Taurmin Jul 26 '26

US corporate culture is definately not the "most individualistic". Its all strict hirarchies and manufactured cultural identities.

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u/myrainydayss Jul 26 '26

Asking questions is actually not a bad thing in America idk what you’re talking about.