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When an old man eating bread only on the street, what will people do? (Original Post) Bayard Jan 2020 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2020 #1
Four joy meatballs Cartoonist Jan 2020 #2
And here they are: MineralMan Jan 2020 #4
K & R Arkansas Granny Jan 2020 #3
This appears to be somewhere in Asia where the elderly are revered CousinIT Jan 2020 #5
True! Newest Reality Jan 2020 #6
Imagine that. The Japanese aren't known for Christian beliefs. Baitball Blogger Jan 2020 #7
if we did that everyday onethatcares Jan 2020 #8
Wow, no one called the cops. wendyb-NC Jan 2020 #9
Wonderful people! I wonder where this is. It doesn't sound like Japanese and all the times Karadeniz Jan 2020 #10
I can tell it's not Japanese Wednesdays Jan 2020 #11
Awesome! Wednesdays Jan 2020 #12
K&R cp Jan 2020 #13
South Korea, I think. Duppers Jan 2020 #14

CousinIT

(9,301 posts)
5. This appears to be somewhere in Asia where the elderly are revered
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 02:50 PM
Jan 2020

for the most part.

In America, we toss them out like trash. Same with brown people and girls and women.

Baitball Blogger

(46,820 posts)
7. Imagine that. The Japanese aren't known for Christian beliefs.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 03:11 PM
Jan 2020

But their culture is steep on respecting and protecting the elderly. So the end result is the same as in Latin American countries that still practice the old Christian tenets of helping those in need.

Don't make any mistake that this respect for the elderly is anything like the autocratic expectation from White Americans who expect everyone to obey the old guys. The main difference, the elderly from other cultures do not use their latter years ridiculing people and taking advantage of their positions, if they have them.

Karadeniz

(22,631 posts)
10. Wonderful people! I wonder where this is. It doesn't sound like Japanese and all the times
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 04:02 PM
Jan 2020

The subtitle said thank you, I never heard arigato. Also, the people don't look Japanese. I love his being called uncle and the man picking meat out of his bowl for uncle. The speaking style sounds Chinese, but I wouldn't recognize Korean or SE Asian. Where's Yuiyoshida when we need her?

Wednesdays

(17,532 posts)
11. I can tell it's not Japanese
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 05:01 PM
Jan 2020

I don't know any other Asian languages, but if I were to guess, I'd say it was Chinese.

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