Nerd venting? Maybe just in the "Anime sucks" section. If you think that is all the article is about skip to "THE MANDATORY PARTIES" part.

elaborate?

Okay, here's one mostly related: In many Japanese offices, you're required to scream "Good morning!" at the top of your lungs, clapping your hands to your thighs, as soon as you enter the office area every morning. Everyone in the office then shouts "Good morning!" back to you. At my orientation for one company, the Human Resources Girl — whose face (figuratively) literally screamed "Hall Monitor" — was going over the "Good Morning!" protocol. Her explanation weird despite its terseness: "This is how adults interact in Japan." Most of the people at the orientation, like me, were under twenty-five. "Before we move onto the next item, does anyone have any questions?" I seriously and portentously asked a question, then, which I thought was hilarious: "If we're the first one in the office in the morning, do we still have to scream 'Good Morning' and clap our hands to the sides of our legs?" Her answer was immediate, and humorless: "Yes." "Well, I mean, there's no one else around to hear it, right?" "You still have to do it. It's the rule. Every employee must do this. That's why we call it 'protocol.'" This instant was actually the very first time I begin to ponder the logistics of actually going ahead and being homeless. You know, cardboard, up against concrete, is not only not uncomfortable — it's pretty good for your spine!

I pushed further: "What if I am the second person in the office, and the first person is someone with whom I have, previously, managed to successfully cultivate a congenial personal relationship? What if it's a person whose first and last name I know, with whom I share interests and hobbies, and we've previously agreed that we think this 'Good morning' shit is some serious bullshit, and we just agree to be like, 'Hey, what's up' to one another in the morning and we've also agreed that hey, if anyone else asks, we'll just go ahead and say 'Oh yeah, that dude totally screamed "Good morning" to me this morning'?"

The HR girl didn't even blink: "You still have to carry out the customary 'Good Morning.'"

This is my favorite part BTW.

Whatever, I was never as interested in Japanese shit as I was when I read that article. Seriously.
Never been a huge fan of japanese games and most anime. And find people who say that japan has the best culture EVER has always seemed fucking dumb to me (don't get me wrong American culture is retarded to). So when someone who actually lives there comes out and explains why its not so great I was interested.

also he mentions that he moved there and liked it originally, he probably just ignored his irritation for far to long and it exploded into this article.

he's a bitch who can't handle his booze?

awesome part man. i'm glad you really like it

*claps* good posts. TY.

http://kotaku.com/5485535/but-do-i-hate-japan
An apparent response by another editor who loves living in Japan.

but man

there are so many big problems japan has that this guy completely ignored to talk about how he doesn't like tape put on his drinks

he points out also early on in his article that he is going to talk about the little things that bother him. The tape on his cup thing wasn't one of things that interested me admittedly. He even says that he doesn't know why he hates it when they do that.

Mostly just the creepy corporate rules. And office drone rituals, there obsession with honor and dishonor, apologies, etc. interested me.

Also, IDK why you think japan's culture hates women there... Like, most women there to my knowledge (documentaries I've seen on TV) are super independent (which is what a lot of people claim as the reason that their birth rate is low.)

Sure the anime and manga depicts women in... interesting ways... but whatever they are comics and cartoons. They should be able to draw whatever sexualised stuff they want. Freedom of expression.

I am playing sonic and sega allstar racing

Its fun