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Don't make fun of me.
It's your fault that this happened.
You drive me crazy!
Japanese culture is to be cherished. Whenever you think you've got things more or less figured out, you just need to see something like this to realize the world is more mysterious than you will ever know.
I worked for five years in a giant japanese bank in nyc, and, I swear, after five years I understood japanese culture even less than ever. Same bank, different planet, I used to say.
But why does the headline on the front page call this "Angry English for Chubby Japanese?" The people in the video are positively svelte compared to most Americans. Is it supposed to be an exercise video too? Because it doesn't look like much of a cardio workout to me.
English for antisocial GoBots?
Oh My God, it's the Japanese Macarena!!!