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Anon is waiting for Japan (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] diverging@lemm.ee 21 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Doc: "No wonder this circuit failed; it says 'Made in Japan'."
Marty: "What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan."

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What was the joke supposed to be here, that they had rapidly industrialised.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I think they had a poor reputation and then rapidly improved which led to their current reputation

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They started out like China, making cheaper copies of Western tech. Then they started to innovate.

China is now on exactly the same path, and it's well into the phase where they are innovating, but most people still refuse to acknowledge that.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 49 minutes ago

Really? Isn't it pretty obvious, I mean they make electric cars now.