The article is real. I thought it was a joke.

"Do I really need to disembowel myself, too?"

"Yes, I'm afraid that's the only way."

I'm trying to be generous, whilst being largely ignorant, and consider he is responding to a hierarchy that have an 'over my dead body' approach to changing the traditional ways and perhaps he is just informing them that tradition has an option for that sort of thing.

and/or it does seem like he could well be a horrid person.

On the plus side I was both shocked and happy to learn Japan has very recently changed the age of consent from 13 to 16 whilst also recognizing consent in the context of rape which does seem like a step in the right direction. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-65887198

"that shit must be gnarly! believe me, there are economic reasons for that"

Cool glasses

Why do his glasses look photoshopped over his face

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