That video shows what looks like a young woman basically tackling the little girl when she could’ve just not. It was premeditated, not accidental.
Best guess for the reason: Japan is, what, at least 20 years into its “nihilistic despair” phase? Morals and prosociality go with that too. The lady had a bad day (or “bad life”) so some kid is gonna taste the pavement, if the situation allows for it, simple as.
Sure, but the source of the problem is people with Main Character Syndrome that don’t think twice about setting up camp right in the flow of traffic, all for those sweet, sweet fake internet points, or to park their shopping cart across the middle of the aisle while they ponder exactly what flavor of free range organic ketchup they want this week.
The bumping phenomenon entered the Japanese public consciousness in 2018, when a slightly blurred video appeared of a man deliberately barging into several women at Shinjuku station, the busiest railway station in the world.
That video shows what looks like a young woman basically tackling the little girl when she could’ve just not. It was premeditated, not accidental.
Best guess for the reason: Japan is, what, at least 20 years into its “nihilistic despair” phase? Morals and prosociality go with that too. The lady had a bad day (or “bad life”) so some kid is gonna taste the pavement, if the situation allows for it, simple as.
Sure, but the source of the problem is people with Main Character Syndrome that don’t think twice about setting up camp right in the flow of traffic, all for those sweet, sweet fake internet points, or to park their shopping cart across the middle of the aisle while they ponder exactly what flavor of free range organic ketchup they want this week.
That’s not an influencer thing.