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Japanese man shows up and ‘does nothing.’ He’s made a living out of it(washingtonpost.com)

42 points·by lnguyen·4 anni fa·16 comments
washingtonpost.com
Japanese man shows up and ‘does nothing.’ He’s made a living out of it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/19/japan-loneliness-rent/

18 comments

a9h74j·4 anni fa
My new business model:

I will pair program with you but not really. You can explain your thoughts and I will sometimes nod approvingly.

And ask about my rates for taking all the blame!
andrei_says_·4 anni fa
This actually has high value, especially if you include asking meaningful questions.
toast0·4 anni fa
What if you just say hmmm, are you sure? from time to time?
shapefrog·4 anni fa
hmmm, are you sure?
[deleted]·4 anni fa
boudin·4 anni fa
Are you a rubber duck?
a9h74j·4 anni fa
My pronouns can be anything you want them to be.
brettermeier·4 anni fa
https://archive.is/q6SgG
qiskit·4 anni fa
Japanese costanza.
sorokod·4 anni fa
Truly so, I can totally visualize George Costanza just sitting there and nodding.
jsiaajdsdaa·4 anni fa
Sounds like many people I know these days. Very hard to trust others to do things correctly.
8bitsrule·4 anni fa
Cognitive therapist.
alucart·4 anni fa
Paywalled... I wonder if there is a way to avoid such posts.
Gunax·4 anni fa
I know there are ways around it, but I find that objectionable. Newspapers are certainly free to charge for their content.

I just don't understand why it's so expensive. A single newspaper should not cost as much as Netflix.
crossroadsguy·4 anni fa
Actually Netflix, with all the garbage (most of the catalogue) on it (especially the N branded formula ones), must not cost anywhere close to a single newspaper!
ludsan·4 anni fa
> A single newspaper should not cost as much as Netflix.

Why?
Gunax·4 anni fa
I find it difficult to believe that operating a major newspaper is as expensive as licensing a film catalog.

Admittedly I have no specialty on either and could be completely wrong.

I also know many papers are local, where as films tend to have a broad audience.

I think there has to be a better way. News is definitely ripe for innovation just like Apple and Spotify did to music.

I end up finding articles from the whatever paper is local to Lincoln NB and I think they deserve to get paid. But sorry: I am not subscribing to the Lincoln Herald or Brisbane Times or whatever local paper just because I happened to end up on one of your articles from 4 years ago through a search.

There has to be a better way.
[deleted]·4 anni fa