So ironic that they all thought Twitter was a left-wing propoganda machine even though I don't think Jack Dorsey ever made a political statement. Meanwhile, we have an explicitly pro-Trump guy running the site now and they think it's based.
I sorta doubt it. Anybody who speaks Japanese knows it's really hard to get reliable information on topics searching the Japanese web. You find all these Matome and personal sites that are loose with their sources or unclear with their phrasing. It's interesting because you do actual web "surfing" and learn a lot more interesting things along the way, but it's not good for centralized knowledge or social interaction.
Personal sites still exist in the west, but nobody really seeks them out. I think this is because in the west the "web" and "social media" grew into becoming the same thing, while in Japan people still see them as mostly separate entities.
I don't know if I buy the Skibidi Toilet thing. It reminds me more of Badgers than Salad Fingers. I remember it used to be really commonplace for spam groups to make loops over songs in single flashes or collabs as well. Back in the glory days where we all hated Wade for trying to do his job...
Same with me. Dad is Mexican and I took Spanish because I thought he could just help me every time I got stuck. At 15 years old it did not occur to me what a wasted opportunity it was that he never taught me.
I ended up learning Japanese later in life through tons of immersion and living in the country, and knowing what I know now I wish I could have explained how important bilingualism is to 15 year old me...or even my dad. It is the single most eye-opening thing I've ever done. Something about it just makes you so much more cognoscente about everything you say and do even in your native language. It's like I "came online" or something.
https://imgur.com/a/fgf6Jt3