AI6YR Ben5d ago

Oh, deer.

The Mainichi: Deer spotted in central Osaka, fuels speculation of long travel

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260323/p2g/00m/0na/011000c

#deer

Deer spotted in central Osaka, fuels speculation of long travel - The Mainichi

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A young male deer appeared Sunday at a part in the middle of city area in Osaka, western Japan, drawing local people wanting to glimp

The Mainichi
Show threadAI6YR Ben
***notable: notice how many of the Japanese are still willing and currently masking. Ah, for smarter cultural norms.
Mar 23 at 3:16amWeb
Show threadzl2tod5d ago

@ai6yr

Masking has been very normal in Japan for a long long time.

I'm sure Japanese longevity is purely a coincidence.

Show threadaardvark5d ago
@zl2tod @ai6yr as the only ones wearing a mask in all the places we went today, I was grateful that no one acted like anything was unusual.
Show threadAI6YR Ben5d ago
@aardvark @zl2tod I generally mask, though not always (depending on the social situation). I 100% masks in stores, in the library for sure, however. Yesterday, in the library, was masked, and glad as some lady was walking through the library sniffling and hacking.
Show threadjj the Santa Barbarian5d ago
@ai6yr many of the Chinese and Japanese students still wear masks on campus. I still do. We've had a donor and two colleagues out for more than a week with "some bug" and a couple people are hacking up their lungs in the office.
Show threadAI6YR Ben5d ago
@cookiesinheaven Friend of mine has been sick for 10 days, colleague had a fever for at least 3 days (don't know if they are better yet). We had three different things run through my class (luckily, I did not catch them). I masked up for a week when my son brought something home, but I never came down with whatever plague it was. I have been deciding whether or not to mask depending on the rate of illness among the ham radio people lol.
Show threadsimonbp5d ago
@ai6yr Based on my experience last month, it's a lot more common in cities, especially on crowded trains. Outside that's, it's mostly older people.