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minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days ago Mr. Honda (74)… Soba Master Mr. Takeshita (81)… Mr. Fujii (68) These are the people Japan considers “middle-aged”?! I’ve heard that Japanese people have long lifespans, but calling an 81 year-old “middle aged” seems a bit optimistic.
minus-squareadr1an@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoYet, somehow, my brain managed to think the sentence was referring to people from the Middle Age… In hindsight, these are rather young :)
minus-squareuranibaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe title made me think there was a man in his forties, trading TCG cards and it vent viral.
These are the people Japan considers “middle-aged”?! I’ve heard that Japanese people have long lifespans, but calling an 81 year-old “middle aged” seems a bit optimistic.
Yet, somehow, my brain managed to think the sentence was referring to people from the Middle Age… In hindsight, these are rather young :)
The title made me think there was a man in his forties, trading TCG cards and it vent viral.