[pavel_lishin]

> I have been to Japan and the society is fairly autistic. People are polite but want to stay in their own little bubble. You could collapse on the street in Tokyo and nobody would give a shit if you don't block the entrance of a business.

This might be more of a reflection of living in a large city, rather than being Japanese. In a rural area, you wave to everyone you meet. In a large city - Tokyo, Beijing, Moscow, New York, etc. - your arm would fall off by mid-afternoon.

> a 99% male space where women were universally hated

Funny, I don't remember Usenet as a MRA haven, but perhaps we just visited different newsgroups.