[billmalarky]

>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 literally happened when I was visiting Japan and your belief is invalid. My girlfriend fell down the stairs in the Tokyo train station during the rush hour commute and many strangers were concerned for her well being (to the point we had to decline several times being taken to a hospital).

[MicroBerto]

He was talking from a male's point of view though. Had it been you, and not a damsel in distress, do you think the same reaction would have occurred?

[billmalarky]

I can't speak to that since it didn't happen to me, but several of those who offered assistance were also women so I'm not sure it was a "shining knight rescues damsel in distress" response.

[beachstartup]

yes. have you been to tokyo?

i was offered help multiple times when standing alone by myself when waiting for something, or someone. i'm an asian male, pretty much indistinguishable from any random japanese guy.

i've been a lot of places and i have a hard time believing that you could fall down in the middle street anywhere on earth and nobody will help you, including new york, shanghai, other megacities.

excepting maybe some extreme examples like communistic societies at the height of the cold war, but that's it.

[unimportant]

Because that was an obvious accident.

If a random guy collapses on the street nobody would care.