[pasbesoin]

I enjoyed your comment, as I have enjoyed many comments here on HN that quite thoughtfully and often eloquently take the time to provide a personal context and, yes, anecdote, to a more generally reported circumstance.

Don't worry about it. I -- for one ;-) -- think your comment was appropriate and useful, in this context.

(For example, it provides me with some additional insight to my own occasional interactions with Japanese culture. Most useful, to me.)

Nor do I mean to be overly critical of the critiquing response. Yes, we do need to be aware of anecdote versus corroborated fact. But, as one other respondent has commented, we make some assumption that those on HN can judge this for themselves.

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This comment meant in good spirit, all around. And yes, it's just my opinion.