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Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan Town (www.tokyoweekender.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yet, somehow, my brain managed to think the sentence was referring to people from the Middle Age... In hindsight, these are rather young :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The title made me think there was a man in his forties, trading TCG cards and it vent viral.