Alright, alternatively, isn't education a standard part of both primary and secondary education in Japan?
I'm not saying all are fluent, but there is probably at least a couple who read twitter and engage with twitter. Who can be @'d, and we have to hope we scare that investor enough to get him to talk to other nintendo investors, and start a buzz amongst themselves.
Is there actual harm in trying? Or are we just lay down and take it bottom bitches?
There's no harm in trying, I'm just trying to get it through to you that you are severely underestimating the gap between US and Japanese culture. There have been instances where East and West have clashed on the internet, and attempts at dialogue fell apart quickly due to significant differences in their respective understandings of how the world works (despite translation).
Case in point, when the Youtuber TotallyNotMark got all of his reviews of One Piece copyright struck in one fell swoop (talking dozens of videos here), all westerners in the comments saw it for the BS that it was, whereas all the Japanese commenters were straight up calling him a thief and a plagiarizer for making reviews without explicit written permission from the publisher (which in the US, where Youtube is HQ'ed, falls under "Fair Use").
He has since gotten back on his feet, but the whole ordeal left a sour taste in my mouth, and it should serve as an example of how much your average Japanese person will simp for faceless corporations (especially a juggernaut like Nintendo)
Alright, alternatively, isn't education a standard part of both primary and secondary education in Japan?
I'm not saying all are fluent, but there is probably at least a couple who read twitter and engage with twitter. Who can be @'d, and we have to hope we scare that investor enough to get him to talk to other nintendo investors, and start a buzz amongst themselves.
Is there actual harm in trying? Or are we just lay down and take it bottom bitches?
There's no harm in trying, I'm just trying to get it through to you that you are severely underestimating the gap between US and Japanese culture. There have been instances where East and West have clashed on the internet, and attempts at dialogue fell apart quickly due to significant differences in their respective understandings of how the world works (despite translation).
Case in point, when the Youtuber TotallyNotMark got all of his reviews of One Piece copyright struck in one fell swoop (talking dozens of videos here), all westerners in the comments saw it for the BS that it was, whereas all the Japanese commenters were straight up calling him a thief and a plagiarizer for making reviews without explicit written permission from the publisher (which in the US, where Youtube is HQ'ed, falls under "Fair Use").
He has since gotten back on his feet, but the whole ordeal left a sour taste in my mouth, and it should serve as an example of how much your average Japanese person will simp for faceless corporations (especially a juggernaut like Nintendo)