The world thought Japan lost the tech wars because everyone buys Korean TVs and American phones now.
Meanwhile, deep in a nameless factory in Nagano
Factory Manager: Did they realize yet?
Assistant: No, sir. Apple just launched the new iPhone.
Factory Manager: Excellent. Did you tell them that the tiny rubber gasket holding the camera lens together is only made by us, by three retirees named Kenji, Hiro, and Sato?
Assistant: Yes. If Sato takes a sick day, global smartphone production drops by 40%.
Factory Manager: Perfect. Hand me my $1,500 rice cooker
Japan stopped trying to build the phone; they just built the sub-atomic screw inside the camera module that everyone has to buy, whether they like it or not
For centuries, London’s brilliant solution to sewage was just dumping all of it straight into the River Thames—which was also the city's main source of drinking water
Marxism-Leninism promised a stateless, classless, moneyless society and people called it a dangerous fantasy. Religion promised the exact same thing, put a halo on it, and called it paradise
@Laragq5z One is an intimate destination the other is a 24/7 visual spectacle. Guys are simple creatures—they react to what's visible, sculpted, and moving!