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That famous Japanese politeness (media.piefed.social)
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[–] egrets@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

First archive of the page:

Respect

In the old days of feudal Japan, a samurai warrior would shout "Mi no hodo o shire!", 'Know your place!' at anyone who dared to show insufficient respect. And with that, a sword would be brought swiftly down upon the poor unfortunate's head. Well, you might not have to fear a sword any more but it would still be wise to always remember your place. Even if you don't have the language skills, a softening of the voice, a discreet awareness of the other person's personal space and undemonstrative body language go a long way showing respect.

Later versions seem to have "身の程を知れ", but it looks like they changed the page a few times.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

In the old days of feudal Japan, a samurai warrior would shout "You are trying to view Flash content, but you have no Flash plugin installed!" at anyone who dared to show insufficient respect. And with that, a sword would be brought swiftly down upon the poor unfortunate's head.