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[โ€“] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One also wonders how the questions asked were phrased. And how they interpreted responses of, "E, chotto . . ." and other "telling the truth would be rude" circumlocutions.

[โ€“] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, this is also true. I had a job in a Tokyo suburb going house to house surveying households (read: stay at home wives and retirees) and my god, getting them to answer questions face-to-face was like pulling teeth.

Once we anonymized the surveys however, damn were the honest lol. Especially about the foreigner (me ๐Ÿ˜‚)