Respect for the Ancient

Today was Respect for the Aged Day (敬老の日）which is kind of like arbor day, except you close the post office to respect the elderly instead of trees. I asked my Japanese friends if they were gonna call their grandmas or anything and they were like “nah.” So there doesn’t seem to be any big purpose other than no school.

Did you know that Japan has a population problem? An ideal population looks like a pyramid with the youth creating the base and supporting a small and tidy tip of elderly folks. However, in Japan the pyramid is inverted. Someone call Imhotep, cause that’s not good pyramid building. The population and longevity of elderly folks is creating quite the stir. In the small towns that actually do something to celebrate their elders, the age used to be 60 and up. Now everyone is 60 and up. We don’t have infinite respect guys, come back when you are 70. Katie Couric was totally on point about vaccines, ruining lives. (Oh my god, I’m totally joking. Vaccinate your children you fucks. JESUS.)

Anyway call your Grandma. I almost did. (She can’t figure out skype.)