How Japan won the internet

What is it about nyan cats and samurai?

Nyan Cat
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If the internet had to assume an identity — if you were to sit down with the "internet" — it would be a messy-haired, foul-mouthed, aggressive, and impatient radical. The unimpeachable androgyne would attack you on subjects ranging from feminism to modern-day fascism. It'd know everything there is to know and be useless at dispensing the information. And if it had to assume a cultural identity, it would have to be Japanese.

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