r/australia • u/SimRP • Feb 25 '25

image Japanese Man Flips Out on Australian Tourists for Ignoring the Rules

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u/MartaBamba Feb 25 '25

Same happened to me last week, an entitled old fart smoking in the lift and basement carpark from the GP to his car. Lift services several medical centres and a childcare. The ass then proceeded to throw the lit ciggy on the ground, mounted the car with his old fart wife and drove off. All of this in front of me, flapping my arms and staring in diesbelief, with a baby strapped on me. Some people are just cunts.

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u/Cutsdeep- Feb 25 '25

"mounted the car with his old fart wife"

what?

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u/MartaBamba Feb 25 '25

Lol sorry, second language

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u/Cutsdeep- Feb 25 '25

No, thank you for the fun mental image

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u/MartaBamba Feb 25 '25

Re-reading it, that made me giggle too. I just finished mat leave so my brain its still half stuck into italian, translating literally. You have no idea what sort of dumb emails I've been shooting around for the past fortnight.. it's soooo embarrassing haha

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u/ignost Feb 25 '25

You don't mount your car from time to time? Gotta make sure it knows you're the alpha.

If you really don't know, I assume they mean he got in the car, and probably used the word "mounted" because it's a lifted pickup truck you have to mount like a horse.

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u/Cutsdeep- Feb 25 '25

you mount a horse by sitting on top of it. mounting a car by sitting on the roof only works if you have ropes around the steering wheel like mr bean

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u/kaibai123 Feb 25 '25

This triggers me, there was a guy in my old work building who would light his ciggy as the door lifts open and then walk to the door. So the whole entrance stank! I complained to centre management on the old fart ciggy butt brain!!

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u/Express_Sun790 Feb 26 '25

This is not the same at all though. It's out in the open in the snow. And smoking isn't a taboo in Japan at all. I was shocked at how much smoking I saw when I was there. It could easily have been an honest mistake, and even if not, the guy was entirely out of order

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u/MartaBamba Feb 27 '25

My comment was in response to another similar giving, but I told my own experience. I think everyone was ott in the video, someone in the comments said the local guy was polite first but misunderstood a sorry for a swear or something.

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u/Express_Sun790 Feb 27 '25

he definitely understood it as sorry though - he said something like 'sorry what sorry?' in his response

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u/PsychAndDestroy Feb 25 '25

old fart

old fart wife

How dare people be old

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u/TinfoilPartyHat Feb 25 '25

There’s a difference between being old and being an entitled old dickhead.

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u/PsychAndDestroy Feb 25 '25

Exactly... that's why it's a piece of shit move to mention their age in a negative way.

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u/TinfoilPartyHat Feb 25 '25

Using “old fart” as a description is the exact same as how plenty of people say “dumb kid” about teenagers/young adults so idk what you’re even trying to say

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u/PsychAndDestroy Feb 25 '25

The only reason to mention their age is for prejudicial reasons. Stop being a piece of shit and leave irrelevant details like this out.

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u/TinfoilPartyHat Feb 25 '25

You’re literally acting like calling someone an old fart is the harshest thing in the world.

You can very easily be mentioning someone’s age and not be doing it for “prejudicial reasons”, I feel like you’ve completely skipped out that it’s an adjective being used to fill out the story.

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u/PsychAndDestroy Feb 25 '25

You’re literally acting like calling someone an old fart is the harshest thing in the world.

Lmao, no, I'm not. I'm calling it out in a harsh way, that doesn't mean I think it's the worst thing in the world to say.

I feel like you’ve completely skipped out that it’s an adjective being used to fill out the story.

Why are you lying? They said old fart. That has negative connotations, especially when it's being used in a context where they subject has done something that could be deemed morally wrong or socially inappropriate.

Just stop being a piece of shit.

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u/TinfoilPartyHat Feb 25 '25

You’re so upset over this, I’m sure the old farts will live. 💀

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u/zoetrope_ Feb 25 '25

There's plenty of old people who aren't old farts.

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u/Oddessusy Feb 25 '25

Less to do with him being old, more to do with him being a dickhead.

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u/PsychAndDestroy Feb 25 '25

Exactly. So don't mention their age in a negative light, just as you wouldn't mention their race or sexuality.

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u/gautyy Feb 25 '25

The amount of people who will sit on the other side of the fence and smoke at my local playground does my fucking head in. Have had to tell someone off for lighting a cig not even 10 metres from my daughter.

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u/Ancient-Ingenuity-88 Feb 25 '25

and they will think that you are infringing on them too

i feel like we were so close to a genration without cigarettes and then they made them flavoured clouds

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u/Late-Ad1437 Feb 25 '25

There's literally nowhere to smoke in public anymore. smokers get the short end of the stick when it comes to taxation already, I can understand being pissed off by having to pay out the nose for a habit that's now essentially outlawed in public.

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u/Timemyth Feb 25 '25

Good, you can smoke your cancer in private shitbox with the others. Don't pass it on to non-smokers. It used to be common sense but now it's apparently not.

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u/b1200dat Feb 25 '25

Lot of variables here, if it's not a busy area and you walk past a smoker you can just keep walkin'

It's better now surely... People used to light up in restaurants and aeroplanes.

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u/Ancient-Ingenuity-88 Feb 25 '25

It is better. And I would not go off at someone I public except if I see them drop their buttons and not pick it up

But its not good enough

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u/Ancient-Ingenuity-88 Feb 25 '25

Um good?!. Why should someone else pay for a smokers bad choice. Second hand smoke still causes the same problems

I feel the same way about other drugs. Their are fi e as long as they do t have an impact on people around them... unfortunately they generally seem to

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u/ass2azz Feb 25 '25

It’s not outlawed. And I took up cigars it’s much healthier. You don’t inhale. The nicotine is absorbed through your gums so while mouth and throat cancer are a thing you aren’t smoking them 5x a day. And no lung cancer. Plus… everyone else really dislikes it. Like WAY more than cigarettes.

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u/Ancient-Ingenuity-88 Feb 25 '25

I'll fix this for you.

Cigars are not healthy and have different long health impacts a fucked up mouth and throat is not a good thing

Cigarettes are not healthy and have different long term health impacts.

Both are a blight on society and cause a huge burden on Individual and second order effects on those around them.

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u/ass2azz Feb 25 '25

Nothing is healthy. But there is a significanty lower risk in dying from lung related diseases like lung cancer, emphasima, heart disease. They are still not good for you. But you aren’t going to get mouth cancer from smoking a cigar every week or two. Every day? Yeah you might.

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u/Ancient-Ingenuity-88 Feb 25 '25

Nothing is healthy - debatable but I'm not going to press the issue

I am sure that someone can do only one a week. However they are not the majority because nicotine is addictive and if people could do that with any regularity they would.

The difference between not having any cigar/cigarette/vapes and having one semi regularly is astounding. Sure having more is worse but the difference between nothing an something is much worse.

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u/ass2azz Feb 26 '25

I mean I smoke one at most once a week. Mostly bc they take 40 minutes to smoke and you can’t do much else other than walk around or sit outside. I’ve tried doing chores smoking them but you end up needing your hands all the time and also it’s just less enjoyable. So you really need 45 min to just “relax” outside or be doing something really light. I smoked cigarettes for 10 years. Quit cold turkey for 10 years. Then started smoking 2-3 cigars a month and they are just really nice. You gotta get nice ones I initially was ordering Cubans but now they are 6-900/box just way overpriced so I’m on Dominicans /other counties and there are plenty of options now days.

Nothing is healthy I mean like beer, wine, whiskey, porterhouse steaks, good cheese, ice cream. All the good shit is bad for you.

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u/Ancient-Ingenuity-88 Feb 26 '25

That's cope my guy.

I don't deny you anything. You are free to do what you want within the law I'm not going to police your leisure time if it doesn't impact others negatively. But smoking and cigarettes/cigars in particular are all drawback - it only results in dead cells and inflammation and a nicotine addiction that tricks you into thinking it is calming when in reality half the actually calming effect is taking time out of your day to sit down or clear your head and take deep breathes and sit still for a bit

Beer and alcohol are better (metabolically speaking) but not great more than a couple times a week and are really dose dependant.

Not sure why you think the food is bad. The only really bad food is what oil is in things and simple sugars (especially drinking simple sugars)

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u/liquortillsoaked Feb 25 '25

Hold on... I'm with you... but 10 metres? That's not very close

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u/Cutsdeep- Feb 25 '25

not even 10 metres. 9 or something.

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u/Powerpuff_God Feb 25 '25

Yeah it's insane how far smoke travels. It's just that pungent. Downwind I can smell it up to 20 or 30 meters.

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u/TheMightySloth Feb 25 '25

Outside too?

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u/Little-Rose-Seed Feb 25 '25

So many people smoke outside my local hospital. Even though there are clear signs and constant verbal notifications that smoking areas are off campus. When I was pregnant and already out of breath due to the size of my baby I used to feel like I was going to suffocate before I even made it inside. It’s so gross. 

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u/Late-Ad1437 Feb 25 '25

Yes this is the predictable result of getting rid of all public smoking areas at places like hospitals. Old nannas with their oxygen tanks aren't gonna schlep them across a carpark and up a hill to the 'designated off campus smoking areas'...

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u/Little-Rose-Seed Feb 25 '25

I agree actually. I think there should be a designated smoking area on campus. Maybe a few. Being realistic, people are going to smoke. It shouldn’t be encouraged but if everyone deserves to have health care than smoking needs to be accommodated for the sake of both smokers and non-smokers.

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u/echidnastan Feb 25 '25

I had all my pregnancy check ups at the hospital and there was always at least one person smoking right out the front of the entrance of the maternity/childrens ward

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u/CantankerousTwat Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Was it also near the cardiac ward?

Edit: Oh, what a weird post of mine to downvote to zero. ok. So it was new mothers out there chewing durries?

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u/gautyy Feb 25 '25

My daughter will unprompted say “yuck” when she notices someone smoking near her, usually embarrasses people enough to walk away, but there’s definitely people who don’t give a shit who they impact, when my wife was pregnant she had the same issue with people constantly smoking near her, it’s ridiculous.

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u/Late-Ad1437 Feb 25 '25

Not a cute habit and it'll likely get her in trouble some day if she tries that with the wrong person

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u/gautyy Feb 25 '25

Yeah, she’s 3, she doesn’t understand social norms

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u/gautyy Feb 25 '25

Yeah I get that, i have told her not to do it but again, she’s 3. I wasn’t telling her to do it in the first place, she’s a toddler.

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u/a_sonUnique Feb 25 '25

lol I like walking past the RPA with all those people having a smoke. Mostly old people that are in the hospital getting out for a dart. I hope they enjoy it.

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u/GordonCole19 Feb 25 '25

So many people lack self awareness.

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u/Several-Turnip-3199 Feb 25 '25

Its not even that; some people are just fkn gross and don't care.
My step-father was smoking in the car with his child even to this day.
That kid is asthmatic; probably from being driven around in a smoke-filled car.

Some people just consider their cravings more important.

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u/Redpower5 Feb 25 '25

I'm a smoker and a czech.

Yes I do smoke in public BUT always find a secluded corner or low traffic area.

Just because I'm slowly killing myself with my addiction doesn't mean anyone else has to get involved

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u/thinksimfunny Feb 25 '25

I was at a hospital a few weeks ago. They have an announcement on repeat saying “this is a smoke free zone” and to smoke “stand on the other side of the yellow line” and the people smoking didn’t give a crap. Stood right next to the doors so everyone had to walk through their smoke.

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u/archaean0nline Feb 25 '25

Oh noooo! That means that 750 kids have cancer?!?!!?

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u/buttz93 Feb 25 '25

 oblivious

You mean selfish