{"id":1285,"date":"2022-09-29T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/?post_type=messages&#038;p=1285"},"modified":"2023-01-19T14:19:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T05:19:53","slug":"greetings-from-the-outskirts-of-kyoto-vol-24","status":"publish","type":"messages","link":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/messages\/1285\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from the Outskirts of Kyoto vol.24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyoto-ites, when admonishing someone, often express themselves with irony. Bosses do this to their staff. They might say \u201cI see you have a fine watch\u201d to someone whose time-keeping is slack, or \u201cHow lively you are\u201d in order to silence someone.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>You often hear Kyoto-ites damning people with faint praise. Many are the times I have been on the receiving end of such treatment. It hurts. It must be better for your mental health to have someone tell you off with a straight \u201cDon\u2019t be late!\u201d That is why I do my best not to engage in that sort of talk.<\/p>\r\n<p>The other day, however, I attended a harassment prevention seminar, and was surprised to learn from the lawyer running it that Kyoto-style irony does not amount to harassment. This is no doubt because it does not involve cursing and swearing. With that nod of approval, my fear is that I might now become an unpopular director. It\u2019s possible I\u2019ll start saying \u201cHow clever you are\u201d to my colleagues.<\/p>\r\n<p>If I do, I beg your forgiveness.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":1286,"template":"","message_category":[23],"class_list":["post-1285","messages","type-messages","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","message_category-serialization-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/messages\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/messages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/messages"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"message_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsletter.nichibun.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/message_category?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}