On: Layoffs Taboo, Japan Workers Are Sent to the Boredom Room (2013)

[aninhumer]

>driving 25,000 km a year

What matters is someone's ability to reach places they want to go, not how far they are able to drive.

> eating takeout 2x a day

This is easily possible for a middle class person in Europe (although I think most would consider it inadvisable).