>>81224161They were 100% right and it's so much worse than that if you get roped into a tea ceremony. Imagine both your legs going completely numb as you sit on them seiza-style while having to pretend that you admire the wabisabi-ness of an earthen clay cup while some baa-san diligently whisks away in a corner and presents you a cloyingly neon green cup of grass tea that looks like straight swampwater. You take a sip and force your face from grimacing as your blood-deprived legs detach from your body. "My, what a truly high-culture experience," you tell yourself.