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Culturally this is even more bizarre than it seems to the Western world. The ancient Japanese blackened their teeth as seeing the white of teeth was considered similar to the white of exposed bone. Add to this burial ceremonies that involve manipulating bone chips with the equivalent of chopsticks and this fad is analogous to Americans wearing LED-lit G-strings while riding around electrically propelled coffins stenciled with the names of their oldest relatives.
Japan has to be the best example of cultural shift due to technology in recorded history.
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