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[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Despite the old stereotype of Japan being a futuristic nation that produces the technology of tomorrow, a lot of it's institutions are still using very outdated technology.

Fax is still very actively used

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Read one time that "thirty years ago, Japan was ten years in the future. Today, Japan is twenty years in the past."

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They've been living in the year 2000 for four decades.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Even Conan gave up that bit after only a decade.

https://youtu.be/aScP6QB3Nx8

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 2 points 3 days ago

Fax is still used in government and healthcare in the United States.

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I couldn’t believe how many cash only places there were!

[–] s_s@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Floppy disks, too.