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What Causes a Man’s Midlife Crisis?
There’s a popular image of a man going through a midlife crisis: he suddenly buys a sports car, changes his wardrobe, starts going out more, or decides he needs a dramatic new career. While these stereotypes can be amusing, a midlife crisis is often about something much deeper. For many men, it can be a period of questioning their identity, relationships, achievements, and the direction their life is taking.
By AnthonyBTVabout 23 hours ago in Humans
Where Do Donated Clothes Really End Up? One Man Put an AirTag Into a Shoe to Find Out
We throw a bag of old clothes into a charity container and go home with a good feeling. This is how the normal reality of thousands of us looks like. But where do these clothes from the streets really end up?
By Lenka Čihařová14 days ago in Humans
A Bottle of Sesame Dressing That Changed the Way I Eat Vegetables
There are small moments in Japanese supermarkets that, for some reason, always manage to stop me in my tracks in the middle of a crowded aisle. That evening, after coming home from the genba, I stopped by the supermarket near my apartment like usual. My body was still sore, dust still clung to my work boots, but there's a small ritual I always enjoy: wandering the seasoning and sauce aisle while imagining what to cook for dinner. That's where I found it — a bottle of dressing with a white label reading 焙煎ごまドレッシング, or "Roasted Sesame Dressing."
By Abu Haniifa2 months ago in Humans
The Utility Pole and the Lesson in Sorting Trash
That morning I was walking toward the station, passing the tram tracks that cut through the small street in my neighborhood in Osaka. The sky was clear, a few white clouds hanging lazily overhead, and the street was still quiet — just a car or two parked along the curb. But what caught my attention wasn't the sky or the old tram rails. It was something far simpler: a pile of cardboard boxes sitting at the base of a utility pole.
By Abu Haniifa2 months ago in Humans
Yellow and Black at Nagai: When Europe Stopped By Cerezo's Backyard
The sky over Osaka was starting to dim into that blue-grey haze I always love bringing my camera out for at Yanmar Stadium Nagai. But that afternoon felt different. Usually I come here for pink — the color of Cerezo Osaka that's become so familiar to my eyes after years of living and working in Japan. This time, right at the entrance, stood a massive banner glowing yellow with bold letters: BVB. Borussia Dortmund.
By Abu Haniifa2 months ago in Humans
The Sausage Aisle
There's one aisle in the supermarket near my apartment that I always slow down for, even though I already know exactly what's in it. The frozen sausage aisle. Not a glamorous aisle, not one full of surprises like the imported spice section. But somehow, every time I finish a genba shift, my feet stop there on their own.
By Abu Haniifa2 months ago in Humans
