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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Summary

Steve Lee Hayes, a 65-year-old American tourist, was arrested in Tokyo for allegedly carving family members’ names into a wooden Torii gate at the Meiji Shrine.

Surveillance footage led police to his hotel, where he was detained.

Hayes admitted to the act, which could result in up to three years in prison or a fine of 300,000 yen ($1,900).

The Meiji Shrine, a significant Shinto site, was built in 1920 to honor Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. The incident occurs amid a surge in international tourism to Japan this year.

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[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 101 points 1 year ago

Put that fuckin Boomer in prison for 3 years.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Bordering on Gen X but anyone this disrespectful is still a boomer. They need to jail him. A fine is too easy.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Genx is 1965 – 1980.

At 65, he's 6 years too old to be Gen X.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I was under the impression that gen x started in the mid 60s, whereas 65 would put this guy at 1959ish

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I said bordering for a few reasons. One it is close, i.e. bordering at the change. Two being that I know some people right at that near generational change (same age actually) act way less boomer and more gen x. People aren't hard lines in the sand like dates. So people born around that generational shift can swing either way. Way more thought than I wanted to explain about an offhanded comment, but there you go.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Lol all good man. It certainly seems like everyone has their own interpretation of generational cutoffs, but you make a good point of how people born near the cusps can swing either way in terms of identity.

[-] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I feel it myself honestly. I'm in the Xennial range. I don't fit standard Millennial tropes generally, but also don't really fit Gen X either. Just somewhere in limbo lol

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