Pro-tip: Don’t link to rage-bait like this if you actually want to do anything about it. It’s what they want, and how they garner “activity” for the almighty Algorithm™

Video has 47K dislikes on RYD 😂 I wonder how many are in the YT dashboard 😳

On a serious note though, why anyone do this, in Japan of all places, and think it would make for a good Youtube video?

Looking at the generally very friendly culture in Japan towards foreigners, and their extremely clean and effective transport network, I wouldn’t even consider abusing people’s kindness to travel around for free!

There’s a whole class of YouTube travel influencers, that talk about how to travel for free, or reduce cost… and their tips are basically how do you externalize the cost of your vacation to the people you’re visiting. Through either begging, working illegally, or outright theft relying on the politeness of the population to not get you in trouble.

I really hope, that these influences are just being sensational, and the people are watching them from an outrage porn perspective. But I’ve seen some of these begging travelers in real life… Sadly

I hope he gets referred to the police for his bullshit, sits in a cell, and then gets perma-banned from here.

apparently this isn’t his first mischief