Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

A thread titled “Men should understand the fear of unprotected creampies” ignited a head-on clash between men and women on 5ch. The original poster argued that the risk of unwanted pregnancy isn’t something only women have to bear — men who finish inside without protection should feel anxious about it too. In response, a wave of pushback followed: “The fear of being cuckolded into raising someone else’s kid is way bigger,” and “If you’re not trying to get pregnant, going in raw is on both of you.” The discussion spiraled into why people skip contraception and whether partners actually feel free to say no, with no consensus ever reached on who should really be responsible for birth control.

※This article is an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Woman: “Men Should Understand the Fear of Unprotected Creampies”.”

A personal account reported by the money-focused outlet “THE GOLD ONLINE,” about a son who pressed his 73-year-old father to surrender his driver’s license, became a hot topic on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G (“Anything Goes Live”) board. According to the story, the father resisted for six months, insisting “My eyes and ears are still sharp and my reflexes haven’t slowed down—don’t treat me like an old man,” but after being shown calculations of upkeep costs and hearing pleas from his grandchild, he eventually caved and voluntarily surrendered his license. On the thread, comments backing the son’s handling (“better than dragging someone else into an accident”) stood alongside pushback (“judging by age alone is harsh,” “everyone’s different”) and doubts about whether the cognitive function test given at license renewal actually works. Many also flagged inconsistencies in the article itself—like the detail that the father kept his Land Cruiser even after surrendering his license.

“If you end up causing an accident, it’ll be too late to fix. The upkeep costs aren’t exactly cheap either, so why not go ahead and turn in your license?”

When Toshinori made this suggestion, Saburo turned red with anger. “My eyes and ears are still sharp, and my reflexes haven’t slowed down one bit! Don’t treat me like an old man,” his father insisted. Toshinori wouldn’t budge either: “You can keep the car right where it is—just stop driving it.” But Saburo brushed this off: “What good is a car that never gets driven? A car’s only worth something if you can actually drive it.”

For the next six months, Toshinori kept up the persuasion every time he visited his parents’ house. He showed his father a breakdown of the upkeep costs, and got his grandchild to chip in too—”Grandpa, your driving worries me, please stop”—with the whole family working on him together. In the end, Saburo gave in, muttering “Fine, do whatever you want” as a parting shot, and went down to the police station to voluntarily surrender his license. Toshinori breathed a deep sigh of relief: “Now I don’t have to worry about him hurting someone else.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “The Son Who Took the Car Away From His 73-Year-Old Father Who Wouldn’t Give Up His License—The 〈Hellscape〉 He Saw One Month After the Surrender.”