Comments on: In Japan, Blood Type Rules All

By: noface

noface — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:40:39 +0000

B rh- if you were interested.

By: Jose C.

Jose C. — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:12:44 +0000

This isn’t a “fad” it’s a long held culture belief.

By: Non

Non — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:13:49 +0000

Oh Japan,Japan, Japan…. You know I love you but sometimes… you’re just too crazy.

By: Niemals

Niemals — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:14:01 +0000

Koreans also believe in ‘blood horoscopes’. Every single address book I’ve bought in a Korean stationary shop has blood type listed. I thought it was kind of weird so I asked my family. They didn’t talk about personality traits, just medical ones. My brother has stomach pains and intestinal problems and they attribute that to his AB blood type.

By: I.n0jaQ

I.n0jaQ — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:37:27 +0000

It aint no fad.
Its serious business as shown.
Its part of the culture and has been used to bracket people since bloodtypes were able to be read, Id say at least 70years!

By: Geekazoid

Geekazoid — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:33:13 +0000

Thanks Alex, still trying to get the hang of the queue.

By: zm

zm — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:42:36 +0000

I don’t even know what my blood type is.

By: hooptycritter

hooptycritter — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:37:35 +0000

This “fad” has been going on for over 20 years in Japan. It’s another case of recycling old news.

By: Bob the Scientist

Bob the Scientist — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:13 +0000

“Eat Right For Your Type” exercises me a little because it is so simple. It turns out that Chimpanzees are polymorphic for ABO blood groups. But you don’t find them becoming farmers or migrating to North America. And it ignores all the other blood groups (variable antigens on blood cells) of which there are more than a dozen detectable. Now MY theory comprehends all the data: if you are AB, Fy(a), K, Le (b), MN, Rh(cDe) then you really shouldn’t eat prawn crackers.

By: Polx

Polx — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:34:32 +0000

The Japanese believe in this blood type nonsense.

Nearly all US presidential candidates believe in literal biblical Creation.

Hell, at least blood types actually exist.

By: Chad Cloman

Chad Cloman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:40:21 +0000

There’s a diet plan based on blood type: Eat Right For Your Type. It’s based on the fact that the different blood types can be mapped to different geographic regions and lifestyles.

The theory goes that people migrated out of Africa (type O) and had to adapt to new foods. At some point, they mutated to create the newer blood types (A, B, and AB) which were better at processing the new foods and which gave an evolutionary advantage.

So the diet plan is that if you eat the right foods (the ones for which your blood type was developed), then your digestive system is more efficient. And you lose weight.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:45:29 +0000

Seems pretty silly.. but then again every culture has their silly little traditions.

By: lir

lir — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:21:13 +0000

This has been around for a while; I remember my friend (who is very Japanese) asking me what mine was and then reading my ‘description’ probably about, oh, five years ago.

By: Reechard

Reechard — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:19:11 +0000

The description for my blood type fits me perfectly! and so do the other three…

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:10:24 +0000

blood type is to the japanese as zodiac sign is to the west. IDK if Id call it a fad as theyve made personality/blood type connections for a long time now

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:00:47 +0000

Edited and pushed to the front page. Thanks Geekazoid!

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:59:51 +0000

Pretty interesting – but you shouldn’t grab the entire article, just a select part for the quote.