Were they speaking some other language than Japanese when describing the crab machine, or were there accents just too thick for me to pick anything out?

Are you referring to the Chinese folks? If so, then yes, they were speaking Chinese.

I believe they were in Shanghai in the first segment so their accent would be the Shanghai dialect of Mandarin.

oh woops i read it wrong. something about south something. i cant read those asian words properly.

I don't understand what happens with the crab _next_. As someone from New Orleans, I know crab cooking is a tedious process, and you really need at least 3 crabs for a "snack". (And even that's not really worth the trouble.) And they don't exactly lend themselves to eating on the go. So you buy a single crab, take it home and boil it?? Or do the Chinese eat them raw? Find either scenario sort of hard to believe.

At least 3 crabs for only a "snack", that is the difference between americans and asians. And yea, u eat it on the train raw.

Um, you buy a few?

It wasn't meant to be an insult. Does everything on web forums have to be insulting? I don't understand. I think it's interesting and I appreciate cultural differences, which is why I'm here. And FYI, I'm 6" (1.8 meters) tall and weight 135 lbs. (61 kg), and am American. So I don't think I qualify as a gluttonous cliche. I am a person who likes travel and Asia. I honestly don't understand why everything online has to be taken -- and responded to -- in an insulting fashion. But this is why I avoid web forums. So sadly, I won't be coming back. Thank you.

Next time, please understand people may simply be asking a question.

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Japan was there first.

Are they friggin crazy?

Wow they got everything in vending machines huh?

You can get crabs in the used-panties vending machines too, if you're lucky.

This is stupidity squared...I'm adding this little epiphenomenon to the list of reasons why humanity is absolutely doomed, and deservedly so.

Well said, Jean. This absurdity, no matter how small, is representative of the legacy that humans will be remembered for. Truly, the earth is our Easter Island.

No, the Chinese are doomed, the rest of us are just watching.

How about a lobster vending machine?

Been done.

Crabs are a form of food to many people, and many think they taste good.

you would think eating a raw crab would give you diarrhea. perhaps thats why. yuk.

Surely you're supposed to cook them right? Frozen in a vending machine is surely much better than trying to pick them live out of a pool! ... less dangerous (less painful) that way.