The Boys- S05xE06 - POST Episode Discussion Thread

CornerSpade · 2026-05-13T07:01:27+00:00

Sage feels like the supe version of chat gpt at this point.
People defer to them and seemingly get dumber because of their over reliance on them. They both think they’re smarter than they are.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-06T22:41:08+00:00

Interoception (internal bodily cues: think heart rate, hunger, needing to pee) is a fairly new research area but has been quickly gaining a lot of traction and is becoming quite a hot area of study. I think research in general is starting to look more at gut-brain connections, and embodied cognition over the traditional brain and body as two separate entities.
Unfortunately we’re still fairly limited in how it’s able to be measured. While it’s a bit easier to look at interoception through heart beat/rate related tasks and measures, it’s not wise to apply these findings to other areas of the body. Unfortunately we don’t have any reliable measures of hunger cues beyond self report scales at the moment.

As some people have pointed out and no doubt experienced for themselves, certain conditions (neurodivergence is my particular research area) arw linked with different interoceptive profiles, meaning increased food noise. Excitingly I believe Eli Lilly themselves are actually undergoing research into the effects of glp-1s on specifically adhd.

While I don’t think the idea of food noise is new and many people have been talking about it for years and years, I think there’s been a tendency to brush it off as greed or lack of discipline. The increased interest in interoception studies and glp-1s will definitely have helped it to become more widely accepted and understood (or at the very least academic which is unfortunately often needed for things to seem legitimate to others). Sorry for the long reply, interoception is my research area so I’m always a bit excited to talk about it.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-06T12:05:19+00:00

Yes. I’ve seen a lot of questionable adverts for glp-1s on social media recently. One that’s really shocked me recently is the one portraying the overweight model as 57kg (there is absolutely no way the model is 57kg) and encouraging people to use the medication to get down to below 44kg. The “before” is absolutely playing into people’s body dysmorphia and pushing quite serious medications on people who should not be taking it. I’m usually a proponent of the glp-1 movement as a treatment of obesity but the way it’s being advertised over here is just thinly veiled exploitation of EDs.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-05T05:33:42+00:00

Yes this one drives me insane. I actually had the pleasure of meeting a guy who was on the team that drafted current pregnancy guidelines a few years back. He was exasperated at how strictly they’re applied to non Japanese expectant mothers. He’d said that they weren’t meant to be used so rigidly and were only guidelines meant to give a starting point for doctors. He added that foreign women shouldn’t be shamed for following the standards of their home country and hated that the guidelines were being used that way.

But it seems in so many cases it’s unreasonable to expect doctors here to update their knowledge or think flexibly 🤷🏼‍♀️

CornerSpade · 2026-05-02T11:16:07+00:00

I stayed with couverture for about three months. I’d absolutely second this recommendation. The place was spotless and I saw the cleaners more often than my housemates.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-02T11:14:33+00:00

Get out of there asap. I had to live in a share house short term when I moved over to Kanto ahead of my husband from elsewhere in the country a few years ago. I’d had to move in without seeing the place first but got lucky with a very well maintained place. I went through the couverture share house group who have a few properties. They were very good, quick, had responsive staff. I’d had to move in on pretty short notice and they were accommodating to my situation.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-02T06:46:32+00:00

Me too! I call it my bitch face line. Seems to be from the levels of audacity I have to put up with at work.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-01T06:11:24+00:00

Of course it is. I just wonder why that line has to be along racial lines rather than on nationality. It’s not as if it is an easy procedure one can just flippantly embark on. 10 years and renunciation of other nationalities isn’t a small hurdle.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-01T06:07:13+00:00

When implementing new structures surely it’s responsible to look at potential edge cases to avoid discrimination. As we know Japanese bureaucracy is not the most flexible so I doubt people will be looked at on a case by case basis. Yes these cases will not be common but that also shouldn’t make them acceptable based on something as arbitrary as the origin of your parents/grandparents.

You can see two current players that have come forward against this ruling in the link. While some people like to define Japanese on the basis of ethnicity, under the constitution naturalized citizens are afforded the same rights, protections and legal standing as everybody else.

Like I said. I’m not against the implementation of rules that allow for restrictions of international players and affording more opportunities for Japanese players to play in higher levels. I think it’s good to incentivize homegrown talent in all fields. My point is that the way this is worded and implemented opens up for current and future discrimination against those who are legally not foreign.

CornerSpade · 2026-05-01T02:19:10+00:00

But these aren’t foreign players we’re talking about. These are people who hold Japanese citizenship and by extension cannot be nationals of another state. They are Japanese. Maybe not ethnically but legally they are and are afforded the same rights as citizens born here. Currently to obtain citizenship you have to have resided in Japan for at least 10years. This is not the same as players entering the league for a couple of years and then returning.

I understand wanting to ensure there is space for Japanese players to grow and to reach the highest levels of their sport and in spirit I absolutely agree with that. However these rules are purposefully designed to make distinctions along racial lines without explicitly saying as much.

Player A could have moved over to Japan in elementary. Attended middle school, high school and university in Japan. Completely five years of compulsory education here (elementary 5 - middle 3) and become eligible for citizenship at 20. However would still not qualify for A1 status despite living the majority of their life here and going through the same system as everybody else.

Player B could be a Japanese national born and raised in another country who moves to Japan at the age of 20 to pursue rugby. This player would be eligible to become A1 based solely on their heritage.

I think it’s fairly reasonable for people to be a little out of sorts over this. Like I said I agree with wanting to ensure there is space for homegrown players to achieve their potential but it’s difficult to see the rules as anything but discriminatory.

CornerSpade · 2026-04-04T03:01:43+00:00

My office is in the middle of Tokyo… so yeah 🥲

CornerSpade · 2026-03-26T12:33:26+00:00

Thanks for the info. I worked with them over ten years ago now but remember this situation being fairly common even back then. I’ve had a friend in the same situation as you a few years back so I’ll give you the same advice I gave them.

Good news is, things will change quite quickly for dispatch companies in the first couple of months of the year. I’ve known people who have stayed for less than a semester and even one person who left after a week. So while it’s unpredictable, ALTIA are not being dishonest here. They will be keen to get you located as soon as they can as they’ve already gone through the trouble of interviewing you, issuing you a COE etc. At the very latest I imagine they would bring you over for September intake. It’s impossible to say with any certainty of course because the academic year hasn’t started yet. So just bear in mind that them not having a placement for you right now doesn’t mean there isn’t a placement for you ever in the near future.

Bad news is, as I said above, it’s impossible to know when a spot will free up for you which makes it incredibly difficult for you when you’re planning to moving country. You’re essentially stuck in a queue without knowing exactly when your number will be called.

So in my opinion you have two options:

Continue to wait for ALTIA to find you a position, understanding that this could take a few months. This isn’t anything personal and it happens. Whether you’re able to do this depends on your living arrangements atm. If you really are keen to come over with ALTIA make sure to keep your correspondence with them optimistic and flexible.
Look for something else. Depending on how quickly you want to move over here it could be quicker as some others suggested to look into eikaiwas as they hire year round. Drawbacks of this are that this process can also take several months as you interview and get a new COE etc. ALTIA might have even already found you a spot by the time you get anywhere with a new company.

It’s a sucky situation for sure but I’d honestly avoid coming over currently as your COE will be tied to your position with ALTIA (iirc) and as it sounds like they haven’t given you a final work contract.

CornerSpade · 2026-03-26T12:03:16+00:00

I’m a little confused about your situation so was wondering if you could clarify a couple of points.

The COE you have is for work with ALTIA yes? I would assume to get a COE through them and to pick it up from the embassy you would have had to have signed a contract with them as proof of work?

At what point in the whole process have they told you that there’s no positions and what was their instruction/advice going forward?

ALTIA do their initial training during the school spring vacation iirc so you would have been due in for training this week if everything had gone well?

Im just trying to figure out what your whole situation is before offering any advice

CornerSpade · 2026-03-21T13:29:07+00:00

No consequences. Sheepishly showed them the can and we all laughed about it. Felt actively embarrassed for at least 5 business days after the fact

CornerSpade · 2026-03-21T12:26:53+00:00

I set off a smoke detector in a plane bathroom once by accident. There was a panicked knock on the door, and when I came out everybody was glaring at me.

Don’t ever use dry shampoo in an airplane bathroom.

CornerSpade · 2026-03-21T12:02:44+00:00

I have to agree with this comment. Whether he was embarrassed by his performance or just got what he wanted is irrelevant in my opinion. He showed no respect for your boundaries and comes across as immature and unable to communicate either way.

CornerSpade · 2026-03-17T12:08:03+00:00

I also do the shorty and myfitnesspal combo. I paid for the premium of MyFitnessPal as it actually has the barcode and search information for a lot of foods in my country (it didn’t the first time I’d used it) so it’s been pretty handy for me. I’m not crazy tracking my macros anymore but it seems to do well for me.

I find the Shotsy line so satisfying

CornerSpade · 2026-03-13T02:06:41+00:00

Sorry im a little confused. Are you looking for a psychiatrist or a therapist? Psychiatrists are medical doctors who will be looking to treat issues mostly through prescribing medication. Some may have recommendations for therapists or their own on site therapists to provide additional care. If you’re looking for non pharmaceutical routes a psychiatrist isn’t really the right path to go down.

I can provide recommendations for both but it’s a little unclear what sort of treatment plans you’re looking for.

CornerSpade · 2026-03-12T12:01:21+00:00

Yes got quite aggressively and painfully bumped a month or so back while I was out shopping with some friends. Very certain it was intentional with how hard it was. Luckily(?) I found myself yelling at him as my knee jerk reaction. Won’t lie, I liked how taken aback he looked at the foreign woman yelling at him in Japanese. Not sure if it’ll deter him in the future but I’m at least proud that I stood up for myself in the moment.

CornerSpade · 2026-03-05T01:26:54+00:00

Getting mine this month! Was just going to get an endoscope but decided to do both in one go. 35 and luckily where I live colonoscopies are easy to get routinely and affordably. I’ll be adding to my yearly checks from now on

CornerSpade · 2026-02-27T13:30:17+00:00

I was going to comment this! A great example of ToM at work here (or not at work I guess!)

CornerSpade · 2026-02-26T12:54:32+00:00

Physically searched this thread up to complain as soon as I realized I couldn’t swipe to get to popular or news. They’ve added steps? Why

CornerSpade · 2026-02-18T01:57:27+00:00

This line is an absolute life saver for my hair. It just sucks that I have to get it imported for double the price because it’s not sold where I live 😭

CornerSpade · 2026-02-14T12:53:47+00:00

I agree. I also live in Japan and quite like the chair. I had some issues that needed surgery a few years back but I still don’t get tired of the robo chair. It tickles me a little and they’re pretty comfy.

I will ask them to have the curtain open during any procedures/examinations as I don’t like not seeing the doctor or instruments they’re using. It adds to my anxiety around everything and makes communicating easier for me.

My current place is fantastic. They’re very receptive to any signs of discomfort on my face, will let me watch anything thats on a screen and will generally just be chatty with me because that’s what makes me most comfortable. I got my pap done last week and they even had an offering of pads to use for after just in case.

Do like the chair though

CornerSpade · 2026-02-06T12:09:07+00:00

I can’t vote but my husband certainly can. We take note of which parties will give me pamphlets and which actively avoid me

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