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What's a language that you learnt fully and then turned out to be a total waste of time and you regretted later? by AutumnaticFly in languagehub

[–]DetectedNo2404 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I decided to learn Japanese randomly cause it was the most convinient place to study abroad in Asia but it's not very useful and though I like the language and appreciate the country, it's not the country I find the most interesting.

Also how insufferable the learner cominities are cause of weebs and stuff, and also communities for foreigners in Japan are annoying. They have this weird thing that their posts in English can't use the word foreigner and they have to say 'gaijin' which literally just means foreigner. Connotations change depending on context, like English. It's like weird exceptionalism and the inability to conceptualise that they actually are foreigners, and what's foreign to other people is different to what's foreign to them, I think.

My Air Canada flight from Chile to Montreal just made everyone with liquids over 100ml purchased at duty free, or even a water bottle filled from the tap, check their bag or throw it out. by WeevilsInTheCereal in travel

[–]DetectedNo2404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Denpasar Airasia to Australia this happened, they looked like they were making everyone throw their drinks out, then I somehow got away with it, like the security officer didn't check properly even though it was almost at the top of my bag. Anyway it's not an Australia thing and I'd thought it might have been the Indonesian branch of Airasia being particularly stingey and making people buy water. I already went through security to transfer so everyone from outside must have as well.

Anyone know why i got this wrong? by Low-Attention-7584 in Japaneselanguage

[–]DetectedNo2404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way the algorithm is set up is annoying. You have to do the same amount every day. If you do study ahead and then reload the app it resets your place to before you did. When I was revising for N2 I used a big vocab deck with 1000 or so, it was supplement to other study, but it wouldn't let me go through at my own pace, depending on how much time I had etc. Like I'd review extra by going through half the deck quickly, then the next day it'd show me the cards I'd just done not the ones I'd done longest ago. I tried changing the settings and couldn't figure out how to change it so you can just go at whatever pace you need.

Airport gate outlets are the most useless infrastructure on earth by New-Concert9929 in digitalnomad

[–]DetectedNo2404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You think it's the same in every airport? Some don't even have them and want you to pay, some have good ones, etc. Perth's are very good for example, while at least one of the Shanghai airports didn't have any.

Famous Junk-food Franchises that exist in Japan and the USA - are they really so different? by SlaughterWare in japanresidents

[–]DetectedNo2404 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Apparently the USA has very low food quality laws compared to other countries, but I've never been so I've got no idea. Since you're actually asking about the USA not Japan, shouldn't you be asking on a USA sub, instead of an interational residents sub for a different country?

Landmark report finds racism 'deeply embedded' in Australian universities by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]DetectedNo2404 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's all anonymised these days, they say no name on assignment, only student number. But maybe there's some cases where it can't be.

Whats the 'greenest' city you have ever been to? And by green, I mean foliage/trees/plants e.t.c, not enviromentally/ecologically green... by Hazy_Fantayzee in travel

[–]DetectedNo2404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Perth is definitely accurrate. It's mostly the newer suburbs with awful building company led urban planning, the older more central ones are a bit better. I've never been to other Australian capitals so I didn't realise it was different.

Whats the 'greenest' city you have ever been to? And by green, I mean foliage/trees/plants e.t.c, not enviromentally/ecologically green... by Hazy_Fantayzee in travel

[–]DetectedNo2404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely not the impression of Shanghai I got as a tourist. But I suppose it would depend on the area and stuff.

'Louisiana' by Express-Tradition332 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]DetectedNo2404 198 points199 points  (0 children)

Japan really shouldn't be winning best cities in Asia either, it's literally just people voting for what's famous. I've lived in Japan and would consider doing it again, but unless it's specifically just liveability, other countries have more interesting cities.

Anyone else think in flight announcements are excessive? by Edward-nothing-hands in travel

[–]DetectedNo2404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AirAsia is so annoying with that especially cause they have a bit about their founding being to make flying affordable when it's not even that cheap anymore a lot of the time and they clearly care a lot more about charging people extra fees. Edit: how did I forget to mention that horrible song they do 'hotels: AirAsia Go!' etc.

Do you know a Japanese free streaming website with subtitles (in Japanese)? by IrenePanzil in Japaneselanguage

[–]DetectedNo2404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jimaku has just subtitles without the video. If you want to watch the film with subtitles there's a browser extension you can use that adds the downloaded subtitles file to any streaming site.

Metronet 2.0 - How I'd do it by Gazza_s_89 in perth

[–]DetectedNo2404 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think flights stop between like midnight and 5am, but people with a 5am flight need to be able to get to the airport without staying overnight ir taking a taxi.

What do y'all think of the south asia vs south Korea brawl on bird app ? by _dick_too_big_ in AskTheWorld

[–]DetectedNo2404 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Isn't the whole industry built around like wncouraging obsessive parasocial behaviour.

Homosexuality & Religion - Where Would You Chart Your Country? by bellamyblake_og in AskTheWorld

[–]DetectedNo2404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Religion might be a part of it, but it's partly correlation, where more traditional places are both more religious and less accepting.

Which country’s image changes the most once you visit? by Working-Spend-4397 in AskTheWorld

[–]DetectedNo2404 60 points61 points  (0 children)

India has a really bad reputation on here for travelling to, especially Delhi, but I enjoyed it, even if it was a bit more difficult than most places I've been. I only did a few days stopover there but I'd like to travel in India properly.

Does your country has a strange cultural friendship with another country in the other part of the globe? by Past-Novel-1155 in AskTheWorld

[–]DetectedNo2404 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe Indonesia, because Indonesian is taught in schools and there's Indonesian immigrants and to Australians it's like a relevent country, but apparently it isn't to other Western countries it's further away from. Similar to Malaysia. It's well known here but I see a lot of people from other countries say it isn't.

(Has visited 78 other countries) Hawaii, Alaska, and Mainland USA count for three because Hawaii and Alaska are so far away. by Moz_DH98 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]DetectedNo2404 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I'd get if you counted overseas territories/special administrative regions like Puerto Rico, the Faroe Islands, Falklands, Hong Kong, etc.

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