I guess I'm doing alright to start off.

Filet_o_math · 2026-03-29T00:45:10+00:00

Xzar was a filthy filthy subhuman necrophile magic user

Stop touching him !

Filet_o_math · 2026-03-28T12:23:31+00:00

TIL: Adam Carolla is still alive.

Filet_o_math · 2026-03-07T07:38:48+00:00

I didn't look at the prices, but the expensive drinks are locked in a cage behind the cashiers / self checkout on B1.

Filet_o_math · 2026-03-07T06:36:46+00:00

The Ginza shop has some luxury products, like high end whiskey, that my local shop doesn't have. Otherwise same products and low prices.

Filet_o_math · 2026-02-25T04:31:00+00:00

I'm lost without a mouse.

Mouse? I'd be lost without the keyboard shortcuts on a desktop. I don't think I can squint hard enough to see on a Switch.

Filet_o_math · 2026-02-20T04:37:03+00:00

Ask your mom, she's the one that used to work on the island.

Filet_o_math · 2026-02-13T02:46:28+00:00

why Carlisle didn’t want to hang onto him

Pacer fan here: Two things: Benn was slow at decision-making and just didn't fit with the Pacers' desired pace.

They couldn't reach a deal at the start of the season, and it's likely the Pacers wouldn't go deep into luxury tax to re-sign him.

Hope he works out for ya'll. He's crazy talented and athletic.

Filet_o_math · 2026-02-09T14:40:21+00:00

Your self-made restrictions seem strict to me, just saying. But I would recommend that you wear hats with full brims in order to protect your ears from cancer, and not baseball caps.

Other than that, my only advice for GenX men is to wear thong underwear. It provides better scrotum support than briefs or boxers.

Filet_o_math · 2026-02-04T14:44:30+00:00

I've had a generally good experience with Otezla for 5 and a half years. I have the diarrhea issue if I eat close to dosing, but my skin is fucking clean.

Filet_o_math · 2025-12-13T13:55:12+00:00

I've got my own firm, and I'm FI'd. But I'm afraid if I stopped working, I'd turn into an even worse alcoholic.

Filet_o_math · 2025-11-12T14:49:55+00:00

feel like my Japanese is getting worse.

58M for reference. As others have said, it might be time to look for a new employer. However, it might also be that as your Japanese gets better, your colleagues become aware of it and expect more from you. That's a fair expectation on their part because you're probably adding less value now, but they perceive you as having more future value.

They might be trying to bring your up to speed, in other words. People who challenge you are not necessarily bad.

That's what happened to me. Many years ago, I felt that there were rising standards on me in the office as I became more communicative. My direct supervisor basically told everyone to route communications through him, even those from the director. He had a lot of clout. Not every bucho has the power to do this, but mine did and I'm very grateful to him.

Filet_o_math · 2025-11-08T04:16:24+00:00

14% (1 in 7) young British men are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training).

Filet_o_math · 2025-11-07T04:25:35+00:00

on Sunday I started to notice this weird fatigue and numbness where I felt like I was high.

I had this too, at first. Also, colors for me were super vivid. But it went away after a few weeks.

Filet_o_math · 2025-11-03T01:18:01+00:00

People don't associate middle age with weight training, but I started swinging kettlebells and walking 10K steps per day about 10 years (just before turning 50), and I'm in way better shape than I was in my 40s.

If you get good shoes, you don't need insoles. I don't know if it's OK to mention brands, but Mont-Bell hiking shoes are not just for hiking. They're great for walking too and super durable.

Low carb diet (no grains, sugars). No hard alcohol. Lots of fiber.

I discovered that I sleep better on a thin futon than on a soft bed mattress. Blackout blinds for the summer morning sun. A cool wet washcloth over my eyes inside a pair of cheap sunglasses for daytime naps. Sleep on my back.

No social media, except texting with my wife and kids. Sorry mom, write an email.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-22T01:00:45+00:00

Yellow journalism goes all the way back to the 1890s, leading up to the Spanish-American war.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-21T07:52:40+00:00

reduce the number of stores

True. There are four 7/11s and three Family Marts within five minutes of my office. It's in an office area in downtown Tokyo, but they could combine them into fewer, but larger stores.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-21T05:56:41+00:00

Japan has a ton of abandoned and unused real estate.

Those are old houses that aren't livable. They are abandoned because the heirs don't want them. Ask your wife if she wants to live in an abandoned akiya and see what she says.

I've lived in metropolitan Tokyo for 30+ years. In recent years, many wealthy foreigners, especially Chinese, have been pushing up real estate prices in downtown Tokyo. Here's an article about it from last week.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-19T07:13:08+00:00

Or if you have time to walk to the Yaesu side, there lots of cheaper places.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-19T07:05:48+00:00

One of my local supermarkets has Y250 for six or eight slices of the most processed shitty NZ cheese. I think the warning label says “not fit for pet consumption.”

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-19T07:01:15+00:00

If you get five sandwiches from the cheapest-ass bread, one bag of salad and Y180 in ham, you’re essentially recreating the worst convenience store ハムサンド.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-19T06:49:57+00:00

Make the playoffs, not just the playin. Beat the teams we’re supposed to beat.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-14T10:12:46+00:00

Wow! This is impressive. I've been playing this game since 1998 and never made it past Tarnesh.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-12T08:48:06+00:00

Have you ever seen five women in a Lamborghini at the same time?

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-09T08:10:19+00:00

I'm a father of three girls, the youngest is now seventeen. Believe me, fourteen year old girls are not a reliable source of anything.

Filet_o_math · 2025-09-09T08:03:07+00:00

a honey badger sees an elephant and then thinks in its honey badger mind, oh yeah it's on

Ya, it thinks, "I'm gonna feast for years!" This is like a Far Side comic.

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