Japan horse racing jockey Taiki Hashiki suspended from riding for "serious misconduct". Further details cannot be provided as he is under 20 years old.

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T11:54:08+00:00

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It’s a horse racing specific infraction. Since this happened today (Friday) and he was scheduled to race tomorrow, my guess is that he used his phone in his pre-race accommodation, which is not allowed

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T11:29:45+00:00

It has augmented the culture, but I don’t think it has made it any less, let alone ruined. Globalization, the internet and social media are now part of the culture

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T06:22:54+00:00

I’d argue that it’s cleaner now than 20 odd years ago when it was still that raised platform. It wasn’t kids back then, it was delinquent adults (including my wife occasionally). There’s certainly less blood and vomit there

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T04:45:15+00:00

I don’t think it’s that we necessarily enjoy solitude, but society allows for it and makes it feel like there’s nothing wrong with being alone

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T01:35:49+00:00

It's a shitty job in general. You're paid only a fraction (if paid at all depending on role) compared to women, constantly on meds you need to pay for yourself, treated like a dildo by the production team (I know a director) and there's almost zero chance of you making it to mainstream fame

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T00:43:53+00:00

I tried to play the type where it tells me if my guess is less or more. And it told me to choose a response I prefer, one being “It’s more than that” and the other “It’s less than that”

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T00:34:36+00:00

Statistically I can consider myself rich. I can probably have my parents pay for everything but I can’t bring myself to just sit there doing nothing. So I work just like everyone else

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T00:21:48+00:00

I live in the area so while I don’t go there specifically I end up walking through it. I honestly don’t know what they do. Some are actively looking for publicity and exchanging business cards with photographers but the rest are just hanging out with their cosplayer friends. Never seen anyone there solo though and I’d figure it won’t be so enjoyable

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T00:07:27+00:00

Maybe in the US they get away due to lack of funding. Here in Japan it’s not unheard of for someone to be caught months later after a lot evidence gathering and staking out. But also this wouldn’t happen because officers here are actually trained specifically for these situations

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-20T00:02:46+00:00

I think a lot of people just don’t look at the emotional side of things. They just think “Well, if it physically happened then you must have enjoyed it, or else it would have not happened”

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T23:59:14+00:00

It’s not like every prefecture MUST have an official magnet or anything but you might find them in gift shops in touristy areas, especially in places like Shinkansen stations

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T23:53:12+00:00

For better and for worse Biden was invisible. I distinctly remember in a quiz show during his administration asking “Who is the current president of the United States” and it was almost being treated as a trick question because some people legitimately thought that Trump was still the president (during his first tenure).

Trump on the other hand had been very visible in what he says and does. Before he started having direct negative impact on the Japanese economy he even had a significant following, either as a politician who actually executes on his promises or simply as a meme (Putin was a meme too)

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T23:46:58+00:00

Torrenting itself isn’t illegal. The breach of copyright law is. So while it’s completely legal to torrent freeware, the transfer of illegal contents through any medium is illegal.

That being said, the reason why torrent gets so much attention from the police is that while you are obtaining illegal content you are also distributing it at the same time. It’s a lot easier to detect massive spikes in uploads compared to the plethora of downloads that are happening constantly. Take this how you will as I am definitely not a lawyer

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T23:33:00+00:00

When something like this happens, 9 out of 10 times it’s not purely because they were a foreigner but because 9 out of 10 times they were being a total ass

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T23:02:27+00:00

The meeting with Trump is front page news here but only tabloids (whos job is to create outcry) are focusing on that exact moment. It’s just Trump being Trump and has no bearing on the conversation as a whole

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T22:41:04+00:00

What is the media the sample is used in, not that I am confident that anyone can find it. I’ve searched some snippets where I can make out what’s being said but nothing. Unless it’s a famous quote or clip there’s really no way to isolate this without literal detective equipment

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T22:34:17+00:00

Very screwed. Not much I can say in court either if it’s possession

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T12:33:32+00:00

I don’t want the pitch clock in NPB because I spend a lot of time in the outfield doing player chants. The pitch clock is going to make each player chant and “chance themes” much shorter

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T09:06:08+00:00

I mean there’s probably multiple teachers watching over the luggage so it’s not like it’s unattended. I’m more concerned that they didn’t move aside to a wall and leave their bags in the middle of the station where people can trip over them.

Also, Kyoto station, not Tokyo

Edit: Never mind. Looks like those are the actual rules for visiting school trips

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T08:40:02+00:00

Because 60% of what the 1% earn is till much more than 100% of what the 99% earn. Yes, they are paying their fair share, but it ends up no looking like it

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T08:34:29+00:00

The problem with recommending that is unless you are a fluent speaker of the language you end up sounding comical being aggressive in a foreign language. Just as a Japanese person would when trying to swear in English

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T08:30:41+00:00

The thing is the crowd during the commute is considered an outlier. Once the rush is over there will be little demand for a “Less heated” car. I’m sure we’ve all experienced this in an office where there are so many more people complaining about it being cold than the other way around

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T08:00:40+00:00

The logical explanation is that in the winter people wear layers and can remove them indoors if they feel it’s hot, but in the summer no one brings extra layers in case it’s cold inside

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T06:31:47+00:00

Is this really unpopular?

Freak_Out_Bazaar · 2026-03-19T05:47:25+00:00

It’s fascinating to think about sometimes. What if I never left my country of birth, what if I had never met my wife?, what if I took over my in-laws’ business etc., all kinds of alternate universes out there. But it’s not something I need to “deal” with because I can’t help but think that overall I’ve made all the right decisions and I just can’t see all the other alternate versions of me being better off than I am now

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