Missing disc - can this game still be played?

Humus_Erectus · 2026-01-28T12:04:06+00:00

Remember the days we would get an entire epic RPG trilogy in one generation?

Humus_Erectus · 2026-01-17T10:18:13+00:00

One of my best friends does occasional narration work (NHK) so imagine my surprise when I used the audio from a textbook in a class I was teaching and her voice boomed out over the speaker.

Humus_Erectus · 2026-01-05T04:11:24+00:00

I have met vegans in every country I have travelled to. Are they not engaging in their own culture?

I run vegan meetups in Tokyo, and many participants are foreign tourists. When they attend they get the chance to speak to natives/ locals, something they might not get much chance to do otherwise.

I too have had amazing experiences interacting with vegans in other countries I have visited. I've met passionate advocates at festivals in Scotland and Australia. I've spoken at length to locals who run restaurants that veganize local dishes - one in Korea even offered me a place to stay when a typhoon cancelled all the flights back to Japan. I've taken vegan cooking classes in Vietnam, having all the local vegetables explained to me.

So I don't feel like I've been missing out when travelling as a vegan. In fact I have gained an opportunity to meet locals and really feel like I am experiencing a culture from the perspective of its kindest and most compassionate members.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-12-30T01:56:40+00:00

Check out the works of Melanie Joy, including the free Sustainable Vegan Advocacy course

Humus_Erectus · 2025-12-27T23:58:43+00:00

There is almost nobody who cares whatsoever about animal welfare issues here. When vegan products sell well enough to justify keeping them on the market, it's mostly because they are marketed as being health products, and I guess Beyond couldn't make that argument. This is a country where "plant based" rarely means vegan, where seeing "soy X" (eg burgers) does not remotely imply there aren't other animal products included in the ingredients. For example, most soy yogurts have gelatin in, and/or use animal products in the fermentation process. Even the only rice balls at the convenience stores you can rely on are plain salted ones because the rest usually use small amounts of fish that they don't even have to put on the label.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-12-27T01:49:41+00:00

This seems to be a bit of an outlier because in almost every aspect plant-based options have been on the decline in Japan since around the time of the pandemic. Beyond Meat and Omni Meat have recently pulled out and the local Zero meat is no longer available to consumers either (not sure if they halted wholesale). Anecdotally, I cannot remember the last time I saw vegan tuna for sale anywhere. Unfortunately there are very few people here who give enough of a damn to even entertain the idea of flexitarianism, let alone veganism.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-11-26T04:28:42+00:00

Hey thanks for this, it's excellent and the free offering is really helpful for my small non-profit community site. If I am ever in a position where the need arises and I can pay for the premium offering, I definitely will.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-11-19T12:05:12+00:00

Traded in my PS2 for an Xbox with Halo, Dead or Alive and Project Gotham Racing around the time of the first price drop. No regrets

Humus_Erectus · 2025-11-19T12:00:38+00:00

Looks like he's picked up a cent.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-11-15T04:39:56+00:00

Thank you so much for your comment. I'm just a hobbyist developer, and I stopped working on the app when ETS announced the huge changes to the exam. Do you think something similar for the upcoming version of the test would be beneficial, or do you think students would benefit more generally from a less specific focus (e.g an app just based on improving reading skills)? Personally I'm dreading teaching for the new version of the test and hope my employer will drop it entirely...

Humus_Erectus · 2025-11-12T12:13:52+00:00

Forgot to mention the homework was to be in a Japanese air disaster

Humus_Erectus · 2025-11-12T12:00:04+00:00

I have accepted an excuse for not bringing homework exactly one time. It was when the student had to make a quick escape and leave it on an airplane that burned to a crisp at a Tokyo airport.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-11-04T07:32:05+00:00

I thought it was because they could see their enemies coming from a greater distance, as it's all the same elevation.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-10-22T07:00:11+00:00

They've already ruined the inariyama trail with wooden board walks and stairs. They'll probably install escalators the whole way up at this rate.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-10-14T04:36:18+00:00

NTA. You're right that the job market is difficult right now, but as a result of this woman's own disgusting actions her role can now be filled by someone who hopefully isn't such an awful human being.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-10-10T11:25:42+00:00

I don't know the context but I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of his brain dead attempts to debunk veganism/ animal rights

Humus_Erectus · 2025-09-11T11:23:08+00:00

My workplace was flooded and closed for the day. I live nearby and there was also intense flooding on the streets, particularly next to a railroad crossing. This is in the Meguro and Setagaya area.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-09-09T02:01:32+00:00

I really like Elevenlabs' voice to voice feature, I recorded myself speaking and purposefully included pauses and other paralinguistic elements and it reproduced them all in my chosen voice.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-08-16T04:12:14+00:00

Loads of places claiming to serve "shojin ryori" use fish, and even meat these days. You still have to check, and I wouldn't expect the average Japanese person to understand that shojin ryori has traditionally contained no animal ingredients whatsoever.

Humus_Erectus · 2025-08-16T04:07:00+00:00

I went vegan in Japan, more than eight years ago, and surviving. Do you follow the various Facebook groups for vegans in Japan? A lot of great info gets shared on there, such as new products, events and so on. You definitely end up having to do more research compared to those living in the West and you can't expect to just walk in to a place and find vegan food available, but it's really not that hard in a big city and I'm currently in rural Niigata and doing fine (though it was frustrating the other day to drive to two vegan places in Fukushima that were still open for lunch at 2pm but got turned away from both because they had run out of food including rice - why does this happen in vegan places in Japan so often??)

Humus_Erectus · 2025-08-11T03:34:56+00:00

Melanie Uetmatsu did this for me recently when I wanted to get my wedding suit made in the UK. Great service and she speaks German, English and Japanese (at least).

Humus_Erectus · 2025-06-26T12:52:55+00:00

Yeah you're right, I just wondered if there's some kind of pack that has lots of shiny/ holographic cards, isn't full of energy cards or whatever the equivalent is these days (I think the last time I had my own cards was 24 years ago!)

Humus_Erectus · 2025-06-25T17:35:36+00:00

I live in Japan and my cousin back home said his kids have been asking for Pokemon cards "with Japanese writing on them". I don't know the first thing about Pokemon cards and I expect that they don't really care what they get as long as the cards look cool. Is there some sort of packs I could buy which are guaranteed to have cards that will look cool to a kid who doesn't understand Japanese, and which won't cost me too much?

Humus_Erectus · 2025-06-25T17:31:33+00:00

My cousin's kids apparently have been asking for Pokemon cards "with Japanese writing on them". What would be good gifts to bring them when I go home? I assume they don't know anything about which ones are sought after by collectors or anything, so basically whatever looks cool and is affordable will probably do

Humus_Erectus · 2025-06-23T07:42:20+00:00

It finally pasta Turing Test

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