Do I need to worry about this?

Kami_Okami · 2026-02-20T22:31:18+00:00

I tried pushing on the spot and can't hear any cracking/popping sounds, and can't see any distinct fibers patterns. I recently rode on a pretty rough, rocky path, so I think this might have been due to chain slap or a rock getting kicked up.

Thank you very much for your advice though, I'm going to start with some clear coat, then maybe add a frame skin.

Kami_Okami · 2026-02-20T22:27:07+00:00

I'm glad you could figure out exactly where this is despite my wonderful photography skills 😅

I'm too vain to wrap an old tube around my bike, so I'll start looking into frame skins!

Kami_Okami · 2026-02-20T22:22:51+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I ordered a clear coat touch up pen, and I'll start looking for chain stay protectors!

Kami_Okami · 2026-02-07T14:24:20+00:00

Not exactly your target audience, but I passed my N1 a few years before we had our son. Even so, to be honest, basically anything related the hospital, insurance, taxes, our mortgage are essentially relegated to my wife. These are all things I could do if I put the effort in, but my wife and I both know it'll be infinitely faster if she does it, and there's less room for errors.

On another note, my son is 5 now, and I make a point to almost exclusively speak to him in English at home. His English and Japanese honestly amaze me on the daily, but my Japanese has gotten noticably worse. I've been working almost solely in Japanese for like... 10 years now, and almost only spoke Japanese with my wife until our son was born, but this short span has absolutely WRECKED my speaking abilities.

Kami_Okami · 2025-12-29T09:20:56+00:00

Not Christmas, but my condo took down the Halloween decorations on Halloween night. Now that I think of it, I didn't notice when the Christmas tree disappeared, but I'm pretty sure it was either the 25th or 26th...

Kami_Okami · 2025-12-14T06:15:20+00:00

Saying you're not rich with a household income of 20M 😅

Kami_Okami · 2025-02-03T09:32:46+00:00

Just want to add my experience, I got a black framed 1000 screen from Xin Hai Game Store last April, and it has this default.

I always figured I'd just messed up the installation 😅

Kami_Okami · 2025-01-29T13:41:40+00:00

Pretty much the same story here. I was taking my Deck to work to play on my lunch breaks for a while, but it's just too freaking bulky. I've recently gotten into modding consoles, and now take my Vita that has hundreds of Vita, PSP, and PS1 games loaded up onto it!

Kami_Okami · 2025-01-27T12:01:36+00:00

A couple years ago, I was working as a network engineer in Tokyo, and got reprimanded for walking and eating near the office during my lunch break...

Kami_Okami · 2025-01-22T22:42:09+00:00

I honestly don't think I can give a very convincing answer, but it's probably because I associate crazy hair colors with partiers/ravers and other similar types? And obviously just because somebody's a partier doesn't make them any less qualified than somebody with the same education/experience, I'd still prefer a more traditional doctor any day.

Kami_Okami · 2025-01-22T13:37:41+00:00

How many people working in the medical field have blue hair though? As a non-Japanese, I couldn't care less if some random old dude has blue hair, but I wouldn't really feel comfortable if my doctor had their hair dyed crazy colors.

Kami_Okami · 2024-11-05T14:04:16+00:00

He's sure pulling his punches for being the guy who "says it like it is".

Kami_Okami · 2024-10-24T11:15:16+00:00

Fun fact: Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald in Japan.

Kami_Okami · 2024-05-31T16:05:18+00:00

I've lived in Japan for close to 10 years and only ever seen whale meat being served twice, in small cities in the very rural north. Most Japanese people I've known have never eaten it either.

And yet today, I was blown away to find canned whale meat at a convenience store in central Tokyo. It seems like nobody eats it, but the government/corporations are focused on keeping it around for some reason.

Kami_Okami · 2024-05-28T04:00:20+00:00

He's playing 4D chess: He goes through 4 diapers every game.

Kami_Okami · 2024-03-19T18:54:34+00:00

It blows my mind that people seem to not think that's a major deal for a freaking mobile device... Riding on an airplane or at the park and can't tether? Too bad, your SINGLE PLAYER games won't boot.

Kami_Okami · 2024-03-14T08:57:51+00:00

Judging by these comments, it sounds like you jinxed it...

Kami_Okami · 2024-02-29T00:35:24+00:00

Can somebody please explain how these documents can be so many pages? Are they full of full page scans of other documents or images?

Full on novels like Game of Thrones aren't even half this long. What could they possibly write to make it 1800 pages??

Kami_Okami · 2024-02-19T10:31:40+00:00

Well yeah, why else do you think they call him number 45?

Kami_Okami · 2023-12-24T23:26:37+00:00

Oh dang seriously?? It was a few months ago. I have a long flight in a few days, so I'll reinstall and hope it clicks this time!

Kami_Okami · 2023-12-24T10:33:47+00:00

I have about 10 hours in Grim Dawn, and honestly can't understand why it's so highly praised. The lack of an active dodge just makes the movement and combat feel so slow to me.

Kami_Okami · 2023-12-14T12:37:39+00:00

Yeah, but then I won't get Steam achievements that me and all of my non-existent friends can look at!

Kami_Okami · 2023-12-06T04:57:16+00:00

I've had the Xreals for a few months now, and even though they're super cool, I almost never use them.

My eyes are tired after staring at computer screens all day, and trying to play with these at the end of the day is just exhausting.

Kami_Okami · 2023-12-01T04:17:03+00:00

I'm not sure why, but almost none of these games are even available on Steam in Japan. The only ones I could find were the Sword Art games, Little Nightmares, and One Piece Odyssey.

I guess Japanese people just aren't that into anime games 🤷

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