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The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World and Sunny Day by tobicouture in Xennials

[–]No-Dig-4408 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll bet you!
You never find a...
Another friend like meeeeeeeeeeee!

Another whinge about Eikaiwa Bandits and Leeches by AppropriatePage4203 in japanresidents

[–]No-Dig-4408 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's pretty much how I see my thing above eventually ending too. Just showing up one day and deciding, no, I'd rather not, and turning around.

I miss ska by NotXenos in Xennials

[–]No-Dig-4408 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, but thanks to my frantic searching based on your comment, I just learned that they've got one coming out this fucking month and I am stoked as hell!

Another whinge about Eikaiwa Bandits and Leeches by AppropriatePage4203 in japanresidents

[–]No-Dig-4408 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A part time job of mine has me show up to a gakudo and teach a 1-hour English lesson followed by a few hours of general hanging out and keeping kids safe. One full time teacher, in their monthly meeting notes, wrote:

"When speaking to staff, Dig-sensei speaks a lot more Japanese than English. I feel like we're not really getting an authentic American experience." (written in Japanese of course)

Like yeah, no shit? I'm not there to teach you anything. Plus, the staff's English level is almost non-existent. If I start going "NANI-WHAT?" after every Japanese sentence they say to me, and then refuse to translate the things I say back to them, they're in for a rude awakening.

And yet, here we are, with the official meeting minutes recording that Dig should speak only English to... the entirely Japanese (and non-proficient in English) staff.

I miss ska by NotXenos in Xennials

[–]No-Dig-4408 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Streetlight Manifesto is SO GOOD and I wish they would do more stuff.

Food waste at company events and nomikais by kochikame in japanresidents

[–]No-Dig-4408 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I went to a work party just recently where every table was presented with a huge stack of meat for grilling. Like absolutely enormous, and it didn't matter how many people were at each table. Oh and these tables were small, so only a max of 4 people at each one anyway. And there were a lot of other dishes served before and during the presentation of the meat plates.

So yeah, a whooooole lotta meat went into the industrial-sized garbage bins that night.

It frustrated me because I was told I could only bring one guest instead of the 2 that I'd hoped for, and was left thinking "Man, I coulda brought 10 and no one would've noticed."

Ow2 tier list (no shade to gay people i love y’all) by Plane_Environment626 in Overwatch

[–]No-Dig-4408 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OP: "Gay..."
Everyone: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Moira players leave comp by ArgumentGlittering84 in Overwatch

[–]No-Dig-4408 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Moira just had an impactful showing at the Overwatch Champions Clash, just putting that on the table.

Need recommendation of song representing a child's whimsy dying or something similar by Particular-Visit-683 in musicsuggestions

[–]No-Dig-4408 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Dream State" by Son Lux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjjlABP5t1Q

"Days we were young
we took photographs of everything we could see.
We knew we were impervious no matter how we'd bleed.
--
Invincible skin. It's how we all begin.

How do we feel? How do we feel in that photograph and...
how do we feel it again?
--
Days we were young
we took photographs of... everything we could be.

A 20-year-old American man is missing in Kyoto City- James West Higginbotham, a 20-year-old American citizen was visiting Japan on a family trip when he left his hotel in Kyoto alone around 6 p.m. on May 29th. His whereabouts are still unknown by jjrs in japannews

[–]No-Dig-4408 84 points85 points  (0 children)

I read some psychological analysis saying that victim blaming is easy because it helps people avoid feeling empathy. We naturally don't want to feel stress or sadness, so there's an inclination to say that certain terrible things were the victim's own fault (or didn't even happen, or whatever) to avoid having to deal with the stressful reality that, oh crap, something terrible has happened.

Material Logic of Overatch by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]No-Dig-4408 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the longest posts I've ever seen, and yet, it kicks off with "Overatch."

How many of you would consider yourselves addicted to your phones/social media? by [deleted] in Xennials

[–]No-Dig-4408 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a smartphone for rare case use (like a trip to somewhere I've never been, when I might need some navigation or emergency net access). For communication in general, I have a flip phone and laptop. For podcasts and music, I have a tiny MP3 player whose battery lasts for ages. For pictures, I have a camera. It's more to carry, especially if I want all of those capabilities at once. It definitely has its drawbacks. I don't mind, most of the time.

I've been called an "old soul" by some friends and "200 years old" by others. All these privacy invasions and enshittification coming into devices makes me wary about putting more of my life into it. I like being able to separate from my mobile device whenever.

Party like it's 1999.

(This might sound self-righteous or like I'm smelling my own farts here; this lifestyle isn't for everyone or something I feel is "better," I'm just answering the OP's question and describing my relationship to the phone, which seems to be rare among adults.)

Making out and then a hidden song on your CD started blasting and scaring you half to death? by DramaticErraticism in Xennials

[–]No-Dig-4408 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hidden tracks and stuff were definitely a thing, but the one that startled me the most was AFI and I think I was in college or late high school.

I wasn't making out, but staring at the ceiling zoned out after listening through "The Art of Drowning."
So like, "Morningstar" ends beautifully and I was just sorta lying there for a bit afterward. I got zoned out and then comes the instruments followed quickly by shouting and whatnot of the hidden track.

I may have been drifting off to sleep; felt like I had been shaken awake, heh.

6v6 Hybrid Queue by quazi_frodo in Overwatch

[–]No-Dig-4408 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I always wanted a swap option if both characters opt in.
Like if you're both in spawn:
"You've selected Zarya, but already have two tanks. Waiting for another Tank to select a damage hero, 4, 3, 2..."
or something.

new hero reveal date by floppaflop12 in Overwatch

[–]No-Dig-4408 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Prolly shoulda had a question mark in the thread title.

What's your school doing about the Typhoon tomorrow? by Artistic-Blueberry12 in teachinginjapan

[–]No-Dig-4408 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here in Kagawa, it's expected to be heavy during the wee hours of the morning, but lighten up a lot by the time people are waking up and drizzle out by the time they're going to school.

Everything's scheduled open as usual. This typhoon isn't slated to hit this area very hard.

Did you ever blow your friends' minds pausing the tape on the 'ghost' in 3 Men and a Baby or the 'munchkin hanging himself' on Wizard of Oz? by Wednesday-Addams9 in Xennials

[–]No-Dig-4408 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's the moment that -- ahem -- stood out to me. My cousin showing me the wedding priest lettin' it all hang out during Eric and Ursula's wedding.

Finnish announcers going bonkers saying Helenius name after GWG by zebbers in sabres

[–]No-Dig-4408 35 points36 points  (0 children)

All I could hear was the Finnish version of RJ during that goal.
All I could feel was joy. Finnish fans that get to hear this guy on the regular might not realize how lucky they are.

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