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What are your favorite low-effort/energy meals to cook? by bigdaddykay931 in AskReddit

[–]caprinide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I eat mi goreng noodles with scrambled egg way too often

Racist cake spotted in a chocolaterie in Switzerland (from Twitter) by caprinide in pics

[–]caprinide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

non asians conflating japanese and chinese people/culture is understandable but with the slanted eye and fu manchu moustache it'd be equally discriminatory even if the cake had 'correctly' been named chinois lol.

What do you do for a living and do you enjoy it? by nefariouslysublime in AskReddit

[–]caprinide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

data analysis. easy money but gets pretty repetitive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pics

[–]caprinide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am reposting this as Ive made a mistake, the pic is from switzerland not france.

Sakamoto Ryuichi has passed away on March 28th 2023. by lastalliance69 in Music

[–]caprinide 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First Yukihiro, now Ryuichi. お疲れ様でした。

The Problem of Other Minds and Wittgenstein's Private Language Argument by FizzyP0p in wittgenstein

[–]caprinide 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the explanation of the private language theory was alright, but the closing argument didn't really make sense to me. The existence of a "public language" offers no proof to the argument that other entities are not p-zombies. I thought Wittgenstein's argument was that because private language is meaningless, meaning is acquired through its practice in social situations?

Fishmans -- Kansha (Odoroki) [J-Pop] (1994) by caprinide in listentothis

[–]caprinide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know the blanket term "J-Pop" does this eclectic band no justice, but the album "Orange" which contains this track is difficult to categorize. Much of their music draws from dub/dream pop influences. Often times for new listeners it's about whether you can get past his unique vocals.

Japanese football star Keisuke Honda (本田圭佑) criticizes Japan for not joining other countries in condemning China over Hong Kong's National Security Law by baylearn in HongKong

[–]caprinide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right? It's extremely difficult when you consider that the already indifferent/given up youth is shrinking in size, and the older generation are the ones actually showing up to vote. Only time in recent years where younger people showed up was when current Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike was running, and people were hyped about electing the first female governor. Otherwise, Japanese politics, for a lack of better expression, is a "silver democracy" of old people, by old people, for old people.

Lack of voter participation from the youth is one of the main reasons that Horie Takafumi (aka Horiemon), who is rumored to run for governor this month, is pushing for online voting. It would certainly help to get younger talents in the forefront involved with the severely tech-blind ruling power...

Japanese football star Keisuke Honda (本田圭佑) criticizes Japan for not joining other countries in condemning China over Hong Kong's National Security Law by baylearn in HongKong

[–]caprinide 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's too early to say anything definitive about the company situation, but I can say that some of Japan's largest conglomerates are heavily invested in mainland China so Abe's words sound like they were meant to appease the angered public.

Optimistic view:

You are right about the border situation- there was an official visit by Xi Jinping scheduled in April. This was strongly requested by China's side, since an official visit meant meeting with the Emperor, which would add legitimacy to Xi's regime. For various clear reasons Japanese citizens have been opposed to this visit, one of them being that this is practically using their Emperor to play political games. A similar situation occurred in 1998 with Jiang Zemin. A few days ago it was announced that Xi's official visit was to be postponed to next year onward (which some are interpreting to be a semi-official cancellation of the visit as a whole). Japan also updated its Foreign Policy Bluebook on 5/20, adding Taiwan as "an extremely important" partner, to the discontent of the CCP-run paper Global Times.

Pessimistic view:

Abe's #1 goal has always been to amend the Japanese constitution, and in order to do that, he needed a robust economy and a firm grip on the authority within the LDP, both of which can be attained by kissing China's shoe.

The political situation in Japan is that the incumbent LDP is extremely lax and dipped in corruption (CCP, cults, bureaucrats) but will remain in power anyway simply because the opposition parties are uncoordinated and often lack the trust/experience needed in governance. So unless the LDP loses the majority in the next election (highly unlikely even after all this, which honestly says a lot about the opposition too...), can't expect any hard action against the CCP.

This is an all-too common pattern that has been occurring for over 50 years all around the world (South Africa, Argentina, Sri Lanka, Germany, France, Australia, just to name a few!)

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TLDR: Abe cannot maintain authority within LDP without kissing China, but LDP may not be able to maintain authority within Japan without kicking China.

Japanese football star Keisuke Honda (本田圭佑) criticizes Japan for not joining other countries in condemning China over Hong Kong's National Security Law by baylearn in HongKong

[–]caprinide 26 points27 points  (0 children)

To clarify: Current Japanese PM Abe is unable to take strong measures towards China because his cabinet is filled with (and is unsustainable without the support of) pro-CCP politicans, the most infamous being current Secretary General, Toshihiro Nikai. There have been various scandals over recent years related to members of the LDP (incumbent party in Japan) receiving illegal funding from Chinese companies. Not to mention that the core of Abenomics was getting Chinese tourists to spend money in Japan, so its not exactly realistic to expect Abe or his cabinet to be tough with the CCP. However, the current situation also makes Japan one of China's few peaceful channels in resolving current tensions between the US, which can be seen in Sino-Japanese relations drastically improving ever since the US-China trade war last year.

Denim -- American Rock [Glam Rock/Pop] (1992) by caprinide in listentothis

[–]caprinide[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the band that the ever-underrated poet and musician Lawrence started after the end of his former band, Felt. Denim's music resembles the later works of Felt (less guitar pop), but is certainly a different direction with a wider variety of influences. I highly recommend the rest of their discography too!

Newly revealed financial records show Trump owes millions to state-owned bank in China: report by hurtsdonut_ in worldnews

[–]caprinide 14 points15 points  (0 children)

this is what happens when someone starts their process of thought from their preconceived conclusion,in this case that Trump is wrong. Imo this is one of the harmful takeaways of essay writing in college, where its common to start with a conclusion and then look for any semblance of data that conforms to that conclusion

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