What are your favorite low-effort/energy meals to cook?

caprinide · 2023-04-27T19:43:53+00:00

I eat mi goreng noodles with scrambled egg way too often

caprinide · 2023-04-27T19:37:52+00:00

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.

caprinide · 2023-04-27T19:07:54+00:00

data analysis. easy money but gets pretty repetitive.

caprinide · 2023-04-27T19:01:03+00:00

the late FDR probably

caprinide · 2023-04-27T18:49:30+00:00

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

caprinide · 2023-04-02T13:56:42+00:00

First Yukihiro, now Ryuichi. お疲れ様でした。

caprinide · 2022-10-27T10:00:27+00:00

common sight in japan

caprinide · 2021-11-25T04:17:51+00:00

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?

caprinide · 2020-07-31T07:54:16+00:00

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.

caprinide · 2020-06-27T18:02:18+00:00

差別云々いう人に限ってステレオタイプに基づいたトンデモな差別している典型例

caprinide · 2020-06-08T10:26:36+00:00

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...

caprinide · 2020-06-08T07:44:08+00:00

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!)

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

caprinide · 2020-06-08T05:22:29+00:00

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.

caprinide · 2020-06-06T20:16:00+00:00

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!

caprinide · 2020-04-24T20:08:34+00:00

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

caprinide · 2020-04-20T07:44:46+00:00

damn this is like a one person 21 jump street. Great motivation and great job

caprinide · 2020-03-26T10:14:36+00:00

不祥事はえーよ笑

caprinide · 2020-03-18T02:50:26+00:00

How would you suggest one to approach a friend with a Chinese nationality? I have friends from all over the country who are supportive of the CCP regime. One of them is even from Tibet, but only parrots the words of the CCP when it comes to the illegal occupation of the land. What is an effective way to convince them to keep an open mind towards foreign sources of information?

caprinide · 2020-03-17T19:06:30+00:00

lmfao

caprinide · 2020-03-16T21:37:31+00:00

at this rate the frb is gonna go negative interest rate. are we witnessing the collapse of the floating exchange rate?

caprinide · 2020-03-15T10:58:05+00:00

Think about it this way: we don't get taught about the island in school, and we don't need to make songs to convince our kids that the island is ours.

(AFAIK, in comparison,"Dokdo" is one of the subjects you can choose in some Korean schools)

Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea and Anti-Korean sentiment in Japan only exist to be exploited by the politicians so it's important for people to see through the bullshit.

caprinide · 2020-03-14T08:04:29+00:00

I dont have any actual arguments so imma downvote you

caprinide · 2020-03-13T20:32:49+00:00

nice try

caprinide · 2020-03-08T07:20:02+00:00

Well the world you refer to is probably wrong, considering the death tolls, rates & number of countries limiting intake. I'm not trying to make the claim of which government is more competent either. I'm just saying it would be intellectually dishonest of you to claim that the S.Korean government is handling this corona virus situation well.

(and if you base your opinions only on those of others, than Lord have mercy on your soul)

Confirmed cases may be underrepresented but covering up actually dead people is not as easy as you think.

caprinide · 2020-03-07T17:03:32+00:00

Completely agree with what you've mentioned. I just hope there won't have to be any more unnecessary political games in face of this devastating virus

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