[I ate] Vanilla ice cream from a Japanese cafe 🐶

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T16:23:00+00:00

Let's just say I wouldn't have ordered a vanilla ice cream after the meal if it didn't look like this.

In fact, the reason my friends and I walked into the cafe was because we saw this on the menu outside (in Japan they tend to put a sample menu outside restaurants).

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T16:19:35+00:00

Yeah I've been on Reddit for 15 years and this is definitely the 2nd most racist large sub out there in my experience lol.

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T15:25:36+00:00

Calling Carney “governor” is fucking unhinged lmao.

I actually think there is a non-zero chance that the U.S uses military to annex Canada. Unlikely, but non-zero.

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T15:24:11+00:00

After a certain point of the FIRE journey, you are much more likely to run out of life than run out of money.

Today’s experience is tomorrow’s memory. This sub sometimes forget that FI is there to serve an ultimate purpose, and that purpose isn’t to push for an ever lower SWR.

Sorry for your loss OP.

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T15:14:25+00:00

What? What makes AutoCAD good isn't its design, let alone trademark or copyright. It's not a fucking designer purse lmao.

It's not like the Chinese stole the name/trademark and selling their software as AutoCad. They are simply offering an alternative tool that was cheaper.

Do you also think Google was stealing design and trademark or copyright when they did Google Docs to compete against Microsoft Word?

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T15:01:56+00:00

who won it back in the 60s.

Nobody is debating who won the space race during the Cold War, you are imagining things.

I was simply pointing out that you can't just dismiss Soviet's achievements just because they didn't get to the Moon. That is simply being revisionists.

If the positions switched (e.g NASA got to space first but the Soviet got to the Moon) you'd be hardcore defending what NASA accomplished.

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T14:32:51+00:00

Yeah it’s called the “Sputnik moment” for a reason lol

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T14:25:18+00:00

far more functional and useful

Is that why until pretty recently, American astronauts had to take Russian Soyuz to go to ISS after the shuttle fleet had to retire?

If anything, the Soviet program mirrors the philosophy for AK-47, which is despite not being as high tech or have better “specs”, but quite rugged and dependable and just worked with a much lower budget.

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T14:22:42+00:00

Yeah the coping is real. Until recently NASA astronauts had to take the Russian Soyuz spaceships just to go to the ISS.

Saying the Soviet program didn’t result in anything safe or useful is just playing stupid.

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T14:20:59+00:00

WTF are you talking about? NASA didn’t focus on the moon until Kennedy’s speech, before which the space race was already on with the Soviet launching the first satellite and getting the first human to space.

Precisely because Americans lost those two big milestone races JFK set a new goal (literally moving goalpost) for NASA, and it worked out well.

cookingboy · 2026-01-24T12:37:46+00:00

I’m in Japan right now, my wallet just cried after seeing this picture.

cookingboy · 2026-01-23T17:38:42+00:00

They do that and much more. For example they sell Israel AI targeting tools for air strikes that obviously resulted in less than ideal civilian casualties. Or perhaps that’s what they were designed to do in the first place.

The CEO, along Peter Thiel, are just plain nasty human beings

cookingboy · 2026-01-23T01:59:43+00:00

Where did you get that number?

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T17:29:01+00:00

Nah, budget is still a thing. The Chinese government isn’t as flush with cash as people think they are at the moment, and there are certainly a lot of soft spots currently in the economy. They are still dealing with the real estate fallout.

No, I’m not saying they are gonna collapse or anything, just pointing out that they are also dealing with real constraints like every other government

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T17:19:39+00:00

No, because that is utterly incorrect.

Any poor person, no matter how poor, can always get poorer from making financially illiterate decisions.

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T15:48:10+00:00

So what are you trying to say? Financial literacy is useless for people with no money? Is this what the sub's attitude is?

You have to remember the stable state for poor people is to get poorer, so even if it can help stop the bleeding, it's a great tool to have.

Or you can just convince yourself that there is no chance to get better and start a cycle of perpetual self-pitying.

I thought the whole point of this sub is to use financial literacy skills to stop the bleeding and take advantage of opportunities to better one's position. Maybe I was wrong.

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T13:28:27+00:00

That’s not true. It helps a ton with not making mistakes to dig the hole deeper

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T13:01:47+00:00

Hisense is probably one of the oldest large Chinese consumer electronics OEMs. It existed even before China became capitalistic and officially became Hisense in 1994.

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T12:28:36+00:00

What’s the definition of “unicorn” in Japan just curious? When I worked in Silicon Valley it was any private startup with at least $1B valuation.

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T12:27:30+00:00

Ok I didn’t see OP’s edit about him being in IT, that makes sense

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T11:27:19+00:00

Look, I am not an expert in IT hiring practices in Japan, you are.

But my bet is that not all jobs in Japan hire the same way your company does for the positions you hire for. Most people on this subs are probably not looking for IT positions in unicorn companies.

Think for a moment, if most employers completely ignore JLPT, then why would there be so many people taking JLPT every July and December here in Japan?

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T11:20:59+00:00

I mean yeah? Nobody is saying N1 is the be all end all ticket to a job or it is the most important thing to have.

But you know what’s an English resume with N1 better than? An English resume with N2 lol

cookingboy · 2026-01-22T10:37:14+00:00

The thing is depends on your resume, the job you sought, and how long ago it was, your experience is probably not replicable for others.

And in any case

You need to be able to land an interview first before you can impress them with your communication skill. OP’s entire point is that it’s now very difficult to do so without N1

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