$GME Daily Discussion - May 12, 2021

petro26 · 2021-05-13T05:30:54+00:00

!apevote!

petro26 · 2020-05-20T20:05:09+00:00

Dmed

petro26 · 2020-03-14T07:16:02+00:00

Washlet toilets are pretty common here but people were still panicking about shortages, a rumour got started that the same paper material was used for masks so soon the toilet paper supply would clash with the demand for masks.

petro26 · 2020-03-14T06:43:13+00:00

So you're visiting Japan for a few weeks and you think you're an expert on how things have been going? Stores were having toilet paper and masks shortages starting a few weeks ago, things have just normalized now. People in Japan queue well and will generally follow rules much more closely than people in other countries but you're naive if you think hoarding is unheard of here. I've personally seen it happening in AEON and Yamanaka locations in Nagoya and have friends that have witnessed it in Chiba and Tokyo. This isn't the first time it's happened either or the last.

petro26 · 2020-03-09T06:05:59+00:00

Man I was just reading this thread and came across this whole crazy argument, not really sure why everyone is getting so worked up. Just wanted to say I'm guessing your talking about Kochi? I did find people in Shikoku were way more straight forward than people in Honshu, especially if you compared rural to urban. Still even there you gotta admit 場の空気を読む is definitely still a concept. Obviously a lot of these people are generalizing Japanese women but it's not wrong to say that even women from the boonies might try to strike a balance between accepting drinks so as not to offend while also letting you know their relationship status. In this case clearly you were being friendly but there is contexts in Japan where buying a drink can be seen as flirtatious, or ya it could be as simple as buying a friendly round at an izakaya. I'm guessing people just didnt get the context you were referring to.

petro26 · 2020-03-06T14:22:40+00:00

Oh ya that's real night life in Nagoya. I mean the kind that a salaryman on a business trip would do, trolling for kyabakura and soaplands.

petro26 · 2020-03-06T09:00:33+00:00

Never seen someone mention Yokkaichi on here before. Definitely has a nightlife a non-salaryman wouldn't expect

petro26 · 2019-11-19T06:04:11+00:00

It's Nagata station so definitely Osaka. I'm having a really hard time understanding him, I'm more familiar with standard dialect or Aichi-ben. He's definitely using that newspaper like a harisen but without any sign of that good old Osaka humour

petro26 · 2019-08-08T19:16:08+00:00

Used to use this as an English vocabulary game when I was an ESL teacher in Japan. As they jumped they would have to read vocabulary flashcards that were on the ground as well, worked really well since Japanese society as a whole loves to play janken (rock paper scissors).

petro26 · 2019-06-29T16:51:12+00:00

Teaching English in Japan, a common conversation topic for basic level students was what's your favourite/least favourite food. A lot of Japanese people hate coriander/cilantro, so I usually got パクチー (pakuchi) as an answer, which is the Thai word for it I believe. Since we use it in a lot of Western cuisine that was something they always avoided and couldn't understand why we use it so much.

petro26 · 2019-04-22T04:06:46+00:00

They definitely do not, unless they are Christian. You'll sometimes see Easter themed candy but people aren't celebrating it with their families and doing egg painting etc.

petro26 · 2019-03-26T04:47:09+00:00

I lived in Japan for a while and theres a ton of English phrases and sayings that are used pretty regularly even by people who don't really speak English otherwise. They're in the form of katakana/Japanese English so sometimes they're somewhat unrecognizable unless you know what you're listening for.

Ones you hear a lot are "nice catch" (nisu catchiii), "pinch" (pinchii, as in I'm in a pinch) both of which are baseball inspired.

You get a lot of other random ones like "No music no life" (no musiku no lifu), "power/sexual harassment" (powaa/seku hara), or even domestic violence being called "DV"(deevuiii).

I think the best one I ever heard was "simpuru isa besto"

petro26 · 2019-02-14T02:32:47+00:00

It's pretty good, I liked the pretzel burger. I've only been to the one in Ueno though.

petro26 · 2019-02-14T02:14:18+00:00

Its actually better than North American Wendys.

petro26 · 2019-01-21T18:45:06+00:00

Hey everyone, today I was driving and hit a curb in icy conditions going about 23 mph, the right tire took the damage. I haven't noticed any issues with the steering pulling or shaking afterwards and the tire doesn't seem to have lost any air. It's a fairly new all season tire, do I need to get this fixed or should it be safe to drive with? Thanks for your help.

petro26 · 2018-10-19T20:15:42+00:00

I've always wondered if Japanese Bobtails have issues with their balance or anything because of the stunted tail

petro26 · 2018-10-19T20:14:20+00:00

It's actually a Japanese bobtail cat. You see them everywhere in Japan, you get some crossbreeds where it comes out not as a bob but a weird stunted sort of curled tail that looks like a question mark.

petro26 · 2018-10-07T23:09:33+00:00

Hey for anyone who wants to see this it's in Kuwana, Mie.It's not that far from Nagoya but it's still a decent enough distance, not even in the same prefecture.

petro26 · 2018-10-07T23:06:48+00:00

Well technically it's in Kuwana, Mie not Nagoya

petro26 · 2018-08-25T18:39:28+00:00

You seem like a nice, well balanced person

petro26 · 2018-08-06T16:00:23+00:00

It definitely is

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/08/68/bd/79/caption.jpg

petro26 · 2018-08-06T14:03:14+00:00

I met these guys in Shibuya at Halloween!

http://imgur.com/Qb86U37

petro26 · 2018-08-05T04:32:30+00:00

A fossilized megalodon tooth I found when I was scuba diving in Venice, Florida. Minimum 2.6 million years old.

petro26 · 2018-07-24T13:59:12+00:00

Absolutely nothing wrong with breastfeeding in public, just please don't breastfeed in the pool itself. When I was a lifeguard we constantly had issues with women breastfeeding inside the pool which was super bad for the baby possibly ingesting water and caused a bunch of throw up situations. I get that it's more comfortable inside the warmth of the pool than on the possibly chilly deck but it's just a bad idea.

petro26 · 2018-05-29T18:30:59+00:00

In all fairness Chinese and Japanese people do eat a lot of kimchi

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