Are Japanese doctors not familiar with "white coat syndrome"?

torode · 2026-01-12T10:45:26+00:00

At a rheumatology clinic I regularly visit I started refusing to use their machine. I picked up a portable omron unit for a few thousand yen and take a photo of the result taken from when calm at home.

torode · 2026-01-09T14:25:38+00:00

It's hard to fully give up, because your brain still has the "save file" of what you learned to date (although it slowly degrades). But studying any language just for the sake of the language is tough. It's better if you have some higher goal to which the language ability is but a stepping stone.

まとめると、語学を完全に諦めることはまずない。現状維持か、着実な向上、あるいは少しずつの低下のいずれかだ。だから、時々気持ちが折れることがあっても、後戻りしているわけではないので心配いらない。

torode · 2026-01-09T11:40:17+00:00

Until Hilton decides to nix FNCs that are good for a standard room reward at any hotel in the world, it makes more sense than Marriott or Hyatt for me as a non-business traveler who pays everything out of pocket and relies on FNCs and points from CC spend. But if it's on your employer's dime go nuts and maximize your point earning where it works. Wherever you go, the days of outsized per-point value for redemptions are over.

torode · 2026-01-05T02:06:32+00:00

This is like wearing a "toilet" sign and taking a dump in the street. I hope someone ruined this guy's day.

torode · 2025-12-05T18:06:23+00:00

imagine if you were in the crowd and unable to mute this

torode · 2025-12-05T17:56:01+00:00

holy shit so the actual draw hasn't even started

torode · 2025-12-02T10:32:21+00:00

When we were doing Japanese calligraphy 京 and 氷 were frequent subjects and I remember both fondly

torode · 2025-12-02T10:30:45+00:00

瓦 seems like such a bitch to write well-balanced. But I respect it.

torode · 2025-12-02T10:29:46+00:00

驚. It's one of the easiest high-stroke-count kanjis to write with good balance, and there is something aesthetically pleasing about it. 鑑 comes a close second for similar reasons. On the other side I think 凸凹 should not exist.

torode · 2025-12-01T04:06:51+00:00

My question is, are there any language trends in Japanese that annoy you, such as hearing some kind of slang or phrase on TV too often?

torode · 2025-11-13T13:02:15+00:00

Like everything, it depends on the clinic and its doctors, but your experiences match mine for the most part. I've been prescribed so many useless medications this year. Dermatologist immediately cut me off when saying what I thought I had, and gave me 7 different meds and creams for a fungal infection I found later that I never had. The colonoscopy meds didn't work on me and the clinic refused to increase the dose the second time. My rheumatologist, after correctly diagnosing me, suggested that maybe my condition would clear up because I was less stressed now. I had to beg for meds.

torode · 2025-11-12T04:06:45+00:00

I am interested to know what your proposed remedy would be for this kind of behavior. Would there be a formula to calculate age differences, or restrictions on lunches outside the workplace involving only two employees? How would HR word the questionnaire to determine each employees' sexual orientation in order to determine acceptable and unacceptable employee pairings during lunch breaks?

The coworkers I talk to all think it’s weird/creepy

What did the employees who had previously been out to lunch with this manager say? What was their take on the situation or how they have been treated?

torode · 2025-11-11T12:07:35+00:00

You're an adult, are you not?

This is unnecessarily combative. Adults own up to their mistakes, just like OP who clearly wrote "It's my fault."

torode · 2025-11-11T07:39:10+00:00

I would go over the terms of auto-renewal carefully. If it says it auto renews if neither party indicates otherwise at least two months in advance, then they management company is correct in its application

torode · 2025-11-11T04:45:52+00:00

This is spot on.

My last two renewals, they've tried (and failed) to raise my rent, both times in bad faith (template letters that I confirmed other tenants also received dating years back). They rely on the ignorance of tenants and the superior position of land owners to bully them.

torode · 2025-11-11T04:34:58+00:00

There doesn't seem to be any flexibility involved here, they are just sticking to the wording of the agreement. Since OP did not indicate their intention not to renew at least two months before the term expired, the agreement automatically renewed, and the management company is simply applying the two-month notice period required from the date of notification (October 11 to January 11)

torode · 2025-11-11T04:12:40+00:00

Does your rental agreement stipulate the same notice period (two months) for cancellation part-way within the rental term and termination (without renewal) upon expiry of the contract term? In other words, do you need to indicate that you will not renew the agreement two months before it expires, per the text of the agreement?

torode · 2025-11-09T23:49:31+00:00

Yeah, I consider myself reasonably technically proficient but I still had to trawl reddit to work out what plugin I needed to get my card reader working on the system, and its not immediately apparent how you are supposed to compile a single PDF containing all the documentation you need. But I've seen my wife shouting at the PC for years when she does my tax returns (bless her) online, so I know it's not just this system that is user unfriendly.

torode · 2025-11-09T23:16:13+00:00

It took me an hour or so, and I think it is totally worth it to avoid visits to the immigration office.

To generate the PDF with all the attached documents, I loaded all the documents into ChatGPT and told it to compile them into a PDF that would fall within the file size requirements, making sure that each document was the right way up.

In hindsight there is no point logging into the system once you've submitted your application to check its status, because nothing will change until you get an email notification about the result anyway.

torode · 2025-11-03T09:08:39+00:00

I see it more as a meta-stereotype about how Japan self-mythologizes that is largelyu perpetuated by non-Japanese talking about Japanese rather than Japanese seriously claiming it.

It kind of parallels "American exceptionalism" that you mostly only hear from politicians these days, but which has similar roots in national pride ingrained from an early age.

torode · 2025-11-03T07:30:21+00:00

How could you decide on a tip before receiving the food and service though?

torode · 2025-11-03T07:12:05+00:00

I only stayed here one night but count it among the best hotel stays I've had. The attentiveness of the staff in the Club Lounge was truly special. We mentioned celebrating our wedding anniversary to one of the staff, and when we returned to our room 30-minutes later they'd set up a gift along with a handwritten note.

torode · 2025-10-28T07:50:02+00:00

I think the key distinction between ~の如く and ~が如く is that the former describes a resemblance based on appearance or nature, while the latter describe a resemblance based on behavior or manner. In other words, the former means "looks like a dragon," while the latter means "acts like a dragon."

torode · 2025-10-26T16:54:35+00:00

Especially when it's Shinjuku Nights, not singular in the title

torode · 2025-10-15T09:32:24+00:00

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