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Did not see the show but honestly I feel this is a problem across all media these days. Many times I have heard “it gets good around episode 6” or “it really picks up 4 hours into the game”..

ok, sure, but it should really be good out the gate with generally what to expect in tone all laid out in the first hour.

@Meiyouwenti

Because however privileged they are, they are people too and deserve the same protections and freedoms you do.

If you follow the interviews, you can see even Hamill wasn’t a big fan of where they went with TLJ, but he could accept it as the direction the powers that be wanted to go with the characters. Long story short, he has it right with #GetALifeNerds.

@DaDude: "Brothers and Sisters" is common English to mean "siblings".

eg "Do you have any brothers and(or) sisters?"

Or they could, you know, utilize google translate on smart phones.

It isn’t perfect, but for short, specific phrases it is often enough to convey what is going on.

I am a little bit confused, did F1 ban grid girls/race queens in all things F1 or not? Are race queens in Japan somehow special/different/exempt from the grid girl ban?

I can't say I've ever really experienced any of this to be honest. I live in a smaller city, but it has fairly crowded shopping streets or train stations. While I tend not to use my phone so much, there are times I'm reading news or whatever while walking down the streets and honestly, I've never been so engrossed that I wasn't aware of what was going on around me. I'd also wager most people are similar as anyone else who's walking around me on their phone was aware enough to sidestep around me like anybody else. I'm sure there are some cases of clueless people not paying attention, but this all seems more about bad decisions of where to stand around, or just malicious people trying to get their jollies off by preying on phone users.

@Gary: Not sure if it can feed itself at current consumption without drastic overhaul of their farming system. For example. from what I understand something like half of all meat consumed is imported.

If they are worried then ey need to get their ship in order. Several times in the last few years there has been a butter, cheese or milk shortage for some reason or another.

If the EU can prodice a decent prodict for a cheaper price, the Japanese will need to modernize and get competitive. Instead of waiting in the dark they might spend their time figuring out what the farms in EU are doing so they can be ready to adopt or adjust their production.

For those worried about Japan becoming too dependent on foreign sources of food, reminder that Japanese import roughly 61% of their food. It is admirable to try and reduce that, but frankly with only something like 3 million farmers in all of Japan, with an average age of 65...consider me skeptical.

I don't see the issue. American coins are all kinds of confusing too, but there seems to be no problem once you spend the 30 seconds to familiarize yourself with them. (Coins being labeled "one cent", "five cents", "one dime", "quarter dollar" in addition to varied thicknesses and sizes)

Worst case it would a simple thing to make the 5 kanji into an actual 5 numeral on future coins, no?

@wtfjapan:

As a teacher, the problem is both in the management and the parents' expectations. I could spend 1/3 of my class time talking to the kids about their week, asking this and that about what video game they're playing or what band they're into, but if the management thinks its a waste of time..well, they pay my bills.

Similarly, the parents have these ridiculous goals along the lines of "I want my kid to pass Eiken Pre-2 in a year", yet only allow for 1 hour a month and no home support. It's like expecting to have a sexy body by only hitting the gym once a week or so.

Don't really see what the deal is, as long as they make it their own. No problem with having the same plot or even characters.

..didn't see this reaction over the Magnificent 7 (aka 7 Samurai remake)

I know this may not be well received, but have they considered utilizing the metal from machines or otherwise destroyed things from Fukushima? I'm not sure how politically correct or hazardous such materials would be, but I imagine they could make a medal from some of it?

Just thinking of a way to A) keep Fukushima in our heart and B) provide work for the people there.

With the intense pressure in this country, I can imagine this being quite popular.

Just imagine being a new graduate moving to Tokyo...you've had the same friends since elementary school and now you've been thrust into a place where you have no connections and quite possibly don't really know how to make new friends easily.

...you're too busy with a new job and before you know it your birthday comes around. Couple that with hounding from home about how you're doing and whether or not you are dating and the pressure can be real to show some pictures just to get people to shut up.

@Gaijin Playa: I'd generally agree, but consider other racist slurs from history and whether they are appropriate or not. A mural depicting historical but currently inappropriate brand names comes to mind. (See Darkie Toothpaste, sold in Asia)

...or a headline using the word Pigs for police, or cracker for whites.

@Katsu: lol :) yeah... my point was for being revolutionary and original, I had some serious de ja vu.

@Nima: I see what you mean.

I saw it, enjoyed it and wouldn't mind watching it again at some point, but it was a pretty generic story; Basically Dances with Wolves or Disney's Pocahontas...in space.

I wager it was more the technical work that made it big (Mocap, 3D, Bluescreen effects, etc). I like movies, but I'm not really in the know of how technically difficult Avatar was to make, so I can't really appreciate it to be honest.

...probably the same could be said about the new Mad Max- it got all the praise in the world, but for me it was just another pretty good action flick.

Research. Part of a successful job interview should very much include prep work looking into the company you're trying to get into. Googling the company should give enough info- in most cases this will just be a suit, but it might be a laid back company, or a place where a certain look can be the difference between a hire and a pass (hair, makeup, jewelry, etc).

My philosophy is that one shouldn't just expect people to tell you what to do.

Getting a job is a good time to "learn to adult" :)

@Paul

Not sure you see what Nemui is trying to say.

Basically, the accusation is that Sessions met with Russians and was untruthful under oath. Trump's response is that Schumer met Putin (in public, in what was basically a photo op).

The logic is "Bob did the bad thing, but it's not so bad because Jack did it too", which is a ridiculous agruement.

Nemui is trying to say, in a legal sense, this won't hold water. Eg. A man claiming "Well, I raped Sally, but it's not so bad because Bob did it too" would be ludicrous.

I seriously doubt buying chocolates or not is going to ruin your social life or chances at getting a date.

..that said, the dating game is pay to play. You can't expect to impress or win over a girl with words alone. Gotta buy dinners, go to bars or prepare small shows of affection. If you are not willing to spend a token amount on someone, how should they interpret your value of them?

If this was a public service message of the insanity that is girichoco, I would be behind it, though the wife doesn't buy any girichoco anyway, so I consder myself lucky, or just practial.

Personally prefer bakery/cake shops with coffee, or all-you-can-drink family restaurants. Basically I go for cheap, non-smoking places.

A major problem Japan seems to have historically is over doing on whatever new fad comes. Like the theme park boom of the 80s, I see companies building a lot of casinos in random places hoping tourists come to them...only to dry up in a matter of years.

Indeed, for this to work, a zone needs to be set up, like in Okinawa, where several resorts and casinos can build up in tandem to create a big resort area. Japan has to understand it is not just providing more casino choices... it would be competing directly with other established areas like Vegas. Heck, knowing Japanese pricing, it could very well be cheaper for Chinese to goto Vegas than Japan.

Or they're just doing it because massive social pressures still chugging along from the bubble era because hey, wouldn't want to be the nail that sticks out, right?

Talk is cheap, promises easily broken and winds change... wouldn't it be more prudent to show what Japan has done up to this point to bolster the US economy? And then from there ask what USA wants from Japan?

Abe could very well put down an offer above and beyond what Trump was expecting to walk away with.

Companies like Apple do not operate on a 4 year (or perhaps even an 8 year) schedule. They're planning way ahead.

Why would they accept and invest loads of money on something that could be pulled out from under them in 4 to 8 years?

Moreover, we very well may be at the point where it's just smarter business to operate in China. It's closer/easier to ship to India, Australia etc, there's less BS that comes with moving through the States, etc etc etc.

No hate for America, but if it truly wants to be great again it needs to do a lot better than strong-arming giant companies.

Honestly I've never personally seen that big a difference on this topic between couples in Japan and America. If anything it might be regional. In my hometown in USA the people tend to be fairly conservative/traditional. I would hardly expect a girl from Tokyo to have the same mannerisms as say, Okinawa.

I never seem to have too many coins... as a rule I spend my coins first and my wallet has a coin pouch so I guess that helps?

Mostly agree with this, although I would say a lot of the copy paste mentality applies to all drama, all over.

Regarding the harem discussion, my wife has a sorta love hate/guilty pleasure relationship with the genre and from what I have seen, agree that a good many of them have no plot...but it is kinda cheesy fun for her nonetheless. Truth be told it is more of a drinking game where she yells something like "ah! Walked in on her changing clothes! Called it!" (I have to take a shot, even though I didn't know I was playing)

What a bizarre idea. Does it drain my phone's battery while in use? Sure it's not a lot, but... Why doesn't it just have w-fi and setup options through a PC to let it tap directly into wireless..?

What a strange thing to say. How can one possibly be confident when all they have is a "hunch" and that negotiations are in "early stages".

If SMAP were smart (devious?), they could easily charge 2x-5x their normal fee to be on Kohaku because this fool would pay it to save face.