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As you may or may not know I currently live in Japan in the city of Osaka. I also haven't been to work since April 4th so I've been kind of sitting at home and just jerking it. But tonight? Tonight will be different! Tonight a bar near my apartment that I frequent will be holding a gokon (合コン), or dating party/mixer. These can be pretty common in Japan but I've never actually been to one, they run the gamut from what I understand but tend to be fairly informal, unlike omiai (お見合い) in which participants are usually looking for a marriage partner from my understanding. Both of these types of events are put together by friends but also sometimes companies run them semi-regularly, kind of like an old fashioned dating service where you send in a profile then go to events if you want. Fun fact: these companies will sometimes hire attractive people to drum up business and keep customers coming back. These people are called sakura (sakura means cherry blossoms), this term can be used in Japanese for other things as well, such as display items meant to lure customers in. My Japanese language assistant in college has worked as sakura for such companies
The one I'm going to is being held at a standing bar so it should be a pretty laid back affair. I doubt I'll have to watch out for any sakura, but best to stay safe! Things kick off at 8 p.m. my time and it's only about a 10 minute walk from my place so I have time to brush my teeth, put on some decent clothes, and make my way over. I'll try to make periodic updates but obviously I want to be at least somewhat engaged in case I meet Mrs. Right (although at this point I'd be fine with Mrs. Wrong, ukwim???)! Wish me luck fellow goons!
Let's Gokon!
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I am back. Sorry. I managed to at least connect with a few people but in true me fashion I forgot someone's name. They were not happy. But it's fun.
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Sep 5, 2020 14:02
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everything i know about japanese dating i learned form seeing the middle of a single episode of tokyo terrace, but somehow i don't think was representative of the process as a whole.
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Sep 5, 2020 15:55
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I had fun and got some numbers. Like with any Japanese event I drank a lot
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Sep 5, 2020 15:55
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everything i know about japanese dating i learned form seeing the middle of a single episode of tokyo terrace, but somehow i don't think was representative of the process as a whole.
I mean, it's probably not completely off
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Sep 5, 2020 16:32
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Thank you for reading my very bad thread
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Sep 5, 2020 17:30
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congrats on getting laid and/or finding true love (future-tense)
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Sep 5, 2020 17:54
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cheers from nagano-ken friend
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so much love to vanisher for the winter '21 sig!
huge love to Tiny Myers for the fall '21 sig!
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Sep 5, 2020 22:06
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cheers from nagano-ken friend
Ya-hoooo! Nagano is a very nice prefecture.
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Sep 5, 2020 22:17
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congrats on getting laid and/or finding true love (future-tense)
I will probably flub it (this is my way)
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Sep 5, 2020 22:18
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Where are the stories? You promised animes
I'm sorry senpai!
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Sep 5, 2020 22:18
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if nothing more all that drinking training time paid off
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Sep 5, 2020 22:34
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Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I don't really have any stories really. It was just hanging out and all that.
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Sep 5, 2020 22:41
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I never remember anyone's name, so you know, gently caress em.
Hello fellow bad at names buddy! I did feel pretty bad because I'd met them before. But it went well overall
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Sep 6, 2020 00:55
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My Doraemon shirt was very popular.
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Sep 6, 2020 01:09
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Did you show any cute girls my posts
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Sep 6, 2020 05:10
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[sitting in a huge circle in a bar with a tie wrapped around my head, holding a fancy sake glass in the air] POST POST POST POST POST
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Sep 6, 2020 05:17
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Did you show any cute girls my posts
Oh dang! I'll do this next time.
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Sep 6, 2020 05:25
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i know you're probably looking for like, a partner in life or someone to gently caress or whatever, but really you should focus on getting some of these people to come post with us
I thought posting together was like a third date thing.
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Sep 6, 2020 05:25
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"check it out, in this thread, everyone did karate tournament roleplay"
"I'm a doctor and I have two kids"
"your kids would definitely have liked the karate thread"
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Sep 6, 2020 05:33
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never tried the gokon thing, got lucky that the temp staff worker didn’t run screaming from me first time we talked
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so much love to vanisher for the winter '21 sig!
huge love to Tiny Myers for the fall '21 sig!
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Sep 6, 2020 06:00
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HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
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I want to go on a date too please, with womens
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Sep 6, 2020 06:48
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op did seeing pretty girls cause your nose to bleed profusely?
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Sep 6, 2020 06:54
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op did seeing pretty girls cause your nose to bleed profusely?
So much so that it lifted me off the ground.
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Sep 6, 2020 08:16
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One of the ladies I met grew up in the area of rural Nara where I taught English. I realized there's a fairly decent chance she knows my friend's wife, or is at least somewhat acquainted
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Sep 6, 2020 08:17
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"check it out, in this thread, everyone did karate tournament roleplay"
"I'm a doctor and I have two kids"
"your kids would definitely have liked the karate thread"
No. No. It's not porn. It's a Fully Sexual Snail With Human Titties. It's kind of a mascot.
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Sep 6, 2020 08:19
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hella jelly you live in japan op
see a njpw show for me
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Sep 6, 2020 15:07
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hella jelly you live in japan op
see a njpw show for me
I have a friend who keeps talking about going to a death match together, but never delivers.
Kind of like Slumpy and nude spawn if you think about it.
Escape From Noise fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Sep 6, 2020
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Sep 6, 2020 15:54
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hello... again!
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i lived in japan for a year and never dated anyone because i was 23 and a huge goober ask me anything
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Sep 6, 2020 19:19
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i lived in japan for a year and never dated anyone because i was 23 and a huge goober ask me anything
how do you stop being this after 3 plus decades of life
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i lived in japan for a year and never dated anyone because i was 23 and a huge goober ask me anything
why did u leave
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