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Having never been to Japan, is learning Japanese essential to doing anything as a tourist? That map looks completely impenetrable to anyone who's not fluent.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Some guy tried to rob a former pro wrestler with a BB gun. It went poorly. I like the quote from this article: "Gaspard tells us he immediately thought to himself, “gently caress this, I’m not dying in Florida,” and got in the guys face to intimidate him enough to back down."
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Dec 15, 2016 21:47
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FCKGW posted:"Gaspard tells us he immediately thought to himself, “gently caress this, I’m not dying in Florida,” and got in the guys face to intimidate him enough to back down." You can see that moment in the video and its fantastic. At first you can tell he's just listening to what the guy is saying, and then he flips the switch and he steps up to the guy, completely blotting out his entire body from view of the camera with his gigantic Incredible Hulk frame. Then it seems like he basically just reaches in the guys waistband and is like "gimme that poo poo" and the guy is totally defeated at that point, you can see his shoulders slumped and he's realizing what a terrible mistake he made. Then Gaspard ushers him out the door by face first. I was never a fan of his when he was a wrestler but I am now.
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Dec 15, 2016 21:52
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chitoryu12 posted:Having never been to Japan, is learning Japanese essential to doing anything as a tourist? That map looks completely impenetrable to anyone who's not fluent. Tokyo is pretty easy with just English, especially if you're patient and try to work with people. Menus for most places have pictures you can point to, the subways all have Romanji for the stop names, you get most subway tickets from machines and most of them have various language options. Other parts of Japan vary. Kyoto's not too bad, but I didn't run into anyone in Nagoya that spoke English at all, and they don't see many tourists so they have less practice getting over the language barrier. [Edit, there's a big helpful Japan thread here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3758863 ]
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Dec 15, 2016 21:53
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chitoryu12 posted:Having never been to Japan, is learning Japanese essential to doing anything as a tourist? That map looks completely impenetrable to anyone who's not fluent. I spent two days in Tokyo drunk off my rear end nearly 100% of the time, and with literally zero japanese skills I was able to navigate the tokyo subway system only having to ask for help once. Well, I say ask, but me and a friend were trying to figure out which moon runes to press on the ticket vending machine when a little door in between them opened up and out popped a helpful little dude in a uniform who managed to get us where we needed to go. I have used mass transit in NYC, DC, San Diego (lol), Singapore and Tokyo. English is my only language, and Tokyo was by far the easist, best and most pleasant experience.
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Dec 15, 2016 22:04
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chitoryu12 posted:Having never been to Japan, is learning Japanese essential to doing anything as a tourist? That map looks completely impenetrable to anyone who's not fluent. It's no different from being a tourist in any other country where you don't speak the language. I actually had more trouble with language in Italy than I did in Japan.
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Dec 15, 2016 22:38
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TriggerHappy posted:Tokyo is pretty easy with just English, especially if you're patient and try to work with people. Menus for most places have pictures you can point to, the subways all have Romanji for the stop names, you get most subway tickets from machines and most of them have various language options. I was hoping that would be the case. You'd figure that such a common tourist destination would include English options. grumplestiltzkin posted:I have used mass transit in NYC, DC, San Diego (lol), Singapore and Tokyo. English is my only language, and Tokyo was by far the easist, best and most pleasant experience. I've used NYC, DC, Atlanta, and Boston. NYC is probably the best out of the group in terms of prevalence (it has the most number of stations of any system in the world), so you rarely have to walk more than 10 or 20 minutes to the nearest station in Manhattan. In DC I ended up using the bike sharing stations to get around for the most part and only used the metro a few times. Boston is neat because the trains are cable cars on the street and just drive into tunnels when it's time to be a train.
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Dec 15, 2016 22:47
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The only downside of Japanese trains is that they loving close at night. I didn't know this and got stranded in Shinjuku until 5am! NYC is superior because the trains run literally all night, although there's less of them. (I'm a biased NYer though) Edit: Pizzafreude  vv Chicago is the nightmare hellhole city that most people assume New York is, but it isn't. The filthy, grimy, crime-ridden, scary-people-having stereotype of NYC? That's actually Chicago. I've been on Chicago trains maybe 6 times, and every single time except ONCE there was some scary weirdo or aggressive fucker yelling at someone. Meanwhile, out of 100+ NYC transit rides, maybe 8 weirdos. I don't loving get it??? vv VoidBurger has a new favorite as of 23:01 on Dec 15, 2016 |
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Dec 15, 2016 22:52
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Chicago is nice in that they tell you which side of the car the doors will be opening up next.
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Dec 15, 2016 22:54
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VoidBurger posted:
this brings me no joy whatsoever. the more i watch, the more i become depressed.
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Dec 15, 2016 22:57
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Gorilla Salad posted:Coney Island Express. Coney Island All Stations. Coney Island via Washington Square. You try putting all that poo poo on a sign like this. 
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Dec 15, 2016 23:06
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grumplestiltzkin posted:a little door in between them opened up and out popped a helpful little dude in a uniform who managed to get us where we needed to go. What I thought that was a prank based on the gif I saw They really have dudes inside the machines ?
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Dec 15, 2016 23:09
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chitoryu12 posted:Having never been to Japan, is learning Japanese essential to doing anything as a tourist? Of course it is. The only people that visit Japan are people who speak the language.
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Dec 15, 2016 23:40
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Remember that veterinarian who caught alot of heat for posting a picture of the lion he killed? He'll have to post his next selfie from the Happy Hunting Ground.
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Dick Trauma posted:Remember that veterinarian who caught alot of heat for posting a picture of the lion he killed? Cecil’s killer still lives. gently caress 2016.
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Dec 16, 2016 00:06
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Dick Trauma posted:Remember that veterinarian who caught alot of heat for posting a picture of the lion he killed? Harambe's ghost.
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Dec 16, 2016 00:08
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Dick Trauma posted:Remember that veterinarian who caught alot of heat for posting a picture of the lion he killed? Is there another source? I can't find any source but The Sun and Daily Mail.
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Dec 16, 2016 00:33
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 I have done this exact thing, as I was reflexively reaching for the falling pie my internal monologue was just "NO NO NO NO NO."Got to go home early, though! Not quite worth it, burns are exquisitely uncomfortable.
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Dec 16, 2016 00:45
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betterinsodapop posted:The G train is the best train on the entire system, as far is the station locations, where it goes, etc. The G train is the 2nd WORST train on the service (second to the L) as far as train frequency, punctuality, crowdedness, etc... Best part: It's the train all the Brooklyn hipsters ride.
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Dec 16, 2016 01:06
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chitoryu12 posted:Is there another source? I can't find any source but The Sun and Daily Mail. Snopes confirmed it.
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Dec 16, 2016 01:49
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VoidBurger posted:
CTA weirdos are a long and storied Chicago tradition and it gets worse once the weather gets cold since the homeless will just ride the trains all day and night to stay warm. I saw a passed out homeless person piss himself on the blue line just yesterday in fact. And the day before I inhaled hobo dust when another one slapped all the dirt off his coat on the 56 bus.
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Dec 16, 2016 01:58
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Thrifting Day! posted:I pity the cities with complex underground rail systems with all their different lines and colours. Different names, different levels and getting lost. Think that's impressive? Stand back and watch how the MOTOR CITY handles transit!  Oh...
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Solice Kirsk posted:CTA weirdos are a long and storied Chicago tradition and it gets worse once the weather gets cold since the homeless will just ride the trains all day and night to stay warm. I saw a passed out homeless person piss himself on the blue line just yesterday in fact. And the day before I inhaled hobo dust when another one slapped all the dirt off his coat on the 56 bus. I visited Chicago last year and we were going somewhere in the morning and passed this woman asleep across three bench seats at a bus stop. Then that afternoon we came back and she was asleep across the seats. Was she homeless? Super tired and we just happened to catch her in the same situations? I don't know but I can say this: she was really loving fat. Also we were waiting for a bus and a guy was trying to board and his metro card didn't go through. So the driver told him to find another payment method. So the guy pulled a second metro card that didn't go through. Then he took turns swiping the non working cards expecting one of them to work somehow. After about 30 seconds someone told him to get the gently caress off the bus before he got his rear end kicked. Welp those are my stories thanks for reading.
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A friend of mine was visiting me this year so he tried to get a CTA pass at the Blue Line station near the Megabus stop. Some guy kept asking him if he would buy him a ticket and he said "no." When the machine popped his ticket out the guy tried to just take it from him. Then the guy bitched at me for not double tapping my Ventra to get him on the train, which does not actually work. This was all right in front of a CTA worker who could not give a poo poo.
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Dec 16, 2016 02:40
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Zero One posted:Think that's impressive? Stand back and watch how the MOTOR CITY handles transit! Hahaha I picture the "people mover" as one of those conveyor belts they have in airports. Just people in the open air, moving along the sidewwalk, like cats on Roombas. Actually, I can't decide if that's sad or awesome. Hmmmmmmm
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Dec 16, 2016 02:47
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The look on this cat's face is cracking me up. "Et tu, Human?"
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Dec 16, 2016 02:48
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oldpainless posted:I visited Chicago last year and we were going somewhere in the morning and passed this woman asleep across three bench seats at a bus stop. Then that afternoon we came back and she was asleep across the seats. Was she homeless? Super tired and we just happened to catch her in the same situations? I don't know but I can say this: she was really loving fat.
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Dec 16, 2016 02:55
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Zero One posted:The look on this cat's face is cracking me up. 
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Dec 16, 2016 02:56
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Railing Kill posted:Hahaha It might as well be.  It's the kind of thing that a city might have built as an exhibition system as part of some mid-century world's fair. But no, Detroit thought it was just the thing in the mid-80s to solve the city's problems.
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Dec 16, 2016 03:03
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I know the owners of these stores, I know the lady behind the counter. I am not even surprised she stepped off on the robber like this. Glad the schadenfreude isn't on her. http://abc7.com/news/armed-robber-chased-off-with-sex-toys-at-san-bernardino-shop/1658847/
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Dec 16, 2016 03:15
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Zero One posted:It might as well be. Blame Canada  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Innovia_Metro
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Dec 16, 2016 03:22
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Bogatyr posted:I know the owners of these stores, I know the lady behind the counter. I am not even surprised she stepped off on the robber like this. Glad the schadenfreude isn't on her. quote:San Bernardino police also said they generally recommend people don't confront armed robbers.
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Dec 16, 2016 03:22
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Zero One posted:It might as well be. Miami has one of those as well.  It's just as comically useless as you'd expect. I suspect that someone was offering giant government grants in the 1980's to build these things...
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Dec 16, 2016 03:36
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chitoryu12 posted:On the other hand, NYC confuses people with its subway because everyone is used to other metros having a "red line" or "blue line" and you just take the correct line. New York is its own mess because it used to be three separate companies (two independent and one run by the city) until 1940 when the two independent companies got bought out and integrated under the city government. Some tracks can't be connected whatsoever because the rival companies didn't even use the same track gauge, so some tunnels are too small for trains built to run on other lines and some stations are too short to fit an entire train from a different line. The city went through constant, seemingly endless changes to its service colors and names over the decades before finally settling (for the most part) in the past decade. NYC metro is the best. I was on one of the lines that went overground, and the doors didn't close. The conductor gave no fucks and just said "If your door isn't closed please stay away from the door" while we're 30' above the freeways and moving a billion miles an hour.
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Dec 16, 2016 03:37
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Random Stranger posted:Miami has one of those as well. If Miami has one, why did you post a computer rendering?
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Dec 16, 2016 03:45
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Random Stranger posted:Miami has one of those as well. They were, yes, and then Reagan came to power and yanked it away. That's why Detroit just has that useless little ring, it was supposed to be the hub of a much larger system, but then the funding got cut and that was all they could afford. lol
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Dec 16, 2016 04:03
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Schadenfreude is on the normal people who don't give a gently caress about mass transit yet still try to read this thread.
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Grem posted:Schadenfreude is on the normal people who don't give a gently caress about mass transit yet still try to read this thread. Really? No transit "derail" joke? Come on man.
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Bird in a Blender posted:You try putting all that poo poo on a sign like this. Bigger signs  It's. Really. Not. That. Hard.
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