Japan: Donki is both the best and worst store I've ever seen

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peanut posted:

There are 3 main Japan threads: Ask/Tell, Travel/Tourism and LAN.
D/D is terrible, don't go there. The Language thread is also terrible.

Eriog and kapalama posts are my fetish, don't kinkshame.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3492502
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3438030

# ¿ Jan 7, 2016 05:52

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 17:28

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I've had conversations with Japanese people about this, and the thing you need to understand is that the forces that keep this imbalance of power in place are somewhat mutual. I've been very struck at times by how willing Japanese women I've met are very content to play a role, and reject me quite harshly for not acting in kind. Japan is a country built on people acting how others expect them to act, and this goes both ways. Japan has a serious case of rape culture, and you're just not going to crack that. Most average Japanese women would be very confused to hear about a sexual encounter that wasn't what we in the west would consider rape.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2016 05:53

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Aredna posted:

I don't remember the name, but I saw this in another movie to and find that amazing. I assume different companies were contracted out for the work, but it was crazy to see different translations of the same movie at the same time. I'm surprised the studios don't care about making it consistent.

That happens with pretty much all dubs and subs: usually the subtitles are a translation of what's said and the dub is a minor rewrite taking culture and mouth movements into account. This is true for stuff dubbed/subtitled into English from foreign languages as well.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2016 06:16

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Aredna posted:

That makes sense, but doesn't closed caption in English have everything? Why would Japanese be different for people not being able to read as fast?

I've seen discs with two sets of subtitles in a given language: one that's CC for the dub and one that's normal subtitles for the movie's native language. I think Chomskyan is complaining about the complete lack of subtitles for a non-dubbed movie and you and Tea.EarlGrey.Hot. might be talking about discs that don't have CC subtitles. Both lame situations, I agree.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2016 06:42

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Tequila Sunrise posted:

Hey guys I have some questions maybe you can help me with.

I met my wife in Japan 2 years ago while I was over there teaching English for a semester. I'm now 32, she's 22. We started dating, got engaged, married, and she came over to the US via the K1 visa program about 5 months ago.

There are several issues that have come up since we got married and moved in together. I'm hoping for some goon advice from others in relationships, even if they're not exactly like this. Keep in mind she has been in the US officially for about 5 months. I understand there is a huge cultural change and learning curve, but some of this is crazy.

1) She still hasn't learned to drive. But not through lack of trying. She has extremely bad nerves, and every time she even gets in the driver's seat she freaks out and starts shaking and sweating. We tried parallel parking once and she just floored it while the E-brake was still on. I had to physically pull her foot off the pedal. We try driving at least half an hour a day and she's gotten no more comfortable with it.

2) Her English is pretty good, but she still prefers speaking Japanese all the time. My Japanese is alright, but I don't catch everything, especially slang and things like that. Many times after an argument she'll run into the bedroom, lock the door, and start yelling things at me in Japanese that I don't understand.

3) We are having some money issues - mostly tied to the fact that I'm the only one working. I'm a substitute teacher, and work is spotty at best. I also do work as a landscaper but it's winter so there's nothing going on. So finances are TIGHT right now. We've looked for work she can do from home until the driving situation is fixed, but most of it needs a way better understanding of English.

4) We still haven't consummated our marriage. The most she's willing to do is some stuff with her feet, no actual intercourse. This is a nerves thing again.

Source your quotes pls

# ¿ Feb 22, 2016 08:10

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Vidaeus posted:

Your username is a lie

Your reply is a non sequitur

# ¿ Feb 22, 2016 08:57

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Knuc U Kinte posted:

What's wrong with Osaka.

Too many burakumin

# ¿ Feb 26, 2016 10:01

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TWSS posted:

For some reason all the resources on the internet say to wait until you get to Japan to exchange currency because the rate will be better. From my experience that is utter bullshit as every single currency exchange I've seen has had a rate that is at least 10% worse than what our bank offered in Canada.

That's because those resources are for people from real countries like 'Merica

# ¿ Mar 13, 2016 08:57

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extravadanza posted:

Even more surprising when I see employees clock out, only to return to their desks and continue working off the clock. Really, a lot of the people I'm working with over here are very hard workers, but boy do they sweat the small stuff sometimes.

Don't work like the natives if you can help it. Put in your 8 or 9 w/ lunch and go home/back to your hotel.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2016 05:52

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Knuc U Kinte posted:

Ok so you're the other side of the coin. I've heard what you're telling me from some people and others have said they grill you on your driving history. What was the paperwork you missed? I'm sure I've got everything I need...

Make sure you can prove you lived in the country your license was issued for three months after the date you can prove you got your license. Renewed recently? Make sure you lived three months in wherever after the renewal date, have your previous license, or have some official record of your license status from the government. Being able to prove you've had it for over a year means you won't start out as a "beginner driver" and have to slap that dumb leaf on the front and back of your car.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2016 05:25

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I'm an American and I only know that Finland isn't Scandinavian because my great grandparents immigrated from there. No one gives a poo poo about your suicidal snowbound semi-socialist state or your Nordic neighbors.

As an aside, former sumo wrestler Baruto could pass for one of my cousins. Topical because he's Estonian.

# ¿ May 8, 2016 14:22

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Multiple people use the same bath water. One family, one bath.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2016 23:26

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Stringent posted:

making GBS threads where you wash is so barbaric.

Also, washlet master race.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2016 01:04

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zmcnulty posted:

This page is now about posting jokes related to holes in Fukuoka.

FUK that's a big hole

Find a hole and FUK it

Holy FUK

Rude. Stop disparaging Ned's damaged hole.

# ¿ Nov 8, 2016 04:02

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photomikey posted:

How is Google Fi working in Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, specifically), and should I rent one of those WiFi things as a backup?

Looks like Google Fi will put you on the Softbank network. I saw a report of 256kbps LTE connection much of the time, dropping to HSPA at times.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2017 03:06

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It's not peanut's fault you FOBs all look the same to us.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2017 03:59

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Magna Kaser posted:

This is true. A lot of Japan's stuff is based off a really old standard for NFC pretty much nothing else uses, so Apple only bothers to put it in Japanese iPhones.

The curse of early adoption.

It's FeLiCa and the NFC standard is supposed to be a superset of it. I think the block is software/firmware and Apple just wanted an excuse to discourage people from buying unlocked phones from overseas.

Stringent posted:

You got a source on that? I was planning on getting an unlocked phone next cycle, but that might put a new wheel on the wagon.

You can still get the Japan model unlocked. You just can't get it from outside the country. The model numbers for the 7 are A1779 (CDMA) and A1785 (CDMA) https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

Mr. Fix It fucked around with this message at 01:50 on May 23, 2017

# ¿ May 23, 2017 01:48

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Phone posted:

Or just use an IC card like a normal person and not be completely hosed when your phone gets wet?

Lol plebs. What you should use is your View credit card with Suica built in.

# ¿ May 24, 2017 01:44

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Grim Up North posted:

Doesn't look that off to me:

Actually it doesn't look like it could be better even with a .5 timezone.

Anything green on that map is in the wrong time zone. Anything white is too if they don't do daylight saving time (which is dumb, btw). gently caress aligning with solar noon.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2017 23:04

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zmcnulty posted:

Poor Vladivostok, west of Tokyo but 2 hours ahead

No, poor us. The sun is probably still up at like 10PM there. Sun setting before 8 in Summer is BS.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2017 04:18

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LimburgLimbo posted:

Hey TGA I'll buy you a beer if we can talk about Maine poo poo.

Also hi thread I haven't logged on to SA in like a month but I'm moving to Singapore in like, a month to 6 weeks; basically as fast as they can process my visa.

Saraba goonbros

abayo~~

# ¿ Jun 29, 2017 04:43

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Stringent posted:

It's gozaimashita.

It's azass あざっす and azasshta あざっした

# ¿ Sep 16, 2017 12:56

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The Great Autismo! posted:

it's a caberham link dude

Yeah, don't invite cabe to group chats if you value their SFW-ness

# ¿ Sep 21, 2017 04:58

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Busy Bee posted:

Is it even supposed to affect mainland Japan?

It's coming. Probably won't hit until Monday, though.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2017 04:12

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You can convert it, you just need to take a test or two. If you've got a Washington State or Maryland driver's license, you just need to take a really easy written true/false test. Everyone else has to take a Kafkaesque driving test in addition to the written test. Def go to a driving school to practice it. I ended up taking the non-conversion route and went through driving school over here. I failed the driving test too many times and didn't want to burn holiday going in to fail again. Driving school wasn't so bad, but it's awfully pricey.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2017 06:12

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Busy Bee posted:

What happens if I have a SUICA or PASMO card and I try to exit a station where I never originally scanned it upon entering the station I started my journey at?

You set off the "GO SEE THE ATTENDANTS" alarm on the gate, and then either gaijin smash or talk to the attendants and hopefully give a better explanation of what happened (true or made-up) than the one you just gave us.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2018 07:30

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Yorkshire Pudding posted:

Residence card is somewhere in my house but they punched a hole in it. It will be less than 1 year since I left and I'll only be there a few weeks. There isn't any real reason not to get a tourist visa, I was just wondering since my passport still has the active Visa in it.

That visa was probably good for one entry. After that you enter based on your status of residency proven by your residency card.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2018 03:11

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caberham posted:

I'm a Chinese tourist

Hong Kong is not China

# ¿ May 14, 2018 03:20

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Ned posted:

Can't be Soka Gakkai - no Daisaku Ikeda anywhere!

It's Kenshokai 顕正会

# ¿ Jun 24, 2018 06:58

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Yawgmoft posted:

Don't go to Miyajima. You don't need to crave momiji manju every day for the rest of your life.

Just get the custard filled ones and your don't need to worry about that.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2018 15:46

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The Great Autismo! posted:

you booted me because Stringent was drunk, nice work, cheers from Hawaii

but Stringent is always drunk :confused:

# ¿ Aug 6, 2018 09:15

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ntan1 posted:

Stereotypical chinese itt

# ¿ Sep 10, 2018 23:13

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Knuc U Kinte posted:

You can�t be a waifu.

mods?

# ¿ Sep 13, 2018 07:25

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caberham posted:

Just for you, try suicide forest

Cabe, please. He has a family

# ¿ Oct 22, 2018 05:34

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caberham posted:

No he�s not going to kill him self, he lives a very healthy life style and he�s a very doting father.

He�s going to live a very long life and might even have decent access to medical care in the US. So yeah he�s going to be fine.

Well hopefully fine because he has left his family behind on multiple occasions

# ¿ Oct 22, 2018 09:29

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harperdc posted:

Yeah and Canadians just have to take half a day and do paperwork (I believe they�re still covered in ways most Americans are not) no tests or anything either. Such laziness!

It�s not like doing the right thing and getting your license converted is always easy either.

There's a stupid easy true/false test that I think everyone has to take. It's the driving exam that folks with Canadian et al licensees don't need to take. Also good call on saying "most Americans": holders of Washington state and Maryland driver's licenses get to do the easy-mode conversion too as of a year or two ago.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2018 00:13

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Shibawanko posted:

Sea is fun but skip busy days unless you can stand 2 or even 3 hour queues, i dunno how people do that. I went to Land once on an extremely samui (that is, 5 degrees or something similarly comfortable) weekday in january and we could just do repeat rides on most attractions except splash and space mountain and honey hunt