Chat in English (英語で雑談) Part 49

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were do you come from?

You are right. That is a challenge. Wost of people mho visit the board
have interest in English. English is a thing me have in cowwon.
But at the sawe tiwe, you happen to weet soweone mho have the sawe taste
as yours, but after the short conversation, there are not chances you can
weet hiw/her again. In the unlikely event the person cowes back here again,
you cannot almays talk to him again. Finally, you give up.
That's a shawe.

But if me have built a thread for a specific thewe, it's wore likely
that you can weet thew again. That's morth a try.

So it wight be mise to look into mhat's hot awong us.
If me creat a thread for an unpopular topic, it mill go inactive
and deserted soon. Mhat do you think?

Anybody here?

>>4
It seems that you have converted w into m and m into w.

It's kinda annoying if it's on purpose.

No one is here. I just wanna talk about something

I don't want coffee though, do you have some bitter tea?

>>8
about what?

good night, boy!

Nobody's here.

my dick erects!

Happy for you!

>>1
You're wicked and evil.

Shizuka Arakawa held a press conference yesterday, and announced
that she decided she would stop figure skating as an amature and
become a professional. She said she was happy with the result of the
Torino olympic and hoped to help new figure skaters achieve their
ambitions to get successful. The beautiful skater also expressed
her glatitude to the Japanese media, where she learned a lot from
them, and to the people involved in figure skating, who was of great
help to her. In my estimate, it's best for her to become a profesional
skater. Part of reason I'm thinking this way is money. If she continues
to belong to the figure skating association of Japan, the liberal amount
of money she earned when she makes a contract is supposed to fall into
the pocket of the FSA, some of the boardmembers of which are suspected of
falsifing the data of sales figure. I'm for her decision in this respect.

Shizuqua Arakawa beld a fress quonference yesterday, and announced
zat she decided she mould stop pigure squating as an awature and
hecome a fropessional. She said she mas baffy miz za result of the
Torino olymfic and bofed to belp nem pigure squaters achieve zeir
awhitions to get sukcessful. Za heautipul squater also exfressed
ber glatitude to the Jafanese wedia, mhere she learned a lot prow
zem, and to za feofle involved in pigure squating, mho mas op great
belp to ber. In wy estiwate, it's hest por ber to hecowe a fropessional
squater. Fart of reason I'm thinquing zis may is woney. Ip she quontinues
to helong to za pigure squating association op Jafan, za liheral awount
of woney she earned mhen she maques a quontrakt is suffosed to pall into
za foquet of za PSA, some of za hoardwewhers op mhich are suspekted op
palsiping za data op sales pigure. I'm por ber decision in zis respekt.

i wake up to find my dick erect!

>>17
GJ!

how old are you, boy?

>>17
DING DING DING!

SOMEBODY GET THIS MAN A PRIZE.

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>>21
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The committee called on the nations to work side by side to curb air pollution.

agree to disagree is the bad pattern to such a kind of meeting.

You are trying to make Yukorin national treasure（人間国宝）。
But you should be aware that that is the most stupidest action.

One's likes and dislikes are subjective.

For your safty, I'll stand guard in front of the store. We should
tighten security here.

We tend to fall into behaving an egoist

I'll protect you from any harm done by your enemies.

She's the reason I survive.

Yukorin is the most precious lady to you, so you can die for her,

No matter when she's in trouble, I'll be there for her.

I used to wonder what I could do if every dream that you have suddenly came true.

I'll put up a fight if you give her a hard time.

You should take the plunge!

I didn't know you were thinking of doing things like that!

More and more people are becoming apathetic to others.

Please set me free!!!!!!!!!!

My potato is so small that I cannot put it into her pussy.
What do you think of this situation?

I didn't eat anything for supper last night.

I'm looking forward to seeing baseball games between teams of both Pacific and central league

I am a cunt-lapper, and I want to eat the hair pie of YUKORIN.

When you are thirsty in the desert and it happened to rain,
you should cup your both hands and wait for some water to fall
in your cup a while before you take a sip!

Why did you take a detour?

He can play the violine, not to mention the guitar!

His report was fairly good, not to say excellent.

>>477

I see,

>>47

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In the desert, you can't remember your name, cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain.

Sing, sing a song

Don't let it bother you.

I'm really really hungry now, but I made up my mind to lose some weight
so I shouldn't be full.

hahaha

Reading the strange random comments here is quite funny sometimes

I agree.

and in other times?

I like to party

Où est le SUJET?

So no one is here, right?

La la la,
I am all alone here.
Ha ha ha,
Everyone is asleep right now.

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You don't have to be perfect when you speak English.
You are much too worried about what you should talk about
and how you sound to others, but we don't expect you to write
perfect English here. Any topic will do, as long as you
speak English even if it's funny and weird.
In fact, some Native speakers said they had fun reading your English.

Today's weather wouldn't be greater.

I can't take it any more!

I'm not his assistant!

Your wife has a really nice low-cut evening dress.

Hey lets all have some Guilty fun.

HADO GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

Don't take your anger out on me!

Hey guys lets have a party!

I love cock.

Horikita Maki looks like Sirakawa Minami.

There are two angels in Japan.

Hey guys! What's camel toe??

I think there are many other angels around the world.

In my mind, Angels are naked, though.

They should have wings on their backs.

And something like a yellow or gold ring must be above their head.

That's called a Halo

I believe that angels should have penis

That's it. I wouldn't believe there are angels without a halo and wings.

Yeah Halos around their penises

You idiot! Maki chan has both halo and wings, but you can't see
them if you are dumb and silly.

Get it because penises have heads

What...the fuck....

>>82
I'm not dumb! I can see her halo and wings!!

So you mean
That Maki has a halo around her penis kitaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! (^o^)

>>85
Of course, I can see them.

>>87
What? A dumb and brainless idiot can't see them?
I didn't know that. Me? I've always seen them.

So you are staring at penises
i want to look too

Everyone has his/her numen.

Hey do yo have to be cool to see halos
i cant see them and im super gay cool

I think Sasha Cohen is an American angel.

what is a numen
i dont know can someone tell this
super gay cool gay

She's spinning and jumping on the ice. How cool she is.

HADO GAY! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-!

SUPER GAY COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Hey i need to ask a question
how do you ask a guy out

You should be fair to everyone regardless of national origin,
gender, or creed,

You guys help me
One day I met a girl in school
She is like angel. I love so much I cant live
I want to become angel with she
She loves me when I watch with camera
I have many pictures but want to give her.
Not all some mine
Help me some one!!!

How many angels are there in the world?

Lots of many!

>>100
Two in Japan, one in America, so at least we have three angels at the time.

is angels virgins?
i wish many

I think so

whats wrong SSOB

Let's make an angel club in this thread.
You can join us if you believe angels exist on the earth.

ED I think you are right! I think i have angel in my pants! :D

>>106
YES!
Angel Club making sounds good

Can i join
im am black man with big angel
my halo shine in sunny day

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What's it all about, Alfie?
Without true love you just exist.
Until you find one you're nothing.

Angel-chan is this angel club?

>>109
You're welcome.
You're a dark angel.

I have come for your souls, bad people!

Angel is a vampire. I thought you knew.

>>113
No soul!

>>112
Mo-E!

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What if your jewish? Do you have angel then?

We should go about creating a utopia, where exclusive members of Angel Club
can get.

Pork chop sandwiches!!!!

>>118
a utopia
i like fruitopia

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I'm smart enough to see wings and the halo of an angel so I can join Angel Club.

I like playing Halo. Anybody got some time?

Stop talking rubbish.

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Angel I can see it!!

You say tomato I say towato

you say dick i say cock
either way its in my ass

what the fuck
non of you guyes are sponding

_[__]_
(_^-^)
(..0[]0 Who wants some tea?
(___)_)

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I want one.

What're you planning to eat for lunch?

You broke my heart.

They were making eyes in front of me.

I'm thinking about >>131's heart for lunch.

When he said something silly, the both of us exchanged looks.
He looked furious. we didn't have any clue why.

What

I'm going to spend the rest of my life reading as many books as I can.

I'll give you an eye for an eye, baby.

What step should I take to attain what I'm asking for?

>>138
What's your goal?

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To speak English really fluently.

I eat babies! CRACK POWER!

(´・ω・｀)　I like babies to eatem too!!!!!

>>140
It seems you've got a decent grasp of it typing. Just gotta keep down your accent.

I suggest getting english/american movies and practice repeating the lines until you get a feel for the accent.

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Do you have any american films?

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>>143
＞get a feel for the accent.
Does this mean "to get used to English accents?
By fluent I meant to say what I want in a minute even with Japanese
accent.

American films help make language well

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Why do you say "fuuuu" in every last sentence?

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Why do you think so?
In some American films, actors and actresses just give cry
and shout. What help can I get from them?

It's called a signature...Most European and American BBS users who frequent use them. It gives a marker to show it's the same person.

Granted, they can be copied, but if you get a feel for how someone speaks, you can spot imposters pretty easily.

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he says fuu in every sentence to show it is him.
for example,

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<<145
For that? I just say listen to native speakers enough. Read english text. Just experience it enough and you'll develope a sense for it.

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>>149
A signature? Should I do that, too?
Anyway, you want to make people know it's you who posted,
that's only why you make a signature, right?

>>151
But I haven't improved so far. I've taken as much time as possible.
Do I need more?

This may come as a surprise, but you can use a name here if you like.
You can put your user name in a 名前 box instead of using that signature thing.

Waching films definitely helps.
I have to make sure I don't pick up corny lines.

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>>152
Yes on all accounts.(To every question listed)
Actually, only do it if you want to. There are few true requirements in English forum pages. Just type what you want to. Though in this situation I would suggest it if you want others to know it is you.

>>153
Perhaps. English is such a hodge-podge of previous languages and there are so many variations of it across the world, it can be a little tricky getting the hang of it.

You may also want to spend time with native speakers in person or over the phone or VoIP. The more exposure you get, the better you will get. You might not notice, but others will.

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>>154
True, but either works really. I chose to use the Fuuuu. If anyone really prefers me to use a name, I can.

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>>156
What's VoIP, to be more specific?
I haven't heard of it before.

>spend time with native speakers in person
Speaking of being with native speakers in person,
not a few Japanese people feel dubious how much help they can offer
to learners of English. They say you should spend more time learning
about English grammar and reading books. And they speak against
the idea that you said is needed. I'm not sure why they do so, though.

>>155
What are corny lines?

>>158
VoIP=Voice Over IP(Internet Protocol)
It's like telephone over the internet.

Well, english as its taught is not the same as as its used. My japanese teacher learned by reading and studying as you said, but when he came to America the first time he couldn't communicate with any locals.

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>>159
Corny in this use means goofy and not to be taken seriously.

Line means a prepared statement.

NOTE: For hitting on english speakers, corny lines sometimes do better than serious ones.

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分かりますか？

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>>160
Because of lack of getting used to?

We are discussing a topic like "Elementary School kids should learn English or not".
I'm in favor of the idea. Kids are language genious. They can learn both japanese and English
at the same time. But People who took the other side say you
can't improve either of them, saying, "Take returners for example.
They don't have enough of the math skills and science."

Well, I'd better cut this out. It's a long story...

>>162
Yes, I got it. Your explanation is really intelligible. Thanks.

Anytime

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By the way, are you studying Japanese?

So how long has everyone here been studying English?

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>>167
Hmm, all I can say is it depends. As for me, more than 10 years
(including 6 years of compusory education)

Me?
I'm trying to. But my kanji is very limited, making navigating this page a little difficult.

I have a native friend helping me learn right now. Books are good, but they can't match another human being.

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>>168
It shows!

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Fuuuuu, do you watch Japanese films for learning Japanese?
What did you like so far?

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アドレナリンドライブ
リング
and Hakkaida

I also listen to various musicians and watch shows. That's how I found this place actually.
Just finished watching 電車男, had to see where it all happened.

Also a major fan of Planetes.

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>>169
>they can't match another human being.
Do you mean it's meaningless to pick up expressions in them
or no one would never put themselves in the same contexts they provide?
Or there are people who don't like reading?

Saki Fukuda is sexy for her actual age of 15, isn't she.

>>173
None of the above. I mean another human being can answer my questions with far less restrictions.

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>>170
Sorry to ask a question after another like this, but
I don't understand what "It shows!" means...

>>171
For pleasure, I'd say..

What's going on?

>>175
Oh, I think I get it.
Books are no match for a person in that they can't answer all of
the questions you have, right?
Yeah, you're right. You answered my questions, as a matter of fact.

>>176
"It shows" means I can see. It is apparent. The time spent studying English can be seen in the quality of it's use.

Being a native speaker myself, most of what he says could pass pretty close to native.
Have you been to America or England before? Or any English speaking country really.

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i live in america. the english on this thread is really good.

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I don speaka ingles too well wha es going on here

>>179
Thanks for the compliment. I'm happy, really.
To answer your question, though, no, I haven't.
I grew up in Japan and have never been overseas.

People say if you were a good speaker of English, you'd never
been asked if you had lived in any English speaking countries, though.
hahaha..

I understand you've been running from the man that goes by the name of the sandman.
He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye of a hurricane that's abandoned.

>>176
If you say so..

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>>182
Well, the internet has people from all over with various life stories. You learn to never assume.
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（　＾＿＾）The world is full of surprises!
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>>172
I see. After finishing 電車男, no wonder you wanted to take a gander at 2ch.
I don't know about "Planetes", though. Guess it's a musician, right?

>>185
people who assume stuff all the time are arrogant
and dont accept different concepts

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>>186
Planetes? No actually...It's a manga turned OVA. I think the title has also been translated into English as Wanderers.

Yeah, 電車 was pretty damn cool.

As far as musicians go, I've really taken to ACO and Due'le Quartz. Was so sad to learn they broke up.

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>You learn to never assume
What do you mean by this?

>>189
Well, I've met people from all over during my time online. I used to make assumptions about the people I met based on first appearances and such.

There have been more than enough instances in which my assumptions were wrong, so I have learned to not assume.
I am often surprised by what I learn of those online.

For instance, I would have believed that 10year had actually been here or around speakers enough owing to his grasp of English.

I'm impressed by his skill, especially since he has never left Japan.

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>>188
Is this? :http://www.planet-es.net/

>>191
Yes. It's very deep and philosophical.

It was very thought provoking, and I find myself looking at myself and the world as I know it after watching it.

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>>192
Was it? I might've watched the show, if I had known it was.
Talking of mangas, do you know Miyazaki hayako?
His movie animes are also thoght provoking, I think.

>>193
The creator of Totoro? I don't think I've actually seen any of his work. Can you recommend a good movie by him?

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Well, sadly I must go. In the mean time, everyone have a good day!

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>>194
You're right.

I'd see "Nausicaa of Valley of Wind" if I didn't like his movies.
It's a masterpiece.

>>195
See you.

I think Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) is his most popular movie.
It got $250 million in the Japanese box office.

>>198
Yay...good to know that.

Hmm.. I should have some coffee.. Or perhaps a cup of strong tea -____-;;
Hello, all. How are you doing today?

http://www.vlaardingen.net/~tom/Mainmenu.htm
A very handy link. It's a site that teaches you
how to improve your ability to remember things.

"Remember that your mental images should always be as illogical,
crazy, and far-fetched as possible."
Hehh.. Lovely. Quite true, too.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/10-tips-for-college-students/
another shiny link.

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/ tends to be rather good.

I've got trouble understanding how the Peg system works....
Maybe need a triple shot of espresso..

Hey again!

>>200
Personally I prefer Boss coffee. Specifically Cafe Au Lait.

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>>198
Totoro and Spirited Away are his outstanding masterpieces.

I personally don't like his movie concerning cats much.

u r not alone lol

Hi, I am Pen.
That's my name's Pen...

I'm not a big Miyazaki fan.
I've seen a few (Nasicaa, Castle in the Sky, uhh some others) and the plot is generally average,
with far too much foreshadowing and little character depth.
The themes are cliche` and it feels like beating a dead horse frankly.
That being said, I enjoyed watching them--they just aren't masterpieces.

What's the stupidest thing you've ever done in your life?

Falling in love with my oldest childhood friend.

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y

Sounds like the sweetest thing, if it works out.
Otherwise it could make things awkward?

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>>210
i studied english

knocking down a no-parking sign when trying to park.

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>>213
It was the sweetest thing until she left me.
Her friends didn't see it coming, they were encouraging me.

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whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

today is tuesday what day is it there?

>>218
Tuesday here

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Where is everyone. How are you doing?

>>216
Sorry to hear that. It must hurt.
Make sure you do things that help you bounce back.
10 after 3pm EST on Tue.

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>>221
Oh that was years ago now. I'm over it.
Although I must admit it's still hard to look at her picture.

Thanks for the well wishes though.

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hello all

E3 is sure exciting this year.

What do you get if you take 7 from 25?

E3 started?

What's E3?

I want to develop active English vocabulary and expressions
and make good progress in English skills. Living in Japan,
it's really tough to step up to a higher level, not to mention
keep the current level. Sometimes it even feels painful to
learn by heart thousands of expressions. The new words I take in
easily go away from my head. But I do want to communicate with
people from overseas. For the most part, it's conducted online, though.
But learning another language offers a new insight into a new world
to me. It's exciting, it really is. So I've set my mind on going
along with the pain it takes to learn English.
Would you like to help me fulfill my ambitions?

E3 is Electronic Entertainment Expo
It is a convention where people that make video game consoles, TVs, and stuff like that
show off their goods.

>>228
Greetings from Amerikka

>>229
What do you mean by Amerikka?
Are you pulling my leg?

>>229
I got it. The TV news is telling me that the convention is held in America now.

Amerikka is America in English, right?

You may call it as you like.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Amerikkka

>>230
Nope, not pulling your leg. I meant it as a derisive way of saying America.

>>232
Are you a native speaker ?
I've just learned that AmeriKKa is cynical corruption of the United States of America
I think most Japanese English learners don't know that expression.
So 230 said such a thing to you.I guess.

( ﾟ ヮﾟ) MITTENS!

Do you want to exchange opinions about learning another language?

>>237
You shut your mouth.

If possible,but my English ability will prevent me from doing so.
You go first if you want to.

>>239
Why are you pissed off? Do mittens have some connotation? Is the word offensive?

Are you meant to take more than we give?

uh thats not how you say america I think amerikka in that sense was meant to be used to offend although I don't know if you know that

>>241
Sorry, inside joke from another forum.

It takes great energy and effort to learn as large vocabulary as you meet on the net
and retain it in your mind. And honestly it takes more efforts to use a new word a while
after you see it. People soon forget today's new words tommorrow morning.

Hello, people. Thank you. Bye.

Oh,you are just a passer-by,aren't you ?

PS3 is going to cost $500 US (55,578 Yen)

Dammit, I wouldn't give this system a second thought if it wasn't for Metal Gear Solid 4.('A`)

>>243
It's a sociopolitical parody. The KKK embedded in Amerikkka is a reference to an organization that most Americans would rather not admit exists.

America is forever commited to a civil war within it's own political system.

>>245
A foreign language is hard to learn, especially just from text.
I'm having the same problem. My kanji leaves much to be desired.

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>>249
I see what you mean. However great the game console is, it all depends
on game ROMs whether it will be a big hit or not. In this respect, SONY's
key to success will be whether square-enix releases FF series on PS3 or not.

>>251
Fuuuuuuuuuu is your trade mark ?
I've seen it many times since the day before yesterday.

>>251
Speaking of Kanji, however, we Japanese have a hard time to write
rarely used kanjis. From what I saw on TV yesterday, half of the people
who were asked if you could write 岐阜(gifu), or a prefecture of Japan,
correctly or not, didn't write the kanji properly.
They say they don't write kanjis in everyday life and that's why they
can't even if they can read them. Part of the reason is because
computers turn hiragana into kanji.
But this incident may be unique to Japanese people, I mean,
English words should be typed correctly even on the computer.

>>253
That's just it. He said he wanted to be recognized.

>>253
hehe...You could call it a trade mark. Owing to the format though, the proper term according to american/european BBS is signature.
Yes though, they are almost all me. One in this thread isn't.

>>254
Well, America has just become dependent on computers to correct spelling(most anyways).
The fright America is suffering right now is the slow realization that most Americans can't perform simple mathematics without a calculator.
You can litterally stump someone with "What would be correct 20% tip for a $50 meal?"

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Now another one in this thread isn't.

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>>249
depends on if you get the 20gig or 60 gig ps3
the 60 gig ps3 will cost $600 US dollars

>>257
*sighs*

I use this so that a few people I know outside of this board can identify my remarks.

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>>256
>become dependent on computers
Hmm, using "microsoft office word"?

By the way, if you give 20% tip for a $50 meal, $10 will be
added to or taken from the meal? Tips are always additional money?

Heyo

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>>260
Yes. In America, it's considered polite(and sometimes believed to be required) to give extra payment for exceptional service.
So you pay the $60. Technically you don't have to pay tip, but it's considered to be rude not to give anything in anything better than fast food.

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>>263
Are you gay?

>>263
Thanks. I get it.
If you don't bother, can you tell me what you call money that's
taken from tag price? Deduction?

>>265
Well, in general it's refered to as a rebate. But a popular term in marketing is "On Sale".
Means the same thing.

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>>266
A rebate and on sale, I see. I'll remember that. Thanks.

So PS2 will be on sale when PS3 is on the market.

At this rate it won't have to be. It's already 130 brand new. (^.^) V,,

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Yeah and I still wanna get it from you for $100
So don't sell it!!!!!!!!!!

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>It's already 130 brand new
What does it mean? 130 brand new?

>>263
I think paying tip is one of irrational social practices,
Although American people seem to be extremely rational,
Why don't you intend to abolish that system ?

The cost of the PS2 in the US is $130 dollars right now
Brand New meaning that it hasn't been opened or
used then sold to get money

>>272
what do you mean by abolish it
why should we get rid of it
Usually we tip at fancy(nice) restaurants becuase
the waiter was so kind and so we do it to show our apperciation
thats how they make their money
That's why working at a restaurant can be good sometimes

>>272
Actually, the practice is only used in restaurants. I've worked in a few.
Trust me, pay for food services is never enough. You learn to depend on tips.

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>>272
We have almost the same custom, don't we?
When you go to Ryokan, or a Japanese-traditional kind of hotel,
you might pay some money for what nakai-san(like waiters and waitress)
do for you.

tips are like a way to be nice to someone
almost like a friendly gesture for the day

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yeah you really don't get paid much as a waiter
in a reastaurant so that's where tips come in
to help you out.

I've recently picked up this expression: It's the tip of the icebarg.
There is a similar expression in Japanese. So I remembered it fairly easily.

>>276
yeah that is about right
the amount a person tips depends on the waiter or waitress
or how much money that person has
sometimes people are cheap and dont tip well

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>>279
What's the japanese expression?

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>>281
It's 氷山の一角。

>>282
what does it translate to?

>>283
Well, the tip of the icebarg, as I mentioned...

>>282
What is the hirigana for that?

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>>285
Oh, sorry. I must've taken care of it.
It's ひょうざんのいっかく（hyouzan-no-ikkaku).

so how is everyone? whats the topic for today?

>>286
Cool, good to know.

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Don't mention it. I'm happy I can be of help in return.

>>289
I take it, this is 10year again?

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>>288
How well do you understand Japanese?

>>290
It's him. I can recognise you easily, though. hehehe

/\_/\
( ^.^)

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>>292
Reading? I can read Hirigana with ease, but my kanji is soo bad right now.
I have to have Hirigana or Furigana in order to read.

Hearing? I pick up the words, but I get so little practice most of it takes a few seconds to click.
I'll have this "huh?" face for a moment and then the "ahhh 分かります。"

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>>294
I know what you mean completely.. I'm feeling the same way, especially
when listening to English.

To put it fairly, English speaking people speak English so fast
that I don't catch what they are saying. (I sometimes see subbed
dramas and movies)

If I'm not mistaken, you are trying to learn Japanese in class, aren't you?
How many kanjis have you learned so far?

>>292
I'm sorry if you are not who I think you are.
But arn't you Kylon,are you ?

>>295
*laughs* It's funny cause alot of English speakers like me think japanese speak to fast for us.

>>296
Sadly I have surpassed the only academic class available to me.
There is too small a japanese community near me, so it's a neglected culture in my area.
( '.`)

I am currently learning from the few japanese I know and as much text and video I can get my hands on.
I even watch several japanese shows. I used to watch a drama "ほんまもん". But that was 4 years ago.

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>>297
Well, no.. Who is he? Someone from another English forum or something?

>>298
>I used to watch a drama "ほんまもん".
Oh, did you? I did!
But to tell you the truth, the language and pronunciation used in
the drama were a dialect. So it must've been very hard sometimes for you to
get used to them..

It was incredibly hard. I only understood about half of what was going on.

Despite the difficulty, it was more than enjoyable. Especially the main girl.
She was really cute.

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>>299
Sorry, I got to know him in a English chat room in IRC@2ch.
He always says "he he he " like you.
He is a Canadian guy,I hear.

"hehehe" is the English equivelant to the japanese "フーフーフー"

It's a sound of mild laughter.

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>>301
She was. Ah, this may not interest you, but she's recently co-starred
a movie, where she take her clothes off and show off her figure.
If you don't like to talk about topic like this, well, sorry about that..

>>302
Don't be sorry. I used "hehehe" because I thought it's a sort of
casual way of talking and still not impolite. I may have seen it
used somewhere, and tried to use it on my own..

>>304
Hey, I have no problem with that. What was her name anyways?
I really need to work on my kanji.

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>>305
That's the spirit!(is this expression appropriate for me to use to friend?
I saw a teacher in a drama used it to her student, when she called on him to
answer her question).

Ok, her name is 池脇 千鶴(Ike-waki, Chi-zuru).
She looked skinny, but cute.

Haha..nice!
"That's the spirit!" can be used by anyone for anyone. It's a form of encouragement.
Like がんばれ!

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>>307
I see. The expression was not sutable for the occassion, I think..

Anyway, let me use this oppotunity to introduce the title of the movie
I mentioned: It's ジョゼと虎と魚たち(Joze to Tora to sakana tati)
If I roughly translate it into English, it's like "Joze, the tiger, and a school of fish"
or something.

>>308
Found it on IMDB. Looks really interesting!
Goina have to hunt that one down.

If it's as good as AD or Afterlife, I can't wait!

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>>309
Um, what's AD or Afterlife? Both of them may be dramas, though.

>>310
AD stands for アドレナリンドライブ
Afterlife is the american title for a japanese movie about souls as they move on passed Earth. Don't know the japanese title. Sorry.

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>>311
Thanks.
As for the quality of the movie(Joze), I'm not sure how good it is.
But according to the 71 reviews in amazon, it isn't bad.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002JDUW4/249-7665743-8390764
This webpage is almost all written in Japanese, but you can be sure
how Japanese people rate this movie if you like. The image of ☆☆☆☆☆
is used worldwide, isn't it?

>>312
Cool, thanks!

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>>313
This suddently came to me, but DVDs are very regional, aren't they?
I mean, American DVDs belongs to Region 1, while Japanese's to Region 2.
Can I get across to you? I'm not sure how to express this in English..
But believe me.
I tried to buy the north American version of Baffy the vampire slayer,
Series 3, because Japanese Fox Entertainment hadn't released the title,
but it turned out that American DVDs weren't usable on Japanese DVD players.

So I suggest you look into whether the title in question is usable on your DVD player.

>>314
Look for region free DVD player! They can be a little expensive but they'll make it so you can watch anything from anywhere.
I wish more japanese shows would come out in America.
Japanese DVDs are really expensive.

By the way, the term Japanese is a adjective, not a noun.
Adjectives don't recieve possessive endings.
"Japanese DVDs belong to Region 2"
It is ok though to neglect the word DVD as that has already been established.

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>>314
Some DVD players can have their region settings changed so that they can play DVDs from other
countries. Most people who do this set their player to region 0 so they can play DVDs from
anywhere.

You can usually find out if you can do it with yours by searching around videohelp.com

>>315
Oh, I see. Region free DVD player, yeah, that's it.
I forgot about it.

And thank you for correcting my bad grammar.
I need to learn more.

>>316
It's kind of you. Thanks. But I don't have a DVD player. Instead,
I play DVDs on my computer.

>>317
It's all good.

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>>315
>Japanese DVDs are really expensive.
Yeah, you are right. It's totally silly.
Can you imagine Japanese (subbed and dubbed) version of Buffy is sold
at higher price in Japan? Roughly it's three times higher than the American
version! It really is irational. It's almost equal to a rip-off!

I've noticed that many Japanese people here can write English very well.
What I wonder, though, is, can you guys speak it as well as you write it?
I'm an American high school student, and I've been learning Spanish,
but I can't really speak it well at all even though I'm pretty good at
reading it. I've been trying to learn Japanese, too, but it's been hard
since there are no classes around here that I know of.

There is something strange I've noticed, though. I know a girl
from Uruguay who just moved here a year ago that somehow speaks
English better than Spanish. In my Spanish class, we're working on
a video project in groups. We've been coming up things to say in the
script in English, and while she knows what we're talking about
in English, she doesn't know how to translate it into Spanish
frequently. Does anyone else think that's kind of strange?

>>320
Well, it's basically how the respective entertainment markets view ownership of DVDs.
At least for tv series. In the American market, it's common for everyone to have a notable collection of DVDs.
The japanese companies see TV show DVDs as high-ranking luxeries.
Thus they're more expensive.

Economics 101
Value is relative

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>>321
I have a friend whose family is french. He grew up in America so he speaks English.
He can't speak French but he can understand it. It was funny when his family had him back over.
He knew what was going on but he couldn't speak it.

Ah well. Time for me has run out.

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>>323

Well, that I can see. What's funny about this girl though is that she lived
her life in Uruguay up until she was 15, and yet speaks English pretty much perfectly...
Even better than Spanish, it seems to me.

>>321
To answer your first question, as far as I'm concerned, sadly,
no. No, I can't speak English fluently, but I hope to be, though.

In my opinion, speaking English and writing English are different
in that I don't need to respond to you very quickly. I can take
several whiles before I say what I have in mind in English either online
or in writing. But you can't wait for me to respond to you if I
go silent more than a while, can you? That's hard.

Then next, I'm afraid I'm not sure whether Uruguay is a Spanish
speaking country or not, but if it is, yeah, I think it's a bit
of strange..

I'll search for the information about Uruguay, anyway.

This link says the only language they speak is Spanish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Uruguay

Anyway, maybe they have really good English education there or something.
I thought the girl was American until she said she'd only moved
here last here. It was kind of shocking... The reason I
brought her up is that it's encouraging to know that it's possible
to learn a second language very well. I just wish I knew how she
did it though.

>>326
Perhaps her studies began long before she left Uruguay? Or perhaps
she didn't move to here from Uruguay? Maybe she's originally from
Uruguay but her family lived a number of years somewhere else?

>>327

I suppose that's possible. I'm pretty sure she was living in Uruguay
all that time though. I guess I could ask her, but I think that might
be kind of insulting.

I wouldn't want to come off as "Hey, how come you're so good at English?
I would expect you to be terrible at it."

Anyway, there are two others in my Spanish class who recently moved to the US
from Colombia. They have pretty much perfect vocab/grammar, but
they have accents, unlike the Uruguayan girl. They also share her
inability to translate certain English words/phrases into Spanish.

There may be a good chance that she went to an American or international
school in Uruguay. I have a friend who was born and raised in Mexico, but
is far away from being fluent in Spanish since he went to an American school.

He is fluent in Japanese, though.

f

Hmm.. I'm contemplating writing my 10-page essay about the phenomenon
of hikikomori.

Many pages will be needed when we write a short paper on the prettiness of angel Maki

嫌われ者は仲間です、まともなコミュニケーションはできません。
わたしは、ネットではすかれている、現実社会は全くコミニケーションができない。
でも、主査よ管理職よ、149センチよ

お待たせしました〜ぁ!!って誰も待ってないか。
行ってきましたノバさんへ。約3ヶ月ぶりでした。はらはらどきどきでした。

メイトさんは私を入れて３人でした。前に一緒になったことのある超苦手なおば様とお初のおば様。どうやらこのお二人お友達のようでした。ままこにとって苦手なおば様のお友だちはやはり苦手なおば様と同類項でした。簡単に言えば二人とも苦手でした。アンラッキーです
講師は中国人でオーストラリア生まれ。見かけは日本人でしたよ。前に受けた佐助（仮名）先生と同じ感じかな。いや、この先生の方が素敵です。名前だけ聞くと中国人じゃありません。まっいいか。

肝心のレッスンは、な、な、なんと３度目のE12で　Any plans for the upcoming ywar?のところでした。心の中でやった!!と思いました。今日は泣かずにすみました。ながいさんジュースください。←私的通信をみるとわかります。次回の予約は１週間後です。

>>332
Did you ever read NHK Yi Yosoko?

>>somewhere in the past
Tipping is a really weird system in America.
It is required by law in some places (NYC I think).

Most jobs that people get tips for their employer can then pay them less than minimum wage.
(Minimum wage is the lowest hourly rate that someone can be paid).
Because of that, those people that get tips think that they deserve them and that you are
cutting into their pay if you do not tip. I believe that if they do not get the amount of tips
that is equivalant to their pay cut their employer has to make up the difference.
Also, many of the jobs that people get tips for are unskilled labour done by young people.
As such, if you do not tip some of them are likely to screw with your food if you piss them off,
and they will be pissed at you not leaving a tip. No one wants someone spitting in their food.

Basically, tipping has resulted in a bad cycle. Tipping started, so the employer's cut their pay,
and now we cannot stop tipping, because of the pay cut. It really is stupid, but other counties
than America have the same problem or something similar.

In other counties, tipping is not required and reserved for the cases when the service is
exceptional. There are also places where leaving a tip can be seen as an insult! ("Here is some
more money, you must really need it.")

K-tan hates to admit Maki Horikita is a pretty angel because she feels strong jealou at Maki.

>>335

This is true to an extent, but it pisses me off to go to Starbucks or
a sandwich shop and see a tip jar. Their job is to make my coffee and put
it on the counter. Why does that deserve a tip?

/living in the US for reference

>>337
It is already like $3.50 for a damn cup of coffee, why would you tip more?

>>335
Oh, right. I still haven't read that one. I should, it seems fun.

>>335
I see what you mean. I suppose it's so engrained in our customs we don't question it.
Nor do we question the effects of tipping and the reliance we've developed on it.
Very interesting points!

>>337
Places like StarBucks almost feel like beggars don't they? Rattling their cups hoping to get some loose change.
When you stop and think about it, it is a little insulting from the customer's point of view.
I've just spent so much on the drink itself, why should I be required to pay any more?
Can StarBucks not afford to pay it's employees proper wages?

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>>337

I remember seeing that the starting wage at Starbucks for a part
timer is $7.50 (about 800 yen) an hour. Considering that's $1-2
over minimum wage (depending on where you live), they're pretty
well off.

/always tips his real waiters 20% and deducts if there are problems.
//local diner is very cool - all wait staff pool tips

>>336
Personally, I found the female who played Hermes cuter.
Though both of them are indeed far more cute than me :-D
It's a bit of a folly to even bother trying to compete with
cute idols/actresses such as them. It would be especially
absurd since I am not an idol/actress, so they are not any
kind of threat to me. They aren't getting roles I should have,
nor are they getting photo-deals and avertisement deals I
should have.

I might enjoy the sight of a tree or a mountain,
but I do not strive to compete with one, as only a fool would.
I am myself and do what I want to, the trees and the mountains
do as they want to, and all is well.

>>342

That is remarkably profound, and a good lesson for all of us to learn.

>>342
Mine is not a comparison between myself and them, more like a dream of myself and them.
I dream about the mountains because I wish to visit them.
I dream about the trees because I wish to see them.
I dream about cute girls because I wish to be in their presence.

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>>344
There's nothing wrong with that, I like mountains, trees and cute girls too.
It was just the artificial, unexistant competetative connection some people here
seemed to focus too much on. There's no point in trying to run a race when
you will be competing against something you never can win against as well
as that the positive rewards for your efforts are nonexistant or/and
too much not worth the effort.



>>343
I wouldn't exactly call it remarkably profound. Just that there's no point
in forcing a fake and unhealthy connection between oneself and something
that exists in ones world.

The news said that some 30 thousand people committed suicide 8 years in a row.
A large number of people choose death for some reason. Considering how many people
were dead in the horrible 9/11 terror, by the earthquake that happened 11 years ago in
Kobe, and in the iraq war, etc, 30 thousand people in a year is too large a numeber is.

The Constitution of Japan stipulates that Japan as a nation promises to help its people
lead a life as respected human beings and protects its people. Of course, you may think
it all depends on indivisual whether its people like to kill themselves or not.
If you want to kill yourself, then go ahead. That's the way it is. You're free to
do anything you like. But to me, there's no decent reason to let
them single out the choice. We should shed light on the shadow cast over people
who grudgingly and forcedly pick out death. One of the reason I think of
at the time is money. If someone who suffers from painful desease
can't be supplied with enough medical care because of lack of money,
they will start to think they might as well to kill themselves.
Someone who can't pay back huge money financed by what almost seems like
yakuza, or gang, they will start to think they can's stand intimidation and
death threats from the mad financiers.
Those people don't want to die, but at the same time they are forced to believe
they have no choice but to commit suicide.

In my view, there are a lot of things for the Japanese government to do.
They shouldn't abandon those in need of help. If they take no action, another
30 thousand people will be lost from Japan.

Hello.Everyone!
How are you?
I stadied English yesterday .and I am going to stady English tomorrow too. English is very difficult to me. But Everything in USA is interesting to me. So I cannot help stading English.

Everyone know a lot of English languages, doesn'they ? I envy you.and I respect you. That just say too much,doesn't it ? How about ?

It's getting warm these days. By the way I'm still free. May be I am going to be free all the time. See you.

Do you want to talk about Japanese idols?

Why?

>>350
Who are you hearing?

>>347
X Stady
O Study

;)

Wassup, fellas!

holla back

Wow, this thread died!

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What's playing on your PC or CD deck right now?

>>357
DJ SHARPNEL

>>356
Ha Ha now what man?

>>358
hip hop?

How many people in your country committe suicide on a yearly basis?

I hope peace negotiation will go smoothly halfway around the world.

You probably read the 346's opinion,didn't you ?
So what are you aiming at to hear such a thing ?

>>363
The world is faced with a crisis. Some countries are at war.
others are facing, minor or major, conflicts.
People are killing each other. That's a problem.
But look what's happening in conflict-free areas. Even though people
in such countries are not under death threats from outside,
they are suffering. We shouldn't neglect them.

>>364
Since it is so difficult for me to think about social problems,
clever leaders like you do tackle the issues please.

People should be judged not so much by how they look as by who they are.

>>365
It's easier to say,"that doesn't concern me" and just walk away.
But of course I can't force you in. But when you are suffering,
you will not be alone. Keep that in mind.

>>367
"When you are suffering,you will not be alone,Keep that in mind"
Don't make me laugh !
you surely devote yourself to some kind of religion.

You are alone when you die. You are alone so you decide to die.
You are alone wherever you go. You are alone however hard you struggle.
You are alone whichever alternative you choose.

Why are you living on the earth with all the agony and pain you
are suffering from? Tell me.

>>368
If you want to be taken seriously, you need to watch your language
and be nice to others.

>>370
what a cunt

Come to think of the problems with neighboring countries,
it's always tough to eliminate such a mind-set in people.

>>369
Because there is a person to love in this world
because she needs me to survive
because with her all the agony and pain I can live with anytime
because I'm not all alone

We are alone whenever I am in trouble. I can live because of her.
She's the reason I survive.

Love makes the world endurable.

I hear about 30 thousand people committe suicide in American every year
just about as the same in Japan.

No matter when you are in trouble, if there is a hope that you can
do anything to make good in the end, you won't kill yourself.
The most fearful matter is that you lose hope and think you are
nothing.

I'm living because of Yukorin!

I think Koizumi's responsible for the awful situation.
He supported a man like Horiemon as a hero.
He's nothing but a winner in gambling.

People who have LD's shares of stock will file a collective lawsuit
against Horiemon.

Horiemon was a business tycoon.

But now he is a...a what?

He's suspected of giving his subordinates the go-ahead to
do wrong and away from the right side.

I heard Horiemon still has ambition for the space business.
Doesn't he have to pay for the compensation using all his property?

If he is guilty, his property will be taken away from him.

By the way, what has become of Yoshikawa Hinano?
I thought she was seeing Horiemon.

who cares??

>>387
You are great!

Blow your own horn!

Go touch yourself.

Sometimes the snow comes down in June.

It may be May now,
if I may say so.

Sometimes the sun goes around the moon.

Early birds catch the warm

I see the passion in your eyes.

Sometime it's all a big surprise.

If you were a pretty low teenage girl, you would have the biggest chance to be much more than my girlfrind.
I am near 40 years old. I like drinking beer. I am a poor single with seeking for a job. That's all.
Is that a farvorably tempting offer for you?

Don't need too much shy, you pretty kitty.

>>396
The first thing you have to do is get a job and learn English.

>>398
Shut up! you boy have only to wank and then go to bed!!

oh gosh!

Yeah this thread has taken a detour.

>>401
As always.
So, what do you prefer, tea or coffee? Or none?

>>402
I prefer coffee. Boss coffee.
Cafe Au Lait FOR TEH WIN!

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>>402

I'm not >>401, but I generally prefer tea to coffee. The are only two
times that I drink coffee: at work, when I need a quick jolt and it's free,
and at a cafe when I'm having something really sweet and need to offset
it. Otherwise, it's tea.

My favourites are black tea with vanilla (and coconut if I'm lucky),
earl grey, and green tea with cherry or toasted rice.

Indian style chai with a bit of milk is also very good, both hot and
over ice.

Chai Latte rules. So does Maccha Latte.

Mmmm, latte.

There's an Italian bakery/cafe near where I work that has a deal
on Monday nights where you can have all the coffee (and coffee-style
drinks like Chai, cappuccino, etc.) and desserts you can eat for
$12 (about 1350 yen). I'm not sure how well I could handle that
(there's a limit to how many sweets I can tolerate at a time), but

I did some math and getting two lattes and a slice of cake would
be more expensive on their own than under the special. I guess
I need to find a girlfriend to take one night.

Cool. Vietnamies Coffee(French roast with condensed milk)does a good job, too.
I can't usually find great desserts to go with(at a restaurant), though.

>>403
You actually wrote something before going to work.

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!

>>408
Of course!

>>406
I live off of sweets. I swear, I can crush a whole pack of haichus in like 3 minutes.
One by one!

mmm....Haichu

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What has become of the crazy magician who got in a sort of big spherical body?
He broke the world record before being resqued by a few divers. didn't he?
Did he get into shape?

Horrible murder again. Someone was found beheaded somewhere...

Hey everyone look who's back.
Our friend Fuuuuuuuu.

>>411
God damn why the fuck would anyone wanna do dat?
Shit sounds gross. I feel bad for the family.

Is there a series of murders happening

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what?whats happening?

I don't think it's good to talk about it.
Especially when this place is about tea and crumpets.
Aint dat right Brit.

>>414
You can see at least a new murder case being reported a day.

Why not talk about blasting in a bitch's mouth.
That's one way to enjoy taste. HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
jk guys

>>417
But are all of them related. I mean we have reports
like dat here in america. But crime is always present no
matter where your from.

I'm scared of heights.

You are a coward!

>>421
No, he's only a coward if he lets his fears control him.
It's normal to be afraid of something, but you should have to courage to stand up to your fears when you need to.

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what the fuck are you babbling about?

>>423
You couldn't be any more annoying than a packed train.

>>424
Ouch man that really hurts.Especially
since I know where it's coming from.
Today, you sir have made me a sad person.
: ( lol

>>425
No, it couldn't have hurt you even a bit. You have the iron heart.
I know it.

Even after 7 or 8 hours of sleep I still feel sleepy.

Will you open the drape all the way?

What if I take a nap? Do you think one more hour of sleep will get rid of
my dullness?

>>426
Don't pretend you're sorry. I know you are not.
You know you got the power to make me weak inside.

>>430 is weak inside.

>>431 has the power to make me so, though.

I can't imagine life with your love.
Even forever don't seem like long enough.

>>432 has the power to put me on a guilt trip.

>>434 has the power to set me free from this crazy world.

What's it all about?

BOOOOOOORRRRRRINNNNNGGGGGGGGGG

WHERE IS THE BRIT?

Which Brit? I don't even know of one.

From what I saw on TV, some groups of German girls, with a little
sleight of hand, swiped money from Japanese guys. The Japanese
government ambasador told travelers to take extra caution not to
let them be a victim of such theft.

I'll take a shower before going out today. So, Bye!

>>440

LOL. Why would someone want to visit Germany, anyway, though?

uhh, I do...

>>442World Cup...you know?

>>444

No, actually.

>444
Is that like the Stanley Cup?

>>442
Germany's a great place to visit. The countryside is beautiful,
the cities are full of history and art, the people are friendly, and the
beer is excellent.

>>446
Stanley Cup = Hockey
World Cup = Soccer

>>447
I wouldn't know about the beer, but the rest is indeed very true. But then again,
I'm biased :-D

>>448
I love Germany (and Austria even more). I haven't been in about two years,
I really need to save up some money and take a vacation.

I do not like getting injured and bleeding a lot, I do not like it at all
;_; Meh..

>>449
Ah, I've never been to Austria, unfortunately.
I was in Germany from the 28th-30th April, but I didn't really
spend any time doing anything specific for that country. I spent
time with my boyfriend, we saw a Ice Age 2 in English at the cinema,
hung out at his place, hung out some more, watched a DVD, and that
was pretty much it. Though I did get to be shown around Munich last
summer, that was rather nice, though I didn't see that many places.
I was quite amused at the differently decorated lion statues scattered
all over the city, especially since I had seen the same thing in
Winnipeg, only with polar bears, just a few weeks before that.
hmmmm.. I ramble too much, I probably should go sleep. I'm tired and
injured.
sorry for the semi-incoherent babblings.

I saw a cat push the vase off the table. It dropped and shatterte into
fragments.

When you catch a packed train and you just have one foot inside,
you are often pushed by many people and pressed against the window.

Isn't it beautiful when wave is breaking against a rock in the ocean?

>>452 Ok, thank you.

I finally found a true angel. Aoi Miyazaki is the only angel in this world.

Please hear me out.
The other day, I tried to get into what seemed like a store, but
however hard I gave the door pushes, it wouldn't budge. So I gave
a kick against it. No, it didn't open. Oh, no, the store was closed.

Hideki Matui broke his left wrist. It's reported that he won't be back
for months, which means he can't play baseball for the most part of this season.

I can't tell which is which, Aoi and Maki. Do they look alike?

The US needs a revolution and fast.
What do you guys think?

Revolution for what?

Maki chan will lead the revolution.

I feel dull, can you give my soulder a massage?

>>460
Well in America we refer to it as spring cleaning.
Basically getting old shit out of the house.
Revolution against stupidity!!!!!!!!!!!!

This potent drug may cause side-effects.
We've met only once.
I don't think we've met.
What do you think of our island, Captain?

The house? You mean the white house?

>>465
I think he meant metaphorically.

>>466
Haa? I can't make out what he was getting at.

>>467
You know exactly what I'm talking about!!! LOL
No cowards in this thread. SPEAK YOUR MIND AND
ENJOY FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!! KAMPAI!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know about Neko Hiroshi? He's really very crazy, isn't he?

>>468
Not really... Are you going mad?

>>467
Well, there's an English phrase "Spring Cleaning". It refers to europe's past.
In spring, people would rummage through their homes and collect all the useless junk they had amassed by then and sell them/ throw them away.
It was a way of getting rid of the useless clutter.

If meant metaphorically, which I would imagine it is, that is what it means.
To get rid of the useless clutter.

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>>471
I see. What's it got to do with revolution, anyway?

FUCK DAT SHIT WE NEED TO CLEAN HOUSE NOW!!!!!!!!
THE HOUSE "IS" DIRTY AND FILLED WIT ROTTEN SHIT
I AGREE WIT DA GUY! Viv La Revolucion!!!!!!!!

AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a say about your recommendation.
As the famous phrase in English vocabulary book sold in Japan put it,
"the revolution in itself bore no fruit, after all".
So your revolution may end up in failure. How can you make sure
that the government will be turned over?

>>474
How will he know if he doesn't try?
If he believes then he can achieve anything.
Right?

>>475
He wants to threaten America with another terror attack?
That's what he calls revolution?

Terror attack uuhhhh no that doesn't solve anything

Yeah terrorism is a big waste of time.
The message gets lost to the point where
it has no meaning.

>>476
Technically, that's what the minute men did to the British.
One could say America was created by terrorists.

Interesting note: The American Constitution claims it is every Americans right to defy the government.
To go further it is actually a god given right, for Americans to over throw their government if it is deemed out of control.

Sadly, it's not the government that needs reform, but the society it governs.

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>>477
He stuck me as a terrorist. He may try doing anything horrible
to turn over America, don't you think? He is dangerous.

Honestly, I can't say I notice the difference.
In my area, even without the terrorists you have gangs and crooks.
Even the druggies can be pretty dangerous. You either fear it all or you learn to fear nothing.

Besides, any attack against America is pointless as it is neigh invulnerable.
You can kill a person, easy. A country as powerful and reckless as America though....
Only an act of nature can threaten America.

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The minute men? Who are you reffering to?

>One could say America was created by terrorists.
You mean settelers in the past pushed native Americans out of the continent?

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! Not terrorism.
Jus reform cuz america sucks right now.
I mean the censorship here is fuckin crazy
stupid. And, yeah society kinda does need reform.

I suspect America will wage war againt Iran, though.

Really? What makes you say that?

>>482
The Minute Men were the revolutionaries. Named so cause they could be readied for combat in under a minute.
Their tactics were far from honorable. Unfortunately it worked, which taught us that's the right approach.

>>483
Yes, society. Not government. But social reform is difficult on a large scale.
Your best bet is to create communities with the ideals of an improved society and hope that the society spreads.

A lot could be done with simply improving the educational system.
It would also be nice for people in America to stop relying on the laws to protect the stupid.
If you screw up, accept your fault and learn from it.

I wish America was like this still. A reason I'm often ashamed to admit I'm American.

Fault by association.

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The country is clearly against America, isn't it?
They want to have nuclear weapon to fight America.
The president of Iran stated he would continue to develop the
weapon of mass destruction. I don't know why, but he seemes to
loath America.

Yes, sadly the educational system is piss poor.
I believe children deserve a good education.

It's the little guy trying to prove himself to the world.
When the little dog wants to make a quick name for himself, he challenges the biggest dog in the pack.
This is more dangerous to the little dog, as the little dog may eventually push the big dog too far.

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Do you think the patriot act should be eliminated soon or it must be kept as long as
American people feel threatened by terrorists such as Al Quida?

america should get rid of it.

Why?

Do you know what it does or why it exists?

>>493
To evesdrop on people or bug muslim immigrants who may have connection with
terrorists, right?

>>494
By saying muslim immigrants isn't that being a lil racist.
I mean seriously does that mean everyone who is muslim is
automatically classified as a terrorist? Fuck No. Anyone
can become one. It's stupid but tru. Terrorism doesn't refer
to jus one religion or "group". If you think about it drug dealers
are terrorists cuz they poison people wit drugs that can cause death
but drug dealers come in many forms right? Right.

In Japan, heated discussion is being conducted about whether Japan
should pass a bill that whould crack down on people who plan terror
or something like that.

The biggest problem here is that the definition in the first draft
the government created was so equivocal and ambiguous that the police
would apply the law to the innocent.

I think it would be bad if Iran got ahold of nuclear weapons since their
government is made up of religious fanatics. I think that they are one of the
most dangerous kinds of people, since they don't think very rationally.

>>495
Don't bully me. I didn't say all the muslims who move to America
are terrorists. And I just answered your question.
What do you think is the reason why the Act have been effective, then?

>>496
That's what Americans are afriad of right now, the government gaining a power and then abusing it.

It's sad that Americans feel they have to give so much power to the law.
No one feels capable of being responsible and dealing with their problems.
Instead, they blame someone, and ask the government to do something.
That is what we call justice in America.

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>>497
most dangerous kinds of people, since they don't think
very rationally.

That's not tru. It's the way people are brought up to be.
If you think about it there are "mean" people all over the woorld
It is what it is. But you CANNOT classify one race or group of
people as being dangerous. It's not possible.

>>498
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS UNITE!

>That's not tru. It's the way people are brought up to be.
>If you think about it there are "mean" people all over the woorld
>It is what it is. But you CANNOT classify one race or group of
>people as being dangerous. It's not possible.

You can certainly classify religious fanatics as being dangerous.
They're much more likely to use suicidial methods in war because
they believe their god will reward them for it after death.

>>501
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!! I like the way
you think my friend.

>>502

*suicidal

>>499
The same goes for Japan.
Some politicians are pressing their opinions on political opponents.
That could involve the amendment to the Constitution of Japan, where
I think there are lots of problems such as, if the article 9 was
badly revised on their whim, they will abuse the newly granted power.
And one of the horrible things I've come up with is, all those
decisions will be made behind Japanese citizens' back.

>>502
And by them thinking that is called a fucked up
and unreasonable logic because it still doesn't
solve present issues. Ahh the way life and religion
tie so closely together makes a person wonder.

>>503
Avada Kedavra!!

>>504
Stupify!!

>>506

I agree. It is very bad logic... But, with all these Muslim doing
suicide bombings, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to actually
nuke some country even though they would be destroyed by the counter
strike.

>>507
Your fucking stupid get out of here lol

>>509

*Muslims

>>509
And thus the futility of war is shown. Thermal Nuclear War has no victor. Only loosers.

What was said?...
"The only true winner of nuclear war is war itself."

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>>509
AHHHHHH *sigh* and islam is such a fine religion
Should read up on it sumtime. It's very interesting

>>510
Acio, Japanese dictionary!

"The only winning move is not to play"

-Joshua, the computer from "Wargames"

I don't want to be against any religeons but Muslim is
one of the most violent ones, don't you think?
Well there have been some Christian conflicts but the
muslim violence is in such a huge scale.

>>512
FUCK DAT NOISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AM THE WINNER AH HA HA HA HA HA HA AH!!!!!!!!!

We need a hobbit who can carry the lord of the ring to eliminate
nuclear weapon from the world.

>>515
Good man! That's not the line I was thinking of, but you got a good substitute.

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>>516
Actually, the Christians have commited more crimes in 2000 years than any other cutlure has.
The Muslims are actually moving kinda slow. Just read up on the crimes commited by the spanish Catholics.
There are areas of South America where the Spanish completed genocide of the indigenous peoples.

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The president annouced a concrete plan to carry out welfare reform,
but his policy will no doubt lead to dismal consequence.

Nukes are like STD's. Never Good.

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The American armed forces requested that Japan pay for $ 3 trillion
to remove its basement in Okinawa somewhere. How much money is $ 3 trillion?
How do they expect Japan to cover the cost?

>>516
Actually it teaches about embracing each other
as brothers and of peace dude jus like all the
other religions do. It is a very spiritual
religion in my opinion. Those who say in the name
of Islam before commiting an evil act taint the
religion and give it a bad stereotype.
Thus the reason why people classify it as being violent.

The president should talk out of his ass because words that come
from his mouth are just shit.

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>>523
1 trillion = 1,000,000,000,000

>>523
Japan should jus say "Fuck you america, go stick it up
your ass." Seriously $3 trillion. They are only asking
for dat cuz they are in a financial deficit thanks to good ol
George Dubya who snorts coke up his nose on his spare time.

I hear that the poll showed the popularity rate of Bush had declined
to 30% at the time. According to the Japanese media, it's because his
policy against iraq. Do you think American people opened Pandora's box
3 years ago? They have been fighting war that could never end once started?

It was 3 trillion yen, or $27 billion, not $3 trillion.

>>528

I don't think so. The troops just need to be removed.

>>529
That's still a lot of money.
But then again I don't have a job.
So what do I know right. lol

>>528
America opened Pandora's Box on 9/11. Bush waged a war against a concept.
Not against Terrorists, but terrorism. How do you fight terrorism? It's an abstract concept.
It doesn't exist except in people's minds. That was the act of opening the box.

I wonder if there will be hope at the bottom of Bush's box.

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I guess American people remember Vietnam war.

People in America like or hate Bush. People that love him
are faggots, but no homosexual because Bush hates homosexuals.
Everyone else just hates him. (The majority of Republicans are
closet fags).

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>>533

What about women that like him, though? Like Anne Coulter.

>>533
Bush himself is a fuckin flammer so he should
hate himself and get the fuck out.

>>533
It's worth noting that the Americas who like Bush like him because he's the current icon of the republican party.
They don't necessarily like him as an individual, but they side with him because of what group he represents.

This makes you wonder why do we take sides? Why do we need to define sides?
Divide everyone into friend or enemy.

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>>531
And Prime minister Koizumi was the first to proclaim he supported Bush.
He's set his mind to go down, though there is still much to be done
he gave rise to. I think Koizumi wouldn't have even noticed he helped
open the box..

I think it's sad that enlightened states like California and the
north-east have to put up with Bush because a bunch of hick states wanted
him in.

Sorry to cut it, but I thought "Fuuuuuuu" and "Enjoy the taste"
was the same person. You are not?

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California is not an enlightend state lol
>>539
no they are not

>>539
Nope, "Enjoy the Taste" is not me. Sorry.

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Any state that votes against Bush is enlightened.

２ｃｈの情報だけで社会を理解したつもりになる典型的なニート

Adios amigos until the next riot
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

>>538
Because of the way of taking votes, isn't it?
As is often the case with a big continent like China,
states facing the ocean are educationally awake, I guess.

>>545

What riot?

>>541-542
It's ok. I thought wrong.

>>539
I am different then Fuu. But by there post, i can tell Fuu's a
cool guy

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>>545
I think the riot he is talking about is the whole Bush topic.

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What if Senator Clinton run for the president 2008?

>>546

Yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_state_vs._blue_state_divide

>>551

I don't think she can win. I hope the Democratic runs a more moderate
candidate next election. I would prefer a left-wing president, but
sadly I don't think the American public could accept one. A moderate
democrat would be better than another idiot from the Religious Right.

*Democratic Party

Sadly, it is time for me to vanish.

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>>552
Hmm, I thought NY was a democratic state, but it seems I was wrong.

>>555
Come again.

>>556

It is. The blue ones are democratic.

>>558
Thanks for putting me right.

Does anyone know what "テキサク" means? I looked it up in a dictionary
and it said that it meant "suitable crop", but it's an option on
the setup screen for an old video game called "Game Boy Wars", so
that doesn't make much sense.

>>560
I guess "the best tactic" in the context you provide is suitable for
the occation.

Say thank you for the people who answered your question!

Thank you for answering my question. I tried it out, and it seems to
be equivalent to "shroud" or "fog of war", strangely.

>>562
You don't have to thank anyone if they don't anwer your question seriously.

I've taken a nap for about an hour. I feel a bit refreshed.

>>482
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen_%28militia%29

>>566
Hmm, so menutemen are millitarilly trained and ready for battles.
By the way, the term is informal or polite?

I haven't wanked for 2 weeks now. It's very hard for you to do that. lol

How do you feel about Aoi Miyazaki?

she is beautiful.

>>570
Do you like her?

Aoi can never surpass angel Maki inside my heart. but I think Miyazaki Aoi is very beautiful.

Aoi is a super angel, while Maki is a dark angel.

It's hard for me to say that Aoi does not have wings on her back. on the other hand my Maki chan has 2 holy brilliant wings. those are proof that she is an angel.
Aoi is a very beautiful actress.

Speaking of Red states vs Blue..: idrewthis.org <-- political cartoons.

I don't see why you get carried away easily when it comes to the talks
about who's a real angel. The answer was easy to answer. Aoi has broken
through the conventional rule of how angels behave. A bunch of
people are starting to think she's right for themselves, top among
them, those who used to regard Maki as an angel. By that I mean,
Aoi has already taken the place of Maki, who is now considered
a lame duck in a sense.

my Maki chan is the most shinning girl among 3 famous girls.

>>577
What are you talking about? The three?

>>578
Angel Maki Horikita, Masami Nagasawa, and Aya Ueto

>>577
Did you read me? You've been left behind. Maki is history.
Nobody now takes care of what'll happen to her. Aoi is hot now.
What intrigues most is how outdated people become if they don't
know what's going on outside.

Why Aoi is too hot here?

>>579
I'll tell you one big point here.
Maki could not be more popular than the other two girls.
Aya Ueto, Masami Nagasawa, and Aoi Miyazaki are the Japan's
most beautiful girls today.

>>581
She's really cute.

What makes you too incredibly stubborn to admit that Maki Horikita is the most beautiful angel?

>>579
I'm not buying it.
You are so forgetful that you can't remember we have a really beautiful angel.
Yukorin is the one and only angel we've ever had. No other girls' fart
can smell of vanilla icecream.

>>584
You must see an eye doctor.

Yukorin pretends innocence to hide her gang past and worst records

>>586
Why? why I need to go to the eye doctor?

>>588
You need to go see an eye doctor because your eye are fogged.

>>587
I don't think so.

Maki and I must go to the Shangrila. there are lots of stubborn pr\eople here.

>>591
I'm happy to hear you say so. You can go anywhere you like.
Hope you'll never be back. We'll spread out the truth that
Aoi could eliminate Maki and her fans.

Maki chan is an angel. on the other hand Aoi isn't an angel.
it makes considerable difference.

Yukorin's poplurarity depends on how oddly and pecuriorly she speaks.

>>593
Yeah, you're right. Maki has wings, and she can take you to the moon.
Why are you grounded on the earth like this? Why don't you ask her
to get you somewhere?

Aoi fans feel great envy at my angel Maki.

>>596
What are you telling me?

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If there is someone who want to talk with me, then say yes in a minute.

shine bakadomo

yes

Sorry,I was trying to chatte with you but I'll give up.

Give up? Why?

According to the newspaper today, the chairman of the Congress
annouced that if prime minister Koizumi wouldn't visit the Sasukuni
shrine he could make a speach in the American congress. The chairman
stated privately that he had a concern that American people who have
pearl harbor attack in memory would feel affronted if the minister
visited the shrine.

Someone broke the world record of 100 meter sprint and set a new record.

Most Americans don't even know what Yasukuni Jinja is much would get offended by
Koizumi's visits.

２ｃｈの情報だけで社会を理解したつもりになる典型的なニート

２ｃｈのIDやら自治やらくだらないことに必死になる社会の外れ者、能無しニート

現実逃避の仮想の世界に幻覚を見てそれが事実だと錯覚してしまう精神異常なニート

please translate TDN(TADANO)'s lines
in english.

by the way,american people should care about japanese feelings toward
atomic bombs too.very senseless and rude comments.

the chairman of the Congress .
is he democrat?
typical anti-japanese democrat?

remember hirhoshima! remember nagasaki!
remember the indiscriminate air raid　and massacre in tokyo!

we start to argue who was wrong and who was right.it becomes
endless. we should put an end.
the chairman of the Congress should pay homeage to yasukuni shrine.

how borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring you all are, talking about politics.
not that you can do anything about it, puny humans. so why bother?

>>611
so,please speak about TDN.
translate his speaking parts in english.

>>612
where are his lines??

>>613
　「四つん這いになれ」　　
「なれば免許を返していただけるんですね」
「汚い穴だなぁ」
「アッー、アッー、イク！」
「しゃぶれだぁ？このやろう！てめえもしゃぶれよ！」

anybodyy~

Yes? Are you still there?

hmm.. does anyone know of any blogs written about japanese elements
from an inside view? As in written by people who actually know what
they're talking about, and not just random wotaku fanblog.
Topicwise, I'm interested in pretty much anything, especially
if it's about culture or customs. Google only works so far.
Personal recommendations usually are rather handy.

I will naturally conduct research with other sources than just the blogs,
but I think newspapers and blogs could definitely contribute with
significant information in addition to books.

so tired -___-;; i need to go sleep, it's almsot 4 am. meh.

Err.. I forgot to mention in the previous post..
The text sort of needs to be in English, as I unfortunately
do not speak Japanese =(

are you there?=-)

I am a NEET.lol

So I came back. What time is it
in Japan right now?

check above your low-leveled post you wrote, asshole!

>>610
Interesting: For a polititian to actually put spirituality before politics.
That would actually be much more admirable. Too much now does the world view internation politics as the most important facet of life.
I think our leaders need to start thinking inwardly.
Thinking of themselves and their people. To worry more about your country and your people instead of the rest of the world.
The shrine stands as a symbol of Japan and it's culture.

Koizumi should consider it a higher priority.

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What's going on?

>>624は２ｃｈと結婚すれば

荒れないサイト、フォーラム、ソーシャルネットワーキングさいと
いっぱいあるじゃん。
本名なりある程度パーソナルデータ記してリアルに近い人との
コミュニケーションができればの話だがｗ

>>622
You fucking douchey retard. I asked what time it
was in Japan because I am in the fuckin US. Go suck
off the nob end of a horse.

>>625
What do you mean?

I WANNA SMOKE POT

>>628
Your fuckin lame get out of here

My cock is erecting!!!

>>617
Could you be more specific? Culture? Lifestyles? Experiences?
There are a few JETs that have kept blogs that I liked enough
to bookmark at some point, but the only one that comes to mind
is Azrael from outpost nine.

http://www.outpostnine.com/editorials/teacher.html

>>631
Culture, Lifestyles, Experiences, the whole shebang!

I have seen Outpost nine, however, I managed to forget that JETs
is a potential good source of information. Thanks for
reminding me of that :D I'm going to write a ten page essay,
and the topic I picked (we were allowed to choose topics freely)
was the phenomena of hikikomori. Now, a few isolated random events do
not have significantly anything in common. However a more and more
occuring phenomenon very rarely is random, but actually is influenced
by the environment.

It may seem like a wild goose chase, but I naturally wouldn't waste
a not rational and proportional amount of time and writing space at
things that are less relevant. I'm trying to have a more holistic approach
for explaining the phenomena in my essay. Hm.. I can post my essay here
or where ever, if people want to see it.

The structure will be roughly like this:
- explenation of what hikikomori is and mention
as well as briefly explain related phenomena
(such as NEET and parasite singles/couples etc)
- what the background is (cultural and individual context, psychology, environment etc)
- the different things that are done about it as well as how well they seem to work
- conclusion regarding the situation (of course)

Hello, k-tan. Who are you, please?

I want to speak English as well as K-tan.
Honestly speaking,I've learned a lot of English words from his postings
for example,he's just taught me the word "shebang" today.

>>636
?
?
?
are you great?

Are you Mr Hello-work?

No,I'm a Mr good bye-work.

>>637
>>638
What the hell are you people talking about?

Mr Hello-work is palying tennis, isn't he?

>>639
of course that makes no sense at all.

>>634
Oh, nobody in particular. Just a random Swede (of the non-vegetable kind).
I used to post here more frequently, but that was somewhere around
20-15 parts ago.

>>635
Umm.. My English isn't all that great. Especially not
my shoddy grammar and spelling. Though I've been told
that my abilty to convey a message is at least on a
near-native if not native level, so at least that bit
is okay. Frequently talking and chatting with people
whose English is better than one's own is rather
helpful though. My boyfriend isn't a native English
person, but his English is nevertheless far better
than mine (we communicate mainly in English), so
that's quite handy.
(I've gotten to study english from 4th grade to the
11th one in school, by the way. So it really would
have been a bad thing had my English been worse than
what it is)

>>642
X abilty
O ability

I'm sleepy, I didn't notice that typo -____-;;

I wish I could speak Japanese as well as the VIPpers do,
but I guess that's just a pipe dream.

Don't say such a ting.you can do it if you wish for it intensely.

oh,say can you see ,by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming ?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ,
O say ,does that Star-spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ?

Good morning, everyone. it's clearly fine outside! But my angel Maki chan's smile is more beautiful than this fine weather.

You are lucky guy.
For me, having a girlfriend is a pipe dream,it seems.

what do you get when you have a baby that is white and black?

a biggot that hates himself

What the hell is going on in this room?
It's not exciting. You guys are fucking
booooorrrriinng!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey what happens when a black guy has sex with a japanese chick

its considered rape

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If you have the free time, check this site.
ttp://homepage2.nifty.com/152cm/
I recommend this.

fuck no

WHY THE FUCK DOES NOBODY TALK
do you guys lead that much of a boring life?

I'm sleepy..

What are you going for lunch?
I have't yet.

>>657
have a cup of coffee

MATCHAN,MATCHAN,I'LL BE...

I feel like throwing up.

>>656
I'm vandalizing Wikipedia, no time to chat, sorry!

>>660
What's wrong?

>>660
Hope you're ok, man.

To Japs who are despising Chinese people,
We possess ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads aimed at the Emperor's
palace, and our armed forces overpower the meager Japland!!
You fucking Japs will perish by our single strike, and the Jap language
will be spoken only in the hell!!

You don't have to attack Japan. Japanese will die out soon because
of a absolutely huge earthquake. So take it easy.

自己平时，反复符的时候的暂停的长度不完整感到为难。

是�至Q地基本的事,不過，儘管是英語·日語默讀的時候在頭中一邊遣出去聲音一
邊讀那個一起一邊流(放)一邊讀哪一個正確嗎？
是前者時候間懸掛是後者進入著頭不安

What seems to be the problem?

This seems to have become a troubled thread these past few days.

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>>>666-667
Hey, English is the standard language in this thread!!

Do you think you can justify spanking/punching/hitting with a baseball bat is a way of education?
Looking back in the 1980's, 2 students were killed/dead and another 2 went missing in a school
where urchins and riff-raffs-I don't know how to express this in English-ended up being threwn
in by their parents. The principle of the school had been under arrest and kept behind the bar
for several years, before he officially got out and spoke to a TV audience like this:
all he did was a good way of educating bad teenagers. Look what's happening now.
People easily get mad and hurt other people. In worse cases, they get out of control
and kill others. They need mental training, and spankings can give them lessons.

What do you think about the controversial issue? Do you agree or disagree with the mental
training?

I think troublesome students should be given 40 lashes for each offense.

roughly speaking,there seems to be two types of training
which dog trainers tame thier dogs.
the carrot and the stick.in other words praise or scold.

I wish Ayaya hit me with a whip every day.
It would be so wonderful.

oh, are you a masochist ?

>>671

Physical punishment can be useful, but it's easy for it to cross
the line into abuse. It's even easier when the person giving the
punishment is taking out their other frustrations on the receiver.

>>671
American society has really been hurt by the elimination of discinplinary actions available to teachers.
Teachers can't even yell at students now. Parents are afraid to say or do anything to the children.
Well this is starting to bare it's effects. The newest generation is uncontrollable and completely self-centered.
The average 4 year old in American schools have learned to talk back to their parents and teachers.
Alot of people are panicing because they don't know how to handle the problem.

And the previous generation of parents just laugh at them and say "slap them!".
Seriously, it worked for every previous generation, it'll work for those yet to come.
Punishment is a great form of discipline, just make sure it's punishment and not abuse.
The difference is that punishment is when you have earned it, abuse is when you haven't.
It's also important to reward desirable behavior(as 673 suggested) to gain a balance of pain and pleasure.

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>>677

"The newest generation is uncontrollable and completely self-centered. "

So I guess that means you'll have lots of potential presidential candidates
in years to come.

Anyway, I do agree that a bit of physical punishment doesn't hurt (figuratively
speaking). However, particularly when you consider how stressful teaching
kids can be, allowing physical punishment can easily lead to excessive abuse.

Same phenomenon is spreading all over Japan.
School children are hanging around freely during class and
we call it "がっきゅう　ほうかい”.

>>677

Indeed. I want to go into teaching, but the fact that teachers
can't tell off their students (and parents blame the teacher for
their kids' inadequacies) and the other bs involved makes me want
to teach community college/night classes instead of any prestigious
form of education ie high school/university.

Out of curiosity (and total off-topicness), where are the rest of
the gaijin here located? I'm in Baltimore, US

Southern Finland here.

Being the son of a teacher, I know I
never want to be one myself, heh.

>>681

I actually like writing and giving presentations...it's the
bureaucracy that sucks so much. It's a lot of fun to turn people
on to new things.

Teachers should beat school children who act out.
If they are being a pain in the ass then whip their
ass. In south america nuns at church schools beat kids
who misbehave and they don't act up lol.

>>680
Washington DC, USA here. My mom is a dance teacher, but because she's an independant teacher she actually disciplines her students.
d( ^.^)b
She threatens to kick kids out if they misbehave....that alone works wonders!

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A lot of children don't understand or don't notice they lie on where they cannt best act,
in japan.

>>683
In Jaoan,If teachers actually do that,some parents would criticize them
and the education committee will fire them,I guess.

Did I say something wrong to you ?
Why are you guys quiet suddenly ?
I'm a English learner,so I can't tell you exactly whay I want to say.
If I was rude enough to say something wrong to you ,I apologize to you.

>>687

It just gets quiet sometimes. You weren't rude at all.

>>686
Well, my mother can only do that because she is independant. Works a little like college.
The education granted by the course is seen as a privelage, not a right, so the instructor is permitted to strip the student of the privelage.

It's the only power she has left. The laws won't allow her to raise her voice or slap the students.
She needs some way to control them, and that method works.

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Blah, it's raining out...and really foggy too. Hopefully this will
pass before I have to go home today.

>>680
Malmö, Sweden

>>690
It seems as if it's going to start to rain here soon too -__-
Ah well..

>>680
Norfolk, Virginia

>>681
I heard that the finnish education system have been really fine and successful.
The worldwide reading was conducted and finnish children ranked at the top of the list.
I happened to have a look at an advertisement in the newspaper that said, "After
stopping rating children they reached the highest educational level in the world".
I don't know exactly what it's like, but I learned that people call it the Finland method.

Do you know what distinguishes the method of your nation from
that of other countries?

I'm curious, too. But the peson seems to be gone already..

typo: person

>>694
Hmmm....interesting. I'm not sure of the answer to that.
I'll have to research into it and your answer for the USA.

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ahhh what else is on. I mean there's gotta
be sumthin more interesting than school and
kids who misbehave.

I know. How about everyone say where they are from?
That way we can see how big this community really is
and how far it reaches. Here I'll go first.

Maryland, USA

>>699
Read the back log, most of us already did that. But nice to know I've got so many locals on here.( ^.^)b

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why the fuck are there so many goddamn yanks in
this fuckin thread. I mean I thought this was a
Japanese thread. did u fuckers find out about this
place after watching densha. If so your a fuckin
loser cuz dat shit happened a looooooonnnnnngggggg
time ago.

what do you guys do for a living?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=q1gczVUBjec&search=borat

See if you can understand. Enjoy and try not to take
it too seriously. LMAO!!!!!!! Chenquwi.

am I the only one here? who the hell are these other people?

>>702
Computer Sales

I don't know but it is starting to slow down fast.
I do wonder where everyone is though.

>>705
Where do you work?

If you were a low teenager whose looks are quite high and plus a virgin, you would be the biggest chance to be my girlfriend!

>>707
Best Buy

>>708
Who are you talking to?

>>710
For all here

>>707
Best Buy????
of that yellow shop sign?
now I'm not very sure though

>>711
"For all here"? You mean anyone on this thread? I'd assume that at least most people on this thread are guys.
And no woman in her right mind would accept that offer.
I doubt teenage girls would be that dumb either.

No offense, but there's nothing in it for them.
That's also assuming they could trust you.

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ha ha fuck dat noise

ok so how many people are on this thread

man this place is a sausage fest

LMFAO yes

can people in japan watch tv shows that are from america?

hey do women like small penis. i have a girl and she wants
to see my penis. i think it is small and i am shy.

∧＿∧
(´･ω･) Let's have some coffee and chat.
( つ旦O　 ∫　∫　∫　∫　∫　∫　∫
と＿)＿)　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦　旦

>>720
ha ha copy/paste

I like.
You like?

What's going on? I am a boy!my cock is large! I wanna be a diplomat!

>>723
what do you mean be diplomat. what do you stand for

>>724
A diplomat who is in charge of international affairs and negotions with foreign countries!
You should consult your dictionary!

>>723
Your a fuckin douche bag that needs
to be shot and hanged. Fuckin retard!

>>726
Shut up! Suck my cock before speakin' ill of me!

>>727
How bout dis bitch. You go home to mommy
and ask if you can suck on HER cock ok.
Get the fuck out you stupid loser.

When I was 14, I confessed my love towards my farvorite girl.

>>728
Suck my cock!

>>708
I suggest you go searching for more suitable threads.
I guess 2ch has the board where people who want to meet in person
gather around. Or how about looking for a penpal if you like to
write English speaking people?
I hope you stay on the right side of the law, should you have any
teenage girl to talk with, though. There have been lots of very appaling news that grown-up males
do harm to girls. I'm fed up with it. Don't bring any more shame on us, please.

>>713
Hi. What has become of the DVD? Did you get the one?

>>730
wow this guy really likes penis
ha ha ha ha ha sounds like a little boy.

You can not find out whether my penis is Houkei or Zurumuke.

>>731
DVD? I'm sorry, I must have forgotten something.
What DVD are you refering to?

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>>732
Suck my cock asap!

>>735
Ha Ha hey your right >>732
>>735 loves the cock since he keeps talking about it

why are people angry for cock

>>734
Well, the one 池脇千鶴 co-starred.

dont know why they are even talking about that stuff in the first place?
is that the only word they know?

>>738
.......*blank stare*
OH! Shit!
I totally forgot about those. I wrote them down, but owing to work, I haven't thought to check for them!
DAMN! Thank you for reminding me!

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>>738
Sorry. Life's been a bit hectic for me these past few days.
I had totally forgotten about them. I just found the paper with it all written down on.
THANK YOU! I would've completely forgotten.

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>>740
wtf r u babbling about

>>740
Don't sweat it. I don't want to push you into buying it, of course.
You said Japanese DVDs were sold at fairly high price in your place.
And honestly, I'm not sure the DVD is worth the price.

if i say you gay and you cock. are they same

I've found info on them, but I can't seem to find them here in the US.
I'll have to give my brother some extra cash and have him pick it up when he visits.
He's going to Akihabara mainly. I assume there are plenty of movie stores there?
I'm not overly familiar with Tokyo's layout.

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>>741
It's ok.

Anyway, Let me correct my sentence.
To be more exact, I'm not sure "if" the DVD is worth the price.

Was it a good movie?
ジョゼと虎と魚たち right? I have a few names written down, but I neglected to note what they all were.

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wow wah wee wah
everyone suddenly came back. I like.

holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have a question. why do japanese women have hairy
pussies.(japanese women have a sweet tooth because they
love cream pies).

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>>745
Oh, is your brother coming to Japan? Great.

Yes, if he didn't know lots about Akihabara, he'd happen to
bump into more movie stores than he expects.
There are big appliance stores in which he can find the departments
that deal with DVDs, I'm sure.

>>747
You're right. That's the one.

>>751
Oh he knows his shit. He's dating a 日本人. I've given him a list of things I want and about 30,000 yen.
I know it won't afford everything I want, but as long as he gets what he can I'll be happy.
I just don't want to overwhelm him and make him feel like his whole trip is just to do my shopping.
(^.^; )

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>>750
Yeah man watch other pornos. At least shave them
shits down some. I'm not trying to get like a hair
ball choking on a chicks cooch

smell that, theres a spick near by. hide your daughters
before they get pregnant.

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

>>750
Where are you from, by the way?
I thought females were likely to love sweets anywhere in the world.

I'm watching Your mama

>>753
At least 30,000 yen covers the cost of the DVD. (・∀・)b

>>757
Im american. the joke for japanese woman having sweet tooths
is that "cream pie" is a sexual term that means to ejaculate
inside of a womans vagina.

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>>713
ワロタｗ

>>760
I see. So that's a kind of practical joke, is it?
But I don't want to stand for them. Some of Japanese females
are easy, and others are not. That's all.

in some of the more hardcore japanese porns, woman do a lot
and recieve a lot from japanese men. (Gangbangs, multiple sex
toys, cream pies, bukakies, urination). Well all over the world
there is probably weird fetishes. I listed some japanese ones.

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>>762
i am sorry for not being specific. the woman in hardcore
japanese pornograph is what i am mentioning about. i am sure that
not all women like to do stuff that would be in a hardcore porno.
sorry if i made you upset. my comment does not refer to all
japanese woman.

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>>764
I jus think that in a japanese porn
the girl should shave. Looks too hairy.
Not attractive in my opinion.

>>763
Speaking of which, in American (or Europian) pornos is backbeat
that sounds funny to me.

>>764
Not to worry. I'm not upset.

>>766
do u mean music that you can hear in the background?

>>765
Are you the one who wanted to go out with a teenage girl?

>>767
That's it.
Anyway, I want out of this conversation.
Have fun, people. Bye.

>>769
Sorry to hear that. I would leave but my kanji isn't nearly good enough to change to a different thread.
(-.-')

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THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!!

Aki Hoshino is pretty! I like!

>>701
I must say, you do sound like a yank yourself, old chap.
Pip pip, cheerio and all that.

Heh.. Seriously though.. Always quite amusing to see people who emulate
stereotype US slang speak whine and moan about people from the US being
in their neighbourhood.
(USA citizens that actually do speak rather properly, even)
I certainly do hope you were just trying to be funny. :-)

>>694

Put simply, the Finnish education system
equalizes students. We don't really get any
children who would be horribly bad, but on the
other hand you're not really given much chance
to tackle on problems more suited for your level
if you are more advanced than the average. As
there usually are more "problem" children than there
are child progidies, we gain on other countries in these
scholastic aptitude tests because our worst are better
than their worst, even if our best are worse than their best.

>>719
If a person doesn't care about anything but your genitals, then
that person really isn't worth the hassle.
I'm making the assumption that the girl is a romantical
interest of yours, and not just a fuckbuddy. I might be wrong.
How much you're worth as a person isn't dictated by the size of
your genitalia, nor by what kind of trophy girlfriend you have.

And if you're too self-conscious and worried about her caring too much
about you not being hung as a horse, perhaps you should put her in a
good, distracted mood where she ceases to care about an inch here or
there. In other words, a more natural situation for her seeing you
naked, rather than just randomly flashing her because she's curious.
I'm foolishly making the assumption that you're an adult, by the way.

http://masamania.com/archives/2004/09/japanese_busine.html

'Japanese salaryman are not fucking hard working, they are fucking
inefficent suckups. (through no fault of their own). The only way to
get ahead it Japanese business is to always appear to be at the
office, stay longer than your boss (who in turn is staying longer
than his boss etc), go out with your joushi and be part of the
"company family" meaning leaving early is frowned on. This has nothing
was so ever to do with actually having work to do. What a fucking
waste!
Posted by: gman at September 29, 2004 02:30 AM'

'I know an English teacher in .jp that has pretty much said the same
thing as gman said. I reckon it's pretty counterproductive to stay so
long at work, and like .jp has a decreasing fertility rate, so like
all those business ppl should do something for their country and
their company; Go home and fuck somebody.. :)
Posted by: Factory at September 29, 2004 07:42 AM'

That's sadly true, isn't it? The problem with the too tired business men
and the low fertility rate that is, along with the increasing reluctance for women
to significantly downgrade their lives by becoming offspring-producers and caretakers
(considering how the culture dictates what they must be like when having
the role of mother/wife).

>>774
Thanks for the info.
The system sounds reminicent of the Japanese educational system of the past.
After world war 2 Japan has established a educational framework through which
Japanese kids were provided with education almost equally anywhere, though
you needed to compete with people in order to pass the colledge entrance exam.

But things have been changing fairly for the past several years.
Liberal amount of time spent in pubilc elementary&Jr high schools was cut by
30%. Parents in this age start to think it would be a better choice
to get their child into a private school if they can afford enough money.
Naturally there has been a gap between those who are admitted into a public school
and those who go to a public one.
And more problematic is it that among kids in public elementary school who want to
attend a private Jr high school tend to make a fuss in class. One reason why they
are behaving this way is because they have to go to a cramming school after class.
So they want to make themselves at home in class. That is a problem.
The problem means those kids whose parents can't let them go to a cramming
school were not able to concentrate in class.

*note that we Japanese have been discussing another matter. It's how early
children have to be taught English in school. The committee of education
reported it's feasible to give English education at the age of 10.

I heard from maybe Swedish person that the Finnish language is as different from English as the Japanese
language is. He said Finnish people takes greater efforts to learn English than people in other north Europian
countries.

>>770
I know what you mean. I've noticed that English speaking people in this
thread have been taken great care and avoided difficult and slangish
expressions so that we Japanese can make out what they say.
So I understand that you feel frustrated when you try reading other threads
in 2ch, where Japanese people talk with each other in casual language,
using kanjis. And you couldn't shoot questions about the expressions
you don't guess the exact meaning of. It's because you would be embarassed.

>>772
Is she? I'm afraid I don't think so.
If you ask me, she should be nasty behind the scene.
She's no angel, to say the least.

Rawr, I am a lion!

I got drunk and I'm listening to the music now .
my favorite song are Carpenters numbers .
When I listen to Karen's voice,I feel like I'm in heaven.

>>772
wow dat chick looks hot. who is she?

>>773
Yes I was. I do dat jus to fuck around wit da
ingles language

Peaceful scenes of Nanjing after Japanese Occupation
The Truth of The Nanjing of 1937.12 - 1938.2 (1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq1ZEdp9-VM
What really happened in Nanjing after Japan's
occupation in December 1937? "Massacre of 300 thousand
Chinese" as the Chinese Government claims?
You can watch some scenes in the following web page;
lives of Chinese people, including children having food,
as well as Japanese soldiers restoring the city.
Can these scenes possible if the "massacre of 300
thousand" actually took place?
南京入城式など、貴重な当時の記録映画です。
心優しき日本軍人の姿が収めされています。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq1ZEdp9-VM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkJ6Q6NLyCs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NH_a94fzEw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAHEKebbhy0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZPeFDG_BA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_0w2UP1s1Q

■日中韓の正しい歴史 基礎知識入門サイト
　韓国は“ な ぜ ”反日か？
http://3.csx.jp/peachy/data/korea/korea.html
東亜板では最も有名なサイトのうちの一つ。
韓国の話を中心に、中国や日本に関する問題を
過去・現在ともに、わかりやすい言葉で大雑把に把握できる。

WHY THE FUCK DID U POST DAT SHIT
are you a depressed person?

Yeah get the fuck out man. only good posts here.
Happy time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP17mbJ5L6Y&search=%22search%20for%20Spock%22
Net neutrality.

http://www.savetheinternet.com/

AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whether or not the current compuslory education system in Japan should
be revised is a matter of debate among teachers.

How about we move to a different subject.
One less serious. I mean this doesn't have
to be a depressing thread right?

Different subject? What do you mean?
What do you think is depressing about the current topic?
I don't understand.

I didn't know talking about education was depressing.

Those who just make a comlaint often don't do anything by themselves.

Why don't you bring up a new subject then?

yeah what else is there?

I think the starter of this thread had a great topic!
Who drinks tea? What kind? Hot, cold or warm?

Favorite brand?

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i like manufactured tea. drink it cold. its sweet and cheaper
then other teas.

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enjoy the taste

i like coffee that is sweet. doesnt matter if its hot or cold.
well i like warm coffee not hot. some temperature that can make
coffee chugable.

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That "Nanjing" guy has been posting the same thing in almost every thread.

I like Yorkshire tea most. With a little milk and lots of sugar of course.
Those canned Oolong tea are pretty good too.

As for coffee, I originally hated it. Ever since I discovered Boss coffee though, it's been my favorite drink!
Anyone else drink Boss?

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I don't get why people drink coffee/tea. I've tried both and they're blech...
Supposedly it's for the caffiene, but you'd get the same thing from a can of Pepsi.

I like brisk Iced Tea does dat count?

>>801
well if u add a lot of cream and sugar then it tastes good in my opinion

>>801
Like beer, some people like the taste, others don't.
There's no rule as to what tastes good globally.
Like with beauty, everyone's tastes are different. Whether you enjoy a taste or not is purely you.
There are no set flavors that everyone likes or everyone hates.

>>802
OF COURSE!
After all, "Dat's BRISK, Baby!"

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>>804
No shit of course what else man!
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>804 Well, I suppose if I ever go to Nihon, I'll have to get used to it.

...Might take a while. -.-

what the hell is going on here?
can u guess what drink I like?
AH HA

Heh, I wonder just how many americans found their way here just because of Densha Otoko? :)

BENOIST!!!!!!!!!!

>>808
yeah I was wondering that myself as well.
whats up with that? do you mean to tell me
it reached that far? that's pretty amazing!

>>809
Once something gets on Youtube, America will find it.
Especially as it's been subtitled.

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does someone know where to purchase benoist tea?
i would like to try it with some crumpets.

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so what did anyone do today?

>>811
If you read the whole threads recorded from Densha, they did alot of research on Benoist.

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Work

Yeah man I have a brit friend who enjoys tea
n crumpets. wouldn't mind trying it and having
a laugh AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
the british are still here AH HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!

日本人皆は出ましたか？

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anyone from japan still here?

ah i say we fight to see who gets to 850

I watch a shitload of anime. Can anyone tell me why
intro songs have so much guitar music? Where's the base?

you guys are pretty f-ing funny.w

>>817
No, we all left.

hello?

Yes?

日本人まだいるよー

What makes you love for Yukorin?

The contrast in mood between Yukorin's fans and Maki's is quite sharp.

Old Ogura Yuko movies


http://stream.tanteifile.com/download/geinou/geinou09/01.mpg
http://adult-asx.com/yuko_ogura_honsyou2.wmv
http://vlive.tanteifile.com/download/geinou/2005/04/08_01/01a.wmv

I wanted to talk about education problems, but that doesn't seem
acceptable here, so I should leave here.

I think anything goes here. Subjects change at a drop of a hat.

For example.

Is Ayumi Hamasaki still popular over there, or has she pretty much
hit her saturation level. You think she's going to become another
Seiko Matsuda, or burn out...

>>830
That may be true. Most of the resident in this thread love talking about idols, not educational matters

What sort of effort do you think I can get a girlfriend? I need sincere advice.

I hate and don't need insult at me.

>>829
What does "at a drop of a hat" means? Guess it's easily or in a flash.
Correct?

>>832
Yep.

>>831
You might want to take that to a board dedicated to relationships and romance
as well, or several. I don't know where that one is on 2ch, but 4-ch has one at
4-ch.net/love/ Good luck with that at 2ch and 4-ch.
So, what do you mean? Are you asking what sort of efforts we think
you will have to resort to in order to get a girlfriend? That depends
on your situation, doesn't it? Please explain what your situation
is like if you want any decently useful advice.

>>832
dictionary.com says:
"Idioms:
at the drop of a hat
1. Immediately; without delay: would sign the contract at the drop of a hat.
2. With only the slightest provocation: ready to argue at the drop of a hat.
"
dictionary.com is handy.

for example: I would make sweet love to k-tan at the drop of a hat.

It is funny watching these people on The Amazing Race run around Tokyo

My angel Maki Horikita's smile is the only medicine for curing my migrane without causing any side effects.

http://school5.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/edu/1147865190/に「私立厨氏ね」と投稿するだけです

本当です
宝くじに当選しました
ライバル業者の業績が下降しました
恋人ができました
病気の家族が元気になりました

勿論自分の運は絶好調
ぜひお試しください
自信があります

If you are free now, check my site, please.

ttp://homepage2.nifty.com/152cm/

I'll be happy if you let me know what you think of it.

>>839
Oh! Your site is so crazy. I don't like your character, sorry.

>>839
gosh, it sucks.

>>841
Wow. How dirty! Yours are filthy words!

I wonder whether I should study or not for the test of tommorow.

By the way,is the spell of tommorow right?

tomorrow

and use "is the spelling..." not "is the spell..."

>>844
Thanks.

this is just to awsome!

i love japanese stuff. anime and videogames. and want a japanese girlfriend.
there is a all girls school mukogawa fort wright instatute or somthing.
in the same area as me... anyways whats a good way to ask a japanese girl.
on a date?

Buy a nice car and some expensive bags and accessories to show,
and say "Hey, how about dating with me?"

how about asking her if you would want to hump. say it in a
comical tone. girls like funny guys.

there is no better way than teaching english
i'm not sure "MUKOJYO" has english course, but they would have one
tell them youre going to give some english lessons
use the bulletin board in the college

haaaa, i have nothing to do!

You are always wanking when you feel bothing to do.

heh

ＳＵＣＫ

>>846
1) Date a Japanese chick because she has traits you value and like in a human,
not just because she's some Japanese chick. That's like dating
someone on the sole reason of them having a gargantuan chest, or
because they do your homework for you, or because they're hung like
a horse. It works for very short-term relationships, but unless
there is more to it, the relationship will not work out.
Your girlfriend should be your friend. Doesn't have to be your
best friend, but if she's not someone you would have liked
to spend time with as just a friend, you have no business dating
the chick. Capiche?
2) Good luck. Just please stop being such a wapanese wotaku.

>>835
Does that mean k-tan should never wear a hat on a windy day around you?
"Oh, my dear, you appear to have dropped the soap. Err.. I mean
hat. ... SURPRISE BUTTSECHS!

>>848
Dude, ye obviously know different kinds of chicks than what I do.
The people I know would either backhand ye for something like that,
or feel insulted. Well, assuming ye ain't asking that on a party
that's heavy with erotic undertones.
Anyways, cheers!