JP Culture Things I Don't Get

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 Gilgamesh.Samuraiking
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By Gilgamesh.Samuraiking 2010-07-14 03:43:26  
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To each their own; as long as it's legal I guess >.>

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By Fenrir.Tool 2010-07-14 03:43:39  
Totally saw that coming.
 
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By Fenrir.Tool 2010-07-14 03:50:23  
I'm almost curious as to what the heck the origins of pedobear were originally before it had such a hilarious but awful stigma attached to it.
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By Gilgamesh.Samuraiking 2010-07-14 03:55:39  
She deleted hers off mine too lol.

Bahamut.Purrfectly said:
dont care what others think of me. I just know that I have friends who really care and not some jerk offs who want attention. I have many friends male or female, Big or small, different colors different states.And my friends means alot to me and they are all awesome!!!!!! HEY EVERYONE OF MY FRIENDS!

I'm a jerk off, it makes me so sad because i've never been called a jerk befor... oh wait.

It's funny how in this game it's like highschool. You got the cool kids(elitist) in the HNM shells, then you got the random ppl that arent really in a specific group that make up the sky/sea shells ect. Then you have the retards like purr and her "friends" that clump together in a social shell because no one else will accept them due to them being mentally HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE and annoying.
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By Shiva.Flionheart 2010-07-14 04:06:04  
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Shinbi prolly likes 2girls1cup type porn. It's always the ppl who act high and mighty about porn that have the WORST fetishes lol.

>Implying there is something wrong with fapping to 2girls1cup
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By Gilgamesh.Samuraiking 2010-07-14 04:11:42  
Well, you either love me or hate me. If you love me it's because you are smart, if you hate me it's because you are a dumbass and I have at one time ripped into your *** for being ignorant.

30 pics of someone with other characters all uploaded to ffxiah is *** HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE. I guarantee you not ONE of those god damn guys wanted that pic, and even if some were homosexuals and did want the pics they could have taken them themselves or she could have msn/aim'd them, they are good friends after all, she should have their addresses.

Those are pics that should have been left in her personal collection folder, it's little stupid ***like that which pisses me off the most. If she was trolling me that would be amazing I wouldn't even be mad, i'd be relieved that ppl aren't that *** HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE. Sadly, I don't think that's the case.

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By Valefor.Vyrren 2010-07-14 04:24:49  
For the third question of the OP, the word spider in japanese is "Kumo" which also means cloud so that may or may not be confusing. But here's a decent video that explains it a little

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By Phoenix.Darki 2010-07-14 05:09:31  
Gilgamesh.Samuraiking said:
I bet darki likes some tentacle hentai. (surprised she hasn't popped in btw)
I dont like porn to me its just bad acting and a turn off.
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By Gilgamesh.Samuraiking 2010-07-14 05:43:57  
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I bet darki likes some tentacle hentai. (surprised she hasn't popped in btw)
I dont like porn to me its just bad acting and a turn off.

You may or may not like hentai... but EVERYONE likes porn in some form or another. It's just human nature.

Been watching some of his vids Vyrren. I like his host family, makes me wish I would have learned japanese when I was about 16 or so and did that too. Bit too late for me though... i'll have to just find a japanese woman on my own. ;;
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By Lakshmi.Aegil 2010-07-14 06:05:43  
I've lived in Japan for 5 years (3 in the countryside and 2 in Tokyo).

#1 もしもし (moshi moshi) although most commonly used on the phone can be used when interrupting someone to say hello. Thus it's common phone use. You are calling and therefor interrupting someone since the caller is unaware of what the receiving person is doing. Although I'd recommend Sumimasen (すみません) or Shitsureishimasu (失礼します) for regular interruptions.

#2 which is easier? ¥2,345 or ¥二千三百四十五?
Fun fact, ¥2,345 = around $22 USD.

#3 Why use foreign words? Because either they didn't exist in Japanese to begin with or just simply because it sounds cool. We do the same thing. English uses foreign loan words all the time, we just don't think about it. Every language does it... although the French have laws preventing the alteration of the language or use of loanwords >.>

My advice for understanding Japanese culture is to forget anything and everything you learned from anime. While many things in anime/manga are based upon Japanese culture they are in no way a representation of it. Japanese watch anime because it does not reflect reality. If anime depicted true Japanese life no one would watch it. Besides, it's a sub culture (albeit a very popular one). Most of my Japanese friends haven't watched anime since middle school.  Once you are knowledgeable of modern Japanese culture, then you can try and analyze anime for how it distorts and plays upon culture. Unfortunately people usually attempt the reverse and get a very unrealistic view of the country.

Crap, that was long ><;
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By Quetzalcoatl.Zandra 2010-07-14 06:14:17  
Lakshmi.Aegil said:
I've lived in Japan for 5 years (3 in the countryside and 2 in Tokyo).

#1 もしもし (moshi moshi) although most commonly used on the phone can be used when interrupting someone to say hello. Thus it's common phone use. You are calling and therefor interrupting someone since the caller is unaware of what the receiving person is doing. Although I'd recommend Sumimasen (すみません) or Shitsureishimasu (失礼します) for regular interruptions.

#2 which is easier? ¥2,345 or ¥二千三百四十五?
Fun fact, ¥2,345 = around $22 USD.

#3 Why use foreign words? Because either they didn't exist in Japanese to begin with or just simply because it sounds cool. We do the same thing. English uses foreign loan words all the time, we just don't think about it. Every language does it... although the French have laws preventing the alteration of the language or use of loanwords >.>

My advice for understanding Japanese culture is to forget anything and everything you learned from anime. While many things in anime/manga are based upon Japanese culture they are in no way a representation of it. Japanese watch anime because it does not reflect reality. If anime depicted true Japanese life no one would watch it. Besides, it's a sub culture (albeit a very popular one). Most of my Japanese friends haven't watched anime since middle school.  Once you are knowledgeable of modern Japanese culture, then you can try and analyze anime for how it distorts and plays upon culture. Unfortunately people usually attempt the reverse and get a very unrealistic view of the country.

Crap, that was long ><;

i wish your fun fact wasn't a lie. I live here now and the exchange rate is HORRIBLE. 3years ago it was 125yen per dollar, now its around 87
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By Lakshmi.Aegil 2010-07-14 06:30:29  
I feel ya. Was 137 yen to the dollar when I got here. I was rich. Now I'm moving back to the US in a few weeks because Tokyo has just become ridiculous. Cost of living has gone up 20% in the last 2 years. Officially the most expensive city in the world now. Plus add the exchange rate problem to that ^^;
 
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By Phoenix.Darki 2010-07-14 13:10:23  
Gilgamesh.Samuraiking said:
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Gilgamesh.Samuraiking said:
I bet darki likes some tentacle hentai. (surprised she hasn't popped in btw)
I dont like porn to me its just bad acting and a turn off.

You may or may not like hentai... but EVERYONE likes porn in some form or another. It's just human nature.

Been watching some of his vids Vyrren. I like his host family, makes me wish I would have learned japanese when I was about 16 or so and did that too. Bit too late for me though... i'll have to just find a japanese woman on my own. ;;
No, really i dont like any kind of porn. Believe me
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2010-07-14 13:16:38  
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IIRC, it was also designed so that the attacker would have to go to a hospital to have it removed, where there would then be a record of his arrival and the predicament, and after the victim reported the act to the police, could then track him down, and through DNA testing, prove unequivocally that he was the assailant and he could then be charged and easily convicted or rape or attempted rape (not sure what to actually classify it, do you count it as rape if it was stopped almost immediately due to this device, does this device mean it's only attempted rape, and not full on rape?)
I wouldn't really call it proof of rape. All it is proof of is he stuck his *** in a girl who didn't warn him about that.

I wouldn't be suprised if there aren't cases of women forgetting or doing it on purpose to "prove" they were raped by someone they don't like while getting to multilate them at the same time

True, but then again, women already do accuse people or rape when it was consensual for various reasons.. Those men sometimes still are convicted of it.. I guess I should have been more specific and just said it will make getting the conviction a slam dunk in the sense that all the proof that he is the man involved (whether it was actual rape or BS that the 'victim' made up for whatever reason) is right there.. Then jurors just need to decide if it was actually rape, and more times then not, they side with the victim regardless of whether they truly are a victim..
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By Asura.Alymorel 2010-07-14 13:26:03  
I don't know if it's been posted, but...



.../shrug
 
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By Phoenix.Darki 2010-07-14 20:22:31  
There's reasons why you always establish a safe word before you have sex with a girl. So then she doesn't Q.Q because you did something and throws you in jail.

Always establish a safe word with a girl... that has to be, like, #1 rule.
 
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By Valefor.Slipispsycho 2010-07-14 20:33:12  
Asura.Bartimaeus said:
Phoenix.Darki said:
There's reasons why you always establish a safe word before you have sex with a girl. So then she doesn't Q.Q because you did something and throws you in jail.

Always establish a safe word with a girl... that has to be, like, #1 rule.

I thought this normally only applies to bdsm. If you need a safe word for regular consensual sex.. um.. o.o lol
Then your mate or you are in at least a part, Klingon.
 
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By Phoenix.Darki 2010-07-14 20:38:26  
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There's reasons why you always establish a safe word before you have sex with a girl. So then she doesn't Q.Q because you did something and throws you in jail.

Always establish a safe word with a girl... that has to be, like, #1 rule.

I thought this normally only applies to bdsm. If you need a safe word for regular consensual sex.. um.. o.o lol


It's just to be safe :b it's pretty harmless, but I've found myself in situations where I've wanted to stop something, sooo... better have a safe word.
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By Phoenix.Darki 2010-07-14 20:39:12  
Gilgamesh.Mytoy said:
Phoenix.Darki said:
Gilgamesh.Samuraiking said:
Phoenix.Darki said:
Gilgamesh.Samuraiking said:
I bet darki likes some tentacle hentai. (surprised she hasn't popped in btw)
I dont like porn to me its just bad acting and a turn off.

You may or may not like hentai... but EVERYONE likes porn in some form or another. It's just human nature.

Been watching some of his vids Vyrren. I like his host family, makes me wish I would have learned japanese when I was about 16 or so and did that too. Bit too late for me though... i'll have to just find a japanese woman on my own. ;;
No, really i dont like any kind of porn. Believe me

Liesss



<3


You sir have proved me wrong :( I take it back, I do like Galka Porn.