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"I was being rhetorical, because I was trying to make the point that equalizing a colonoscopy to this particular procedure was apples and oranges," he said. "So I was asking a rhetorical question that was designed to make her say that they weren't the same thing, and she did so. It was the response I wanted."

Let's assume that this was the intention, why not just say that instead of "fascinating"? Seems weird to make it seem like you're just an idiot if your real intention was this.

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Okay. Yeah that person is absolutely lying. I was looking at the actual Pokemon Go topics.

I went over to RE and checked and I am seeing basically universal hate for how the characters look. The only apologia I see is that this will be used by people as an example of desexualization of games being bad. Some seem to be concerned about the shittiness of these characters being weaponized against desexualization in general, but I haven't seen anyone actually say they like the update.

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ResetEra is the actual strawman that everyone who says they're trying to remove attractive women from games is referring to. When you hear people are outraged about Stellar Blade or Tifa having a swimming suit they're talking about ResetEra.

His haircut got boring and his skin got lightened for some reason? What exactly are they trying to do?

FortuneCookie posted...

If they "accidentally" struck Syria, it could be the next step in launching World War 3. Israel is badly outnumbered and America has to help her.

Fuck Netanyahu.

They have been bombing Syria for years. A lot of countries have.

Doe posted...

What the fuck are we talking about anymore?

https://youtu.be/arty9MuqEg0

Like yes TDKR is flawed and not as good as TDK but people pretend it ruined their lives or something.

That's one of the most memed on scenes in history. Like it's hilarious, don't get me wrong, but not sure what you are trying to say here.

MangaBroski posted...

Alright, Im honestly surprised. Vegetarian diets arent very common outside of the USA and parts of India* from my understanding. I figured there wouldnt be any indicators.

*From my understanding, while a number of Hindu Indian people identify as vegetarian the number who are is lower. Still considering that, I would expect to be able to easily find vegetarian options in many parts of India.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country

You are right about India having a lot and wrong about the US.

Also you can go to CoCoIchi or Mos Burger basically anywhere in Japan and get vegetarian curry or burger. Also no matter how middle of nowhere I go in Japan there is always at least one Indian restaurant, so I can't imagine not actually being able to find vegetarian food. Kyoto has way more than normal though, it has some Buddhist restaurants similar to what you see in Taiwan.

Edit: That source says 9% of Japan is vegetarian, but my search in Japanese for percent total vegetarians and vegan gets either 6 or 7%, so I think that one is overestimating it. But this is saying US is 5% vegetarian or vegan, so Japan is still a higher percent.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/510038/identify-vegetarian-vegan.aspx

Dragon Slayer is 1984. Early JRPGs were PC and tended to be action oriented. But the popularity of Wizardry and to a lesser extent Ultima in Japan made the style that most Westerners call JRPGs popular. But really the Ys series and other action stuff by Nihon Falcom is the most traditional example of a JRPG.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

From always felt Western tbh.

Like, I played Armored Core 2, and aside from being about big robots (which is obviously a very Japanese thing) I could have sworn it was made by a Western company. Mostly because the movement sucks, but still.

Japanese RPGs were heavily influenced by Wizardry and to a lesser extent Ultima. So they were always born from Western games. Ironically the Japanese style of RPG in the 80s were action RPGs like Dragon Slayer. You can even find old reviews in Western PC magazines talking about how Japanese RPGs are more arcadey and action oriented.

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That's because most people in the West are unaware of the Japanese influences, including From's own King's Field and Shadow Tower games. They mistakingly think it was influenced by some Western game even though it doesn't play like any. I honestly hate the way JRPG is used these days. If it doesn't mean RPG made in Japan then come up with a new label.

Been posting on LUE since the beginning and still post there sometimes. The things it got closed off for were done by a small, but definitely awful subset of users. Those type of people left the site for LL (now called EotI) long ago.

SpiritSephiroth posted...

Pretty sure I've never even come across those places, and I've been to Tokyo twice and now living in Osaka.

You're gonna have to go out of your way to find something like that. And people who complain online like that, its usually inflated, since most people who have good times don't go out of their way to comment that they did. And if they did, they wouldn't get such a reaction like negative comments do.

It's illegal, so if you find a place like that you could sue them. I have never seen one and have lived here for 7 years.

MangaBroski posted...

As a strict vegetarian, I may require an ingredients list.

I'm vegetarian. There are websites that tell you in English what restaurants are vegetarian and also in Tokyo and Kyoto many places will advertise it directly. There is a vegan ramen place in Kyoto that's extremely good.

It definitely wasn't good, but it's better than a lot of other Batman movies (because of how bad they are). It also provided the most memes, so it has that Spider-Man 3 factor (worst in the trilogy, but most memorable due to all the memes).

MangaBroski posted...

Touristy stuff sounds like boring moneysink stuff.

I live in middle of nowhere Japan and you would largely be fine even here, but I wouldn't recommend coming here at all because it's a boring moneysink unlike Tokyo and Kyoto which are awesome. I go to Tokyo and Kyoto every year. Lots of people who live here do, because they're great.

nekrodev posted...

I mean, I've seen a ton of youtubers like this and it doesn't encourage me, it makes me sad that people are going to japan / other countries w/ zero knowledge of the language or culture and are just super entitled.

The Japanese government wants them to come. Tourism is important. That's why they put out all the English/Chinese/Korean information.

MangaBroski posted...

I am not going to try and have someone explain an ingredient list to me in English nor am I going to trust a translation device on that.
Idk how Id even engage in anything around me without any way to communicate with anyone and no way to read whats written.

Touristy places have all of that available in English.

nekrodev posted...

If you'd asked me 15 years ago, I'd have absolutely wanted to go to Japan, but I'd really just feel disrespectful going to Japan at this point, cuz I don't know shit for Japanese and they really don't have a ton of latitude for that.

Like, I COULD absolutely still go to Japan, but I'd feel bad about it.

I know a ton of people who have loved here for years and don't know Japanese. Those people don't have and excuse? But a tourist? That's almost all tourists.

Damn_Underscore posted...

intereresting

Don't they not have those anymore?

They only ever existed inside a sex shop and there might be a sex shop that still sells them like that (they definitely sell used underwear).

Rotterdammerung posted...

The xkcd guy?

Yeah I keep seeing people have this take where they claim because you're allowed to have rules on what you can say at a private venue it made censorship socially acceptable even though it's literally always been that way.

I think people misunderstand what "liberal indoctrination" or whatever you call it is in colleges. I worked for the University of Washington as an adjunct professor. It's an anti-labor, profit seeking shit hole that only cares about paying teaching staff as little as possible, skimming as much as possible off of grants, and charging students as much as possible in tuition. The reason you see so many foreign students will be coded with liberal buzzwords like diversity, but the reality is it's wealthy people from other countries that can afford the higher tuition rates they get to charge foreign students. Meanwhile adjuncts receive pay less than a single undergraduate's tuition to teach a class to hundreds only to have their yearly contract disappear without warning once it's time to cycle in the fresh PhD. Meanwhile you are actively told not to grade students harshly and ignore cheeting because the goal is to simply cycle as many students through as possible. Teacher evaluations don't matter either, it's all performative.

So what does that have to do with this topic? All this resistance to genocide coursework is just marketing. They think her speech would damage their revenue stream, so they are cancelling it. That's the reality of academia at these places. The right goes on and on about woke whatever and it just distracts people from the rampant profit seeking going on.

I think a lot of the nostalgia for boomer shooters is less about how they look and more about how they play. The gameplay is quite different than modern FPS games. The shitty 3D graphics era of games hasn't been inducing much nostalgia in general. Some people are nostalgic for classic survival horror, but again that's for how they play (not an action game and not an all you can do is run spoopy jump scare simulator).

Have you tried doing Soul Level 1 runs? Those can be pretty hard, especially if you are also going for the no deaths achievement at the same time.

Solid_Sonic posted...

Given their tendency to work themselves into misery I would think it's the opposite (companies don't invest in employees who aren't willing to chain themselves to their desks).

Though I do think they're starting to turn a corner in concepts like work-life balance.

Japanese people work less hours on average than Americans. There are some really bad companies, called black companies that exist, but Westerners seem to think that's the norm. It isn't. Next you will tell me everyone in Japan is killing themselves. Again US has a higher suicide rate. Now you will say the birth rate is super low, but it's the highest in East Asia and comparable to Spain and Italy.

Stereotypes and real life are not actually the same.

WarfireX posted...

Are you speaking from experience as someone who lives in Japan?

Yes? Did you even read my posts. The idea we aren't taking lunch breaks is nuts. You guys need to stop believing random shit you see online.

WarfireX posted...

Does anyone remember those videos of the Bento boxes that fit into wrist watches because taking a lunch break is dishonorable in Japan? Were those for real, or was it a joke?

Everyone takes a lunch break. That's a bunch of bullshit.

pinky0926 posted...

What would be the typical consequence of something like this? Just shunned by colleagues and dressed down by bosses constantly?

If you have a bad employee you usually shun them, give them demeaning tasks, etc. until they leave of their own volition. Firing someone is a pretty bad move for companies for a variety of reasons. You have to do something major to get fired (like at my work of you were drunk driving you would get fired instantly, probably for other jailable offenses as well). But honestly the stuff you're describing sounds pretty minor. My wife does maybe two hours of actual work in an 8 hour day. My job doesn't have set hours or a boss (researcher), so I can't comment from my own experience, but Japan is well known for being reluctant to fire employees (and foreign companies often hate how difficult it is to fire employees here). Unions are very strong, so if you aren't a temporary worker, your contract will usually make it pretty damn hard to get fired.

It's incredibly difficult to get fired in Japan.

Man I used to go wild on those bowls when I lived in Seattle. Both kinds of beans, that vegetarian meat substitute, all the veggies, spicy salsa, guac. So good.

Look I have kids and this is a show for kids. It's more entertaining than a lot of the shit out there if you're an adult, but we also have that cool haunted candy store anime where the kids die sometimes in Japan, so the bar is pretty high here.

Found the first episode on YouTube:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=meU9bTsTZ4M

I played them both when they came out. They were absolutely not masterpieces. It's just Sonic has become such a shit series with mediocrity being the best we can hope for that they retrospectively seem like a masterpiece for a Sonic game. Actual masterpieces from that time are still appreciated today, even by young gamers.

It definitely fits in with 3 and 4 in terms of tone. But everyone needs to be real with themselves about Fallout. There is absolutely no consistent tone or serious lore maintenance. This stuff is getting ridiculous. 1 was somewhat serious and then 2 was extremely whacky (and it's also a really good game). Literally nothing about the setting actually makes sense if you think about it and instead of just enjoying games or the show people are freaking out over minor lore shit. And you want to talk about shitting on the lore? Ever play Brotherhood of Steel? Shit games predate Bethesda and were much shittier. People really need to stop taking a series never meant to be taken this seriously (okay maybe 1, but even then it isn't that serious), so seriously.

BlueKat posted...

It was ahead of its time. Too bad they left it on a cliffhanger and never made 3 ( -_-)

It's weird how they just abandoned everything. That game was just so amazing. It somehow came out when I was in high school and yeah it still feels more advanced than a lot of shit we get now.

kirbymuncher posted...

do you have to have that special scannable chip thing in your phone for this?

they've been adding phone payment like that to some things where I live but my phone is too old for it :|

No. NFC is only for using your phone as a replacement for an IC card. That's a different thing. For stuff like PayPay (AliPay works for this too if you're Chinese), LINEPay, WeChat, etc., you use QR codes. Any phone, tablet, etc. should work just fine as long as the screen isn't too dark.

Edit: Found a picture showing services you can use at any place that does PayPay.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/00b108ef.jpg

Fenriswolf posted...

Not sure about Vietnam but last time I visited Japan most of the shops are cash only.

They aren't. Not even in the middle of nowhere. Between credit card and digital payment (especially PayPay), it is rare you find a place that is cash only.

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It's optional to wear it and the picture someone posted of someone allegedly wearing it doesn't look bad. So I would say it's an overreaction.

_____Cait posted...

Why is SE so dense

They haven't said anything. This topic is based on speculation.

Guide posted...

Flap only exists for when we're in formal enough clothing to have a belt and tucked-in shirt, and it would be annoying to retuck without wrinkling.

Yeah basically this. If I have a bunch of shit on then I am going to use the flap. If I am chilling at home with no belt, then I won't bother with the flap.

The sprites look good but the character portrait art is not my style at all. If it's good I'll play it.

I was in high school when that took off. I remember some people playing MtG and YuGiOh, but never the Pokemon card game. I can't imagine it was banned though.

I think it's good. I mean if you're going to be super stringent about only 1, 2, and New Vegas being good then the series I already ruined, so who cares if it isn't in line with the lore from those games? It's an enjoyable watch and I can still play the good Fallout games whenever and this doesn't really affect that.

Kinny100 posted...

what are u guys even arguing about itt

Whether sexy characters are good or bad and whether Korea is good or bad. Lot of deep, honest dialogue coming from all sides.