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coh posted...

You would see the biggest gift would be from me, and the card attached would say 'thank you for being a friend'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWbz_mIAShM

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

So wait, the second in command of American HOMELAND SECURITY is unable to get information about the Corona virus because of... a paywall? The US isn't even collecting its own data, just taking the free information that was available on the internet? And when it goes behind a paywall, all he can do is complain about it on Twitter?

facepalm.gif

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

"Triple threat" mediocrity.

She sings, she dances, she acts... and she's passable in all three!

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

After you've eaten Japanese Kit Kats, American ones really do taste like trash. And I'm not talking about the flavored ones even. Just regular chocolate Kit Kats. The Japanese ones are so much better than American ones.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Jenny's father from Forrest Gump.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Look, if it were possible to make everyone ignore her I would love it. Imagine seeing her doing her shit on some campus, and everyone just walks by like they don't even see her. When she forces a reaction by getting pushy and in people's faces, they just say something like "nobody cares" and brush her off. It would be GLORIOUS.

Unfortunately getting that level of cooperation is impossible so we'll have to take what we can get.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

meralonne posted...

Dont leave me hangin on like a yo-yo.

Wake me up

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

God damn this comic stuff gets so convoluted.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Maybe she shouldve phoned home first?

The E.T. directors child says she told her parents about her close encounters of the X-rated kind over the weekend via FaceTime.

The most disgusting parts of the article.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Katy Perry is a horse!
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Well, look at her dance!
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Well, look at her dance!
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Well, look at her dance!
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Well, look at her dance!
Well, look at her go!
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Well, look at her dance!
Well, look at her go!
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Well, look at her dance!
Well, look at her go!
Look at her dance like a horse!
Katy Perry is a horse!
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Well, look at her dance!
Well, look at her go!
Look at her dance like a horse!
Katy Perry is a horse!
Katy Perry is a horse!
Well, look at her dance!
Well, look at her go!
Look at her dance like a horse!
Katy Perry is a horse!
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Well, look at her dance!
Well, look at her go!
Look at her dance like a horse!

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

SoundNetwork posted...

why is she so hot and still so hot wtf

au_gold posted...

Wasnt she proven to be objectively the most attractive woman ever or something?

Well here she is in 2019.



For a 38 year old with three kids, I'd say she looks fucking HOT.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

In my country health care costs are reasonable so I'll take the money.

This would be a tougher choice if I lived in America.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Ivynn posted...

But can we prove that you don't?

There's no way that Tyranthraxus could, as it's impossible to prove a negative! Not to mention being so busy with all that hot, steamy chicken sex.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

It was all downhill once they stopped being the boy scouts and became the scouts instead.

Girl scouts exist for a reason and they should not have allowed girls to join the boy scouts when they have their own organization. Boys cant join the girl scouts so girls should not have ever been allowed to join the boy scouts.

Nope, the writing was on the wall long before that. Becoming just "scouts" was their last ditch, desperate attempt to not disappear.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

If I could travel back in time and resume my life after doing it, and magically avoid any health problems after it was done, I totally would.


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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Itachi157 posted...

Specifically for that N1 test though I would recommend reading editorials and opinion pieces.

Yes especially online--these tend to be at the same difficulty level of printed news. Or at the very least closer.

Regular news though, is so abbreviated and simplified. I have this app, Smart News, and the difference is really striking. For an international story, the Japanese version may be only a tenth as long as the English version of the same story!

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Essentially I'm doing 30-60 minutes a day of "light" study (anki, reading news) and 15-30 minutes of "serious" study (speed reading, grammar, lapsed word practice).

This should be able to get me to N1 level in 9 months or so. Of course I already know a decent amount of N1 stuff, so someone who is still barely at passing N2 level would take a year or more. Or if you want to take your time, you could do what I'm doing and halve everything to get there in 2-3 years... or double it if you're obsessed with passing ASAP.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Right now I'm settling into a study pattern.

-For vocabulary and kanji, I'm using Anki. If you don't know about this, it's great. Back when I was studying for N2 I had tons of word cards I would make and organize into a study plan that had me reviewing and bringing back old words on increasingly longer schedules. Anki is a program that does this automatically! And there are already sets of flashcards that other people have made, which you can download for free. Get the mobile version of this, and this part of studying gets SO much easier.
I downloaded a deck that has about 16000 "cards" for all levels. SInce I'm doing N5 I just put them all on random so I can review older stuff and make sure I know it while the hard stuff is coming. Right now I have a schedule of 125 new cards a day, with maximum 250 review. If that becomes overwhelming I may reduce them later, but right now I know more than half of what comes up, so I can get through them in roughly 30-40 minutes a day. And it's something I can just do in little bits, a few minutes at a time.

-Anki has a thing called "lapsing" where they automatically suspend cards that you miss too many times. That hasn't started happening yet, but when it does, I have a notebook and once a week I plan to write all the suspended words/kanji in it and practice writing them 10 times a day.

-Speed reading. I set a timer for 10 minutes, and try to get through as much of a newspaper as I can in that time. The goal is to get through quickly and understand while looking up words as little as possible.
*If you are studying for N1, I HIGHLY recommend doing some reading in a print newspaper because online news sources always seem to be shorter with simpler language. For N2 study, online news sources or easier things like magazines or entertainment related publications are fine.

-Reading news in Japanese. This is less useful for the test than above, but still helps me get used to the language so I skim through them to keep up to date on current events. Similar to anki, it's something I can do casually in my spare moments here and there.

-Grammar study. I have found a FANTASTIC site for Japanese grammar study:
http://www.edewakaru.com/
This site has explanations that are so easy to understand, and good example sentences for each one. I wish this had been around when I was studying for the N2! I'm doing 2 N1 phrases per day. I copy each phrase, its definition, and a few example sentences in the same notebook I am using for lapsed vocab/kanji. I also have those printed out, by day, and I'm keeping them in a clear file along with my notebook for future reference.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Awhile ago I made a topic about how I was studying for the JLPT N1. It got purged because of inactivity.

I figure this could be a useful resource for people though, so please post about what you're studying, any materials you're using, etc. Any level is fine! beginner, intermediate, advanced. Asking for advice is cool, or you can just give status updates.

If you have anything you want explained, feel free to post here!

I will try to check in with status updates, things I've found, etc.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

dolomedes posted...

lmfao are people really this anti-nut milk in 2020????

pls tell me this is a ce thing

no i love nut milk

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Usually framerate is more important but it depends on the game.

Like if there's not a lot of action, say in an RPG where timing isn't important, I'd rather have the game look nicer even if the framerate is somewhat lower. Especially if it's consistent. A game that's 25 fps but always 25 fps is preferable to one that wavers between 25 and 60 fps.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Ultima Dragon posted...

Nah dawg, if you ain't repeatedly stabbing that cervix over and over again until she pukes and has painful involuntary contractions you're doing it wrong.

Also once a woman has had sex with a really big dick, that means her vagina is now "stretched out" and she is incapable of enjoying sex with an average sized one.

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE HUMAN BODY WORKS.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Sounds like it was designed by someone with severe germ phobia.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

While this is definitely 99% the driver's fault I still think it was a bad idea to name the feature auto pilot. No matter how much the maker and the marketing drills it into people's heads that that doesn't mean you can just let the car do all the driving for you people are going to think that way. That's just the perception that jumps into people's heads when they hear the words "auto pilot."

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Supposedly 4-5 inches with some curvature is the ideal to make a woman feel good during sex. You're hitting exactly the right spots that way.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

I took my kids to see #SonicMovie and was so shocked when Sonic used the n word multiple times and told them that Santa isn't real. Also that part where he and Tails said the Holocaust never happened was beyond the pale. Should have followed my gut and taken them to see #Birdsofprey instead!

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

StickFigures720 posted...

Scotty_Rogers still hasn't answered this question.

I wonder why

he scared

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Scotty_Rogers posted...

Dude the change does not take place on the 18th birthday at all

And puberty? Varies depending on the person; some peeps grow in their 20s

Okay... so what? The should we do away with all laws because people mature at different rates? Or if not, what should we do?

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Scotty_Rogers posted...

People change over time, yes, gradually. The change doesn't magically occur at any one birthday.

Okay, fine. So I ask you, what is your point?

Again, do you think it should be legal for an adult to have sex with a child of any age? If not, then how do you think the law should work? Be specific.


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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Scotty_Rogers posted...

Age of consent and legal adulthood are both arbitrary.

Okay, so maybe there isn't a way we can draw lines that fit 100%. So what? What is your solution @Scotty_Rogers ? Do you think it should be legal for an adult to have sex with a child of any age? If not, then how do you think the law should work? Be specific.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

God DAMN this would be a tough choice.

It sure would make my life easy to have the $10 mil... I'd probably take it. But then in an ironic twist my parents would win $100 mil in Powerball the next month and give $10 mil each to my sisters and me!

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

solosnake posted...

Prince didnt have nearly the cultural impact kobe had

This is NOT true.

However more time had passed since Prince had real cultural relevance. Plus the way Kobe died was more of a shock and more tragic because his daughter died with him.

If Prince had died in the same way as Kobe did, back in the 90s, it would have been a HUGE story, one of the biggest of the decade by far.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

DarthAragorn posted...

the poll results make a peepee

I giggled

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

That's not how Japanese google translate works.

This video seems like someone converted the English dialogue to the Japanese writing system and had a Japanese electronic voice say it.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

RTruthLILJimmy posted...

Final Fantasy isnt REAL weeby shit, my favorite series is REAL weeby shit, which actually means its lamer!

"lol your favorite jrpg is one that has been translated into English? I guess that counts as a jrpg, technically."

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Sunhawk posted...

I know various people would come into this topic and attack me. I wasn't particularly attacking her for working THAT kind of job, but rather staying at ANY job for that long. How can you not get bored? Miserable? Fed up? And I know how much they pay at places like that, and it's about 8 an hour (about $11 an hour).

If she was there for 23 years, I'm sure she was making more than 8 an hour. Also chances are good she was an assistant manager or something. Most retail and service jobs give salary and benefits to people in management positions.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Parappa09 posted...

Oh wait, do you not have a penis yet? Then you've got another step.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

It's not that America didn't know about the camps. But we thought they were just regular concentration camps that detained people and forced them into labor.

That kind of torture and mass execution had never been done on such a scale before in other concentration camps. People had no idea what they would be seeing.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Parappa09 posted...

how do i fj?

If you don't yet have the flexibility to masturbate yourself with your own feet, that's step one.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

I think Bush gets way too much blame for the Iraq War. Not that I'm defending him, but scapegoating bush lets too many people off the hook who helped him.

And I'm not just talking about his cabinet. Congress, the media, and the UN. Even the American people. The fact is that the war had enormous support, and not just because we were lied to. After 9/11 people were itching to go out and attack, to use America's big military to go and stamp out all of the "bad guys," even if it wasn't justified and had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

a-c-a-b posted...

Don't mind if I do! All three of them were very fuckable back then.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

A spokeswoman for District of Columbia Metropolitan Police said it had no record of a permit for the march. Capitol Police and the National Park Service could not immediately be reached for comment.

Yes @Freddie_Mercury , this is indeed the weirdest part. If they had some kind of back door agreement with the local cops then this is very fucked up.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

39 - ??? - Reachable in 2400 days
Awarded to users with at least 10000 Karma. Seriously?

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

Is this taken from r/copypasta?

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8BDcYGt-U

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

What kinds of reading would you say is best for the test? Japanese newspapers are the obvious one I think.

edit: I see you answered as I was posting.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers

ssjevot posted...

I studied over four hours everyday for a year for the N1. It's no joke.

I know! I actually failed it once many years ago. IIRC I needed 70% to pass, and I got a little under 60%. So while I can't say I almost passed, I think I was close enough that a year of study should be enough to make it.

Of course there are still a lot of variables I'm not sure of yet. Since then my conversation skills have gone way up but my reading skills have lapsed somewhat. Also I know the test has changed a lot since I took it so I'll definitely need practice tests so I know what to expect going in. Still, I think it should be doable as long as I have good study habits and keep them consistent.

I'll take your advice and try to read more Japanese. Maybe several news articles a day instead of one, and a novel.

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When I was a boy and I saw scary things in the news, my mother would say to me:
Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping. -Fred Rogers