Current Events > The high schoolers have been so welcoming in Japan >_>

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SpiritSephiroth
04/30/24 5:59:46 AM
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Like I'm sometimes pretty surprised how happy they are welcoming me. Compared to the little shits in London, ugh.

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NO2_Fiend
04/30/24 6:02:34 AM
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Major creeper vibes.

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deoxxys
04/30/24 6:04:32 AM
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I mean if theyre a teacher its perfectly normal

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party_animal07
04/30/24 6:07:05 AM
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deoxxys posted...
I mean if theyre a teacher its perfectly normal
I just assumed from the context they were a teacher/T.A.

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Humble_Novice
04/30/24 6:07:39 AM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
Like I'm sometimes pretty surprised how happy they are welcoming me. Compared to the little shits in London, ugh.
You're a teacher, right? Maybe they're just being polite? After all, students in Asian countries are usually taught to show respect to authority figures.

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SpiritSephiroth
04/30/24 6:10:47 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
Major creeper vibes.

Which part?

deoxxys posted...
I mean if theyre a teacher its perfectly normal

Schools in London are totally different lol.

Humble_Novice posted...
You're a teacher, right? Maybe they're just being polite? After all, students in Asian countries are usually taught to show respect to authority figures.

Yup. Its just being on the receiving end, you get to see how they are taught the respect, how they go about their day ect.

They don't even have cleaners, all the students need to clean up every hall and room in the school. Its a period of cleaning.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 6:13:39 AM
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You should watch that "Day in a life of an English teacher in Japan, " YouTube channel and compare notes

https://youtube.com/shorts/2FuMaBqDCjI?si=rzgHHODnTkZtRWlO

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SpiritSephiroth
04/30/24 6:14:23 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
You should watch that "Day in a life of an English teacher in Japan, " YouTube channel and compare notes

I think I remember seeing that, but I need to refresh my memory.

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PoIkan
04/30/24 6:16:00 AM
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Having gone to Japan last year, I can't in all seriousness say America is top tier. Their transit, their nature, their systems to keeping everything clean despite having practically no trash cans, their IC card system, their popup stores ... everything there is just leagues better. I cannot wait to go back. It was like a whole new world over there.
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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 6:16:58 AM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
I think I remember seeing that, but I need to refresh my memory.
https://youtube.com/shorts/tvuyBa33JXA?si=9rTmRHymKso0P9RX

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SpiritSephiroth
04/30/24 6:31:12 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
https://youtube.com/shorts/tvuyBa33JXA?si=9rTmRHymKso0P9RX

Two classes a day? Damn she's just chilling.

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NO2_Fiend
04/30/24 6:31:36 AM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
Which part?

Schools in London are totally different lol.

Yup. Its just being on the receiving end, you get to see how they are taught the respect, how they go about their day ect.

They don't even have cleaners, all the students need to clean up every hall and room in the school. Its a period of cleaning.
The part where you gave no context and just claimed a bunch of children in a foreign country were super welcoming to you. Prolly should have mentioned that it was in a class setting or that you teach.

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SpiritSephiroth
04/30/24 6:33:57 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
The part where you gave no context and just claimed a bunch of children in a foreign country were super welcoming to you. Prolly should have mentioned that it was in a class setting or that you teach.

That fact that no one else needed context except for you is, I dunno what to say.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 6:34:30 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
The part where you gave no context and just claimed a bunch of children in a foreign country were super welcoming to you. Prolly should have mentioned that it was in a class setting or that you teach.
Dude it was obvious

Why are you being so weird

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The_Korey
04/30/24 6:43:00 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
The part where you gave no context and just claimed a bunch of children in a foreign country were super welcoming to you. Prolly should have mentioned that it was in a class setting or that you teach.

You've been on this board too long. If you don't detox, your mind will keep jumping to the negative konclusions.

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Karovorak
04/30/24 6:45:46 AM
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PoIkan posted...
Having gone to Japan last year, I can't in all seriousness say America is top tier. Their transit, their nature, their systems to keeping everything clean despite having practically no trash cans, their IC card system, their popup stores ... everything there is just leagues better. I cannot wait to go back. It was like a whole new world over there.

I was in Japan with a buddy of mine, some years ago, and as an european I can only agree.

Our most used insider joke there was "and that's why the japanese are culturally superior to us".

People waiting for a bus?
People staying in line for some escalator?
Traffic discipline all around?
Toilets with high class bidets everywhere?
Vending machines with hot and cold stuff at nearly every corner?
Horny anime ads?

Only thing that somewhat sucked were the tiny hotel rooms/baths and that public transport wasn't as... clear for tourists as we hoped it would be (and also pretty expensive compared to what we are familiar with).

But we didn't go to japan to stay in some hotel room or bus anyways.

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KainWind
04/30/24 6:46:05 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
Major creeper vibes.

Every day I'm reminded CE is not okay

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Humble_Novice
04/30/24 6:46:09 AM
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PoIkan posted...
Having gone to Japan last year, I can't in all seriousness say America is top tier. Their transit, their nature, their systems to keeping everything clean despite having practically no trash cans, their IC card system, their popup stores ... everything there is just leagues better. I cannot wait to go back. It was like a whole new world over there.
It's mostly because of their collectivist culture.

SpiritSephiroth posted...
They don't even have cleaners, all the students need to clean up every hall and room in the school. Its a period of cleaning.
I've been to a religious private school in Asia and I can confirm that students are required to clean up their classroom before going home.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 6:51:39 AM
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Karovorak posted...
Only thing that somewhat sucked were the tiny hotel rooms/baths and that public transport wasn't as... clear for tourists as we hoped it would be (and also pretty expensive compared to what we are familiar with).

But we didn't go to japan to stay in some hotel room or bus anyways.
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NO2_Fiend
04/30/24 7:00:13 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Dude it was obvious

Why are you being so weird
He literally put a shifty eye emoji in the topic title the whole thing just seemed off.

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PoIkan
04/30/24 7:00:22 AM
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Karovorak posted...
I was in Japan with a buddy of mine, some years ago, and as an european I can only agree.

Our most used insider joke there was "and that's why the japanese are culturally superior to us".

People waiting for a bus?
People staying in line for some escalator?
Traffic discipline all around?
Toilets with high class bidets everywhere?
Vending machines with hot and cold stuff at nearly every corner?
Horny anime ads?

Only thing that somewhat sucked were the tiny hotel rooms/baths and that public transport wasn't as... clear for tourists as we hoped it would be (and also pretty expensive compared to what we are familiar with).

But we didn't go to japan to stay in some hotel room or bus anyways.

Oh right, the bidets. I didn't see one toilet that didn't have a bidet. Every restaurant, every hotel I was at. Everywhere had a bidet.... and yes, easy access to vending machines that were affordable too! And more than just 8 options in them as well. They averaged like, 30 items per machine.

My only issue really was just having to carry my trash everywhere. I mean, I got used to it to the point I carried a bag with me out. Took a day or so to realize that you just can't find trashcans anywhere. But it's understandable when a society actually cares to keep things nice, and how trash cans can just be carelessly overfilled.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 7:02:57 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
He literally put a shifty eye emoji in the topic title the whole thing just seemed off.

NO2_Fiend posted...
He literally put a shifty eye emoji in the topic title the whole thing just seemed off.
To express surprise and incredulity at the behavior of the kids

Dude stop watching anime. You're being bizarre

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NO2_Fiend
04/30/24 7:06:07 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
To express surprise and incredulity at the behavior of the kids

Dude stop watching anime. You're being bizarre
Why are you assuming I watch anime?

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SpiritSephiroth
04/30/24 7:10:29 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
He literally put a shifty eye emoji in the topic title the whole thing just seemed off.

I use those eyes all the time. Doesn't mean anything.

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DKBananaSlamma
04/30/24 7:12:23 AM
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PoIkan posted...
Having gone to Japan last year, I can't in all seriousness say America is top tier. Their transit, their nature, their systems to keeping everything clean despite having practically no trash cans, their IC card system, their popup stores ... everything there is just leagues better. I cannot wait to go back. It was like a whole new world over there.
Same. Weebs were right: Japan is better >_>

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NO2_Fiend
04/30/24 7:14:55 AM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
I use those eyes all the time. Doesn't mean anything.
That's fine. Just in general from my experience shifty eyes mean someone is up to something nefarious which was why the confusion. :P

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sfcalimari
04/30/24 7:18:07 AM
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Pssh real men teach ESL in South Korea where there's literally piles of trash everywhere and people push and shove to get onto buses and trains. They have kids clean the classrooms there too but it's always two kids with a bucket of ice cold gray water with no soap, using a mop to push the dirt around.

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Trumpo
04/30/24 7:45:03 AM
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Until you get a delinquent class

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St0rmFury
04/30/24 8:01:37 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
My bad, bro. I shouldn't have been so no eager to jump into the wrong conclusion about you.

Was that so hard?

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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:03:59 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
You should watch that "Day in a life of an English teacher in Japan, " YouTube channel and compare notes

https://youtube.com/shorts/2FuMaBqDCjI?si=rzgHHODnTkZtRWlO

This person often makes stuff up and misrepresents Japan a lot. I recommend you stay away from her. Although she did show me how to use the 7-11 smoothie machine

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 8:06:12 AM
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_____Cait posted...
This person often makes stuff up and misrepresents Japan a lot. I recommend you stay away from her. Although she did show me how to use the 7-11 smoothie machine
Like what?

What has she made up?

How do you know she made it up?

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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:07:44 AM
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DKBananaSlamma posted...
Same. Weebs were right: Japan is better >_>

Wait until you live there and see their politics, their apathy towards anything, their fear of change, subtle racism, and lack of efficiency in anything not involving toilets and food.

I still prefer living here though.

Also to TC, kids are always polite in school here. Outside of school, they act like any other kid.

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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:09:22 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Like what?

What has she made up?

How do you know she made it up?

Because I live in Japan, and have seen her videos. She just says stuff tourists and weebs will like to hear. Her experiences are not what most people who actually live here experience, and she s been called out on it before.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 8:11:21 AM
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And yet you can't cite any examples.

Hell "I live in Japan and my experience was different in ways I cannot communicate or specify" doesn't mean she's lying. Just means you had 2 different experiences.

Are you even a teacher?

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Beveren_Rabbit
04/30/24 8:11:45 AM
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why is it so much easier to be a teacher in Asia and Africa than United States? Why is there so much respect for teachers there

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LonelyStoner
04/30/24 8:12:52 AM
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_____Cait posted...
This person often makes stuff up and misrepresents Japan a lot. I recommend you stay away from her. Although she did show me how to use the 7-11 smoothie machine
She also values being an influencer over being an actual teacher. Constantly on her phone at school. Seems insufferable.

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SpiritSephiroth
04/30/24 8:17:07 AM
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LonelyStoner posted...
She also values being an influencer over being an actual teacher. Constantly on her phone at school. Seems insufferable.

This brings up a good point. My company has time and again said phones aren't allowed to be recording in schools. Even my schools, principles and vice principles have reiterated this specifically for student safety and privacy.

So how is she allowed to be recording within school walls? >_>

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Karovorak
04/30/24 8:17:43 AM
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_____Cait posted...
Wait until you live there and see their politics, their apathy towards anything, their fear of change, subtle racism, and lack of efficiency

Now we only need a place where this description would not fit.


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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:17:59 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
And yet you can't cite any examples.

Hell "I live in Japan and my experience was different in ways I cannot communicate or specify" doesn't mean she's lying. Just means you had 2 different experiences.

Are you even a teacher?

Whats wrong with you? Do you actually live there?

Since you must know, I had her job years ago. Shes playing influencer. You might be a fan, so I wont reply to you anymore.

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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:19:39 AM
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Karovorak posted...
Now we only need a place where this description would not fit.

True. I just dont like people acting like this place is a weeb paradise. It has serious social issues. Its a beautiful place and I love living here, but I know it isnt for everyone and some people get very hurt when they come here and see the reality.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 8:19:58 AM
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SpiritSephiroth posted...
This brings up a good point. My company has time and again said phones aren't allowed to be recording in schools. Even my schools, principles and vice principles have reiterated this specifically for student safety and privacy.

So how is she allowed to be recording within school walls? >_>
She records her arriving, her lunch, empty classrooms and leaving

I guess it violates the letter of the law but not the spirit of "Don't film kids ya weirdo "

Also not sure wtf she's supposedly lying about

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Fenriswolf
04/30/24 8:21:10 AM
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_____Cait posted...
This person often makes stuff up and misrepresents Japan a lot. I recommend you stay away from her. Although she did show me how to use the 7-11 smoothie machine

I have the same issues with lots of "English teachers" in China. A lot of them are creeps who makes gross generalisations.

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DKBananaSlamma
04/30/24 8:21:36 AM
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NO2_Fiend posted...
That's fine. Just in general from my experience shifty eyes mean someone is up to something nefarious which was why the confusion. :P
What the fuck you got against shifty eyes bro!? >_>

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 8:21:44 AM
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_____Cait posted...
Whats wrong with you? Do you actually live there?

Since you must know, I had her job years ago. Shes playing influencer. You might be a fan, so I wont reply to you anymore.
"This person is lying!!!! Don't listen to her!!"
"Really? What is she lying about?"
"WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!? I'm not replying to you anymore!"

lolwut

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DKBananaSlamma
04/30/24 8:23:20 AM
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_____Cait posted...
Because I live in Japan, and have seen her videos. She just says stuff tourists and weebs will like to hear. Her experiences are not what most people who actually live here experience, and she s been called out on it before.
Damn, that's a shame. I don't want to be patronized: I want Japan raw!

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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:29:00 AM
#46:


Guns_of_Verdun posted...
"This person is lying!!!! Don't listen to her!!"
"Really? What is she lying about?"
"WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!? I'm not replying to you anymore!"

lolwut

And yet you can't cite any examples.

Hell "I live in Japan and my experience was different in ways I cannot communicate or specify" doesn't mean she's lying. Just means you had 2 different experiences.

Are you even a teacher?

Because you came out questioning my integrity, and also have shown hostility to other posters in this topic.

Other people who know her have said, in this topic, that she generalizes and gives a bad image of foreigners, and misrepresents Japan as a playground.

Since you really want to know, watch her videos about things foreigners wouldnt understand or whatever its called. Also her videos about work life. Yeah obviously she has had different experiences, but she also makes bold statements about the culture and the job that anyone who has actually been here can say are not true. Its clickbait for foreigners who dream of Japan, and its not accurate to the actual culture or things she is even talking about.

Sorry, I cant prove its a lie. You need to be here to see it.

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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:31:54 AM
#47:


DKBananaSlamma posted...
Damn, that's a shame. I don't want to be patronized: I want Japan raw!

Its still a nice place. She just exaggerates everything, and glamorizes things. Theres a half truth to it all.

She shows up on my timeline every single day and Im just tired of feeling patronized. I get it is just for clicks, but i appreciate where i live and want people to see what it is really like.

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 8:33:44 AM
#48:


_____Cait posted...
Because you came out questioning my integrity, and
Only because you called someone a liar but refuse to say what they lied about, then just said "my experience was different, therefore she lied" which is super silly

Take her bike broke down so she borrowed her landlords, her hair poked out so she looked like a cockatoo, then ate lunch, only had 2 classes, the kids clean the classroom, there's not much English or Manga in the library, she was given an ice cream, she cycled home and was given a cabbage

Where's the lie? Which part? How do you know?

You're right we can't see it lol

You're coming across as weird here dude

By your logic if any two Americans claim to have had a different experience ever, then one is lying

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Guns_of_Verdun
04/30/24 8:36:17 AM
#49:


_____Cait posted...
but i appreciate where i live and want people to see what it is really like.
A good start would be telling us what it's really like and what she is lying about lol

Instead of getting angry when people ask you what the person you called a liar is lying about

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_____Cait
04/30/24 8:36:29 AM
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Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Only because you called someone a liar but refuse to say what they lied about, then just said "my experience was different, therefore she lied" which is super silly

Take her bike broke down so she borrowed her landlords, her hair poked out so she looked like a cockatoo, then ate lunch, only had 2 classes, the kids clean the classroom, there's not much English or Manga in the library, she was given an ice cream, she cycled home and was given a cabbage

Where's the lie? Which part? How do you know?

You're right we can't see it lol

You're coming across as weird here dude

By your logic if any two Americans claim to have had a different experience ever, then one is lying

Believe what you want then. Im not forcing you.

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