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Post by Researcher Irish on Mar 23, 2016 14:43:57 GMT 9
As a non-driver I have never heard a driver praise driving in another country or area or anything. It makes me think driving must be spoopy like literally everywhere. Here is a list of all of the countries in which people apparently cannot drive: Korea Japan Germany Italy Spain The US What bad things would people say about driving in Germany? That people adhere to the speed limits? That reds means red and stop means stop? Yeah. I think it was that people are too slow. Again I dont drive so I have no opinions I just think its funny that no one ever commends someone else's driving (in my experience)
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Post by telly on Mar 23, 2016 15:00:50 GMT 9
Really? You can drive 100km/h outside cities and more than 130 km/h on highways. Peolpe keep to that because unlike Japan, you will actually get fined if you overstep that limit by 10 km/h, so starting from 110 km/h, you will have to pay.
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 10, 2017 11:08:50 GMT 9
reviving this thread because bored innit One ODOLOITA KOTO that I haven't seen mentioned yet is mother fucking TSUYU. Rainy season isn't a thing in America, and no one warned me about it, and June in Nagasaki ended up being the worst month of my life whereas June in America is always so beautiful and perfect weather-wise. Also I will chime in and say that speed limits in Japan are idiotically slow. I was fine just going 10 km/hr over the speed limit, until I made the mistake one day of actually doing the converion into mph and realizing that 80 km/hr is less than 50 mph so now I can't help but drive over 100 on highways...but everyone else does too so I don't worry too much about SUPIDO IHAN.
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Post by momo black on Jan 10, 2017 13:38:46 GMT 9
Considering how excellently rule abiding and 丁寧 everything else is I was pretty alarmed by the way people drive
just earlier today an old man was biking on a crosswalk (the light of which was green, i.e., he had the right of way), and I was at the edge of the street about to enter the crosswalk, and this truck which was waiting to turn just booked it the moment the old man was past the front of the truck (not yet on the other side of the street, though), despite the fact that I was trying to cross
that was unnerving
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Post by King Quailbee on Jan 10, 2017 18:20:47 GMT 9
reviving this thread because bored innit One ODOLOITA KOTO that I haven't seen mentioned yet is mother ふcking TSUYU. Rainy season isn't a thing in America, and no one warned me about it, and June in Nagasaki ended up being the worst month of my life whereas June in America is always so beautiful and perfect weather-wise.
Also I will chime in and say that speed limits in Japan are idiotically slow. I was fine just going 10 km/hr over the speed limit, until I made the mistake one day of actually doing the converion into mph and realizing that 80 km/hr is less than 50 mph so now I can't help but drive over 100 on highways...but everyone else does too so I don't worry too much about SUPIDO IHAN. ??? arizonaexperience.org/land/arizonas-monsoon-season
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 11, 2017 8:34:19 GMT 9
GOMEN
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 11, 2017 8:45:11 GMT 9
No one warned you about tsuyu?
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 11, 2017 8:47:12 GMT 9
I think I had a vague idea that "rainy season" was coming, but I didn't know that meant it would rain literally every day for a whole month.
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 11, 2017 8:52:46 GMT 9
I see. I think I got better warning than you, then. Plus my first tsuyu was a pretty dry one.
What year were you in Nagasaki?
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 11, 2017 8:55:27 GMT 9
I see. I think I got better warning than you, then. Plus my first tsuyu was a pretty dry one. What year were you in Nagasaki? Fall 2014-Summer 2015
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 11, 2017 9:28:26 GMT 9
I see. I think I got better warning than you, then. Plus my first tsuyu was a pretty dry one. What year were you in Nagasaki? Fall 2014-Summer 2015 You baby, you were there while I was just across the bay from Nagasaki my THIRD YEAR.
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Post by Caic on Jan 11, 2017 9:32:58 GMT 9
i always find tsuyu disappointing
come to ireland all year round bruh
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 11, 2017 9:36:25 GMT 9
No.
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Post by no yark shark on Jan 11, 2017 9:50:02 GMT 9
My first tsuyu was the end of Okinawa's. I have a fond memory of slipping on the wet concrete and falling down an outdoor stairwell at the high school.
Last year's tsuyu was fairly "disappointing." September is much rainier here I think.
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Post by Caic on Jan 11, 2017 9:51:02 GMT 9
like a rainy season where it doesnt even rain every single day? whats the point
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Post by nikinee on Jan 11, 2017 14:48:03 GMT 9
We have TSUYU where I am from in the ~tropics~ of Australia.
Lots of rain, the occasional cyclone, always humid. FUN.
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Post by King Quailbee on Jan 12, 2017 9:20:40 GMT 9
Each time TSUYU is written, I think of MENTSUYU and I get really hungry.
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 12, 2017 9:21:37 GMT 9
Same.
I should try making udon again.
This time with thick noodles.
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 12, 2017 9:38:02 GMT 9
I want some TSUKEMEN from my favorite TSUKEMEN place.
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 12, 2017 9:42:52 GMT 9
That's another thing that was BIKKULI, now that you mention it.
Dipping noodles in sauce.
Not something I ever did or considered doing or even know was a thing before coming to nihon.
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Post by momo black on Jan 12, 2017 9:52:24 GMT 9
all this talk of TSUKEMEN and udon and other noodles and stuff reminds me of something which surprised (or more so just confused) me the first time I came to Japan
I was at the beach and a random guy came up to me and asked, "MENS ALL??" I was like... "what...?" and he just says again, "MENS ALL?" after a bit I realized he was actually asking メンズおる not メンズオール, and I was like, "uh... there's a man in the group of hulemdos I came with today, yes...?" and then he just goes, "oh, sorry!" and left
asked my host sister wtf just happened and she was like, "he was probably trying to ask if you had a boyhulemdo"
MENS ALL
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 12, 2017 9:54:48 GMT 9
Speaking of noodles and BIKKULI - ramen is actually delicious. I did not like instant noodles, which was the only type of ramen I'd ever had before.
Although even so the first six months I was here I didn't think ramen was delicious and didn't get the hype. Then I tried TONKOTSU and suddenly everything made sense.
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Post by no yark shark on Jan 12, 2017 9:55:08 GMT 9
since people are posting in this thread I'm gonna pose the question here, because it's similar, but for my presentation tomorrow I've been asked to talk about "Things I've learned from Living in Japan" and I'm having trouble coming up with ideas.
Obviously instead of listing random facts (and like, I already knew most of the obvious Japan stuff anyways) I'd like to use it as on opportunity to talk about 国際交流 and how living abroad taught me how to approach it better but I'm kind of struggling with concrete ideas and pulling everything together.
halp
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 12, 2017 9:59:30 GMT 9
I learned how to replace the tires on my car. I learned a bunch of japanese recipes and cooking techniques. uh I'll get back to you if I think of anything else
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Post by Caic on Jan 12, 2017 9:59:48 GMT 9
hue at thinking ramen wouldnt be delicious cos you didnt like instant noodles at home... *facepalm*
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Post by momo black on Jan 12, 2017 10:00:07 GMT 9
since people are posting in this thread I'm gonna pose the question here, because it's similar, but for my presentation tomorrow I've been asked to talk about "Things I've learned from Living in Japan" and I'm having trouble coming up with ideas. Obviously instead of listing random facts (and like, I already knew most of the obvious Japan stuff anyways) I'd like to use it as on opportunity to talk about 国際交流 and how living abroad taught me how to approach it better but I'm kind of struggling with concrete ideas and pulling everything together. halp Living in Japan in high school was the first time I really became clear of the US as a country with a distinct culture and identity I know this may seem silly, but up until then, I had never really thought of the US as having a culture of its own so much as having a mish-mash of other cultures, both regional and from other countries Being an "other" made it way easier to see what stuff built up "American culture" because until then I had been blind to it, as it had just been "normal," "the way things are naturally" not sure if that will help you come up with ideas but that is my two cents
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Post by King Quailbee on Jan 12, 2017 10:02:11 GMT 9
I am a lover and advocate for zaru udon.
Especially when I worked at the udon shop.
If I was asked a recommendation, I would tell them the zaru udon. Most of the time, people would ignore and order the NIKE YOUDON.
(sigh)
So we had the goma-zaru and regular zaru-udon (as well as a tan-tan goma zaru)...when I worked cashier, I also had to bus the area where people return their food and sometimes I would come across a bunch of goma all over the zaru mats and sometimes I would see customers pour the goma on the noodles like some weird topping.
My heart would cry and shriek when I'd see this....
I usually would explain how to eat the noodles if I got asked directly (usually from a nice middle-aged white professor looking guy), but many were lost in the cracks.
So many potential converts lost.
(cries)
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Post by CaptainSeery on Jan 12, 2017 10:03:59 GMT 9
hue at thinking ramen wouldnt be delicious cos you didnt like instant noodles at home... *facepalm* Okay but instant noodles here are actually a lot more delicious than at home.
And a lot of people around me claimed that instant ramen was good. Which I never understood.
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Post by Mumblesnore on Jan 12, 2017 10:09:54 GMT 9
I am a lover and advocate for zaru udon. Especially when I worked at the udon shop. If I was asked a recommendation, I would tell them the zaru udon. Most of the time, people would ignore and order the NIKE YOUDON.
(sigh) So we had the goma-zaru and regular zaru-udon (as well as a tan-tan goma zaru)...when I worked cashier, I also had to bus the area where people return their food and sometimes I would come across a bunch of goma all over the zaru mats and sometimes I would see customers pour the goma on the noodles like some weird topping. My heart would cry and shriek when I'd see this.... I usually would explain how to eat the noodles if I got asked directly (usually from a nice middle-aged white professor looking guy), but many were lost in the cracks. So many potential converts lost. (cries) YES, I had this experience many times at Starbucks. Like, honestly, why do people even ask for recommendations?
This exchange happened at least once or twice a week.
Customer: I really need something to wake me up. What drink has the MOST caffeine? Me: Well actually, ounce for ounce a drip coffee has more than twice the caffeine of any of our espresso drinks, unless you add extra espresso to them, but that costs 80 cents per shot. Customer: Oh. *obvious disappointment* I'll just get a caramel frappuccino/salted caramel mocha/skinny vanilla latte etc.
I may be forgetting an instance, but I don't think a "what drink has the most caffeine?" customer ended up ordering a drip coffee after I recommended it even ONCE.
/rant
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Post by no yark shark on Jan 12, 2017 10:10:31 GMT 9
since people are posting in this thread I'm gonna pose the question here, because it's similar, but for my presentation tomorrow I've been asked to talk about "Things I've learned from Living in Japan" and I'm having trouble coming up with ideas. Obviously instead of listing random facts (and like, I already knew most of the obvious Japan stuff anyways) I'd like to use it as on opportunity to talk about 国際交流 and how living abroad taught me how to approach it better but I'm kind of struggling with concrete ideas and pulling everything together. halp Living in Japan in high school was the first time I really became clear of the US as a country with a distinct culture and identity I know this may seem silly, but up until then, I had never really thought of the US as having a culture of its own so much as having a mish-mash of other cultures, both regional and from other countries Being an "other" made it way easier to see what stuff built up "American culture" because until then I had been blind to it, as it had just been "normal," "the way things are naturally" not sure if that will help you come up with ideas but that is my two cents Hm, this is interesting because I had the opposite experience. When I came to Japan for the first time in high school, there were two other kids on the same program as me going to the same school, and I want to say they were from Texas and Oklahoma (or Alaska..? I don't know why I can't remember which) and I was floored that people would ask if we knew each other before we came because they obviously had no idea how big America was. After I came back I was at a meeting for exchange students (mostly European) that had been living in my town, and when they were asked what surprised them most about America, one of them talked about the diversity. Again, I was shocked that this was the thing that surprised them, because America being diverse is a very atarimae thing to me. Even going to college only three states to the north of my home state was culture shock for me, and I found that being both abroad and in another state gave me an appreciation for my home state that I'd never had before.
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