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my youtube recs have gotten wild recently so i'm gonna start a 'humans are awesome' thread
meltingcyan
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meltingcyan
@meltingcyan
30+ Aussie in Japan, programmer, language nerd, music fan, translator. still way too obsessed with Gackt.
Japan
Joined January 2010
- I'm surprised by how often Japanese ppl seem surprised when I mention basic realities of being a foreign national, like, "yeah I either have to keep a steady full-time job or leave the country." can't help but wonder how many ppl think we can just come here and do whatever 😐
- Replying to @meltingcyanA couple of months ago a drunk woman at a bar started talking to me and eventually said she was glad I'm not like all the foreigners who come here and just get money from the government to do nothing and I am not sure what visa category that comes under...
- You know how the internet is filling up with AI spam generated from mashing together popular keywords? And how sometimes a combination of words delivers a tactical strike to the dumbest part of your sense of humor and you end up trying not to giggle at work all afternoon? Yeah.
- Replying to @notseelenThat's called a visa run and immigration will be displeased if they notice you doing it. Particularly, if they think you're working during your stay (even for an overseas employer), you're gonna have a bad time.
- gackt showing off his underwear and teaching the guys how to pronounce/spell "thong" (he owns 80 of these apparently)
- You get used to it eventually, but yeah that's how parsing a Japanese sentence feels Always fun when someone is like "what exactly did they say?" and you're like "I literally cannot express that with English words but here's a sentence with the same ~*vibes*~"TikTok finally showed me a good video
00:00 - Explaining the nuances of context and adaptation in Japanese to English translation is unfortunately ineffective against people who have decided they are fighting a war against a coordinated cabal of politically motivated translators. They're not interested in understanding.
- Replying to @Happytoaster5Oh, I haven't seen that particular card before, but that sounds like a reasonable explanation!
- "I sharpened my claws on the air bed and poked a hole and let all the air out. It was fun."可愛すぎて、怒れない…
- Replying to @meltingcyanhe explained that he usually doesn't wear underwear at all but when he's on film sets and everyone is changing clothes a lot, he was asked to please put some on
- Had a conversation with an ex that illustrated this mindset perfectly. He was insisting guys would have sex with any woman and when I asked "what about a woman with [list of unattractive traits]" and he was like "obviously not!" and also acted like >
- me: haha yeah I learned JLPT N1 grammar points when I took the test 10 years ago, but I can't say I've ever encountered them in real life, no one actually talks like that! gackt, writing his autobiography: bitch it's pop quiz time
