Monday May 28, 2012

CapnSinbad's past comments

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    CapnSinbad

    This just shows what an empty suit Beat is. Why he is considered a genius anywhere is a true mystery. Even having been here 26 years I've never had even a micro-moment where I considered him nothing other than a cheap chimpira.

    Posted in: Beat Takeshi compares same-sex marriage with bestiality

  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    Many students, esp. boys, once they grow out of teacher-enforced English classes in JHS develop a dislike for the language once they enter HS and become to have their own opinions even though heavily influenced by the culture such as "This is Japan, we don't have to speak English." Also, as they become increasingly Japanized as young adults they even say to me in class "Don't speak English !" in a semi-joking/threatening manner. And once they become adults and occasionally come back to visit their ole alma mater, they merely wave their hands dismissively when I say a single English word to them like having put away their childhood toys now that they're men. This island mentality, this group mentality of us vs. them, this rejection of things foreign as legit behavior, this island.

    Posted in: Why are Japanese so bad at English?

  • -1

    CapnSinbad

    I saw this parade and it was very lively and festive, a refreshing change, and the cops in charge of the whole thing looked quite non-plussed. Also, some of my best friends here are non-J gay and lesbians and they are a heck of a lot nicer than your average gaijin pirate one must so often endure here.

    Posted in: 2,500 march in gay pride parade in Tokyo

  • 3

    CapnSinbad

    I work for a J-company where it is endless work, endless overtime, endless duty, and now that I am in my mid-fifties I feel burnt-out like never before. The pace is relentless, the criticism for slacking neverending, the gaman/gambaru mentality an unendurable grind. People kill themselves here ? What a surprise !

    Posted in: Over 25% of Japanese in their 20s have considered suicide

  • -2

    CapnSinbad

    Current trends in schools reveal even the locals are having a hard time learning kanji. Time for re-write of the whole kit'n'kaboodle if ya ask me. Let's parse the whole mess down to 500 and be done with it.

    Posted in: Why you must learn kanji

  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    Conbinis and fast food shops are bursting with unhealthy foods and they seem to do a thriving business so is it not the consumers who are to blame ? Should we have the bad quality shops torn all down and have them replaced with vegan stores ? How fast can you say 'go bankrupt'. The stomach knows what it wants.

    Posted in: Japan's largest McDonald's opens in Harajuku Omotesando

  • 4

    CapnSinbad

    My J-wife says she's ok with a smaller Japan. In fact, she said she's ok if the whole place goes under and all J-folk have disappeared off the face of the earth. She's not the only one who feels this way; many think if they can't have it their way, then the heck with it.

    Posted in: Japan 'no longer a rich country' by 2050: think tank

  • 1

    CapnSinbad

    I also ride a bike and have had hundreds of close calls, mainly because of taxis suddenly pulling over and stopping. They are the bane of the road. Inevitably, when you see an accident has happened you can bet your bottom dollar there will be either a scooter or a taxi involved, usually both; young scooter drivers drive recklessly, as do taxi drivers, and ever the twain shall meet.

    Posted in: Truck driver arrested over hit-and-run death of motorcyclist

  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    She was probably some old gal crying out for attention. It's so obvious it's pathetic.

    Posted in: Needle found in soup at Gusto restaurant in Tochigi

  • 1

    CapnSinbad

    4 chicken wings ? Dinner for four perhaps ? Back home people eat dozens and dozens of these things on wing night for peanuts compared to here. I almost choked on my 32nd chicken wing when I read this corker !

    Posted in: How to prepare teriyaki chicken in a rice cooker

  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    J-folks are surprisingly naive about world affairs,especially older folks, and gladly sign up for any tour like it was 1965.

    Posted in: Pakistan evacuates 77 Japanese tourists from trouble spot in north

  • 2

    CapnSinbad

    Don't get Twitter. What is the deal ? Who cares ?

    Posted in: Twitter fights spammers with lawsuit

  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    Imagine what this will cost for one passenger, 5 to 10Gs per person at least . And how soon before everybody catches something ? Or the engines catch on fire. Or it flops over. All you do is eat, drink, and shop til ya drop. I thought the world was in some kind of economic downturn. This doesn't put Japan in a good light considering the disaster and all; "Let's Blow Tons of Dough on Nothing" ! Go away Princess.

    Posted in: Carnival bringing Princess Cruises to Japan

  • 1

    CapnSinbad

    And the tickets will be at least 5Gs or more. Yes, let's all pile on this sucker fellow ex-pats.

    Posted in: JAL to launch Narita-Boston service on April 22

  • 4

    CapnSinbad

    Whatever you do, don't be overweight here ! I get told how fat I am and poked in the gut by my J-coworkers everyday. They think people who are overweight are open season for insults as fat equals weak will. I could have sued for sekuhara 100 times by now. They would never do this to another J-folk, but us gaijin are considered fair game.

    Posted in: How do you feel about being a ‘gaijin’ in Japan?

  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    I'm going to buy 10,000 of these.

    Posted in: Rabbit speakers

  • -1

    CapnSinbad

    Girl on the left looks horrible in every way, gal on the right pinpoint perfect. Who can't see that ?

    Posted in: A week with Marilyn

  • 2

    CapnSinbad

    I was just in Vancouver at New Year's and that city is one scary place. There are aggressive panhandlers lining both sides of all the city streets downtown everywhere. They engage you in seemingly innocent banter, hit you up for up to ten bucks halfway through, then continue to banter whether you give them any money or not. They are even on the buses, shamelessly browbeating passengers for dough in an ever threatening manner. The streets of Van are lined with trash,buildings dirty and unkempt, ATMs are staked out by seedy-looking individuals, Asian girls walk hand-in hand huddled together in fear because of all the weirdo street people. I felt uncomfortable and unsafe every second I was either outside or inside there, give me Tokyo any day, I've never felt unsafe on the street here once in 26 years.

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  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    i saw them at Budokan 10 years ago. What's all this '33 years ago' stuff ?

    Posted in: Beach Boys to make first tour of Japan in 33 years

  • 0

    CapnSinbad

    I was standing out front of my house in Itabashi in Tokyo just having completed a bike ride when the whole place started rocking and a reeling. The road was undulating, pole were swaying, overhead lines lashing about. People rushed outside and huddled on the ground whilst I stood defiant waiting for more. Seemed to stop, than again worse than before: cars bouncing, my house shaking, my four cats went nuts. Once inside, smashed stuff everywhere, and scenes on tv of utter and total devastation as to boggle the mind. It was an intensely vivid and altogether terrifying experience.

    Posted in: 3.11 - WHAT WERE YOU DOING THAT DAY?

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