CarbonLayup's past comments

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  CarbonLayupDec. 19, 2012 - 08:35AM JST

  I take trains VERY rarely in Japan, and when I do it is always annoying. The only saving grace is when some tasty bird gets on, but with the aging populous, that is becoming a rarity.

  Posted in: 8 tips for getting a seat on Japan’s crowded trains

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  CarbonLayupDec. 18, 2012 - 10:35AM JST

  ^Yeah, while I do agree with a lot of the stuff that has been discussed on here, I am very close to a Japanese woman who has recently retrained as a care assistant, and I resent the comments which claim care work to be a last resort for the lowest skilled in society. The woman I know worked very hard to retrain, and puts absolutely everything she has into her job. So back off with those kind of comments; they are out of order.

  Posted in: Japan in 2030: A country from which families have disappeared

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  CarbonLayupDec. 18, 2012 - 08:41AM JST

  I used to enjoy getting the trains here when I was new to the country and knew little about the culture here.

  Now I hate it, as it is basically the same as sitting in a sweltering tin can with the most humourless, lifeless people on the planet.

  Posted in: 8 tips for getting a seat on Japan’s crowded trains

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  CarbonLayupDec. 13, 2012 - 03:40PM JST

  This is not a big deal. Just a sign of how effective globalisation is. It changes nothing. The West will remain the West, and the East will continue playing catch up of our way of life, no matter what colour the people are, involved in either side of the developments.

  Posted in: Census: Whites no longer a majority in U.S. by 2043

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  CarbonLayupDec. 13, 2012 - 01:32PM JST

  I have got a great joke about Yoko Ono

  Posted in: Remembering John Lennon

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  CarbonLayupDec. 13, 2012 - 08:41AM JST

  ^Haha, nice.

  Posted in: 'Kin' chosen as kanji character best representing 2012

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  CarbonLayupDec. 11, 2012 - 01:02PM JST

  213,000yen a month, living in Tokyo. Good luck with that.

  Posted in: Teaching English to children the right way

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  CarbonLayupDec. 10, 2012 - 11:28AM JST

  CrisGerSan; LOL.

  Regarding the article; Good news this! I was at the mass partnering in Brighton in the UK years back and it was a great day for all involved.

  Posted in: 140 same-sex couples wed in Washington state for first time

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  CarbonLayupOct. 23, 2012 - 07:54AM JST

  Yeah, if the coding giant that is Google can only just get it kind of working, some rubbish Docomo programming is not going to get anything close.

  This is going to be absolutely awful.

  Posted in: DOCOMO launches real-time phone translation

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  CarbonLayupOct. 21, 2012 - 02:48PM JST

  What the actual what.

  This story is full of glaring Japanese-ness.

  Posted in: Tokyo man killed by street cleaning truck

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  CarbonLayupOct. 21, 2012 - 09:34AM JST

  Yeah, I agree with all the above.

  I have worked in Japanese offices for going on 8 years now, and the average worker does very little. They seem to find every single way to stretch the most mundane and simple of task over a giant amount of time, involve as many people as possible, etc., when said task could be done by a single person who actually worked a bit, in a fraction of the time.

  The results they are getting are demonstrably rubbish too, given the state of the economy and the take-over of various sectors from foreign business.

  And yes, anybody playing this game of overtime to impress the boss is a moron; they will be sacked / laid-off just as quickly, and with seemingly no reason, just like the rest of us.

  Posted in: Twitter comment starts online debate on working overtime

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  CarbonLayupOct. 17, 2012 - 12:16PM JST

  Well said chooch.

  Posted in: French broadcaster apologizes to Japan over Fukushima gag

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  CarbonLayupOct. 17, 2012 - 10:16AM JST

  Whatever. Nothing is offensive. We live in post-modern times, and if you can't get with the program, the rest of us are not going to wait for you to catch up.

  Those who get offended by things like this, SHOULD be offended.

  Posted in: French broadcaster apologizes to Japan over Fukushima gag

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  CarbonLayupOct. 17, 2012 - 10:03AM JST

  Whatever. Nothing is offensive. We live in post-modern times, and if you can't get with the program, the rest of us are not going to wait for you to catch up.

  Those who get offended by things like this, SHOULD be offended.

  Posted in: Japan angered by French TV host's Fukushima joke about goalkeeper Kawashima

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  CarbonLayupOct. 15, 2012 - 05:15PM JST

  Speed has it right. The Japanese have flocked to Facebook.

  Posted in: 2channel post removal requests decrease in 2012, police say

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  CarbonLayupOct. 15, 2012 - 07:50AM JST

  I am not a fan of Gangnam Style, but that is beside the point, and I feel I am able to still comment.

  The Japanese are consciously ignoring it. Why? Because there is not a hope in hell of anything this spontaneous and ironic coming out of Japan's pathetic music industry ever. Sure, they churn out a lot of stuff and it sells, but on the world scale, it is utter throwaway trash. They are creatively anaemic and this is rubbing their noses in it, by the one nation they wish would not.

  Posted in: Why Japan doesn’t give a Gangnam about PSY

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  CarbonLayupOct. 13, 2012 - 08:26PM JST

  @sandiegoluv; I will tell you why the Japanese always ask the same questions... because they have absolutely no other frame of reference for anything more interesting.

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  CarbonLayupOct. 13, 2012 - 07:52PM JST

  They need to have two versions of every sport; a clean one and an ultimate one. Ultimate one is where anything goes. I know which one I would watch...

  Posted in: In view of the Lance Armstrong case, how widespread do you think doping is in other pro sports? Are there any sports that you think are clean?

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  CarbonLayupOct. 06, 2012 - 08:26AM JST

  4000 violations? Ha. I see that many myself every year on my commute, and I only go about 5km. The average Japanese bicycle rider breaks the law every single time they ride their bike. This figure is a massive misrepresentation of the problem.

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  CarbonLayupOct. 02, 2012 - 09:30PM JST

  LOL. Because you can't already do this with Google Translate, right?

  Posted in: Docomo to introduce mobile translation of conversations and signage