Silvafan's past comments

  • -1

    Silvafan

    Maitake, I kind of know what you mean with the frivolity, but what's contained in this article actually is indicative of a lot of aspects of society here.

    @oikawa

    Great point! It is simply a case study with a shared common theme to lots of international marriages, employment, singles past 40 (specifically j-women) , herbivore and etc.................

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  • 2

    Silvafan

    Unless ALL the pasta factories raised the prices in a joint move and that is highly illegal and would send them to jail.

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    That's exactly what's going to happen! They will all raise prices across the boards. It will be dog eats dog if they have to compete, but if they just raise the price then things stay the status quo, and the customers will be the ones getting screwed.

    I don't foresee companies having a problem with that. Do you?

    Posted in: Firms eye price rises in response to weaker yen

  • 4

    Silvafan

    I agree with Farmboy. Mostly likely the schools will have several options to allow the Japanese students to enter the University. I think TOEFL might have more of an impact on the international students from non English countries.

    Starting English studies earlier in school like Yubaru suggested would be good. I would go even further and say get rid of Katakana. It does more damage than good. It might have been practical for folks during the immediate occupation of Japan after the war, but now it is a crutch that does more harm than good for language learners.

    Posted in: LDP panel presents proposal on TOEFL prerequisite for universities

  • 0

    Silvafan

    Start with the little one's! It's a FACT that younger children pick up languages faster and better than adults.

    @Yubaru

    Actually, research shows that there is an age range that makes it easier for children to learn language. It doesn't necessarily mean that they learn it faster and better than adults. Research also shows that an adult can with attention and lots of practice reach a level to that of a native speaker.

    Don't know about you but I have met plenty of biracial children in Japan who are just as bad at English as the rest of the Japanese students.

    The problem is more about delivery, motivation and attitude. I have met quite a few successful young and old language learners in Japan with very little experience outside the country.

    Posted in: LDP panel presents proposal on TOEFL prerequisite for universities

  • 0

    Silvafan

    So for the people who fear that higher inflation means lower wages and higher prices, calm down. Higher inflation, if generated from monetary inflation, means both high wages and higher prices. You might ask: what's the point then? Well, the point of increasing inflation is to reduce the burden of debts strangles the economy, and hopefully get liquidities moving around a bit more, perhaps creating economic opportunities.

    @kchoze

    You must not be familiar with Japan!? Your premise is based on the idea that companies will increase wages. It simply means more people will have to work more maintain their standard of living. You are sorely mistaken which is why the weakened yen screws most of us!

    Posted in: BOJ to double money supply to get Japan out of slump

  • 1

    Silvafan

    Nowadays the urban centers are controlled by the parasite class subsidized by government handouts government jobs, leading to the recent elections where 6% of Americas' land mass elected a president who carried none of the remaining areas of the country. Note that this president rarely visits most of the country which rejected him at the polls.

    @edbardoe

    Real hypocritical considering those RED States, who according to you didn't vote for our President, are the largest recipients of subsidized government handouts!!!! What are the demographics of those parasitic RED states again?

    Your bubble must feel so comfy? :)

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  • 1

    Silvafan

    Who gives the cats scrunchies in Ginza?

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  • 0

    Silvafan

    The Grammys this year was really diverse. I think that exposed lots of folks to music they wouldnt have otherwise noticed.

    I actually downloaded a couple of albums off the net myself like Miguel and Alabama Shakes.

    Posted in: Record sales double for Grammy performers, young and old

  • 0

    Silvafan

    @Tamarama

    I've never seen a colder crowd. She was a very unpopular winner.

    People think she cheated in the previous match with the young American. She also pulled out of her previous tournament when she learned her upcoming opponent would probably be Serena Williams thus losing her #1 ranking before going into the Australian Open.

    She is similar to the last few #1 ranked women's players. All very weak and play mostly minor tournaments while loosing most majors or avoid playing strong players as much as possible. Her behavior in the tournament lost the crowds support.

    Posted in: Azarenka beats Li to win Australian Open

  • 0

    Silvafan

    The strip clubs in the U.S. devolved in only the 10 or so years I patronized them. The "dancers" at the end of that time all had the same dance: alternate twitching the pectoral muscles; stand still while moving hips left and right in time with the music; bend over while grabbing their ankles; then jump on the pole (there always is a pole) and hold themselves up with their thighs and lean back to touch the floor. Repeat until the end of the dance. It was like watching a 1 minute video clip on a closed loop. I'm not surprised at all that the business is dying out.

    What you are saying about the US doesn't really make sense or relevant for this story.

    Point#1 What you describe in the US as dancing doesn't take place in Japan. Which is a point the article is trying to
    make. The strippers in Japan don't really dance or entertain at all. Maybe if they did the business wouldn't be so bad.

    Point #2 The business in the US isn't dying out. Therefore this "same dance" you described isn't killing the business in the US. The stripping business in the US is striving. Actually, stripping like porn is recession proof in the US.

    Posted in: Strip clubs face existential crisis in era of digital porn

  • -7

    Silvafan

    It's against the law to dance in Japan? It sounds like one of those stupid Japanese laws put into place because they feel Japanese people cannot dance as good as the Gaijin so it is unfair. Like similar laws in Sumo and other activities where the Japanese feel inadequate.

    Do they believe this will clean up the Gaijin filth plaguing their pure city? What about the Japanese owned Discotechs in Roppongi?

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  • 0

    Silvafan

    Yeahhhhhh.........O!

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  • -6

    Silvafan

    Why do Japanese especially women so naive when going out of the country? If a stranger offered you a ride in the middle of the night in Tokyo, would you take it? I bet most japanese women if not all will not take the ride. Why would they do it in a foreign country?

    She is dead, poor lady but she should have known otherwise. Geez... >

    I would say the biggest reason is because the suspect is Caucasian in a "European country". Even if does have a slight tan being from Romania. The idea of "Charisma Man" still exist here in Japan. Like, you said the common sense that is usually displayed is commonly thrown out the window. Visiting places they really have no clue about other than what is shown in movies. They are probably safer when visiting countries they view as more dangerous simply because they are more attentive during the trip.

    I actually suspect that Japanese are more victims of crime in so called "Western countries" on average based on the number of travelers and simple carelessness.

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  • 1

    Silvafan

    Smoke and mirrors is the game both sides of the Republocrat plays. Likewise, why hasn't Obama released his educational records like other candidates? It goes both ways.

    Herve,

    You are completely wrong on this. No president has released their school records in the history of the US. W. Bush and presidential nominee John Kerry school records were released to the public by anonymous sources.

    Can you tell me who released their school records?

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  • 2

    Silvafan

    YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately, he will be placed in a special section of prison with other sex offenders away from general population.

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  • 0

    Silvafan

    In reference to Lions, there were types of "Lions" that actually roamed many parts of the world housands of years ago, even little Britain had them

    Yeah, big cats have covered almost every square inch of this planet. Even the current big cats covered a larger range than now. Especially when the worlds topography was different. Western Europe maybe not so much. India has Lion, Tigers, and Leopards but they also had cheetahs. Lions were all over mainland Asia. Not to mention these animals were also transported from around the world. They were typically less robust than their African counterparts with shorter mane. They were also not pack animals which is one reason why they didn't last.

    It is more likely, Europe especially Rome imported animals to be slaughtered in the arena. They almost single handedly caused near extinctions. The end of the Roman empire was a blessing to the animal kingdom. Just like Western colonization of the new world.

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  • 0

    Silvafan

    They will fail if they try to go global like most Talento that try to go international.

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  • -1

    Silvafan

    I also think it is another way to allow more Chinese to come to Japan long term. One of the big deterents at the moment from large scale migration has been the relative high standard of living.

    Once the yen goes down a little then more will be able to come over. There is reason why most major cities in the world all have long term Chinatowns.

    Posted in: Japan and China to start direct currency trading on Friday

  • 0

    Silvafan

    This is going to hurt the US but it will be good when I send money home. I also think in the long run it will also be bad for Japan too.

    Posted in: Japan and China to start direct currency trading on Friday

  • 26

    Silvafan

    If I was from Fukushima and directly affected by the disaster, I would be little a pi#^ed off by this. I might feel they were trying to exploit my loss for the personal gain of those with ties to the Japanese Olympic committee.

    I can't imagine people in Fukushima who lost everything and facing difficulties everyday thinking "You know life is really bad for me now but it will be so much better if the Olympics would come to Tokyo 8 years in the future."

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