Stereofreak said...

Stereofreak at 02:37 AM JST - 29th August

DenDon,

I am talking about THIS Japan. You can be as cynical as you want, but there are aware consumers out there, even in Japan. And McDs is certainly more expensive than a local soba house. A McDs combo is roughly 2000 yen, while a good plate of tsumiki udon/soba…

Posted in Fast food places like McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, etc, are frequently criticized. What do you think of them? at 02:37 AM JST - 29th August
Stereofreak at 12:54 AM JST - 28th August

Why would you go to McD's if you have a soba house around the corner for a fraction of the price? Fas food only makes sense if it's cheap (which in Japan it ain't. And is there anything faster than soba anyway?).

While everything has its time and place (even…

Posted in Fast food places like McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, KFC, etc, are frequently criticized. What do you think of them? at 12:54 AM JST - 28th August
Stereofreak at 05:40 AM JST - 27th August

fusedentropy:

That is why Japan is JAPAN and not AMERICA - this, I'm afraid, this is hard for Gaijin to understand as well.

Lovely, just use the "you're foreign so you'll never really understand us" fallacy. Bollocks. I've lived in Japan for a long time and I know exactly how…

Posted in Ex-Nova president sentenced to 3 1/2 years for embezzling at 05:40 AM JST - 27th August
Stereofreak at 02:26 AM JST - 27th August

I would love to have an electric alternative to my petrol-powered scooter. Unfortunately, where I live we don't have much access to these technologies, and the ones that exist are too expensive or not worth the hassle (in a big city, 20km per charge is nothing, even less with slopes…

Posted in Easy-to-ride electric bicycles in vogue at 02:26 AM JST - 27th August
Stereofreak at 02:22 AM JST - 27th August

Hopefully he appeals to a judge who understand he was doing all he could to keep the company running.

What, to the detriment of his workers who must be paid as well? So, basically, teachers should just accept this fat cat withhold their wages because of his poor management and…

Posted in Ex-Nova president sentenced to 3 1/2 years for embezzling at 02:22 AM JST - 27th August
Stereofreak at 04:47 AM JST - 7th August

Two consenting adults, whether male or female, engaging in a romantic relationship is hardly a problem. Who you sleep with has no relevance whatsoever in your moral fiber.

As for the post that says gay men meet only outside public toilets...well, I think the poster's ignorance and hatefulness speak for…

Posted in 'Gayjin' find it tough going in Tohoku at 04:47 AM JST - 7th August
Stereofreak at 01:50 AM JST - 6th August

De Mente attributes the special knowledge and skills of the Japanese to the premise that they are primarily right-brain oriented as a result of their vowel-heavy language

Vowel-heavy language??? It is a linguistic fact that phonetically Japanese is an extremely poor language, exactly because there are only 5 vowels (ok,…

Posted in Why the Japanese Are a Superior People at 01:50 AM JST - 6th August
Stereofreak at 06:27 AM JST - 31st July

We all work on regular everyday clothes at my office, and only dress up if we need to see clients/go to formal events. If you're sitting down in front of a computer all day, who cares about what you wear? I've seen my boss parading in flip flops and shorts,…

Posted in Does Cool Biz help or undermine productivity at the workplace? at 06:27 AM JST - 31st July
Stereofreak at 11:12 PM JST - 28th July

Props to the brakes on those trains!

Posted in Trains on Tohoku Shinkansen Line suspended after girl found on tracks at 11:12 PM JST - 28th July
Stereofreak at 01:39 AM JST - 10th July

Japanese beaches are often deserted except during the summer and are on the decline due to rising sea levels caused by global warming.

They forgot to mention erosion produced by excessive construction and concreting of beaches, polluted water and those awful tetrapods splattered across the shores (which INCREASE the waves…

Posted in Beach sumo striking new wave for outdoor recreation at 01:39 AM JST - 10th July