doombird said...

doombird at 12:47 PM JST - 8th June

I don't like they way they're confusing warning systems with prevention. A cell phone can't diagnose a disease, nor can it make you go to the doctor. It can't determine who's infected and who's not unless someone inputs that information. So what is the point of having a cell phone…

Posted in Japan explores using cell phones to stop pandemics at 12:47 PM JST - 8th June
doombird at 12:06 PM JST - 24th March

[...] this fashion show demonstrates models/talento/celebrities wearing real clothes that regular women can afford instead of obsessing over the luxury brands

When you put it that way, I do approve of what they're doing. I never "got" those high-fashion shows with models parading million-dollar monstrosities.

Still, pairing the words "cool"…

Posted in 'Kawaii' cool girls fever grips Tokyo fashion shows at 12:06 PM JST - 24th March
doombird at 11:12 AM JST - 22nd March

If the model in the photo is an example of what the crowd was screaming "kawaiii!" at, then the Japanese really need to get some new words. I could think of several ways to describe that, from "sexy" to "trashy," but it doesn't strike me as being particularly "cute."

Posted in 'Kawaii' cool girls fever grips Tokyo fashion shows at 11:12 AM JST - 22nd March
doombird at 11:14 AM JST - 10th March

This just in: some dude caught drawing graffiti in New York City!! This is not exactly huge news. But if past incidents are any indication, I have a feeling he'll get back to Japan to find that his career is over and his whole family has been exterminated to right…

Posted in Pop artist Yoshitomo Nara arrested for graffiti in New York at 11:14 AM JST - 10th March
doombird at 12:33 PM JST - 4th March

How about Kotooshu's mood? Any information?

Cowlike?

Posted in Asashoryu in bullish mood ahead of spring sumo tournament at 12:33 PM JST - 4th March
doombird at 11:55 AM JST - 28th February

By saying shoganai and making posters about them like in this case. Also by having NHK run an hour long expose on these problems again and again. Then having Aso featured as a super hero in manga protecting girls in short skirts, bullied kids, beaten wives, and hookers. Finally JR…

Posted in Posters over length of high school uniform skirts causing controversy at 11:55 AM JST - 28th February
doombird at 11:21 AM JST - 28th February

What a hideously passive-aggressive way to go about things, though. "We're not going to actually give them any rules or discipline, just sort of vaguely indicate to them what we think and then wait around for something to happen." Grow a spine, Japan. They're kids, you're supposed to tell them…

Posted in Posters over length of high school uniform skirts causing controversy at 11:21 AM JST - 28th February
doombird at 11:25 AM JST - 24th February

I'm a woman and I have played GTA - I think that baseball-batting a hooker to death to get your money back is pretty funny, not because I think it's acceptable in real life, but for the same reason the creators probably made the game: it's so outrageously and obviously…

Posted in Boycott of violent Japanese video game urged in U.S. at 11:25 AM JST - 24th February
doombird at 12:38 PM JST - 23rd February

I think that arguing whether the airline or the passengers are at fault over seatbelts and announcements is slightly missing the larger point.

It was wrong not to declare an emergency and land as soon as possible if there was even ONE person lying on the floor with a broken…

Posted in 43 injured on Northwest Airlines plane due to turbulence at 12:38 PM JST - 23rd February
doombird at 12:10 AM JST - 18th February

I can't believe they didn't even mention the idea of a psychological evaluation. They don't even seem to care whether she might be a continuing danger to society -- her sentence is suspended for three years, so now for three years she's free to possibly knife up the populace again.…

Posted in Woman gets suspended sentence for knife attack at JR Hiratsuka Station at 12:10 AM JST - 18th February