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Marriage is a fool's game and becoming increasingly outdated in he 21st century.
Posted in: Hasegawa confirms break-up with Kanda because he wouldn't propose to her
This LEVEL 7 nuclear disaster, the world's biggest since Chernobyl was doomed to happen even before…
Posted in: TEPCO has caused this big trouble for everyone under the sun and nobody has been arrested.
And all the while... another Japanese father working for months on end away from the family.…
Posted in: Woman arrested over murder of 5-month-old son in Kobe
She may have been like a number of women who envision motherhood as this beautiful fantasy…
Posted in: Woman arrested over murder of 5-month-old son in Kobe
@Nonanon. Hunter and predator. Exactly who is hunting who? You've heard the term 'maneater' I presume.…
Posted in: Teacher nabbed for using mirror to peek up girl's skirt
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hoserfella
I'm speechless.
Posted in: Drunken driver crashes car; back behind wheel 4 hours later
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Great news!. If a million more hottie Ayu-chan fans now want to emulate her and get a foreign bf, the more the merrier, I say!
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kyushujoe - Oh, THATS global warming? I get it now! In winter it's cold, and in summer it's hot! When I was a kid, it must have been the other way around. Time to go buy a Prius, I guess..
Posted in: Flights resume at NY airports following huge blizzard
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this does nothing to disprove the reputation Japanese prison guards have as sadists. Savages..
Posted in: Three Fukushima prison guards punished for bullying young coworker
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So sad that comics seem to be the only idea left the Japanese government has to try and connect with the outside world. "Internationalization" has been reduced to clueless Oyajis reaching out to nerds with a lolita complex.
Posted in: It's also quite important to spread Japanese anime throughout the world.
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hoserfella
Never saw a movie he didn't like.
Posted in: CNN's Larry King exits after 25 years
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my2centworth - I have no problem with DJs who know they are only that. A DJ sits in a booth and hits play. there is zero artistry or skill involved unlike that of, as you say, a guy strumming a J Johnson tune on an acoustic guitar. At least that guy has actual musical talent. He (or she) has learned to play an actual musical instrument after Im sure hundreds of hours of practice. I DO have a problem, however, with the wannabes who claim to have any musical ability or talent simply because they bought a turntable and managed to push a lever back and forth. That is an insult to those with any musical knowledge whatsoever. I won't get into the vapidness of house, drum and bass, trance, whatever you want to call it cause there isnt enough time in the day. Its all still disco music wrapped in different packaging.
Posted in: DJs' darkest hour: Indestructible eventually meant irrelevant for Technics turntable
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Fadamor - You might also add how much Ecstasy the dancers have dropped in order to enjoy the pre-programmed crap. The whole club scene (re: Disco) is a soulless, sad charade of people who are afraid of not being "hip". I could go to Tokyo this weekend, and if I was advertised as being from London or New York, would have people like you gushing over how well I pushed play.
Posted in: DJs' darkest hour: Indestructible eventually meant irrelevant for Technics turntable
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I used to make mixed tapes back in the day before a long drive. Does that make me an artist? Sweet!
Posted in: DJs' darkest hour: Indestructible eventually meant irrelevant for Technics turntable
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paulinusa - Jpop songs tend to repeat the refrain ad nauseum bringing a 2 minute song to about 4 and a half. Its enough to want to make you slit your wrists.
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benhur - creating music is an art. pressing play on a turntable (and needing Ectasy to enjoy it) is pathetic.
Posted in: DJs' darkest hour: Indestructible eventually meant irrelevant for Technics turntable
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hoserfella
Pretty sad when wannabes go out to buy these instead of spending their money actually learning to play a musical instrument.
Posted in: DJs' darkest hour: Indestructible eventually meant irrelevant for Technics turntable
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hoserfella
The whole thing stinks. The Oyaji - definitely a creep who probably wouldnt have uttered a peep if soreleftarm was Japanese. Soreleftarm - Im assuming you are male (sore left arm; yes, I get it)so why the need to sit in a priority seat at all? Just plain lazy and quite frankly - asking for trouble.
Posted in: 70,000 commuters delayed by quarrel over cell phone on train in Chiba
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bobbafett - Theres no law that says you can't wear one, but if you really want to go to a party and present yourself as a major a**hole, be prepared for a beatdown. You would certainly deserve one.
Posted in: Retailer Don Quijote pulls Nazi outfit after complaint
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chotto - Trance, dance, house, whatever you want to call it; its all Disco for the 2000's. The only people who pretend to like it are club poseurs who need to take a few Ectasy pills to stomach it. Id rather listen to an Oyaji suck his teeth for 2 hrs than that mindless, soulless drivel. Hell, maybe even Jpop..
Posted in: Does J-pop really suck?
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If people want to waste their time with these mindless shows, thats their decision. But it's amazing that many of the same people will absolutely not believe that these shows are scripted for maximum ratings. It's been going on one way or another since the game shows from the 1950's. The only thing real about them is the money they make.
Posted in: What do you think about the quality of reality TV shows?
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Below-average looks. I know for a fact she can't sing to save her life, and I doubt she can act to save it either. In any case, mixed-race parents would be crazy not to encourage their kids into show-biz here with this twit as a perfect example of how all you need to be is "Half".
Posted in: Anna Tsuchiya: 'No one could kill someone who looked like me'
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Frungy - you lost my interest with the following;
I doubt very much this was the answer to the problems with the girl in Hokkaido
Posted in: Hokkaido schoolgirl commits suicide, blaming bullying
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nisegaijin - If you are in the 3% minority who are capable of carrying on a cell call discreetly, then all apologies. If however you are in the majority that cannot, I doubt you would understand. You want proof that it's rude? look the poll results. If 60% of respondents say it's rude, it is.
Posted in: Does it bother you when people talk on cell phones on buses, trains or in restaurants?
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Frungy - your long-winded post at 2:40 is a reflection of why kids don't get proper help in this country. The powers that be, instead of grappling with the problem head on (i.e swift recognition that the problem exists, swift punishment for the bully, and heart-to-hearts with the victim) try to figure out a sterile, cold scientific solution; (.75% more sleep multiplied by 8.5 hrs = everybodys happy again!) What Japan needs is a sea change in public attitudes towards bullying, depression etc. Even in N.America just a few decades ago, mental illness was seen as something shameful to be hidden away. Proper education changed that in a reetively short time and theres no reason why it can't happen in Japan, too. Silly scientific theories waste time.
Posted in: Hokkaido schoolgirl commits suicide, blaming bullying