notimpressed said...

notimpressed at 05:18 PM JST - 16th May

It just sounds weird for a kid to get his head stuck in a backpack strap and then choke himself with it. One freak accident to many perhaps? Its about as hard to buy the...."oh he accidentally hung himself" line, as it is the "he walked right into my fist…

Posted in 2-yr-old boy who survived 9th floor fall in March dies after choking himself with backpack strap at 05:18 PM JST - 16th May
notimpressed at 06:22 PM JST - 15th May

yes, jerseyboy, japanfans such as sarcasm123 just happen to believe that "we are a unique and beautiful flower" crap, while the rest of us see that japan is just as bad as anywhere else, but with its own unique/bizzare twist on it. In many cases far its more disturbing, case…

Posted in Chemical maker Ishihara Sangyo conceals production of poisonous gas at 06:22 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 04:52 PM JST - 15th May

true smartacus, but the dude had a good look at his handywork and then ran away. Have to also wonder, if there were witnesses to the incident, why had no-one helped the guy off the road already? It was well enough lit for witnesses to see it all go down…

Posted in Man lying on Saitama street killed in hit-and-run at 04:52 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 04:48 PM JST - 15th May

wow this is still going, and has actually gone somewhere...

Good point to drop our gripes and offer some pointers if it really is a problem. I dont have any new ones, I'll just agree with the one that goes all the way back to sarge...Be more approachable.

The favourite…

Posted in Foreign women in Japan sometimes remark how hard it is to get a date with foreign men. What are your views on this? at 04:48 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 04:14 PM JST - 15th May

I still dont get it, Ive been driving for a while, and also been driving here in Japan for about a year,if its so difficult to not run someone over, I would have cleaned up hundreds of shuffling 2 foot obaasans by now. If you didnt see him mate, you…

Posted in Man lying on Saitama street killed in hit-and-run at 04:14 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 04:11 PM JST - 15th May

greensatin: money is the only reason too keep the population level up. Otherwise, less people is a good thing. People have less babies because they want to, and because we dont need them perhaps. Maybe the whole world needs to make less babies, focus on quality rather than quantity.

Posted in What changes are needed in Japanese society to stop the falling birthrate? at 04:11 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 04:07 PM JST - 15th May

the nazis were weirdos man, they wanted them all to look the same too..boring. Ill be happy with faster, smarter, stronger, and easy on the eye, but keep the variety.

Posted in Report of genetically modified embryo stirs criticism at 04:07 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 04:00 PM JST - 15th May

I generally try not to run over people I see on the road. Or any object in front of my vehicle. I would hope that should I ever passout from either alcohol ir sunstroke or whateve reason, that someone woul at least try to get me off the road, rather…

Posted in Man lying on Saitama street killed in hit-and-run at 04:00 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 03:28 PM JST - 15th May

A NewZealander by the name of Archie Blue had a water powered mini running 100miles to the gallon in the sixties. He was offered alot of money by Saudi oil companies for full rights to his patent but he refused. He went to work in the UK for a research…

Posted in Honda says hydrogen-powered vehicle lighter, more efficient at 03:28 PM JST - 15th May
notimpressed at 03:02 PM JST - 15th May

haha grouchy..thats one way to look at it...all the righties might get up in arms about being so "flooded" by foreigners that now they get tax money too!! oh the horror!!

Speed: exactly...3% is peanuts, but only in statistic sense, in human terms it is significant, the government needs to…

Posted in Tokyo gov't to offer aid to NPOs helping non-Japanese residents at 03:02 PM JST - 15th May