The Off-Topic Thread, Part V

[cosyfiep]

actually LIVING in japan was great, the schools meh....the kids, well kids are...kids. The classes, were, uhm, 'repeat after the foreign monkey, ooops I mean the alternate language teacher '....it got old after a few months. It was great pay, I LOVE japanese food so I made the best of it.

[I pwnd U]

Sounds like it would get old... Do they have much respect for forigners there? I know that they are smart but do they have that ego that says "I'm smarter then you and I know it"? Kinda seems like they might but Idk...



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[azzer20]

Originally Posted by RPGmaniac

Are you speaking in tongues?

no no


also i like this cliche,


if you are facing death, do a barrel roll


Pwned, most of the americans are also pretty ignorant, those on this forum are not though, many just don't even know what scandinavia is ><

[quickmonty]

When all else fails, read the directions.

[azzer20]

don't be to others the way you like them to be to you,


2 wrongs DO make a right

[cosyfiep]

Originally Posted by I pwnd U

Sounds like it would get old... Do they have much respect for forigners there? I know that they are smart but do they have that ego that says "I'm smarter then you and I know it"? Kinda seems like they might but Idk...

foreigners as tourists are tolerated. Foreigners as co-workers, not so much so.
They tend to use the "I dont see you, therefor you dont exist" way of dealing with gaigin (their term for foreigners)....Many times I would be simply ignored will standing in line (they would take everyone around me first....then only if I protested wait on me), they also assume that under no uncertain terms can a non-asian looking person possible speak japanese---even if you CAN speak it perfectly they wont even listen to you since they KNOW you couldnt speak it. (makes it very hard to do things there when they wont listen to you when you try to speak to them )......I degress.


smart???? why do people get this stereotype in their brain??? They are not smarter than any other educated country. The schools there teach memorization and NOTHING else---there are NO essay tests, all tests are either t/f, multichoice, fill in blank, or short answer (and the later is only seen sometimes).....they dont teach kids to THINK. ah nevermind.....all the people I worked with in the programme had the same issues with the school system in japan.

I did enjoy living there, the food was great, I made some wonderful friends, got to see some beautiful places (ones not concreted yet)....but returning home was even better.

oh sorry another novel.

[I pwnd U]

Yes I know that Americans are very egotistical, I live around a bunch of them. >< But I don't know about Japan and I don't want to make assumptions about them. So that is why I asked. Okay their test scores are higher then ours, that is why. But ya we have to think over here with essay test. >.<

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[azzer20]

then again, which continent or countries doesn't have their fair share of ignorants ?

though, in school, we learn alot about europe and america, not that much about anyhting else. ><

[I pwnd U]

Very true... It seems like all the history books focus on Europe and America. What about those other continents? South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antartica? Would like to learn more about those.


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[azzer20]

well, i wouldn't like to learn about Africa :P

only 1 is South AMerica, cuz they got soccer en mass ;P

7´7 isn't that tall >< or is it ?

[I pwnd U]

Err considering that the tallest NBA player is like 7'2, ya 5 inches is a big difference. "Africa, where there are lions and chit"


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[azzer20]

No, i just don't like africa that much, to much dictature or W/E

hmm, i think i'm like 6´2 or something, never measured me in feet before

[I pwnd U]

True but meh, whatever.

I'm around 6-6'1, so a whole foot and a half taller then me, that is a unfathmable difference imo...


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[azzer20]

well i'm 1 meter and 90 cm tall, how and why you measuer in feed i don't know

[Unlucky Slayer]

because metric is dumb. And we all know feet and inches is the proper way to measure.

[azzer20]

ehm, yeah because feet doens't have different sizes, so it's easier to measure ??


Metric is the most reliable and the easiest to figure out, Feet and inches sucks

[cosyfiep]

its because we are too stubborn to change (we tried really---I remember them forcing us to learn metric when I was in 6th grade....they gave up by the next year).
I know both more or less now (I cant do complete conversions but I can get a pretty close guess-tamation when I need one).

[RedStar]

It's like Fahrenheit and Celsius.
And feet and inches are dumb... why do 12 inches = 1 feet ? xD.
If you want some strange japanese pics go here and there (it's mostly in frech, unfortunately).

[I pwnd U]

Dunno what to tell ya. I never did like the metric system but thats because I'm American and was raised on feet and inches.

Crazy pics red


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[quickmonty]

learned to do a lot of the metric-english weight conversions in the 60's

don't ask