I used to teach English in Japan. There was apparently a time long ago when native English teachers were treated very badly in Japan. The companies would pay them a pittance
I dunno when you left but I’m pretty sure wages for English teachers suck these days. Probably not so much black company activity (confiscating passports etc) but in the last 15ish years there have been enough weebs flooding into the country such that companies can pay peanuts.
IIRC it was that anything like ray bans were identical to cheap UV blockers, but there’s a tier at about a hundred bucks (or maybe 150) that use a different method for applying the coating to the lens so that it lasts longer. I think it was in the buy it for life sub bc I get the cheap ones and the lenses don’t last very long for me (as in they get scuffed up despite the fact that I put them back in the case every time I wear them).
I’ll see if I can find the thread when I have time later
I used to use arrows plus zx to strafe in doom. One strafe key felt limited in wolfenstein
Also not quite the same but I think radiooooo.com is fun
I’ll have to take your word for it. I’ve been to Korea a few times but I can’t quite remember what other people were using for their rice in restaurants. I know they at least use it for stuff like bibimbap, and I’ve seen a couple Koreans say they use spoons for just rice on yt
Easier to eat sticky rice (like in Japan) with chopsticks than a spoon, and cultures that don’t make sticky rice (China, Korea) don’t eat rice with chopsticks.
Actually I know Korea uses a spoon and I think China does for fried rice but if they have a bowl of white rice they might use chopsticks because it’s culturally acceptable to pick up the bowl and just kind of push it into your mouth.
There’s no way Australia counts as the same continent as Afroeurasia, and Antarctica is a landmass (unlike the Arctic ice). 4 continents minimum.
Interesting, I haven’t heard it since the 90s. Do you pronounce it with an s or z? We said s, even though the normal verb form (eg “the governor housed 10000 homeless people with the latest bill”) is said with a z for me.
Don’t hear “house” meaning to destroy something anymore.
Ima house you.
I’m about to house this burrito.
“Bread and butter”, said to your partner when they’re about to split a pole while you’re walking.
What? I understood close to zero of the meaning of anything in this sentence.
What’s updog?
Some countries have laws that are harsh for seeding (distribution) but not for leeching
You are tearing me apart, Lisa!
Given that trek has a contingent of right wing chud fans, it probably wouldn’t have helped
People made up getting upset at vocal fry so they could complain about women
Can you give an example? People have different idiolects but slight changes in intonation aren’t usually enough to make an accent of one type distinct from others in that type. Like not everyone with the General American accent sounds exactly the same but you can still say this group is GenAm, this other one is Appalachian, etc.
How the hell did Samus create peace throughout an entire galaxy by capturing metroids? Surely there are other things to worry about.
When the AI bubble collapses there’s gonna be a big market for companies that can extract data that hasn’t been polluted by AI
I dunno, even assuming Ghengis had sex every day and his proclivities leaned toward having multiple concubines sent to him at one time, that still doesn’t necessarily equal the number of different people someone could cycle through during a session of flogging the bishop. Someone with a high libido could easily pass Khan these days.
You don’t hear bleed used as a transitive verb (with an object) as much anymore with actual blood since they stopped using leeches in medicine, but it’s still commonly used for other situations. You can bleed fluid from a hydraulic line, for example.