Listen, you can probably blame a lot of Japan's weirdness on the occupation
Honestly there's not much that's really weird about Japan other than perhaps their love of sea creatures, which makes total sense. What with it being an island. Maybe it's weird by Western standards, but aren't all its quirky traits shared in some way with at least a few other nearby countries? The drug thing, the way the police work, etc. all are not particularly out of place for the region.
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Witches are ok if you use Aquila throw the disc attack. Makes them easy. In fact, throw the disc nonstop on everyone. Sweep with the scythe, knock some dudes in the air, hit with dumb rock fists and then ground pound with axe. You'll be SSS in no time.
Listen, you can probably blame a lot of Japan's weirdness on the occupation
I am typically unconvinced by this line of reasoning regarding most things
But in the case of drug policy, you're looking at an extended occupation by one of the most hardline anti-drug nations, during a generation that was brainwashed into thinking that weed is the most evil thing in the entire world
It's hard to imagine some of that not rubbing off on the Japanese
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Japan is the same country where to keep the cop number artificially high they ignore a lot of crimes. Drugs seems p easy to prove though, I imagine.
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oh yeah, the aquila disc attack was my goto for lots of things
even before the game got cheap and told me to use it on invisible enemies, i was doin that >B)
I just think they're pretty boring to fight. I get that they're there to trip you up but the disc is an easy fix to that and then they just teleport around and make you chase them. snoooore
what the fuck teleport is too a word, chrome
You could be anywhere
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Adult binge drinking, incredible company loyalty, panty vending machines, herbivore men, insane national debt owned by private citizens, horrible JRPGs these days, etc.
Honestly there's not much that's really weird about Japan other than perhaps their love of sea creatures, which makes total sense.
It's all a bit overblown since the notion of Japan as a very regimented, orderly society is so overplayed in the media and in school, and then runs headlong into "Meanwhile, in Japan.." memes on the internet.
But it remains a more homogenous and impenetrable place than we're accustomed to seeing in the age of globalization. And therefore, strange. There's a great Cracked article that was posted recently on all the surprising things about Japan. Like how backwards some aspects of the economy are, with a largely cash-driven society and ATMs that close at 6 along with the banks.
"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
Witches are ok if you use Aquila throw the disc attack. Makes them easy. In fact, throw the disc nonstop on everyone. Sweep with the scythe, knock some dudes in the air, hit with dumb rock fists and then ground pound with axe. You'll be SSS in no time.
Honestly there's not much that's really weird about Japan other than perhaps their love of sea creatures, which makes total sense.
It's all a bit overblown since the notion of Japan as a very regimented, orderly society is so overplayed in the media and in school, and then runs headlong into "Meanwhile, in Japan.." memes on the internet.
But it remains a more homogenous and impenetrable place than we're accustomed to seeing in the age of globalization. And therefore, strange. There's a great Cracked article that was posted recently on all the surprising things about Japan. Like how backwards some aspects of the economy are, with a largely cash-driven society and ATMs that close at 6 along with the banks.
That is true, it's extremely homogeneous. Going into the subway is sort of... shocking with the lack of diversity.
Adult binge drinking, incredible company loyalty, panty vending machines, herbivore men, insane national debt owned by private citizens, horrible JRPGs these days, etc.
Japan! You so cray cray! I love you!
Panty vending machines don't really exist.
Not sure what you mean by herbivore men as meat is a pretty staple part of the standard diet.
Adult binge drinking isn't exactly unique to Japan.
Ni no Kuni just came out and is the shit JRPG wise.
Not sure about the company loyalty and the debt bits.
A lot of Japan being weird is way overblown. Half the things I see online that are "Oh Japan" either aren't even in Japan, represent an incredible minority of the people in Japan or happen in many other places too.
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Witches are ok if you use Aquila throw the disc attack. Makes them easy. In fact, throw the disc nonstop on everyone. Sweep with the scythe, knock some dudes in the air, hit with dumb rock fists and then ground pound with axe. You'll be SSS in no time.
I don't remember what enemy shoots spines?
I think he means the Rage's
Definitely axe shockwave on reds and aquila on blues. You stun blue w/ aquila and ground pound/hit the reds over and over til they're dead.
on the plus side i did like the sort of ikaruga thing they pulled with red and blue enemies
especially in the night club
i think that might be my favorite level. it had lots of fun ideas, great scenery, and best of all tons of spots with nothing to do but pound demons for minutes on end
i hope they build on their ideas for the sequel. it could be pretty dang special
Inquisitor, agreed on all your points except that I just want to point out that co-workers being able to suggest that everyone goes out and gets drunk after work is fucking awesome, and this particular aspect of Japanese culture needs to work its way back into business culture in the US, where unless you're Don Draper, it doesn't fly.
"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
Adult binge drinking, incredible company loyalty, panty vending machines, herbivore men, insane national debt owned by private citizens, horrible JRPGs these days, etc.
Japan! You so cray cray! I love you!
Panty vending machines don't really exist.
Not sure what you mean by herbivore men as meat is a pretty staple part of the standard diet.
Adult binge drinking isn't exactly unique to Japan.
Ni no Kuni just came out and is the shit JRPG wise.
Not sure about the company loyalty and the debt bits.
A lot of Japan being weird is way overblown. Half the things I see online that are "Oh Japan" either aren't even in Japan, represent an incredible minority of the people in Japan or happen in many other places too.
I think the company loyalty thing is a lot more from the 70s and 80s, where if you got a white collar job you could pretty stay there 'til retirement.
Then they hit the depression and that's noooot really true any more, though maybe still more than in the US.
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Waking up to pop ups is always a little unnerving. But there's always a special relief when it's just forum spam rather than an infraction.
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
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on the plus side i did like the sort of ikaruga thing they pulled with red and blue enemies
especially in the night club
i think that might be my favorite level. it had lots of fun ideas, great scenery, and best of all tons of spots with nothing to do but pound demons for minutes on end
i hope they build on their ideas for the sequel. it could be pretty dang special
the sound in that level thumping through my astros got me so pumped
and that lady was such a bitch so of course i beat the shit out of her and her awful spawn
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A lot of Japan being weird is way overblown. Half the things I see online that are "Oh Japan" either aren't even in Japan, represent an incredible minority of the people in Japan or happen in many other places too.
I'm of the opinion that most of the 'weird' stuff is because Japan is an island and very homogenous and... I don't really know the right word, but keeps within itself and doesn't necessarily integrate stuff from outside? I have the concept but words fail me. Anyway, every culture has some really weird shit, but since Japan has a fairly insular culture, the weird shit is not shared by anyone else. So we can point and laugh at their tentacle hentai while we have people here drawing anthropomorphic horses sexing foxes and it doesn't occur to us that we're looking into a distorted mirror.
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I think the company loyalty thing is a lot more from the 70s and 80s, where if you got a white collar job you could pretty stay there 'til retirement.
Without a lot of mobility, though. Since other prospective companies you might go and work for already had their ranks filled by loyal, long-time employees. So, yes, you were a salaryman for life. But on the negative side, you were a salaryman for life.
Edit: Basically, Penn & Teller were right. Nostalgia is bullshit.
Zoku Gojira on
"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
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MortiousThe Nightmare BeginsMove to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
Inquisitor, agreed on all your points except that I just want to point out that co-workers being able to suggest that everyone goes out and gets drunk after work is fucking awesome, and this particular aspect of Japanese culture needs to work its way back into business culture in the US, where unless you're Don Draper, it doesn't fly.
You should move to NZ, where you don't even need to go out, you can just use the company fridge. (Only on Friday though, or else it'll be weird)
Inquisitor, agreed on all your points except that I just want to point out that co-workers being able to suggest that everyone goes out and gets drunk after work is fucking awesome, and this particular aspect of Japanese culture needs to work its way back into business culture in the US, where unless you're Don Draper, it doesn't fly.
You should move to NZ, where you don't even need to go out, you can just use the company fridge. (Only on Friday though, or else it'll be weird)
:shock:
I already like New Zealand's recent impressive rollback of government bureaucracy, mixed with respect for the preservation of their wilderness. This might be the tipping point where I decide to just move there.
Thank you.
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Panty vending machines do exist, in the sense that there are a tiny handful of them, and they are all in the renowned red light/ pervosexual district of Tokyo
The fact that they got extended as a concept in Western perception as a thing that crossed the nation was entirely fictional, though
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This looks just like the awful knee jerk journalism you see in the states about how men aren't really true men anymore, and I doubt it is anymore true in this article than the ones we see here.
I am reminded of a video I watched on the katana, and basically, how, for some reason, if we read about a viking sword named "stone splitter" or something we all enjoy it for a nice myth. But if we read about a katana that could slice through metal armor we all go "oh wow katanas are such good swords."
it was probably a dumb fad thing but they also did donut heads recently!
Hah, also funny you mention donut heads because yeah, that is a perfect example. The only people that did donut heads in Japan was a small sub sction of the already very niche body mod scene, and other countries around the world also have such scenes and such donut heads, probably in greater numbers.
But it ends up as Japan olol for some reason.
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Panty vending machines do exist, in the sense that there are a tiny handful of them, and they are all in the renowned red light/ pervosexual district of Tokyo
The fact that they got extended as a concept in Western perception as a thing that crossed the nation was entirely fictional, though
I'm sure I remember QI claiming that they introduced by a Brit, but I don't want to google for this at work to check the validity.
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
Panty vending machines do exist, in the sense that there are a tiny handful of them, and they are all in the renowned red light/ pervosexual district of Tokyo
The fact that they got extended as a concept in Western perception as a thing that crossed the nation was entirely fictional, though
I hear they do not exist anymore, they weren't around for very long to my knowledge.
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Honestly there's not much that's really weird about Japan other than perhaps their love of sea creatures, which makes total sense. What with it being an island. Maybe it's weird by Western standards, but aren't all its quirky traits shared in some way with at least a few other nearby countries? The drug thing, the way the police work, etc. all are not particularly out of place for the region.
I don't remember what enemy shoots spines?
I am typically unconvinced by this line of reasoning regarding most things
But in the case of drug policy, you're looking at an extended occupation by one of the most hardline anti-drug nations, during a generation that was brainwashed into thinking that weed is the most evil thing in the entire world
It's hard to imagine some of that not rubbing off on the Japanese
Yeah, but if you use their rapid modernization, you also have to look at the causes behind the Meiji Restoration.
But it is trumped by S Korea believing in fan death.
even before the game got cheap and told me to use it on invisible enemies, i was doin that >B)
I just think they're pretty boring to fight. I get that they're there to trip you up but the disc is an easy fix to that and then they just teleport around and make you chase them. snoooore
what the fuck teleport is too a word, chrome
On the black screen
Doom!
Japan! You so cray cray! I love you!
Spock is an Adventure Time fan?
It's all a bit overblown since the notion of Japan as a very regimented, orderly society is so overplayed in the media and in school, and then runs headlong into "Meanwhile, in Japan.." memes on the internet.
But it remains a more homogenous and impenetrable place than we're accustomed to seeing in the age of globalization. And therefore, strange. There's a great Cracked article that was posted recently on all the surprising things about Japan. Like how backwards some aspects of the economy are, with a largely cash-driven society and ATMs that close at 6 along with the banks.
I think he means the Rage's
Exactly, this is the shit I'm talking about.
This is emotional terrorism.
That is true, it's extremely homogeneous. Going into the subway is sort of... shocking with the lack of diversity.
I wish I had not
Panty vending machines don't really exist.
Not sure what you mean by herbivore men as meat is a pretty staple part of the standard diet.
Adult binge drinking isn't exactly unique to Japan.
Ni no Kuni just came out and is the shit JRPG wise.
Not sure about the company loyalty and the debt bits.
A lot of Japan being weird is way overblown. Half the things I see online that are "Oh Japan" either aren't even in Japan, represent an incredible minority of the people in Japan or happen in many other places too.
Definitely axe shockwave on reds and aquila on blues. You stun blue w/ aquila and ground pound/hit the reds over and over til they're dead.
WTF?
especially in the night club
i think that might be my favorite level. it had lots of fun ideas, great scenery, and best of all tons of spots with nothing to do but pound demons for minutes on end
i hope they build on their ideas for the sequel. it could be pretty dang special
On the black screen
I think the company loyalty thing is a lot more from the 70s and 80s, where if you got a white collar job you could pretty stay there 'til retirement.
Then they hit the depression and that's noooot really true any more, though maybe still more than in the US.
the sound in that level thumping through my astros got me so pumped
and that lady was such a bitch so of course i beat the shit out of her and her awful spawn
I'm of the opinion that most of the 'weird' stuff is because Japan is an island and very homogenous and... I don't really know the right word, but keeps within itself and doesn't necessarily integrate stuff from outside? I have the concept but words fail me. Anyway, every culture has some really weird shit, but since Japan has a fairly insular culture, the weird shit is not shared by anyone else. So we can point and laugh at their tentacle hentai while we have people here drawing anthropomorphic horses sexing foxes and it doesn't occur to us that we're looking into a distorted mirror.
Without a lot of mobility, though. Since other prospective companies you might go and work for already had their ranks filled by loyal, long-time employees. So, yes, you were a salaryman for life. But on the negative side, you were a salaryman for life.
Edit: Basically, Penn & Teller were right. Nostalgia is bullshit.
You should move to NZ, where you don't even need to go out, you can just use the company fridge. (Only on Friday though, or else it'll be weird)
It’s not a very important country most of the time
http://steamcommunity.com/id/mortious
:shock:
I already like New Zealand's recent impressive rollback of government bureaucracy, mixed with respect for the preservation of their wilderness. This might be the tipping point where I decide to just move there.
Thank you.
The fact that they got extended as a concept in Western perception as a thing that crossed the nation was entirely fictional, though
Float On is a go-to pick me up song
This looks just like the awful knee jerk journalism you see in the states about how men aren't really true men anymore, and I doubt it is anymore true in this article than the ones we see here.
I am reminded of a video I watched on the katana, and basically, how, for some reason, if we read about a viking sword named "stone splitter" or something we all enjoy it for a nice myth. But if we read about a katana that could slice through metal armor we all go "oh wow katanas are such good swords."
Hah, also funny you mention donut heads because yeah, that is a perfect example. The only people that did donut heads in Japan was a small sub sction of the already very niche body mod scene, and other countries around the world also have such scenes and such donut heads, probably in greater numbers.
But it ends up as Japan olol for some reason.
I'm sure I remember QI claiming that they introduced by a Brit, but I don't want to google for this at work to check the validity.
I hear they do not exist anymore, they weren't around for very long to my knowledge.