I will be entering college this September, and as much as I like anime and manga, I don't want to be an otaku anymore. It is not like I don't enjoy them--of course I do, but I don't want to be known as a nerd anymore, and being a freshman in college, starting anew, will give me the opportunity.
It will be too painful if I just throw away/give away my collection at once, so I want to do it slowly. I don't know how I am going to manage doing that though... it seems like such a waste!
Anyway, I hope you guys can shed some light and opinion into how I can do it in a less painful manner. There is only a month more before I head to college, so I should start doing it now!
>>126
exactlly, you can still like anime, manga and stuff, just have to socialise a bit more and create new priorities.
make a blog
this sounds like a fun story of ur everyday life lol
>137
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guten tag lieber passimassiv, wie gefällt dir das?
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Also, das alles hier ist fürs chatten relativ schlecht geeignet. Gmail ist auch relativ scheiße. Was wir brauchen ist Skype. Was hattest du für probleme damit
gleich passimassiv;D
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Jun Narui at Kellogg business school has a illegitimate child. And he commit violence against his wife.
He locked his wife out of the house after punching and kicking every night.
... an ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane...
I googled like crazy few days, but I cant find this legend. Only that there is such legend, and Sadako's story. Maybe somebody can help?
i had a friend who tired it out, didn't get his wish to happen, though he did get into origami a lot after. doing all sort of models such as dragons and other birds
If you make 500 cranes, will you get half a wish? Or is it an all-or-nothing deal? If you could make more than 1000 wishes for extra wishes, that'd be awesome.
>>8
s/1000 wishes/1000 cranes/
>>2
You are wrong, something will happen, because it always happens, unless you expect that folding 1000 cranes will stop the universe (thus ending time). I'm joking of course, but do you see?
>>3
750 more to go.
>>4
You're awful at counting. Every time you went to the toilet you forgot the number and came out with a bigger one. You haven't folded 1000 cranes yet. Start over!
>>5
Patient and count better, go to the toilet less. Gods are used to anything, anytime.
But can more than one person fold the total 1000 cranes and have a group wish? Or is it just a one-person deal?
I also remember reading something about how a wife was supposed to fold 1000 for her wedding? :/
When in grade-school I read Sadako's story, (to much crying) I tried it out. I only got to about thirty. (We had really large pieces of origami paper, but maybe I'll try it again? c: )
If 2 people make 1000 origami cranes will they still get to make 1 wish.
What if 1000 people make one origami crane each?
You do realize that the cranes have to be left exposed to the elements to weather away while releasing the wish. So you DO have to be patient. I have made over 870.
Well, did anyone ever finish this? Does it work?
I stumbled across some youtube videos and have started doing origami again. Anyone else enjoy and what are your favorite models and what type of paper do you like to use??
I like the calmness of folding, but I don't do it often.
Hey ya'll.
I've been playing guitar for about two years, but I am not very skilled at all. I need some fairly easy, but good sounding songs to learn.
And how much would a bass guitar cost? Would I need a seperate amp just for it? I have a good amp for my Electric.
You shouldn't use your guitar amp for your bass. Both instruments are at the same difficulty level. Both require around the same effort to pick up, and both are around the same difficulty to master. Even though you are left handed, I would suggest you play right handed, it is very possible.
>>6
depending on how frail your hands are, bass can be very difficult
in my experience (started on guitar for a couple years, moved to bass a month ago) bass requires a lot more stamina in your tendons, and you'll have to practice religiously to build the strength necessary for extended play
and like >>7 says, playing right handed is not out of the question. I'm a lefty and I enjoy playing both ways, but I'm much more comfortable using my left for fretting and my right (always an 'automatic' operator) feels best for finger picking
>>3 "You can use the same amp."
I actually asked at my music store 'cause i'm thinking of buying a new bass guitar, but they said that it could ruin the amp O___o of course it could possibly be that they just wanted to sell another amp but I ain't taking any chances xDD
Don't use an electric bass on a guitar amp. My advice is don't think it won't happen because it will. You'll ruin it.
You can use a electric bass on a guitar amp. just don't use it too loud, because THAT is what fucks up the amp. using your guitar amp for gigs and such is completly out of the question.
If you're buying a bass to begin learning how to play, I guess you could slightly wreck your guitar amp trying to find out whether you want to play it or not. After a few weeks, if you find that you like playing bass, I suggest that you invest in a bass amp. It's the frequency of the sound of the bass that ruins a guitar amp; volume affects this but is not the only factor. Just because you turn down the volume does not guarantee that the guitar amp will not be destroyed.
Incidentally, in buying a bass, I recommend a 4-sting passive, preferably secondhand as you are not yet sure whether you will pursue this hobby.
And for the record, learning how to play the bass is quite different from the guitar. The strings are thicker, the techniques (slapping, popping, tapping, etc.) are different, and plucking is different as well (and is not a very common technique).
The best way I've improved was by listening to many different styles of music. For 4 years, I've played nothing but punk and some mainstream rock bands, and I had never really gotten better. It wasn't until I started listening to and playing blues, classic rock, and heavy metal that I got better, quicker.
Although learning these songs may help improve your technique, looking into learning scales, chords, and basic music theory is very important. Out of these, I'm most knowledgeable on learning scales (my failure as a rhythm player is due to my lack of knowledge on more complex chords and most music theory). Start with the minor pentatonic scale (http://www.jamcenter.com/minorpentatonic.html). There are a number of sites that provide lessons on becoming more familiar with this scale (http://www.worldguitar.com/warmup2.html). Once you know the scale through the fretboard (not necessarily mastered), you can start learning to improvise. This takes a lot of time and practice. The best way I learned to do this was by listening to a lot of blues musicians (I listened to a lot of B.B. King, Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan) and learning guitar licks. I use these licks in my playing, but I eventually learned to create my own which would eventually shape my own style of playing. These things will sort of come naturally to you once you get started on it. Also, don't be afraid to jam with other guitar players. I learned a lot from a man who I met and jammed with at Guitar Center. He was one of my main inspirations for playing the blues.
Explore the Jam Center website. It has a lot of free lessons that you can use.
If you decide to learn bass, get ready for lots of painful blisters on your fingertips if you get serious. They hurt like crazy, but they're the fastest way to get calluses, which make your fingers more resistant to blisters and pain.
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Sorry,if it is unsuitable for here.
I cannot speak English well.Sorry.
Please use simple words.
And,please dont use abbreviations slang etc...
If the sentence wrong,sorry
>>2
Your sentence means that Please find work for me when I visit Japan.OK?
Unfortunately,Japan is job scarcity now.
Are woman?If youre a woman,please work on the bed in my room at night.
Just kidding.
Is it hard to find a job for a former hikikomori or NEET?
What do you think of 4-ch?
why are you NEET?
Do you play Touhou?
I second >>6's question.
Is it true that you need to work really hard in Japan compared to other countries?
>>11
We must work all day.
But We love work.
I like to stalk people. Anyone, really. Whether it be in my local neighborhood or on the internet. I'm very discreet about it, too. I typically communicate with my victims my making creepy videos of myself in a dark room with only the light from my lighter showing my face.
I'm also sitting in a car outside your house, stealing your Wi-Fi. Come say hi, we can get a drink or two.
I enjoy watching people like you get frustrated and drive away when I suddenly put up a password.
>>1 you are not stealing wifi, but enjoying what is graciously shared. Please respect it. It's phony people like you that make it harder to build a willingness to share and trust each other. Think of how much more easy going things would be if people had a modicum of decency in their dealings with others...
If you need to stalk, go take pictures of birds. And if you must deal with people, at least be professional about it and remain totally invisible to them in the process.
lmao at how many weaboos in this
I used to do this just for the sake of doing it. I'm a very non-judgmental person so it was nice peering into other people's lives. Unfortunately I was very paranoid people would do this to me, though a lot more judgmentally.
Guys, come on. That's wrong.
On the other hand corps like Google, MS, Yahoo, Facebook, or the America and Chinese governments would love to have you as employees.
What are some important techniques that have gotten you through a fruitful session? Or, I should really rather say, what are some tips for someone who has never stalked anyone before but really wishes to get into the scene?
Don't you think if you have a smile, it's easy to make friends with foreigner?
Hey guys!! When do you have a smile?
Is it when you see your granny?
No!!
Absolutely it's when you see a cutie!!!
But are you satisfied with seeing cuties only in your country??
I gathered cute teenagers in the world!!
Cuteen,don't miss it!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cuteen-in-Asia/424258197658312
>>8
Your grandmother would be very sad if she heard that.
I have always wondered about that. It seems like some weeaboo only wants "authentic" Japanese things, ie Japanese girls, Japanese music, and Japanese people to be friends with, while others seem like they'll take anything/anyone that is Asian. This guy I know is dating a Chinese girl, and he's weeaboo. So, does it depend on the individual weeaboo? Or will they accept all things Asian (Japanese being the best)?
>>126
Don't worry--most people feel the same way.
It saddens me that people like this exist. Hopefully it's just a phase.
Holy shit, this whole weaboo thing is hilarious!
I live in Japan, married to a Japanese woman, working as a Japanese-English translator in the finance biz, and I had never heard of a weaboo until yesterday! Of course, I don't watch anime, maybe that's why.
I just think is is hilarious that I have the kind of life that a weaboo dreams of and have never thought twice about it. Japan is just a country same as any other.
>>128 you are clueless, you are not living the weaboo dream. It's a bit like a guy living in England criticizing people who enjoy arthurian fiction and claiming he wears chainmail every day. Completely pointless.
80% of you folks on this board are plain retarded. 10% of you are just outright dumbasses. There are a scant 10% of people who actually have an idea what being a weeaboo is without being one. 50% of the 80% are actually weeaboos by the way.
Saying someone who reads writes and all delves into jap crap is automatically weeaboo is like saying historians whose expertise lies in research of the NSDAP (aka Nazi by commonfolk today) political machine is automatically a Nazi. That person might even like reading and listening to Nazi stuff from that era, because it is simply intriguing. But it is totally possible to not want to BE a Nazi.
Even for nonJap Asians in their native countries, where of course anime is more prevalent than it is in the West, it is possible to like watching anime as children and grow up with it, but not be a hopeless asstard that is Weeaboo. Quite a few of these 80s early 90s kids grew up with Dragonball series. You don't see them wanting a sugoi kawaii desu waifu and jacking off to anime characters, nor do you see them think Jap culture is interesting.
By the fucking way, if folks in the West have wapanese, there is quite a lot of underlying white-wannabes in Japan. And no, this is not widespread in Asia. It's only Japan and possible minor spread of this sentiment to neighboring countries. Wanna know why? Read a fucking history book for once to find out.
So what ppl are obsessed with japan. Everyone's obsessed with something in their life. And if u aren't then ur life sucks. It's just facts of life everyone has goals and sometimes create them without seeing the whole picture. Yes yes I'm obsessed with Asian culture and I know Japan isn't as awesum as I see it on the Internet through the j dramas or j pop stars but why do ppl wanna be assholes and say oh they are just anime obsessed star wars fans. What's that supposed to mean? What's wrong with star wars? What's wrong with liking Asian media on all levels extremity? Whats wrong with anme porn? U know what's the problem? Is having society brainwashed by negative jerk offs, thinking that people like things other than sports, and mainstreamed crap are nerdy and repulsive freaks. That ppl should stick to their own ethnicities and countries norms. Stupid haters u only hate weeaboos because u hate ur self and are too shame to try new things outside of what ur friends and family do.
I live in central Europe, and most of weeaboos here are into Japanese stuff only. Some of them also like k-pop, but that's all.
I find it interesting that all the people who are defending weeaboos and saying things like "so what?" automatically follow up their argument with a bunch of stuff that basically makes them a weeaboo. Thank you; I lol'd.
I don't mind liking another culture. I like to read about other cultures, and I think some of them are better than American culture. I like Europe personally, but there's a point where it becomes ... just too much. I am American, and as much as i like James Bond, Dr. Who, and whatever else, I'm still American, and not British. I'm not really Bosnian because I know a few words and like Sarma. What bugs me about weeaboos is no their love of Japan, but their need to become Japanese, to ignore their own culture and their own country and so on to be more "Japanese".
I'm an American. I like Euro culture, especially of late Eastern Europe, but at the end of the day, I'm American, and I'm not going to pretend to be Polish or Russian or Bosnian or even British because it's a lie.
Don't you think if you have a smile, it's easy to make friends with foreigner?
Hey guys!! When do you have a smile?
Is it when you see your granny?
No!!
Absolutely it's when you see a cutie!!!
But are you satisfied with seeing cuties only in your country??
I gathered cute teenagers in the world!!
Cuteen,don't miss it!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cuteen-in-Asia/424258197658312
Double inhaling, or "ghosting."
This is a fascinating oddity because it casts doubt on where the smoke goes. I explored this phenomenon throughout my late teens and early 20s when I was smoking close to two packs a day. What I discovered was that much of the smoke absorbs into the lung tissue, like a very light film. It doesn't really bother me and it shouldn't bother you; you'll cough up any of the residual waste - that's what lungs are for! Lungs are intelligent organs that are designed to filter out impurities and waste, ensuring only the good stuff (oxygen) gets to the blood.
Here's a fun trick to try. Take a nice deep inhale and then a swig of water. After swallowing the water, exhale the smoke. It gives you a nice refreshing feeling, guaranteed!
Who else here smokes, and why? What are your favorite thing to smoke? I like marijuana and cigarettes. My fav cigarettes are probably lucky strike, and I like lemon haze.
tire
lungs are not designed you silly goose
