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InfamousFrostbyte
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 |  Subject: Re: Only In Japan  Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:56 am | |
| | Sunny wrote: | | ... My gut is also telling me that that river sign isn't Japanese. But *shrugs* |
It's not. Not at least from what I can tell.
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Sunny
TeniPuri fangirl
Joined : 21 Sep 2007
Posts : 1710
Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:02 am | |
| Well I'd think it'd have some hiragana in it... that, and my Chinese friend was the one that translated it for me. And apparently she's seen tonnes of those signs.
Good to know I'm not going crazy <3 |
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Maulkin
Shivering Isles Resident
Joined : 26 Mar 2007
Posts : 9693
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:29 am | |
| *Sighs* Look, we're not laughing at the Japanese culture, we're laughing at the wierd/funny/creepy segments that have sprung up over the years. Such as this:
See? Not making fun of the Japanese people as a whole, just the ones who are so wierd/freaky/funny that they make worthy captions.
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Sunny
TeniPuri fangirl
Joined : 21 Sep 2007
Posts : 1710
Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:47 am | |
| For a moment I thought you were laughing at the number of pictures on the walls and felt like telling you that my bedroom walls look very similar to that >.> And hey wow. I have that Sailor Moon picture on the top right on my computer.
Then I noticed the pillows >.> I'll let you know I half considered buying an X/1999 pillow with Kamui's face on it when I saw it in a magazine.
And those people would be considered otaku. I consider myself an otaku - just not as... umm... ... yeah... as they are in the picture - and there are a lot of otakus in Japan. And it's something generally associated with Japan. Gosh I wanna go to Akihabara one day...
Oh wow. They have a school uniform in the picture. |
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Phoenix
Born of Ashes
Age : 17
Joined : 30 Sep 2007
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Maulkin
Shivering Isles Resident
Joined : 26 Mar 2007
Posts : 9693
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:59 am | |
| | Sunny wrote: | | Then I noticed the pillows >.> I'll let you know I half considered buying an X/1999 pillow with Kamui's face on it when I saw it in a magazine. |
With you, it isn't so creepy. But, with a bunch of dorky guys who are clearly too old to be interested in such young characters... well, the only way it could be a more uncomfortable picture is if the pillows had holes cut in dubious places.
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Sunny
TeniPuri fangirl
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Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:05 am | |
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*snickers* That voice actor sounds familiar... *wikipedias*
... damn it. I'll never be able to look those characters the same way again. |
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Rody
The Headless Horseman
Joined : 05 Dec 2007
Posts : 1749
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| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:19 am | |
| | Maulkin wrote: | | ... well, the only way it could be a more uncomfortable picture is if the pillows had holes cut in dubious places. |
Did you notice that the guy in the foreground has a pillow that looks like it's topless, with a towel wrapped around it?
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Vault Dweller
RAAAAAAAGE
Joined : 09 Sep 2007
Posts : 2675
Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:58 am | |
| | Maulkin wrote: | | But, with a bunch of dorky guys who are clearly too old to be interested in such young characters... |
Don't say you were never ronery. |
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Maulkin
Shivering Isles Resident
Joined : 26 Mar 2007
Posts : 9693
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:15 pm | |
| | Kahou wrote: | | Maulkin wrote: | | But, with a bunch of dorky guys who are clearly too old to be interested in such young characters... |
Don't say you were never ronery. |
Bad Kahou! *snicker* Bad, bad Kahou!
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HellScream
Joined : 25 Sep 2007
Posts : 187
Location : London
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:20 pm | |
| You guys probably already know of Russell Peters
(Also, im chinese/Thai, and my family are very traditional in terms of our culture... yet this had me and my extended family laughing their heads off)
TSB!~ for the record, he takes the piss out of everyone, not just the chinese, so dont take it too harshly
This took my school by storm for 2 weeks, and im one of the proud few that can pull it off ^^
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| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:26 am | |
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I saw this when it came on television. The Death Note dub isn't bad, in fact it's actually pretty damn decent when compared to other dubs. Still, that was pretty crazy. Light was so evil, he even made snacking on chips look diabolical.
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| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:54 pm | |
| *dies laughing*
AND EAT IT
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dragonfly
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| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:02 pm | |
| *revive*
Anal Probing in Public Japan
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Rock_Lees_Lotus
Yaoi Fangirl
Age : 16
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Location : Canada
| | Subject: Re: Only In Japan Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:09 pm | |
| That's.... amazing.... O_O
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