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ATTENTION: All past/present students of Japanese language/culture
…there are still some things you need to learn.
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Max Says Yeah
It took a while to get a good take of this routine. I guess we’ll eventually find out if it’s legally binding or not!
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all terrain armored transport
I had one, but I guess it didn’t survive the rigorous explosive testing all my toys volunteered for.
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ESL Lesson of the day – Son of of Bitch (i.e., Son of Bitch)
This video of a Korean English teacher explaining choice bits of slang and expletives had me snorting with laughter: My favorite ESL-related clip of all time, though, is Harold Ramis’s…
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Yub Nub – Pwning interspecies relations since 1983
You need to watch this video for your life to be complete. Really. Via my bro. BONUS: A subtitled barbershop quartet rendition, if you’re into that sort of thing UPDATE:…
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@home 2010
Justin, Nam, Max, and Mina are visiting the Yoshida clan home in Cali for most of May. We are checking email sporadically, but are offline as much as possible. I…
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Don’t put that in your mouth
This video made me feel better about myself, because it proves there are stupider people with stupider jobs and stupider friends:
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Stop Motion 80’s Arcade Recreation (wherein this title is a descriptor)
Yes, it’s a shark’s tooth.
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Tool’s 9-8-7 on the Koto
This is Tool’s song Lateralus (originally titled 9-8-7) played on kotos and bass kotos. It’s also surely the ultimate traditional Japanese music/Fibonacci sequence nerd jam of all time. //////////////////// I’d…
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Tony Bourdain + Ted Nugent + M60 =
Best. No Reservations. Ever.
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Japan – The Strange Country
The author got too much flak for drawing little squinty eyes (with his own little squinty eyes), so he pulled the English version. Those people were missing the point, really.…
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ippon demo ninjin
Max is a little less enthused by this than I am, but I found the greatest song for learning counting (and introducing the concept of counters) in Japanese this week:…