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Salaryman’s Tip of the Day 12/3/2004
One sad fact of business on a salaryman level is that an inexperienced vendor is infinitely preferable to an inexperienced client – you can always slap down a vendor, and the inexperienced ones often come back for more. Plus, slapping makes them tougher. A tough vendor is your best ally during a 15-year long economic depression.
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Stupid Fucking Gaijin, et al
Discriminating against an odiferous goatfucking porch monkey penis-eating gaijin shithead isn’t illegal in Japan… But you should sue the fuckers for doing it to you anyway! So sez Debito: Get on their case For those that don’t have the million yen or two to spare on litigation, I offer a more cost-effective solution (all major credit cards accepted): NINJA FOR HIRE (Link via NichiNichi)
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Half-Life 2 Deathmatch
For all of you 1337 game critics who knocked HL2 for no multiplayer functionality: G0RD0N FR33M4N 0NZ J00!
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Past its prime
This would make a good Bat-van, with a few modifications. Impressive as its custom fender and rear wing are, this abductor van is greatly in need of a wash and wax.
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Monkeys & Teak
There was a post on Mefi today that got me to thinking about zines. I’ve been in Japan for over 10 years so my access to them has basically been whatever my brother sent me, as well as a few I managed to pick up on trips back home, but… I think I’ve always harbored a desire to start a zine. I came close to almost starting some type of project a couple times back in high school, but pretty much gave up after having an article on my grandfather’s internment during WWII published by the LA Times. For a nerdy teenager, it felt like the apex of my writing,…
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Everybody Hurts
Asking why Crown Princess Masako had a nervous breakdown is like asking why they kept Emperor Showa on life support for so goddamn long. Subjugated people in general, but especially the Japanese, demand their leaders show a little frailty. Otherwise they’d never be on fucking TV.
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diK soireT
Ah, fun with anagrams! Dick soiree (a phonetic interpretation) makes just about as much sense as Terios Kid spelled forwards.
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Events occur in realtime
A blogger killing her mother may seem like a fairly unremarkable event, in the wider scope of things. Posting about it on her blog, however, is a significant variation.
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ichi-ni-san-shi-go-ichi-ni-san-shi…
Japanese method of counting in units of five.
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Casualties of Winter
Sadly, the papayas did not make it.
