tiredofsametab

I hope that cunt rots behind bars. He clearly didn’t learn his lesson in Japan.

Is this like Kevin in the first Home Alone thinking he’s not really alone and just doing “bad” stuff and announcing it? Did they think their parents were going to come in and stop them and are surprised now?

It’s been a fierce debate and position held by some since before the US was even officially anything.

The people who want a less federal power also often forget that the US has, until now, been largely blessed by not having to deal with an outside enemy state on their own same soil for prolonged time. Loose control could mean that becomes a real and actual problem.

Anki or similar for flashcards if you want an app. Physically writing things tends to yield better results for most people, so I used to do flashcards and write my answer and, after a few cards, make a sentence out of that.

Get a book or take a course on grammar (many different ways to accomplish this depending upon budget and learning style that works best for you).

Constantly be getting input, even if you don’t understand it.

Shadowing – what comes out of your mouth might sound very different to what you want to say. Work on that accent, intonation, etc.

All of the above were actually about learning Japanese (my 3rd foreign language) and I guess German (my second) to a lesser degree. The only thing I’m aware of with Spanish is that the varieties can differ a lot between Spain and the new world, so you might want to make sure you consume resources related to that.

Not a drug bust, a drug whole-assed statue

And sometimes, kids get less conservative with age. I did a u-turn in my mid-20s and am probably the furthest left in all of my family.

Anecdotally, a lot moved to Insta or maintain both xitter and insta, but yeah, there’s no real inertia to move and, outside of otaku circles, it seems that mastodon and the fediverse are basically unknown.

I don’t have an account there.

My discover feed in a browser with English was some generic memes and jokes, something about Drake’s music, some comments on netflix and movies, etc.

My discover feed in a browser with Japanese set as the main language was some of the same, photography, anime drawings, and probably about half of the literal same posts (in English) as above. This could, I guess, be related to other sites I have visited or cookies or something.

If we have trouble with Nigeria somehow, we could get Lagos-a-lago

Do you know the names and history of your great great grandparents?

On my dad’s side, actually yes. They died either side of 100 when I was in my early 20s. I’m old enough to remember spending time with them and hearing about their lives. I didn’t meet the other sides, but my maternal grandfather compiled a book about his line which was quite interesting (and this was when one still had to go to the library and search through newspapers, etc. or have them call other libraries to get info).

My branch of the family tree dies with me. My family name is probably in the rarest few percent (I tried checking previously and got some fraction of a percent, but I don’t know how accurate that site was). Technically, though, as several of us uploaded DNA to various sites, it’s not completely lost in that sense. However, I just don’t care, really; I think it’s weirdly self-important to be concerned with a name or bloodline carrying on like humanity won’t survive without it somehow.

And potentially many other nations depending upon what happens with environmental regulations. And anything involving the military.

I would sometimes clinch my jaw (I do that when not on stimulants anyway, but it’s worse on them) which seemed to be connected (though I can’t prove that). Trying to be conscious of and relax when I noticed it seemed to help.

You clearly missed the point above where I wrote “ending up needing to cut gluten” which kinda precludes eating most of the things on that list.

These days, except for once a week, I am eating: oatmeal, brown rice (regionally-sourced), some meat (chicken, fish, or pork in order of frequency) I’ve cooked, some veg (much of which I grow myself) I’ve cooked, and some sauce I’ve (at least mostly – I’m not brewing my own soy sauce) made, and often a bit of cheese. Dessert, when I have it, is a handful of chocolate chips. I am still almost always hungry. Once a week, I eat sushi or something similar and have an ice cream.

Edit: I also feel compelled to note I would only let myself eat like that (the Pizza, burgers, etc.) once every week or two, lest someone think that was my daily life.

I’m working to get an income stream in another currency as well because of that. It hurts for anything imported for sure, especially given a lot of fuel is imported, but it’s still workable for now. If/when they get around to turning on some of the nuclear plants again or getting them replaced with renewables, energy costs and fuel imports should at least drop again.

Are you tensing up at all? Stimulants can do that. Also, were blood pressure and heartrate OK?

I moved to Japan which has its good and bad points (like anywhere). If I had it to do over, I’d probably pick Norway or Finland instead, but I plan on spending the rest of my life here barring some earth-shattering change.

and Gen X carried that torch

Has anyone seen my torch, 'cause I sure can’t find it (though I was in the last couple years of Gen X)

This is a bit too vague for me, but I think some of what you mention sounds like inconvenience now for future convenience. For safety plan example, it’s mildly inconvenient for me to get my kit together (I live in an earthquake-heavy area and just outside the tsunami hazard zone), know locations and routes, etc. but you’d best believe that it’s better to pay that inconvenience now than flap if I do have to evacuate. I think timescales are important to think of (kinda like the RoI of your actions).

I’ve seen uni entrance exam tests and it’s definitely just there for the test – no one speaks the way they do in those. I was never a teacher, though, so I’m just going on what my friends say (my wife hated English class and never paid attention, so she doesn’t remember much).

To be fair, the JLPT also tends to include outdated Japanese, so there’s that as well.