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  • George KG George K

    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

    That is why it is so weird what they did in World War 2 and how they acted so terribly

    Derailing here.

    Guy that I worked with spent a couple of years in Hawaii while in the Air Force.

    This was in the mid 1970s.

    He said that the Japanese were among the most racist, arrogant, and xenophobic people he's ever met.

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    @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

    He said that the Japanese were among the most racist, arrogant, and xenophobic people he's ever met.

    Hmm, had to look up the meaning of xenophobic (LOL). Not sure they hate foreigners but definitely are nationalistic. I have not had problems there, and people know right away that I am not Japanese. Maybe they are saying something, but since I do not speak the language, "ignorance is bliss". I have had pretty good experience there.

    There is a lot to like about the country. I mentioned previously that you will not find a cleaner city in the world than Tokyo. Even with no public garbage cans, there is no random garbage around. They are pretty good rule followers. I am mainly a rule flowerer, so I have no problems there. I am sure that if I lived there and understood the language, etc better, I would see the bad side. But from the outside, there is a lot to like.

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      I work with a number of Japanese companies. I frequently find it quite difficult to figure out what they really mean. There is so much hidden away in the veneer of politeness, that decoding the underlying message they are trying to impart can be difficult. Heaven knows what they think of us - I suspect we come across as extremely rude.

      Having said that, I've worked with a Japanese sales engineer for our company for probably about 15 years, and he's just a really likeable guy, very friendly, with a great sense of humour.

      I was only joking

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        You can turn off the "spinny things" LOL.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          You can turn off the "spinny things" LOL.

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          @George-K said in Mildly interesting:

          You can turn off the "spinny things" LOL.

          This only works in the Southern Hemisphere.

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          • MikM Away
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            Weird places to visit

            https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/destinations-around-the-world-to-see-the-strangest-natural-phenomena/ar-BB1mFmhI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=35fac6a70186429c85006d0a081ee130&ei=31

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • MikM Mik

              Weird places to visit

              https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/destinations-around-the-world-to-see-the-strangest-natural-phenomena/ar-BB1mFmhI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=35fac6a70186429c85006d0a081ee130&ei=31

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              @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

              Weird places to visit

              https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/destinations-around-the-world-to-see-the-strangest-natural-phenomena/ar-BB1mFmhI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=35fac6a70186429c85006d0a081ee130&ei=31

              Cool list. I have been to the rock in Mahalbalipurim, India. My pic of the place.

              File0289.jpg

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              • MikM Away
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                Mik
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                The very same!

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  Fellas, is this the luckiest man alive?

                  image.jpeg

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • MikM Away
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                    $@&#%.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • MikM Mik

                      $@&#%.

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                      @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                      $@&#%.

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pai

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • MikM Away
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                        Mik
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                        The bastard.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          Accounts of the Enron scandal have frequently portrayed him as a mysterious figure

                          He has a wiki with no picture, that is mysterious.

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                            Accounts of the Enron scandal have frequently portrayed him as a mysterious figure

                            He has a wiki with no picture, that is mysterious.

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                            @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                            Accounts of the Enron scandal have frequently portrayed him as a mysterious figure

                            He has a wiki with no picture, that is mysterious.

                            https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Lou+Pai&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

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                                That explains a whole hell of a lot…

                                I was watching an Anime with Luke, once and commented that I believe that Hiroshima and Nagasaki really fucked up the Japanese on some deep instinctual level.

                                The Brad

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                                  The Penrose Triangle, an IMPOSSIBLE figure created by Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934 and rediscovered in the 1950s by physicist Roger Penrose, is known as "impossibility in its purest form." Popularized by Penrose and highlighted in the works of M.C. Escher, this triangle appears to be a solid object composed of three straight sections of square sections joined together at straight angles.

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        A tale of two densities.

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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                          dead on the street near my door. I love seeing Scorpio in the summer night sky with the lovely Antares.

                                          Hate these little fuckers

                                          They look malevolent.

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