It’s so nice to see everyone getting along so well. Ahh, I love the smell of blatant, unchecked racism in the mornings.

>Yes, and other elements which will make replaying an interesting experience. For example, this will be the first Final Fantasy title with multiple endings. Didn’t FF6 have multiple endings depending on who you gathered in the World of Ruin, whether you saved all the characters, which side quests you did (and even which chars you [...]

Each prefecture can set their own over that, and most do. And regardless, it’s illegal to trade money for sex (at least in such an obvious manner) no matter the age.

Maybe it’s supposed to represent Russia.

Well that was a nice sexist comment, thanks! Always need more bigotry in the world, right?

/“So they just went in and shot him? What kind of legal basis are they going to use to justify this?”/

Maybe on the legal basis that he is directly responsible for the murder of over 3,000 civilians?

A massive short-sell of Sony stock immediately prior to this event would also light up a huge, neon-green flashing arrow pointing right at the criminal. Doubt anyone would be that stupid (although people DO still try that ole’ penny-shaving trick even in this day and age, so maybe intelligence isn’t a key factor).

Yeah, Liberia. And I guess there’s some country up north too, but I forget its name.

/Of course, from the perspective of actual Asians (most of whom hate each other) rather than the happily undifferentiated “Asian” Americans, the prospect of seeing a bunch of Chinese and Korean actors play faux-Japanese in a Hollywood production may be even less appealing than seeing a bunch of big-name Caucasian actors in any case…/ As [...]

Shouganai zo. Welcome to the land of bureaucracy. And Americans think we have it bad.

But the percentage of cases that actually make it from suspicion to arrest to questioning to trial is minuscule at each step. So, in the end, their actual arrest to actual conviction rate is much smaller per capita than the U.S. Basically the D.A. only goes after surefire cases, hence the high trial -> “guilty” [...]

OMG, perfect. We’ve got to get that made official.

Actually, considering it’s 2ch, those comments are almost overflowing with heartwarming praise for the U.S.

“Like the bird was the victim of domestic violence but still likes the eagle anyway…” Unfortunately, this seems a pretty spot on description of the image. But I did get a kick out of the “someone likes us?” comment from the Navy guy. All too true, and sad how much Dubya ruined our foreign image [...]

Surprised you? This is Japan.

Hmm, Something of an all-star cast with Yui Horie, Nana Mizuki, Ayana Taketatsu, and Ami Koshimizu plus some others. Maybe worth a watch.

This is the original meaning of the word. You still hear it with keigo and ultra-polite conversation. So if you hear somoene talking about the boss’s “otaku”, they’re prolly not talking about his geeky son. :)

Pearl Harbor Death toll: Around 3,000; 2,600 of which were military

Tokyo Firebombing death toll: Around 200,000; almost all civilians

Hiroshima/Nagasaki death toll: Around 300,000; almost all civilians

Tsunami death toll: 2,000 and rising (possibly as many as 10,000); almost all civilians.

Is this guy a fucking idiot or what?

It should _technically_ be “tsunami-crippled Fukushima Prefecture”, but hyphens are rarely used correctly anyways, even by professional media writers.

They should feel lucky to have their lives intact. Many weren’t so lucky.