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No. 1952006 [Reply]

It's sakura season!
A thread for

>Traveling

Have you been to Japan? Do you wanna travel to Japan? When and where? What are your tourist recommendations? What are the overrated places? Best locations to eat and stay? Best experiences?

>General leaving

Do you live in Japan? Do you plan on living in Japan? What are the reasons for you to move to Japan? Are you currently studying, working, or both? Are you a nikkei or full gaijin? How is life in Japan as a woman? Do you plan to stay in Japan for long? The good, the bad, the neutral.

>Language

Do you speak japanese? Are you trying to learn japanese? What is your studying methods?

Etc, etc.

Share tips, recommendations, complaints, experiences or just pics!
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No. 2523833

>>2523692
Just so you know, there is a tipping culture in japan. Shocking for foreigners, I know, but I experienced this quite a few times. Especially if using mobile options for things like taxi, not uber.

No. 2523939

>>2523833
There was not a "tipping culture" until very recently due to the influx of Americans and possibly Canadians. Servers are paid a living wage and locals are not expected to supplement that. It's generally considered somewhat insulting and embarrassing to tip for them just doing their jobs although in rare cases they might accept it. It's just not mandatory or expected. I have never had to pay tip for a taxi, a meal, or anything and I have used apps before like GoTaxi or whatever it is.

No. 2524057

>>2523692
it's not americans fucking shit up it's japan's economy being in the gutter and the influx of american tourists having money to blow, that's why restaurants will jack up prices for english menus

No. 2524125

>>2523939
Eh.. If by recently you mean since after COVID. It isn't mandatory or expected like you said except in circumstances where it is now like taxi services, certain entertainment services, some ryokans, and even some tour guides. Geishas have accepted things like tips before even COVID, so while it's new, it's not unheard of, depending on what you're doing. Places will not suddenly stop paying living wages in Japan either though, so that's nothing to even worry about.

GoTaxi does have a topping feature lol You can even pay them in cash for a tip. Just because you didn't do it anon, doesn't mean it's not there and it doesn't happen. Most people don't tip after meals still and I didn't either, but again it depends on what you are doing.

No. 2524484

>>2524125
>>2523833
having a tip option isn't what tipping culture is. tipping culture is where you're basically required to tip. japan doesn't have that.



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No. 2311735 [Reply]

As the title says.
Post experiences, why you can't stand them and such.
This is NOT about your own disorder, so don't blogpost/vent, there's already a thread for that.
This thread is about mental illness you can't stand in others.
Please refrain from coming in this thread and say stupid shit like "Oh that's why nobody likes me" or "Damn seeing this thread as a [thing] sufferer makes me uncomfortable" because nobody will pity you OR to defend a specific disorder because "[thing] people are actually etc etc" because seeing patterns is not illegal. If your disorder gets posted here, cope and hide the thread, don't be a little bitch.

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No. 2524301

>>2524250
Autism needs to be differentiated greatly. Retarded autists that shit in diapers are different from totally functional but weird girls and both of these are different from sociopath and narc men who have extremely closed views and use the excuse to be piece of shit. All of these type of autists are very different but people claim it's a "spectrum" to avoid some kind of stigma but in reality blurs the lines and makes a giant pot of shit. All of these people need different diagnosis because all of them have different treatments (the retard type of autist needs to be trained like a dog in ABA therapy because that's the only way of communicating with them, the "weird girl" maybe needs some help with her anxiety and to survive in the world that doesn't cater to her and the sociopath autist needs to be taught basic emotions.) but people like to pretend that's all the same disorder and this is what makes the spectrum a spectrum when people can clearly see the difference. People like Musk have a lethal mix of classic rich kid entitlement + assburger + male. Sure there's a component of autism in him, but that's the least offensive thing in the mix. Either we depatologize some aspect of autism, because being "weird" is totally acceptable like a horse girl maybe just really likes horses and hates loud sound, doesn't mean it's a whole disability or we enforce greatly some aspect of it like drawing the line where it becomes a problem. I refuse to accept that all of the three examples I made are the same exact disorder.

No. 2524313

>>2524301
It's not like 'people' just suddenly decided to claim it's a spectrum, the DSM and psychological establishment suddenly decided to call everyone, from a drooling retard to a slightly language-delayed person with a special interest part of the same spectrum. I think they supposedly did this for destigmatization reasons but I still don't really understand how (formerly) Asperger's and actual can't-hold-a-spoon levels of mental incapacitation can be considered the same thing. It also creates this weird problem where extremely high-functioning, adult-diagnosed 'autists' who in many cases don't even appear to be autistic get mad whenever 'low functioning' autism is represented or discussed. It was supposed to be less insensitive or more clinically useful but like you said it's kind of the opposite, how is it clinically useful to call something one disorder when you constantly have to differentiate between someone who just likes plastic lawn chairs a little too much and a person who has nonverbal and shits their diapers and can't move?

No. 2524882

>>2524250
Autists are anti-social. This weird apologia in regards to autism is dumb. Autism as a disorder handicaps a person's social understanding and functioning and in turn that makes them anti-social. You see this in both women and men, except the autistic women have been female-socialized so their anti-social behaviors manifest in more discreet ways. Some autists go to therapy to treat this facet of the disorder and they learn how to be pro-social, but "actual autists" are all anti-social.

>>2524301
>Autism needs to be differentiated greatly.
We already do this - it's Levels 1 through 3. The levels aren't discussed enough and most laypeople aren't familiar with them. Aspergers and Autism being melded into ASD was a mistake. It was a theoretical innovation that wasn't practical, and that's why most people still internally consider Aspergers a separate diagnosis from autism.

No. 2525001

>>2524882
>but "actual autists" are all anti-social
That's not really true. They read as such 99% of the time due to the social deficits, but they aren't always truly anti-social.

No. 2525334

>>2524882
Autism "levels" are bullshit because a level implies the same disorder from mild to profound. Asperger (and yes I will still call it asperger, because an aspie is not mentally retarded by definition) is not "level 1" where the "level 3" is a drooling monster that flaps his hands because if we categorize them by functionality, then Chris Chan is a level 1 on in the same box as weird people but geniuses just because they are not mentally retarded. Yes, Chris Chan has some kind of mental retardation, but is, sadly, high functioning since he's independent, can drive and can have a job. 3 definitions is not enough, the only solution would be bringing back Asperger and Kanner autism and then giving them levels, for example Asperger type 1 to 3, where 1 is weird kid with sensory problems but overall functional and 3 is socially stunted sociopath with no grasp on reality like Chris Chan.
This would also speed up the therapy process and put those people in more advanced and tailored therapies, autism is not curable but can be corrected through emotional management, an Asperger doesn't need ABA therapy which is deserved for kanners. The distinction is very much needed.



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No. 2279070 [Reply]

~Twitter 2.0, but even more toxic~

Post drama, lolcows who migrated there, unhinged behaviour straight from the BS wilderness!

https://bsky.app
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No. 2523744

>>2523504
>Significantly more incentive for retarded children to post thirst traps for attention
This is what worries me the most. There already a fuckton of creepy pedos jerking it to tiktoks dances, getting rid of porn is going make social media sites so much less safe.

No. 2523916

>>2523504
Can you explain your reasonings for the list of cons? I'm not following your logic at all sorry

No. 2523933

>>2523744
Why would it provide more incentive for that? The filthy coomers grooming kids and requesting that 13 year olds on TikTok do thirst traps will still do those things regardless of mainstream porn. They get off on their role in it, that some kid who doesn't know any better danced for them.

No. 2523942

>>2523933
>Moids masturbate
>No porn
>Nothing to goon to
>What's the next best thing

It's just going to make moids more desperate for things to jerk off to, I don't know what about that is confusing. Just because creeps are already all over social media doesn't mean things can't get worse.

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No. 2506783[Reply]

This thread is to discuss your grievances with gender ideology.
>What is gender ideology?
Foundational to transgenderism, gender ideology is the belief that one’s “internal gender” can contradict one’s biological sex.

Gender ideology operates much like a religious cult. There is no scientific evidence that supports the notion that we have an “internal gender,” and yet doctors now medicalize and sterilize children with “transgender identities” who have been groomed by the cult. Anyone who does not reaffirm these delusions is labelled as a “transphobe” in order to discredit any dissenting voices of the cult.

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No. 2524521

>>2524181
Poor women wears makeup. They have to spend extra money for that just to have a accepted position in society. And of course buy counterfeit or very cheap ones which isnt totally safe neither good in quality. Not to mention to find a color that matches your overall complexion. Oh also a basic skincare routine so the makeup wont look cakey. I havent left the house for 2 years because I couldnt afford makeup neither could find one that matches with my skin, I live in a third world country

No. 2524557

>>2523701
Women is when you have hourglass body clearly. Well too bad half of the white women wont be recognized as such after hundred of years lololol(ban evasion)

No. 2526803

A few days ago there was a pride march in my town and there were lots of posters against terfs and how they weren't part of their fight (i.e. fighting homophobia) and that they deserved nothing but unhappiness. (I'm softening the words on these posters). I find that horrible knowing that some terfs are homosexual women?
These people claim to be progressive and in favour of women's freedom and yet they have the most regressive comments when a woman doesn't respect their notion of what's right or wrong and chooses to think differently from what's imposed on her, they justify violence against women in the same way as the average misogynist man.



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No. 2074849 [Reply]

Talk about many things that never really made sense to you from the mundane to schizo (ex. things you were taught in childhood, pineapple on pizza, beans on toast, paying taxes, parking lots full of cars but the grocery store is nearly empty, things your family did in the home that doesn’t make sense to outsiders that you now question, etc.).
>no questions (this is not the stupid questions thread)
>only observations
>no bait pls
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No. 2513261

>>2513186
>>2513199
Not to sound vulgar or anything anon but me and my nigel were researching vibrators and there are hundreds upon thousands that are designed for insertion and meant to even be “wearable” and I don’t mean externally, I mean like they’re G spot vibrators designed so you can stick them in and walk around with them all day. I feel like that’s kind of dangerous and can’t possibly be healthy for your vagina. Using a vibrator just on your clit or over your underwear is one thing but shoving a huge piece of buzzing silicone into your body sounds unsafe to me

No. 2513299

>>2513261
Pretty much every scrote is into the remote control inserting vibrator that mac wears on "it's always sunny" or wearing one themselves. I would never date or fuck a toy fag

No. 2513341

>>2513299
Same. Vibrators, dildos, and sex toys as a whole just seem beyond unnatural. That has to be so unhealthy to the microbiome of your vagina too. And the silicone degrades and flakes off as you continue using the toy, so it gets inside your vagina and into your cervix and the thought of that just makes me scream internally! It’s not okay

No. 2524128

I just don't understand how anyone, specially micro-celebrities like youtubers, artists or animators, can manage to somehow get involved with retarded kids online.
I get that the vast majority of them are pedophiles, but by the frequency there's some sort of "alert" or even actual people getting canceled over grooming and such, you would believe that exactly those groups of people would just stop trying to fuck kids.
But why do they continue doing so? It's like hitting yourself with a brick and getting mad because the brick isn't soft.
What is that level of retardation? It's honestly annoying at this point because I keep seeing videos of random people getting exposed and pedophiles and I can only think that it's only common sense to just not be into kids, like with how they also can just get help if their paraphilias are too strong by getting a therapist with the money they make reacting to a rection of a reaction of a reaction that was reacted to. You would think that they would do that on a fucking heartbeat but they don't.
God it must hurt being that fucking retarded enough to get in trouble online nowadays.

No. 2524157

>>2524128
Tinfoil opinion but their preexisting pedophilia is what got them into their career to begin with. Obligatory not everyone is, but a lot of groomer moids are into content creation because the main consumer of that stuff is teenagers



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No. 854762 [Reply]

Cheers!

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No. 2514062

>>2514051
if i was part of one, i would

No. 2518755

>>2514041
i need a poop i go farty, i go to museum i feel arty, i eat a stew its real hearty, got accepted into yale i'm smarty, went skiing stayed in Lombardy

No. 2518790

>>2514041
>>2518755
which bladee song is this

No. 2523974

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bought alcohol for the first time i'm 26 feeling sleepy tasted amazing, thinking about drinking second beer

No. 2527106

>>2523974
Sounds great



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No. 2154863 [Reply]

Make fun of weird ass fetishes and the degenerates who like them and no you can’t crosspost nonas from /g/

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No. 2511152

I genuinely think footfags need to be put down. I don't care if it's one of the "tamest" kinks out there, over half of them are pedophiles. Also, if the theory about the feet and genitalia thing in the brain is true it just proves it even more, something's inherently wrong with them kek

No. 2511777

I hate how kinkfags hide behind "you're kinkshaming" whenever people find their weird shit well, weird. Kink is a subjective word, so here's the genuine question: At what point does it stop being "kink" and genuinely harmful? Someone whose "kink" is grooming actual children could hide behind the "kinkshaming!!1!" shield. Someone whose kink is genuinely hurting their partner or abusing their children could hide behind it, too. "B-but it's consensual" is bullshit, their consent isn't black and white and often involves coercion. Where do they really draw the line?

No. 2512146

>>2511777
>you're kinkshaming
its almost like shame is a necessary human emotion for holding others accountable when they do stuff like jerk off to the rape of women or shit themselves for a fetish. i hate this idea so many people have today that they should never be made to expirence anything negative ever. people used to till the fucking fields all day, now we argue online over if its ok for adult to pretend to be a child during sex.

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No. 2523380

Mentioned a thousand times but DDLG. Honestly I don't give a shit about the "littles"; while I think it's retarded to roleplay your own sexual trauma to attempt to self-medicate, all alone they probably just own too many plushies and watch kids content and that's not really enough of a problem. It's their "daddies" that are the problem, if they get your dick hard from their partner acting like a baby that says enough and they should have their hard drives checked. Moids are the problem first and foremost.



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No. 1337206 [Reply]

Der zweite Treffpunkt der lokal ansässigen Kartoffelbäuerinnen.
Vorheriger Thread >>>/ot/760762
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No. 2522279

>>2522106
kek, das ist der Bürgermeister der Stadt in der sie wohnt - siegen, glaube ich? weil sie ein paar lustige Videos gepostet hat über das Stadtmarketing und die das sehr gut fanden.

No. 2522435

>>1943814
>es liegt einfach nur dran, weil deutsch die muttersprache ist und man emotional zu nahe dran ist und die vielen nuancen der sprache kennt. gilt auch für die, die keine mangas/bücher/sexszenen auf deutsch lesen können oder so weil es ja so unangenehm, sorry, "cringe" ist.

auch wenn der post alt ist: hab mich hier grad ein bisschen entdeckt gefühlt, weil hentai auf deutsch für mich tatsächlich irgendwie "falsch" ist. habe darüber noch nie so wirklich nachgedacht. hast du für dieses phänomen eine bezeichung oder mehr infos? finde das sehr spannend.

No. 2522455

>>2058891
ich mochte die dummy ne zeitlang ganz gern, hab sie aber schon lange nicht mehr gelesen. die ist immer monothematisch und quasi feuilleton. es gibt aber zb auch ein paar magazine die man nur online bestellen kann, wie die WASD im videospielbereich. musst du einfach mal je nach interessen ein bisschen suchen und testen. ich mag auch das hiesige obdachlosenmagazin, aber das ist sicher nicht für jeden und regional unterschiedlich gut.

No. 2523197

>>2522455
dummy sieht ganz gut aus, sind die arg woke (sprich unterstützen sie den gendie wahnsinn) oder ist das nur der erste eindruck?

No. 2523223

>>2523197
sind schon woke denke ich, aber kp wie genau sich das ausdrückt, hab die wie gesagt schon länger nicht mehr gelesen. kann mir aber vorstellen, das sie auch mal ne story über lgbusw personen bringen.



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No. 2119117 [Reply]

A thread for the admiration of the cuddlesome, soft babies known as felines. Post your cute cat pictures NOW!

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No. 2509326

>>2509318
I just realised that the cat isnt wearing a collar but that's its fur kek also why are you talking photos like a stalker

No. 2509385

>>2509326
Nta but that pic was taken by another nonna's boyfriend where she asked him to take pics of cats if he ever saw one, and this was the first pic he took kek

No. 2511624

I love my cat, I've had her for 14 years and she always follows me around and cuddles me when I'm not feeling good. We lived through some pretty traumatic environments together and I'm glad shes been able to live in peace for the past few years

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Even though my cat hates everything living that isn't a human I secretly with somebody would drop a kitten on my lot again. I don't think I would be able to give it away a second time. Kitten fever strong.

No. 2523217

Hey there are cat torture videos operating out of China

You can read about it here and also it provides ways for us to help in combating fhis (including free stuff like emailing officials that don’t require money or protest) https://www.felineguardians.org/

The issue is that it’s not a crime there and hence abusers don’t get arrested we are pushing to pass laws that ban cat abuse there have been protests in China and worldwide about this

Check Instagram https://www.instagram.com/feline_guardians/?hl=en

Warning: graphic content(spam)



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No. 2099695 [Reply]

A thread to post the cringe of the Hybristophilia(sexual/romantic attraction to serial-killers/murderers) community

reddit.com/r/My_Hybristophilia/
https://web.archive.org/web/20220118130531/https://www.reddit.com/r/Hybristophilia
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No. 2522187

>>2522029
there are tifs that get into coomer moid fetishes, like the one who drew the pink rabbit comics

No. 2522192

>>2522187
>like the one who drew the pink rabbit comics
Context?

No. 2523171

>>2522192
the bpd one's

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>>2349339
Sorry for digging an old post but the site's owner, Nicolas Castelaux/Claux, is a big fat French lolcow who looks like a downie. He apparently committed a dull murder in the 1990s and has been profiting from it ever since. He refers to himself as the vampire of Paris but bitch, who are you? I never heard of him before he started self-promoting his shitty edgy persona on YouTube kek



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