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Thread: A sick concept of freedom? Post: A sick concept of freedom? I have some issues with Fabrice's comments about atheism as well, but I think that conversation is best left for another thread. |
thisiskyle | Off topic | 29 | 4,080 | 2012-06-06, 1:54 am | ||
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Thread: A sick concept of freedom? Post: A sick concept of freedom? Freedom is a difficult (maybe impossible) concept to grasp. There is no object called "freedom" out there in the universe. It is, like dignity or shame, a construct of human consciousness. I know y... |
thisiskyle | Off topic | 29 | 4,080 | 2012-06-05, 11:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" In response to the use of Japanese words when speaking English - I think it really depends on the context. To me the best practice is to speak in such a way that results in the lowest combined stress ... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 99 | 12,520 | 2012-05-24, 10:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" bertoni Wrote:So, just as a thought experiment and out of curiousity, what would you say about an American person who always calls Japanese people name + さん or maybe name + 先生, when the conversation i... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 99 | 12,520 | 2012-05-23, 11:49 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" callmedodge Wrote:@Kyle: That`s madness. Did they just ask you questions or did they take you into the station without an ounce of proof? Either way, that`s the height of racism, unless you`re know fo... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 99 | 12,520 | 2012-05-23, 11:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Yeah, there are definitely problems for foreigners in Japan. The Popura in the town next to me was robbed and the police came to my house looking for me! I'm just advocating for not sweating the small... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 99 | 12,520 | 2012-05-23, 2:15 am | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Tzadeck Wrote:Did you tell him to start calling you 先生? Because I would have. He sounds like a dick. I think this is the main point here. Perhaps (I'm not psychic and don't feel like asking) the Jap... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 99 | 12,520 | 2012-05-23, 1:52 am | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" kitakitsune Wrote:I would personally be insulted if a Japanese person thought I could not handle such an incredibly simple and important aspect of their culture and language. I would be too if that we... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 99 | 12,520 | 2012-05-22, 11:26 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" "Dr. Sue's research"...Too close for comfort if you ask me. I've seen this article before and there is some truth to it but a lot of the points seem overblown. The ～さん thing for example, I get called... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 99 | 12,520 | 2012-05-22, 10:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for iKnow! Users Post: Question for iKnow! Users I feel exactly the same. I like learning new words in iKnow but the reviews are killer. I haven't tired this but what you might consider is getting the anki deck you mentioned and un-suspending cards ... |
thisiskyle | Learning resources | 9 | 2,103 | 2012-05-09, 7:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Kadokawa signs on with Amazon Kindle in Japan Post: Kadokawa signs on with Amazon Kindle in Japan I don't know too much about this kind of stuff, but couldn't you just get the books from the Japan Kindle Store? Worst case, it seems you could use a proxy, download the books to your computer and tra... |
thisiskyle | Off topic | 49 | 9,166 | 2012-04-09, 2:13 am | ||
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Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread Post: 2011 JLPT study thread Splatted Wrote:Unfortunately, the PDF that Jankensan posted shows that it is a competition. The maximum number of passes is set based on the percentage that passed the old tests, so you do have to do ... |
thisiskyle | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 506 | 139,918 | 2012-02-29, 7:26 pm | ||
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Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread Post: 2011 JLPT study thread The way the scaling seems to work, from what I could find, is they use the number of people who answered a certain question correctly and compare that to the number who answered a similar question in ... |
thisiskyle | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 506 | 139,918 | 2012-02-29, 1:52 am | ||
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Thread: I'm getting really stressed out on wanting to learn japanese. Post: I'm getting really stressed out on wanting to lear... Yeah, for me, that sound gets used a lot for "tn" sounds. Kind of a g/h/n. What'cha waiX for? |
thisiskyle | Learning resources | 137 | 19,230 | 2012-01-18, 11:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji Betelgeuzah Wrote:English speaking countries don't know kanji. All Japanese know romaji. Not quite the same romaji though...but maybe that's your point. Are you suggesting that they should not write ... |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,947 | 2012-01-18, 2:51 am | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji It may help with pronunciation when they are trying to learn English. In fact it almost certainly would. I hadn't thought of the kana chain thing, so you've got a point there. As far as correctly pr... |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,947 | 2012-01-18, 2:41 am | ||
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Thread: Glomaji Post: Glomaji The idea of switching all katakana-fied words with their English replacement is ridiculous. Would you do the same for words borrowed from other languages? イクラ for example comes from Russian (I don't k... |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 157 | 14,947 | 2012-01-18, 2:19 am | ||
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Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon) Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon) This thread started as a parody to warn people about tossing around large amounts of money online on a unknown product with dubious claims. As it has progressed, some have called it a scam and others ... |
thisiskyle | Off topic | 567 | 98,524 | 2011-08-29, 8:16 pm | ||
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Thread: London riots Post: London riots aphasiac Wrote:thisiskyle Wrote:That depends on whether it is referring to specific violence. In general saying something like "Let's kill the president," is okay. No it's not: http://www.7dvt.com/20... |
thisiskyle | Off topic | 193 | 19,810 | 2011-08-17, 10:58 pm | ||
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Thread: London riots Post: London riots That depends on whether it is referring to specific violence. In general saying something like "Let's kill the president," is okay. Actually scheduling an assassination is conspiracy to commit murder. |
thisiskyle | Off topic | 193 | 19,810 | 2011-08-17, 8:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessment Post: Dunning-Kruger effect and Japanese skill assessmen... It seems to me (and this is speaking from little experience) that this phenomenon is related to diminishing returns, as kazelee said. When you start learning a language, your goals are bountiful, smal... |
thisiskyle | Off topic | 42 | 7,890 | 2011-07-24, 9:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese stupid culture should die. Post: Japanese stupid culture should die. I've lived in Japan for a year now and I honestly don't see any difference in overall politeness between here and my hometown. (Currently live in Kofu-cho, Tottori - Hometown: Flint, Michigan in the i... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 37 | 19,444 | 2011-07-19, 6:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Confusion about ます usage vs. dictionary form Post: Confusion about ます usage vs. dictionary form I see ~ます/~です creep up a lot in the middle of sentences that use "but" phrases. That is, before が、けど、けれども etc |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,493 | 2011-07-13, 12:39 am | ||
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Thread: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!! Post: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!! Hey, sounds like you're having a blast. I was one of those clueless 外人 when I was strolling around Tokyo :(. And yes, 飲み放題 is great. That is unless you live out in the 田舎 with shit trains and end up b... |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 172 | 24,894 | 2011-07-06, 10:39 pm | ||
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Thread: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practise Post: 生きた日本語 Living Japanese, speaking / writing practis... I, too, recently bought this book. It's still way beyond me though. I've been working for like a week and I'm still on the first interviewee. I could figure out everything from reading the transcript ... |
thisiskyle | Group study | 158 | 41,275 | 2011-06-29, 8:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Comparing Japanese New year customs with USA's. Post: Comparing Japanese New year customs with USA's. Yeah! The prominence of that song in my life has skyrocketed since coming to Japan. Unfortunately, I don't have much to add. I had to give a similar presentation last year. I talked about the ball dro... |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 13 | 4,373 | 2011-06-22, 9:13 pm | ||
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Thread: SRS - Studying Kanji with Kanji on front? Post: SRS - Studying Kanji with Kanji on front? @nest0r - I don't know any of the jargon you used but I think I get your point and I agree with you. I've only recently started digging into native material outside of bulletins and road signs (the ki... |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 13 | 4,116 | 2011-06-20, 7:56 pm | ||
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Thread: SRS - Studying Kanji with Kanji on front? Post: SRS - Studying Kanji with Kanji on front? I don't think there is anything terribly wrong with going kanji->keyword. If your argument is that making the keyword the target is a bad idea, I agree with you but that only invalidates the method... |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 13 | 4,116 | 2011-06-19, 9:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Keeping the Conversation in Japanese! Post: Keeping the Conversation in Japanese! Drink. It actually helps quite a bit. It may not be the optimal time to learn new things but you can practice what you do know with less hesitation due to shyness, fear of failure or getting tongue ti... |
thisiskyle | The Japanese language | 16 | 4,889 | 2011-05-23, 2:47 am | ||
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Thread: What is the cheapest way to get to Japan? Post: What is the cheapest way to get to Japan? swim My friend got a round trip from Detroit for 1400. But that was around golden week. It might be cheaper at less popular times. |
thisiskyle | General discussion | 18 | 12,952 | 2011-05-22, 10:48 pm | ||
