@quiet_corner26 I know nothing about any of this, but it still seems plausible to my American eye. Nothing means nothing. A girl with a tattoo sleeve and twenty piercings in her face isn't a church-girl on Sunday, she's a liar on Sunday.
@tanpukunokami I see a lie and I call it out:
There is no restaurant that serves both Coke and Pepsi, it's one or the other, with Coke (Coca-Cola) being the obvious favorite.
Thus, the common refrain, "Sorry, we don't serve Coke products. Is Pepsi okay?"
@ENJU1123PIPI I respect chopsticks for the precision of the tool and the skill required to wield them, but I think that the knife, spoon and fork are sort of no-brainer defaults. When eating, you have primarily two modes: Scooping and piercing. Fork and spoon.
Hey, Japanese brothers:
I'm a writer and a reader, so I've got a fairly critical eye. It's my contention that light novels blow on ice. The writing is always awful.
Is it just the translations, or would you guys say that light novels do usually have a lower standard of quality?
@tuuu28283 I believe you meant, "This is a big hospital."
The difference is subtle, and has to do with emphasis: The former emphasizes the word "hospital," as it comes last, which might imply that the speaker is surprised that hospitals can get so big.
The latter emphasizes how big it is.
@combatmedic I admit, I don't get the Japanese interest in tofu. I _do_ get the Japanese's interest in meat, however, and that just makes their interest in tofu doubly confounding.
@tuuu28283 The fact that you get meat of any sort, even good meat, for your birthday is already a little odd for Americans. It'd be like getting canned peaches or a glass of water for your birthday.