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@TheAtlantic @ibogost STFU

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Don't take it too seriously, it's clearly an op but I did lol

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@Flahh_0 Only shitty parts of the world

[Samurai Shiba @SamuraiShibaJP]

Japanese has a lot of words that don't exist in English.

I used to think that meant Americans didn't have those things.

Then I met you. You have all of them. You just never needed a word.

Mottainai (もったいない)
The sadness of wasting something that still has life in it.
America: every grandpa has a coffee can full of screws from 1974. He has never needed a single one. He will never throw it away.

Otsukaresama (お疲れさま)
"Thank you for working so hard."
America: a kid in Ohio leaves a cold Gatorade on the trash can every summer morning. For the garbage man. With a note.

Omotenashi (おもてなし)
Hospitality that gives you what you need before you ask.
America: "Y'all hungry?" It's not a question. The plate is already coming.

Ganbatte (頑張って)
"Keep going. You can do it."
America: thousands of people standing in the cold at a marathon, holding signs for complete strangers. "GO, RANDOM STRANGER, GO!"

Itadakimasu (いただきます)
Said before every meal, to thank everyone who made it possible.
America: my sister's host family in Iowa held hands before every dinner. They thanked God for the food, for the farmers, and for "the folks who couldn't be here tonight."

Kuuki wo yomu (空気を読む)
"Reading the air." Knowing what everyone feels, without anyone saying it.
America: you don't do this one. You just say it. Out loud. "I'm proud of you."

Honestly? Yours is better.

We had to write these down.

You just live them.

[Flavs @flavagoodtime]

@St_Rev Big if true

[roon @tszzl]

how you feel about this meme is where you fall on the ai risk debate

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@soncharm

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@TyKeynes Making a choice does involve making a choice. Glad you cleared that up for everyone

[Samurai Shiba @SamuraiShibaJP]

In Japan, "American" isn't just a nationality.

It's an adjective.

A quick Japanese dictionary:

American Dog (n.)
A corn dog. We had to name it after you. It was too good to be anything else.

American Size (adj.)
Extremely large. Used as a warning.

American Coffee (n.)
Lighter coffee, so you can keep drinking it all day. We assume this is how you get so much done.

Amekaji (n.)
"American casual." Jeans, flannel, work boots. Tokyo shops sell it like fine art. Japanese men pay serious money to look like they just fixed a fence in Montana.

Amesha (n.)
"American car." There are Japanese clubs devoted to driving enormous American trucks down streets designed for bicycles. They have never been happier.

So in Japan, when something is bigger, bolder, more generous, or more fun than it needs to be…

we just call it "American."

It's always a compliment.

[Pekka @meijin_san]

Be the Americans the Japanese imagine you to be

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@joentolgraven @memeticsisyphus What to do with them is a fair question but do nothing and let them drag down 20+ other students is an awful answer

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@joentolgraven @memeticsisyphus School suspension is for the benefit of the other students

[John A. Douglas @J0hnADouglas]

No one in the history of media knew the interior workings of a young boy’s brain better than Bill Watterson

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@Aristos_Revenge I agree. It will almost certainly be "successful" in terms of units sold but I expect it will cause cracks in Rockstars reputation which may start the downward trend so many studios have suffered

[🇯🇵星空音夢🇯🇵🧀Cheese police 👮 @hoshizorarock]

ポーランドも仲間に加わった👀♡

[Boovril-Gesellschaft @BovrilG]

Every young man should have to watch that Seinfeld episode where George becomes a Bad Boy. Would teach them everything they need to know about feminine psychology.

[cigarette @jessimoonss]

Hinge guy i never replied to in July js sent me this google form

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@St_Rev Many such cases