@Absurdum14@howardhardiman A lot of those rural communities in Otago and Southland are descendants of the early settlers from the Orkney islands so there will be cultural similarities for sure
@Favwontmiss I’m great at the conference queue coffee chat because you have the same conversation every time. Same reasons I can introduce myself in a foreign language, you have the same conversation with new people. Rinse, repeat. It’s a practiced skill.
@Absurdum14@writerofscratch It’s also a sad reality of the hierarchical culture in japan that they seem genuinely grateful when someone treats them like a human instead of a doormat. Japanese people say the worst things about the working class. I had to call it out so my kids would learn to treat them well.
@rabbitgodofbl@boyslovehub This isn’t progress, it’s a distraction. They’ve spent years watering this down and they’re only doing it due to international pressures from the G7. If they cared, they’d legalise same-sex marriage and ban housing discrimination. The LDP has a majority. They can, they won’t.
@Absurdum14@Jakeruruku I think it was Apples they were messing with too but it was easier to smuggle them to the US than get approval to taste them here 😛
@Absurdum14@Jakeruruku Yeah they partnered with Plant & Food to develop the new strains. They like California because they can test their GM strains there too.