I don’t like either. Blue cheese itself is rather hit-or-miss for me (I think I may also be mildly allergic). The ingredients that go into ranch I mostly like. I think it boils down to not liking US mayo; I thought I hated all mayo until I had Japanese.

At least domestically in Japan, PC gaming is still a very niche and expensive hobby. It’s cheaper than a decade ago when I got here, but computer literacy isn’t great. I hate that decision, but it makes sense for their domestic market

To a point, yes. I know trans and gay couples and it’s complicated. Gender marker changes still require bottom surgery and ability to marry requires opposing genders on their koseki.

The conservatives don’t want to change the koseki system (which foreigners can’t even have and is another problem). The conservatives don’t allow couples to have separate names (unless one is a foreigner and thus no koseki name shenanigans). It also plays into the “(the right type of) people aren’t having enough babies!” thing. I do know one couple who are both trans but did not have surgery wnd did have a kid which is the type of situation the government largely doesn’t care about

Edit: ah, I live in Japan for context (married to japanese, but not a japanese national myself). Here over a decade noe

A smaller/older/cheaper home, specifically in a country where it is expected to be sellable for a profit later to “climb the housing ladder” with a more expensive house (and repeat until maybe downsizing after retirement).

I moved to another country, but it still took until my early 40s.

I’m old enough to have a grandchild that’s 18. I still am not sure how I feel about it.

With Takaichi’s government in power, I’m not holding my breath for anything decent. Her comments on traditional gender roles alone make me think we’re not going to get much of value here.

I now have ‘robot vs dinosaur’ by Skeleton Dick stuck in my head. Miss those guys.

Assuming the yearbook photo (I suppose it is) is authentic, then I was surprised as well. I thought she was probably my age (mid-40s) or older. Nope, over a decade younger.

How is he nailing the bones? They’re all long bones at right angles with only one point of contact on the upper structure. This is clearly a job for different attachment technology.

The safety squint makes it harmless!

Our rural roads here in Japan are 60 at most, with most being 40 or 50. I don’t think I’d feel safe going a whole lot faster than that. Certain divided, multi-lane roads can get up to 80, but those are different to what I’m thinking of going to actual individual houses.

Sounds like they’d make some nice candles/sparklers

When I shaved my head, all the way.

My company has been reducing force multiple times and did one round in a particularly shitty way. Our bonuses were the lowest ever this round despite us all having had to carry more weight. They wonder why our morale is shit.

I was curious about the family connection. Was the mother already rich/famous? It implies the subject didn’t buy her mom the first car, so I assume so. The wikipedia linked didn’t have anything for a ctrl+f on ‘mother’

Definitely for a time in '80s kids wear. I did see adults then (and more recently) wearing them. But mostly farmers and mechanics. Not sure if it were ever adult fashion back then

I appreciate it, but you re-explained the parts that I did understand. Who is this Jennie? Why does their parent have a porche? Who’s the person commenting (in the event that it matters vs just some random internet person)./

As long as it’s well-defined and enforced equally.

Japan has a clause like this and it’s just a black box at least somewhat at the discretion of the individual worker processing your status application. Does a parking ticket count? A speeding ticket? Yet Japanese people speed like maniacs all the time, particularly in the countryside.

[M]ake sure you can see all of the shapes in the circles

The circles contain more circles. Do I win?

If I’m supposed to see anything other than that, it’s not happening (that last one might be an L or something?)