Japan Kicks Ass!

Plankton · 03-26-2015, 08:35 AM

I'm going to the graveyard tonight with my crazy Uncle.

**Frownland** · 03-26-2015, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

I'm going to the graveyard tonight with my crazy Uncle.

I could see the kids starting to use this as a euphemism for doing drugs.

Plankton · 03-26-2015, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I could see the kids starting to use this as a euphemism for doing drugs.

You cracked the code.

Oriphiel · 04-03-2015, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

"Black Shadow" as opposed to all the other possible colors of shadows.

Even though only like one person will get this, I can't resist...

Anyway...

Japan has some pretty fun music!

Plankton · 04-03-2015, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel

Even though only like one person will get this, I can't resist...

The I's have it.

Oriphiel · 04-03-2015, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

The I's have it.

That's just fan art

. She's a character from a video game that is a total badass, but gets cursed by an evil spirit so that she has a pink shadow (which makes it so that everybody treats her like a freak, and nobody ever takes her seriously). So she hides her shadow by always carrying an even goofier pink parasol, the shadow of which cancels hers out. And yes, the whole game is ridiculous like that.

Oriphiel · 04-04-2015, 08:12 AM

Anyway...

Japan is also home to many different cultures and groups, although many of the indigenous groups of Japan were either destroyed or absorbed into what is now the majority ethnicity (The Yamato/Wajin). Two of the remaining groups are the Ainu people (who are actually a combination of a variety of different ethnicities that came together over the years, and are predominantly centered in regions close to Hokkaido)...

And the Okinawan/Ryukyuan people (who are also a group that is comprised of a variety of cultures that have come together over the years, and is centered around Okinawa and the Ryukyuan islands). Though many of the Ryukyuan people are similar to the Yamato majority in terms of heredity, they have come to have many cultural differences.

There are still many prejudices against these groups, who have historically been treated poorly. A few years back, the Ainu people were finally recognized by the government of Japan as being seperate from the majority ethnicity, which was contested by various conservative political figures (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/wo...anted=all&_r=0). While the government seemed to be making ground on recognizing the Ainu, and expressing apologies for conquering them and taking their land, there have still been setbacks. As recently as last year, politicians have been trying to reverse the recognition, or otherwise expressing their discontent that the Ainu are starting to gain independence (A shameful statement on Ainu | The Japan Times). In addition, Okinawa and the Ryukyu islands have long been seen as a prefecture that the government of Japan has habitually ignored, and suffers from poverty and high rates of unemployment (Japan).

LoathsomePete · 04-10-2015, 10:22 AM

I was reading an article on Cracked today about Japanese game shows and this is all I have to say on the matter

The Batlord · 04-10-2015, 10:36 AM

Man, those people need Odin.

Chula Vista · 04-10-2015, 10:54 AM

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Oriphiel Ask me how! Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The States Posts: 5,355	Anyway... Japan is also home to many different cultures and groups, although many of the indigenous groups of Japan were either destroyed or absorbed into what is now the majority ethnicity (The Yamato/Wajin). Two of the remaining groups are the Ainu people (who are actually a combination of a variety of different ethnicities that came together over the years, and are predominantly centered in regions close to Hokkaido)... And the Okinawan/Ryukyuan people (who are also a group that is comprised of a variety of cultures that have come together over the years, and is centered around Okinawa and the Ryukyuan islands). Though many of the Ryukyuan people are similar to the Yamato majority in terms of heredity, they have come to have many cultural differences. There are still many prejudices against these groups, who have historically been treated poorly. A few years back, the Ainu people were finally recognized by the government of Japan as being seperate from the majority ethnicity, which was contested by various conservative political figures (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/wo...anted=all&_r=0). While the government seemed to be making ground on recognizing the Ainu, and expressing apologies for conquering them and taking their land, there have still been setbacks. As recently as last year, politicians have been trying to reverse the recognition, or otherwise expressing their discontent that the Ainu are starting to gain independence (A shameful statement on Ainu \| The Japan Times). In addition, Okinawa and the Ryukyu islands have long been seen as a prefecture that the government of Japan has habitually ignored, and suffers from poverty and high rates of unemployment (Japan). __________________ ---------------------- \|---Mic's Albums---\| ---------------------- ----------------------------- \|---Deafbox Industries---\| -----------------------------

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