”This is no ordinary white rice. I worked overtime & came home late, so my oldest boy (11) looked up how to cook rice & made it for me, making it the world's most delicious white rice."
A woman’s husband thought he was having an affair because he seemed so happy & was coming home late from work. So she hired a detective agency…and found out he was just a massive Hatsune Miku fan who was attending 3D concerts and singing her songs alone in karaoke rooms
Nothing quite like reporting on the opening of the Ghibli Park in Aichi Prefecture and having Miyazaki randomly stride into frame like a slightly-more-in-focus sasquatch.
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"I bought a plesiosaurus that swims through the power of bath salts, but the color of the bath salt brand I bought makes him look injured & is extremely unsettling"
Weebs: Stop imposing queerness in Japan! It doesn't exist!!
Japan: Here's a heartwarming story about an older transgender woman living in rural Japan, her life, and the prejudices she works to overcome.
(Via @transincountry, the video's subject)
I can’t believe this needs to be said but kids still do get kidnapped/murdered in Japan.
There’s also a severe problem with kids being left in abusive home environments until tragedy happens. So please put this “collective responsibility” nonsense away.
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In Japan, kids can run errands and commute to school alone at a young age. Why? Because Japan has decided that children in Japan are the collective responsibility of society to keep safe. That’s the choice Japan has made. What choice has AMERICA made?
“My daughter (age 1), who’s learned that people laugh & are happy when she says bye-bye so she keeps waving to passersby like a member of the imperial family as she rides in her stroller” https://t.co/J6ZgvOzpnF
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Mangaka Sano Nami, author of Haven’t Your Heard? I’m Sakamoto, has lost her battle to cancer at age 36, according to publisher Kadokawa. Before her death, she had said: “I feel like, if I beat this, I’ll be able to write some amazing manga.”
“There were 14 high school kids taken to the hospital for eating super spicy potato chips - 13 girls, 1 boy. When I heard the news I’d assumed they were all boys, which is forcing me to confront my own prejudice.”
It's the Tanabata season, when people write wishes on pieces of paper called tanzaku and hang them from bamboo. Here's a relatable one:
"May Dad stop talking about the fake news he sees on YouTube like it's a real thing"
“Why English Is So Freaking Hard” - woman asks her friend “wanna go drinking?” and then asks if she wants to get bbq for lunch - and is flummoxed that “up” and “down” can mean the same thing in the same context
Multiple artists are doing an Irasutoya Challenge, creating detailed versions of the drawings from the popular free art site. The one below shows a woman whistling as she ignores a figure labeled “Reality.”