Internship with LG. It was... an experience.

But she swears she was in Africaland during that time that the bad thing happened! Swears it!

Exactly. I spent an entire childhood watching everyone badmouth everyone. It was rough. I’ve made a pact to myself to try to never do that. I might sometimes get angry at my wife (and that’s rare enough) but I will never try to turn my child(ren) into pawns. No way.

Yeah, I remember seeing it and thinking, “Oh dear, Nintendo is going to piss off someone.”

Oh yeah, I lived by a couple of those. It was pretty sad if only because it’s so obvious that the increasingly otoshiyori population is so obviously facing down the end of their hometowns.

Daaaamn.

Heh, I have so many opinions on these little inaka-cho and the reasons around why they collapse, but... I do sympathize.

Yup.

People tell me all the time to reconcile with my mother.

Oh, thank you for telling me the history. I actually rather enjoy Murakami’s works for what they are, so that gives it some fun context.

Now I’m curious. Which game? Was it the new Mario?

1. As the child of a father and mother who tore everyone around them down to try to build themselves up, get him the fuck out of the picture. Period. It does NOT make for a happier child having poison around.

Cool. Then you just want attention like my kid when she yells to be picked up.

Heh, interesting point.

That figures. I see that all the time in my current company, too.

“Orientalism isn’t real.”

Oh child, nice try.

Care to actually expand on your argument, then? I mean, I know it’s fun to be a contrarian, but maybe you have something to add to this?

You’re referring to the Ghost in the Shell fiasco? Yeah, I’m not referring to that specifically. But...

I... wut. That... wut. :-o (I know the original song, but that video.)