No, good English skills aren’t really common in Japan despite people learning it in school for many years.  

Lol, look at this guy

I’ve seen them for sale in convenience stores in Japan within the last few years.  That and cassette tapes.

where I hunt the most dangerous game of all

I realize it’s not a US thing, but is this really different from Line?  That’s got all the stickers and animations and filters anyone could ever need and like 3/4 of Japan already uses it.  

Wow, I completely forgot Thomas played anywhere other than Chicago.

BABIP shouldn’t matter when discussing these sorts of awards, I think.  

So, mid 20s?

I think american servers generally do check on tables way, way too often.  No need to stop by every 5 minutes or so, I want to talk with my friends/enjoy my meal in peace/whatever.  It’s not worth making a stink over, but it’s definitely a thing.  

The Cult are more of an 80s band, though.

I thought Blind Melon was a joke, but then I saw them open for someone else and they actually kicked a fair amount of ass.

Unfortunately “idiot former CEO of a national pizza chain” doesn’t narrow it down to just one.

And so on... what?  Your first points are obviously MORAL issues against going, which I completely agree with, but from a safety perspective for a foreign traveler, it’s not a dangerous place, nor a war zone.  That was my point. 

They fund raise off everything. Mass shooting? Fund raising. Black man elected president? Fund raising.

If you want to get on Iran for being “uncivilized” you probably got a much better case using their horrible civil rights records in regards to women and the public executions of gays than for two travelers getting arrested for flying a drone without a permit.

Man, there’s a whole lot of countries where flying drones without permission will get you in serious trouble.  Hell it gets you in trouble in Japan if you do it in the cities.

Iran is not a particularly unsafe country for travelers. American travelers can have difficulties, and people who aren’t paying attention to the laws or are doing something that could be seen as spying, sure. But it’s not Syria or anything.

In this case, it’s absolutely a solution. This is not a major issue, there are few if any repercussions to dumping this water.

That’s not THAT much water to dump in the ocean.  1 million tons is what, 400 swimming pools worth?  That’s already been treated?  

Not usually in Japan, almost always pay up at the entrance.