It’s ridiculous. I understand the idea to show respect and show that you appreciate receiving someone’s information. But they treat it like it’s part of your soul and go absurdly far with it.

Wow, just googled Meishi and what a rabbit hole. I hope I never have to do business in Japan, because I will 100% come across as a moron.

Karoshi. xD

What’s funny is that as a westerner, I’ll suggest (or naturally position myself as) all examples mentionned in the article. They have not even been taught to me, it all comes, I don’t know, as natural. I don’t know if I would do them as gladly if they were kinda “forced” to me tho ...

They’re usually very forgiving for non-Japanese, although on a personal level that forgiveness might be more genuine or sometimes it’s pity as if you’re a stray dog who doesn’t know better. They use all their leeway up on foreigners, though, because there damn well is none if you’re Japanese.

Ha, that reminds me of how Japan let a bunch of Japanese-Brazilians to immigrate to Japan to fill a lot of open low level jobs. (I think this was in the 2000s) The assumption was that these people were Japanese (or half-Japanese) so they would much more easily integrate into society. These folks had never lived in…

Close friend of mine holds a very high position for a Fortune 500 company based out of Tokyo. His job is to manage the offices in South America.

Going out with clients here is usually blunder after blunder for me. I definitely get a good bit of Gaijin leeway though.

Yeah I don’t see too much suddenly changing sadly. The leaked contract for Destiny revealed that Bungie still had pretty high control over the product as I recall (can’t access the full thing now as it’s hosted on LA Times which is blocked in the EU still) and the bad design decisions stem more from the internal…

Check out this bobby’s helmet I modded into a toilet!

Yes, because it’s not like Nintendo has never done anything like this before.

Congratulations to Sony on this great step forward in their continued crusade to prevent people from using their own property as they please.

Since I cannot read kanji, is it safe to assume that this prohibition on modding primarily revolves around modifying software/hardware for the purpose of resale, or does it extend to applying mods to software for the modder’s personal use (such as popping a new night sky into Skyrim)?

One of those things seems…

If you want a textural contrast, some zenzais are done using shiratama—it’s a form of mochi made from mochi flour and tightened in ice water. It has a much chewier and firmer texture, and keeps it’s firmness even with the zenzai.

The FFXIV Localization team is my favorite.

The person that wrote that had to go to the hospital because their tongue went straight through their cheek.

That is some suggestive language.

2nd reply you did however introduce me to ‘tong sui’ which I didn’t know existed, and now I have 1 more reason on a list of millions for hating living in Ft Wayne, IN. I like it for other reasons, seasons and cost of living, and speed of life, among them, but damn I wish I could find bubble tea, lechon, or tong sui…

The browning sounds nice, but the ‘zenzai’ I hadn’t heard of and...noooo, it sounds like it lacks any texture and like eating a pot of refried beans full of firmer refried beans. I love mochi and red bean paste, even mochi stuffed with red bean paste, but zenzai doesn’t sound good due to a real lack of any good…

FFXIV has mochi pounding as part of the New Year’s event too.