If the worst fallout she has from this is losing a friend, then she is lucky. You have to do you. It isn’t healthy to continue a friendship with someone who either hold such awful views, or is that wilfully ignorant, whichever she is. If you are still getting something out of the friendship, and that outweighs the…

Yeah, I live here, and I recommend an airbnb for cost/space if you are staying more than a few nights, unless you are pretty comfortably off. Just know that it isn’t exactly legal here, so you will see warnings not to interact with the neighbours etc... If you want a traditional Japanese experience as well then go out…

Growing up in NZ this was a really common food, along with creamed corn and cheese toasties. So much so that I didn’t realise other countries didn’t eat this til just now.

What’s ironic? Are you saying that because hundreds of years ago, the Maori people committed murder, we can’t be upset about murder happening now? We try to show some solidarity and you feel the need to point out our ancestors once killed people too? Yeah, that was definitely worth pointing out. Thanks.

I had a commenter tell me that it didn’t matter that other countries were horrified about Trump and wouldn’t support him as president, because we were ‘all weak libtards anyway and need to be put in our place’.

All Japanese students take mandatory English lessons from primary school, through junior and senior high, and most colleges too. I teach in a SHS at the moment, but I have worked with children as young as 2-3 who know how to say ‘Yes’ and ‘No’

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