• You assumed wrong.

I just @’d you.

I live in Kanagawa, about 20 miles southwest of Tokyo. I live in a country-ish area that’s fairly close to Atsugi and Yokohama. It’s metropolitan enough that people aren’t that obsessed with modesty. Not for nothing, this feels like Jersey.

You assume that because I like it here and recommend it to others that I’m unaware of issues that are primarily caused by a communication barrier or lack of cultural understanding. Please don’t assume I’m oblivious to it because I haven’t experienced the unfortunate things that you or your friends have.

That company is still there, btw. It’s called AK Kogyo and they finance young Marines, Soldies, sailors and Airmen at 25% interest. That’s wild.

Nah. It’s a land yacht with a dumb amount of turbo-lag.

Most of the pitfalls with moving out here is because of the cultural differences in the dating scene.

Ain’t a single statue of Hitler in Germany but people know of his atrocities.

I do, actually! My little cousin lives out here.

Thank you!

I don’t understand the majority of his fanbase. They love him but hate his wife? They bash his wife in comments and on forums but somehow think he’ll descend from their comedic heavens and notice them?

Plan well and make your escape to build a better kingdom, my G.

I’m 30 and I’ve spent the better part of a decade living in Japan. I was initially stationed in Okinawa (twice) as a Marine. Once I made it, I fell into the world of DoD contracting. I’ve lived in Okinawa as a civilian and now I live near Tokyo.

Ol’ Billy Boy can go from being surprisingly enlightened to being a 50 year old white man from Boston in a split second. When his comedy hits, it’s a goldmine. When it doesn’t, it’s pretty much MRA/sadboy/whatdoesitmeantobeawhiteguy bullshit. It’s weird since he’s married to a black woman who seems like she pays…

I’m 30 years old and I live overseas. I haven’t lived on 33rd & Diamond in 22 years. I haven’t lived in the tri-state area in 15. Why do I still torture myself with mediocrity? I live a good life. I’m with the love of my life. I drive a fun car in the mountains whenever I want. I have a damn good job. I live in…

Jakarta is a dope city but you can have that humidity. Nope. Not today. Something about heat+humidity that makes everything stink. Oh, you liked the smell of those kabobs before? Now, they burn your nostrils because it’s 3 in the afternoon and the hottest point of the day. Shorty who you met at the halal cafe with the…

Timothy Newcomb. 5th grade. Drew-Pyle Elementary School, Wilmington, Delaware.

Have all the stars.

I was at a bar last week in my chill, little town in the suburbs outside of Tokyo. My bartender, in plain-ass English, said to me, “your president is nuts, man.” I raised my eyebrow and he corrected himself, “I guess he’s not your president since you live here, huh?”

I definitely can’t imagine the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with 120+ years of military experience and leadership, would just say, “sure, why not?”