Shower Thoughts MK2

[Gordon_4]

I've been obsessing over Komi Can't Communicate and it has me thinking about a two things.

A) Why is college life in Japan mostly ignored in their media? It's always either high school, or a salaryman's life. Maybe I haven't been reading and watching enough stuff, but I can't think of even a single example.

Ah My Goddess is the only one that I can think of off the top of my head: Keiichi is at university studying an auto mechanics degree.

I think it’s not popular because Japanese University is legendarily nose to the grindstone, and even high school has a cutoff date of third year or below because fourth year I think is when they start studying for university entrance and depending on which one they’re aiming for - University of Tokyo, Todai, is ranked as the top institution in Japan and makes a lot of top ten lists for global rankings - that experience can be as or more brutal than actually attending.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Ah My Goddess is the only one that I can think of off the top of my head: Keiichi is at university studying an auto mechanics degree. I think it’s not popular because Japanese University is legendarily nose to the grindstone

That was my suspicion too, perhaps college life in Japan is too boring to make an anime out of. I actually have no idea if going to college is the norm over there like it is here, so perhaps its also something that not many Japanese folk can relate to.

even high school has a cutoff date of third year or below because fourth year I think is when they start studying for university

I believe their senior year in high school is the third year? Or perhaps they spend a "fourth" year out of school just studying for the entrance exams.

 

[Chimpzy]

That was my suspicion too, perhaps college life in Japan is too boring to make an anime out of. I actually have no idea if going to college is the norm over there like it is here, so perhaps its also something that not many Japanese folk can relate to.

Afaik, so many manga/anime feature high school settings is because for the vast majority of Japanese it is a shared experience that they can all relate to. And which they have a lot of nostalgia for because, aside for being pivotal formative years during which people tend to experience a lot of 'firsts', for many it's basically the last time in their lives they have the freedom and time to devote to anything other than work and/or relationships/family. The last time they could regularly hang out with friends, spend time on hobbies, and all kinds of self-expression, before being chucked into the daily grind that is Japanese adult life.

 

[Gordon_4]

That was my suspicion too, perhaps college life in Japan is too boring to make an anime out of. I actually have no idea if going to college is the norm over there like it is here, so perhaps its also something that not many Japanese folk can relate to.

Japan - hell, Asia in general - is very heavily biased towards higher education so if I had to guess, it’s likely that Japanese university life probably has more in common with what you’d expect (the actual reality not withstanding) of places like Oxford Colleges. Lots of very old and stuffy professors and very serious; studious students. As opposed to (again, not withstanding actual reality) the American college experience of frats, drinking, sex and drugs.

Of course I have no doubt that at the very least all three will have drinking and sex: two things humanity has been doing before we could read and write.

Drug charges in Japan however are serious business so I suspect lower instances of use there, and what use I would expect would be amphetamines to stay awake and study and shag if they can.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Of course I have no doubt that at the very least all three will have drinking and sex: two things humanity has been doing before we could read and write.

Grand Blue might be right up your alley, then. Mostly about the antics of a hard partying college scuba diving club.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I know they're probably out there already, but I'm surprised NSFW NFTs aren't making the news. Or even memes.

 

[Gordon_4]

I know they're probably out there already, but I'm surprised NSFW NFTs aren't making the news. Or even memes.

Memes maybe, but unless its of something already illegal, well, erotic art is as old as what, Ancient Greece? It would hardly be newsworthy that digital versions of an art form older than some sovereign nations exists.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Memes maybe, but unless its of something already illegal, well, erotic art is as old as what, Ancient Greece? It would hardly be newsworthy that digital versions of an art form older than some sovereign nations exists.

I was expecting more of a "First ever porn NFT sells for a gazillion bucks, breaks all records" kind of thing.

 

[davidmc1158]

It occurred to me that smart-assedry and flatulence are quite similiar in some regards. Both come across as spontaneous, but really require preparation beforehand.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Little known part of the story, the ugly duckling actually grew up into an ugly swan.

It occurred to me that smart-assedry and flatulence are quite similiar in some regards. Both come across as spontaneous, but really require preparation beforehand.

I don't see how either of those things require preparation.

 

[davidmc1158]

Little known part of the story, the ugly duckling actually grew up into an ugly swan.

I don't see how either of those things require preparation.

One requires thinking patterns set a certain way to allow for the proper responses, the other requires dietary elements. Both prepared beforehand to allow for the maximum effect later.

 

[Drathnoxis]

One requires thinking patterns set a certain way to allow for the proper responses, the other requires dietary elements. Both prepared beforehand to allow for the maximum effect later.

I think your definition of preparation differs greatly from mine.

 

[Specter Von Baren]

Why the hell are weaving terms so weird? I was doing some research for a story I'm working on and after poking my head into weaving tools and terms I noped out and decided not to go into too much detail. Not only is a hand loom a monstrosity in how it works but a lot of the names and terms for things involved with the process have no equivalent in other crafts. As a counter example, when I looked into smithing and the terms in that, I could kind of suss out what something meant just by looking at the word, not so with weaving.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Imagine how fucking hassle it would be if water had calories.

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

"Weight loss jab to be prescribed by NHS in England amid obesity crisis" doesn't read at first glance like a headline trying to insidiously elicit an emotional response from the unassuming reader.

That is unless the accompanying picture alongside the headline is thus...





Like what in the actual fuck.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I was looking at my baby sister while we were sitting and waiting for something, and I was thinking at how weird it is that we puncture small children's earlobes just for jewelry. In a way, it seems kinda barbaric. I mean, usually it's not forced on them or whatever (can you be "forced" as a baby?), but it's definitely expected of them.

 

[bluegate]

I was looking at my baby sister while we were sitting and waiting for something, and I was thinking at how weird it is that we puncture small children's earlobes just for jewelry. In a way, it seems kinda barbaric. I mean, usually it's not forced on them or whatever (can you be "forced" as a baby?), but it's definitely expected of them.

I'd say that forcing it on them is a pretty apt description.

Although I had my ears pierced as a child and teenager, I wouldn't ever force it on a child of mine.

Transitioning to a shower thought of my own; I regret taking out my earrings and having my holes close, they always made for nice accessories. But I feel that as a guy in his thirties, getting both of my ears pierced is a bit weird.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I'd say that forcing it on them is a pretty apt description.

Although I had my ears pierced as a child and teenager, I wouldn't ever force it on a child of mine.

Transitioning to a shower thought of my own; I regret taking out my earrings and having my holes close, they always made for nice accessories. But I feel that as a guy in his thirties, getting both of my ears pierced is a bit weird.

I would never judge someone for wearing earrings, no matter the age, but I've never thought that they were a good idea. Like tattoos. In the long run they just don't seem worth it.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Always worried that any piercings I get will get caught in something and yanked out. Though, much more likely to just get infected.

 

[Xprimentyl]

I would never judge someone for wearing earrings, no matter the age, but I've never thought that they were a good idea. Like tattoos. In the long run they just don't seem worth it.

My sister has some pictures from the day she took her daughter to get her ears pierced. She was maybe 1 or 2 years old, and as a light skinned black child, she was beet red, and tears flowing down her cheeks. I always thought it odd that my sisters and mom looked at those photos and laughed; clearly my niece was extremely uncomfortable to say the least, but she's 30 now and has no recollection of that day, traumatic or otherwise, so I guess it wasn't as bad as the evidence lets on.

As for tattoos and their value in the long run, it depends on the reason you get one and what you choose. I've three so far myself, but nothing picked off of a wall at a parlor. I designed them all myself, and none have potentially transitory significance, i.e.: no significant other's names, not team logos (though I've twice tried to talk myself into a San Francisco 49ers' tat... I still might...)