2012-11-14, 01:51 | Link #363 | |
Sayaka★Magica
Join Date: Sep 2010
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Thread necromancy is the 'in' thing nowadays?
Anyway, konnichiwa to all the non-westerners here and konbanwa to the westerners who are still up this late. Quote:
If I'm not mistaken, you mentioned in one thread that you're an airplane pilot? If so, then I agree it is useless to bother with timezones.
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2012-11-14, 10:04 | Link #364 |
AniMexican!
Join Date: Dec 2005
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There used to be a lot more Americans a few years ago, and they would easily amount for half of our registered members. Eventually, more people from Asia started to join and many of our American friends moved on to something else.
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2012-11-14, 11:31 | Link #365 |
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
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I'm slightly surprised by the amount of Japanese people who visit the forum. Only slightly because I remember seeing translated AS posts posted on 2ch, so it looks like they're interested in western reactions (even if there aren't only westerners here), at least sometimes.
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2012-11-14, 13:13 | Link #366 | |
Nyaaan~~
Join Date: Feb 2006
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They were also barraged in response with tons of questions about Japan, so all's fair in the end right? I'm more surprised how little Japanese traffic 4chan.org gets considering it was inspired by 2chan.. http://www.quantcast.com/4chan.org?country=JP The outcome is uncertain at this time |
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2012-11-14, 16:06 | Link #367 |
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I'm not surprised that not a lot of Japanese would register... after all, even if they're required to learn English in school, this forum might be too heavy of English.
And I also remember that thread where the young lady from Japan wanted to learn stuff... shame it died, but I think she got some very simple, to-the-point answers and in return was bombarded with questions.
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2012-11-14, 17:36 | Link #368 | |
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2012-11-14, 19:45 | Link #369 | |
Nyaaan~~
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 40
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2012-11-14, 19:55 | Link #370 |
癸亥 (guǐhài)
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ
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my dad is a Vietnamese and my mother is Chinese, so i guess i'm half half? lol.
i was born in Vietnam, but i left that country when i was 5 years old. so i pretty much dont know much or anything about my country. i have been living in America for almost 22-23 years now. i feel like more of an American than anything. oh yeah, when i was in the military. i was like the only asian around. everyone was expecting me to be like Jet Li or something...come on now, just cause i'm like the only asian dood around, you cant start calling me Jet Li. i did know how to do some martial arts and split. i show them a little and they were all going "dood, that was CRAZY!" lol. ah, the memories. EDIT: they did kind of make fun of my Engrish. i had some trouble speaking english properly. you know like how most of those anime characters tries to speak english? yep, that goes same for me...lol. they laugh @ my engrish, but i didnt mind much. i was happy that it made them laugh since the military was quite depression at time and just to smile and laugh was a blessing. i still love all of them, my comrades, brothers and friends in arm. you guys were the best, even though you made fun of me! ;p
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2012-11-14, 23:19 | Link #374 |
Nyaaan~~
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 40
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What if we just like to stand around making sounds like "Boom!" and "Pow!"
Actually, I never joined the military myself, but I do have a few friends that did .. and I just like guns. This may be nothing to you military folk, but man.. when I was in Vegas, firing a tripod mounted Browning 1919 was FANTASTICO! All signs point to .. BOOM! |
2012-11-14, 23:19 | Link #375 | |
癸亥 (guǐhài)
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ
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@RRW: heh, if you let the men get together, they'll start wearing panties. there
are all sort of people out there, so i'm not too SHOCK. Quote:
i'm average at best and not very certain with my future when i graduated from High School. i join the military (army) to better my life and help me become a better person. i'm actually happy with my choice to join the military. it was harsh and a totally different lifestyle compare to the civilian life. but the military change my life. i guess to meet a lot of people from White people, Black people, Indian friends, Latino, Mexican, Korean, Chinese, heck...even some Vietnameses, my own kind. all in all, i did really enjoy my time there. thanks to all that exposure to different people and their cultures, i learned to respect them even more. which did you join? Navy, Marine or Army? and from past experience, i suggest not going the Airborne school. it was not worth the extra $150 pay check...lol. i'm still shaking from all of those jumps from the C-130 / C-140 military aircraft...gives me goosbumps. EDIT: @willx: the only guns i guess to fire during my service were M-16, M-4, .50 calibur machine gun (this gun was crazy as hell), and that were it. but most of us mainly just fire M-4 (i hate this gun because it's so freaking loud and my ear hurts a lot after firing it.).
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2012-11-14, 23:24 | Link #376 | |||
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Redgrave City
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Joined? Lol, I'm what they called 'forced-volunteered' Haha, that term always cracks me up... I was sent to the Army's Combat Engineer Formation - CBRD Apparently the Government deemed me competent enough to be left handing dangerous substances Ahh those were kinda fun times looking back... But only when looking back -_-; Quote:
Sounds something like that ?
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2012-11-14, 23:30 | Link #377 | |
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A lot of people here often wonders why 1st world city state like Singapore has conscription, while a formerly military junta like us doesn't. Sometimes it becomes tricky to explain them that we ourselves being part of the reason.
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2012-11-14, 23:42 | Link #378 |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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I believe that other parts with Singapore having conscription are
1) Malaysia: After all, where did Singapore secede from? 2) Multi-ethnic state: Nothing like the military to forge a single nation. 3) Statism: Let's face it, originally Singapore was nothing but a benevolent fascism-based state. What fascist state wouldn't have the military be engrained into the society as a whole? |
2012-11-14, 23:48 | Link #379 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: قلوب المؤمنين
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We were pretty much fascist military regime ourselves. The difference is that we have much bigger manpool and a military institution developed in such way by history that it presented a fairly nice route for social mobility.
And we don't have as many potential security threats.
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2012-11-14, 23:52 | Link #380 | |
癸亥 (guǐhài)
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jun 2010
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shooting the M-4 as well at the range, but cleaning and picking up the brasses were definitely not fun. i agree with you that part with fun times looking back. i can brag all i want like "i already been there done that." but if someone ask if i want to go back and do all those silly stuffs the military made me do again? no thanks, i wont come back there ever again! lol. i like my life right now. i dont think i wanna go back there ever again. Bang bang bang? yep, pretty much. lol. not to forget that one time when a brass fell onto my hand. oh god, it BURNS!
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