2013-06-10, 14:58 | Link #7002 | |
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2013-06-10, 14:59 | Link #7003 |
勇者
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tesla Leicht Institute
Age: 34
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As a kid it surprised me when most of Americans I met did not know their blood type. Back in Korea, most kids knew their blood types, or at least made it up to fit in.
However, blood type personality never made sense to me, my sister and I had the same blood type, yet our personality was polar opposite.
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Megane girl fan
Join Date: May 2011
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"We're the same blood type, let's date!" Endless "Still bloody" Soul
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2013-06-10, 20:39 | Link #7005 |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Just to ruin your day, this currently rather harmless if absurd blood type personality belief entered Japan when, um, eugenics was all the rage among the intellectuals in Europe, particularly central Europe (ifyouknowwhatimean), and consequently Japan.
It's, uh, you know, just before that big ruckus in the Pacific and stuff. Though it faded and came back again when a quack wrote a book and it got popular. |
2013-06-11, 05:34 | Link #7006 | |
Moving in circles
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 49
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Yup, it's completely stupid. But then, so are horoscopes and astrology. Unfortunately, lots of people are prone to such silly superstitions, so it's hard to stamp out. I'm just glad that the silliness has not spread much beyond Japan and Korea. |
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2013-06-11, 05:50 | Link #7007 | |
今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている
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2013-06-11, 07:16 | Link #7009 | |
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2013-06-11, 09:01 | Link #7011 |
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It totally does. I'm asserting that it doesn't exist, that's my hypothesis so seiyuus don't do anything to make that sound. If there is, then I don't know. Also that's not a rhetorical question, that's just a regular question.
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2013-06-13, 06:46 | Link #7012 | |
He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
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Ok this has been bugging me for years now: why are the circle and x button functions on playstation swapped outside of Japan?
The best I could come up with was why they have the meaning they do in Japan but I can't for the life of me find any reason for Sony to change them for the western market. Quote:
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2013-06-14, 02:53 | Link #7014 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Idaho
Age: 32
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For as long as I can remember the majority of Japanese games ported to the U.S. continue to run the flip that X is 'cancel'. As far as I'm aware this is still largely a standard practice, but sometimes the buttons remain on the western standard of X being 'continue/OK' instead. You're right though, in Japan the circle is generally presented as an affirmation, while the X is the opposite. If you're asking why X is generally used as an affirmation in the West I think the answer to this is probably simple (but I can't say 100% for sure). On an Xbox, A is the 'affirmation', and on the PS3 it's X. A good thing to note here is that both of those buttons are closest to the stick. This is true on the Wii as well. It makes more sense to make the affirmation button the button closest to finger that actually presses it. If the button is O, then you may find yourself craning your other fingers in some situations to press it. I was really confused as to why I wasn't able to submit this post. Now I know...
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2013-06-14, 03:41 | Link #7015 | |
He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
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I just never figure out why someone originally made the decision to go with this inconsistency. My best bet is that it has something to do with the way RPGs (jRPGs mostly) worked on the SNES but I never actually played one so I wouldn't know.
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2013-06-20, 22:01 | Link #7020 |
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Anyone know what the thing they give you on airplanes to cover your eyes to help you sleep are called? You know, the double eye-patch band thing (best I can come up with). An eye-pad? Any idea where I might be able to buy one outside of an airport? (Obviously this will depend on where you live but it should be similar anywhere)
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