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はてなキーワード:weirdとは
この記事を読んだ。
https://b.hatena.ne.jp/entry/s/gigazine.net/news/20250918-cognitive-psychology-experiment/
だからサンプル数が小さかったり、文化圏が違ったり個人差があると再現できないこともある。
また、「Science Fictionsあなたが知らない科学の真実」という本でも再現性の危機は指摘されている。
ただこれで「心理学はすべて信頼できない」となるのは早計だと思う。
しかし現状は「西洋の教育を受けた産業社会の裕福で民主主義国家の人間」の心理学になっている（WEIRD問題）。
The fact that wegot multiple fairly high-res videos of the bullet hittinghis neck andblood gushingoutdoesmake adifference. Thenewsgets sharedmore andmore people engagewith thenewsout ofshockvalue and morbid fascination, which givesitmore traction.
HadPaul Pelosi been shot while several cameras were filmingit,it would have also become much bigger thanit became.
Edit:lol the comments really bring the average redditor reading comprehensionouton display. People really seem to think I'm saying that Republicans are lovely defenders offree speech orsomething to that effect.It's fuckingweird.
The video elevatesit quite abit.
I rememberRay Rice (nfl player)domestic assault cameout. Some criticism, couple game suspension.
Then the video cameout. Publicoutcry. Fullseason suspension. Cut fromhis team.
Therewas no new info in the video. But seeingsomething happen changesperception.
Edit: for the record Idon't agree with Kirk's ideologyand am not defending ambivalenceon other killings. I justthink ithits different.
Thereis an epidemic of people misunderstanding what hit points are andwhyyou gain them. Thisrant/explanationis fueledby an argument I had withone of myplayers and too many commentsonDnD streams where people misunderstandHP. Theonly part ofyourHP that determines how muchdamageyou can physically withstandis the Con modifieryouadd, the rolledHPis combat experience, luck and mental fortitude. Let me explain.
Alvl20 Goliath Barbarianat fullheathgets stabbed in the head with with asimple 1d6 sword. That Goliathis dead, gainingHPisn’t becoming tough enough tosurvive a sword toyour goddamn cranium,it’s gaining enough combat experience thatyou’re able to avoid the deadlyblow and insteadonly suffer a cut inyourarm.
Thisis the entire concept of sneakattack and criticalhits. Therogueisn’t suddenly hittingyou harder thannormal, they’re slipping pastyour defenses to deal the realisticdamage ofyougetting stabbed in the kidney. Whenyou crityou aren’t hitting harder thanyou were beforeyou’re landing a solid hit thatyour opponentis having a hardertime avoiding.
Thisiswhyyour rolledHPis dependentonyour class and notyourrace, andwhy martial classes have the highest hit die. A knife in the gutis a muchmore dangerous whenyou’re agnome than whenyou’re a Goliath unless thegnomeis a fighter and the Goliathis a wizard.Onehas muchmore combat experience than the other andis able to avoid the deadlier hit.
Edit:again thisis alsowhyyou heal to fullHP after a longrest.You aren’tmagically healing hundreds of cutsonyourbody,you’re becomingrested enough thatyou’re able to avoid that dagger toyour neck.
Edit 2: I avoid taking about spells becausemagicis fuckingweird.
Alsopoisondamage.It’s about how muchpoison/venomis actually able toget intoyour system beforeyou’re able to pull backand avoidit.
Hey everyone. Idon't know where else to post this. Ineed towriteit down before I convince myself Iwas just hallucinating. I’m a grad student inJapan, doing fieldworkon forgotten local folklore. That'swhy Iwasout in theabsolute middle ofnowhere in Gunmaprefecturelast night.
My planwas to visit a tiny, dying village called Yomi-touge (notits realname) that supposedlyhas some unique traditions. Of course, my phonelostsignal hours ago, and mycar'sGPS, which I bought in 2015, decided to have atotal meltdown. Thesun went down. The mountainroads are narrow and winding,and a thick, soupy fogstarted to roll in. The kind of wet, heavyair that makesyoufeellikeyou’rebreathing water. Iwas completely, hopelesslylost.
After whatfeltlike an eternity of drivingat a crawl, Isawit. Alight. A single, brutallybright rectangle oflight cutting through the fog. Aconvenience store.One of thosebig chainsyou see everywhere, aFamilyMart or aLawson, I couldn't tell whichat first.I’ve neverfelt so relieved inmy life. I parked thecar and practically ran inside, thelittle doorchime sounding way too loud in the dead silence.
The insidewas…normal. Toonormal. Thelights were humming with a high-pitchedbuzz that drilled into my skull. The shelves were perfectly stocked. Theair smelled of cheapair freshener andsomething else…somethingsweet and hot,likeozone or burntsugar.
Hewas ayoungguy,maybe myage. Pale, drenched in sweat, with dark circles underhiseyeslike bruises. He moved with a painful stiffness,like every jointwas rusted. He muttered a "Irasshaimase…" without even lookingat me,hiseyes fixedon the counter.Hisarms were covered in these intricate, dark tattoos, winding fromhis wrists up underhis sleeves. I figured hewas just sick, oron a roughshift. Ifelt bad forhim.
I grabbed a can of coffee and went to the counter. "Sorry to botheryou," Istarted inJapanese, "I'm prettylost. Couldyoutell me where I am?"
He looked up, andhiseyesdidn't seem tofocuson me.Itwaslike hewas lookingat ascreen a few inches in front of my face. "We do not provide directional information," he said,hisvoice aflat, rehearsed monotone. "Will that beall foryou?"
Okay,weird, but whatever.Maybeit's store policy.As he reached for my coffee,his sleeve slid up. The tattoosonhisarm… they weren’t just pictures. For a split second, Iswear toGod, the lines ofinkshifted. They writhed,like tiny black worms underhisskin,and a patch ofhis forearmglowed with afaint, sicklyredlight. He flinched, asharp intake ofbreath, and quickly pulledhis sleeve down.
I just froze. I couldn’t have seen that, right? Iwas tired, myeyes were playing trickson me.
The personwho walked in… Idon’t know how to describe them.Itwas aman, I think. Hewas tall and wore an old, soaked trench coat. Buthis face…itwaslike my brain refused to processit.Itwasn't that he had no face,itwas that myeyes wouldslide right offit.Itwas ablur, aglitch, a 404error inhuman form.
Theclerkdidn't seem surprised. Hedidn't even seem to seehimas strange.His posture just became evenmore rigid. Theredglowonhisarm pulsedagain,brighter thistime, visible throughhis sleeve.
The facelessmandidn't speak. He just stood there. Theclerk, without aword, turned. But hedidn'tgo to the coolers. He kepthis back to theman, and heldouthis left hand,palm up. I heard asoft, wet, squelching sound. From a small, dark slit in the center ofhispalm that I hadn't noticed before, a smallcarton of strawberrymilk, the kindyou give tokids, just… emerged.Itwas producedout ofhis hand.Itwas wet with a clear, viscous fluid.
He placediton the counter. "Hereis the requested product," theclerk said,hisvoice straining. "The transactionis complete."
The facelessman picked up the strawberrymilk. He putit inhis coatpocket. And then he just… faded. Hedidn’t walkout the door. He dissolved into the hummingair,likeheat haze. A second later, hewasgone.
Theclerk letout a long, shudderingbreath and swayedonhis feet. He leaned heavilyon the counter,his face sheet-white. He looked utterly, existentially exhausted. Hesaw me staring, my mouth hangingopen, the can of coffeestill in my hand.
For the firsttime, aflicker ofsomething real,somethinghuman, crossedhis face.Itwaspure, undiluted terror.
"You… are not a regular customer," he whispered,hisvoice trembling. "Your… conceptis too stable. Please. Leave."
Ididn'tneed to be told twice. I threw a 500yen coinon the counter and ranout of there so fast I think I broke the sound barrier. Ididn't eventake my coffee. I justgot in mycar and drove, Idon't know in which direction, I just drove.
I'mat a servicestationnow, about 100kmaway. Thesunis coming up. I can't stop shaking.Itwasn't adream.I knowitwasn't. Because when Iwas fumbling for my keys, I realized I had accidentally grabbed thereceipt from the counter.
It’s not for my coffee.It’s for the other transaction.It justhasoneitem listed.It doesn't say "StrawberryMilk."It says:
ITEM: CONCEPTUAL SALVATION (FLAVOR:CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA) - 1 UNIT
PRICE: ¥0
METHOD: ANNULMENT
Has anyone seen a storelike this? What thehellis happening in the mountains of Gunma? Whatdid I see? AndGod, that poorkid working the counter. Heisn't in trouble. He's a part ofit. He's themachine.
So,the Expo 2025is actually happening,like, rightnow.Itstarted a week ago. They'vegot this massive woodenringstructure that's apparently thebiggest inthe world orsomething. Looks kind ofcool in the pictures, I guess,likesomethingout of an old temple buthuge.
The themeis "Designing FutureSociety for Our Lives". Sounds ambitious. Lots oftalk about saving lives, empowering lives, connecting lives...all thatjazz. They wantit to be a "People's Living Lab" where they show off new tech for thingslikecarbon neutrality andnext-gen mobility.Over 160 countries are supposed tobe there, showing off their ideas forthe future.
But honestly? I keep reading about problems. Heard thetest runs had massive lines, which soundslike a nightmare, especially worrying about heatstroke insummer. Ticket sales seemed slow beforeit opened, with lots of companies buying them up instead of regular people. Makesyou wonder how excited the average person reallyis. Plus, the costs ballooned, almostdouble what they first thought.
And apparently, they plan to tearmost ofit down afterwards? Seemslike ahuge amount of effort and money forsomething temporary. Though they say they'll reuse materials.Still, feels abitweird.
Willit actually be good? Or justanotherbig, expensive event that causes traffic jams? Guess we'll see. Just feelslike there's not muchbuzz compared to thelasttimeOsaka had anExpo way back when.
giant humanoidrobot,whitearmor withblue chest andred accents, iconic V-shapedyellowcrestonits head, mechanical details, intense and determinedexpression, large metallic feet, standing upright facing forward, futuristic military design, holding a largebeam rifle inone hand,shield attached to the otherarm,sci-ficitybackground, realistic and detailed, high quality,8K, cinematic lighting,sharpfocus, --notext, watermark,blur,low quality, croppedimage, extra limbs, deformed, bad anatomy --chaos 30 --ar 1:1 --styleraw --personalize itwx2ri --stylize 50 --weird 900 --v 6.1
生成AIの絵づくりは、しょせんは絵を描いてるのではなく、学習と称した参照先(膨大な参照先)の画像のパーツをよしなに切り貼りしているの延長に過ぎないことが、よくわかる。
そうそう、トランプ本人やその支持者なんかは、増田にポチポチ書き込みを行っているような、メガネをかけた細腕の青白いweirdなんて、looserにしか思わず眼中にない感じよな
ゴリマッチョで筋肉逞しく、片手にはドラムマシンガン、片手にはワイフを抱いて、オープンカーに音楽はYMCA、白い歯を見せながらHAHAHAと笑う、そんなのが理想
他増田が書いてるように学校でチー牛をいじる時に使うような言葉やからトランプ支持者みたいな属性に刺さるのと
あとはこれまで「ファシスト」「差別主義者」「悪」みたいな強い言葉を使いすぎてて、それらは正しいにもかかわらず嫌いな人に貼るレッテルとしてしか受け止められなくなってたところに
"weird"という控え目な言葉が逆に対立陣営に再現なく変なあだ名付けて攻撃するようなトランプ陣営のおかしさを浮かび上がらせてる
みたいな感じのことが書いてるやで
日本でも「ヒトラーの再来」「民主主義の破壊者」みたいな漠然と大きな批判が全然刺さらんと卑近なスキャンダルからつけられたあだ名の方が効くのと一緒やな
Everyone been wonderingwhy Yonezu (lastname) Kenshi (firstname)is wearing the heeledshoes. Inone ofhis interviews he said thatonce hedreamed afuneral. Everyonewassad, but suddenlysomeone in the firstlinestarted towhistle loudly, in a way that annoyed the other people. Theyallstarted to say that hewasn't respecting the dead person because hewasn'tbeing in silence forhim, but Kenshi knew that theman whistlingwas communicatingwith the deadone. Thatwas their own unique way to recognize each other.Maybe the otherswill thinkyou'recrazy orsomethingnegative, butit won'tchangethe love that the whistlingmanhas forhis deadfriend. Turnsout that Kenshigot inspiredby thisdream so in the sing he wore heeledshoes, because hewants to let us know that he doesn't care what others say,it'shis special way toexpresshimself, because Kenshiwas affectedby High-functioning Autism which broughthim to be smarter than the average, but he couldn't handle with social relationships, that'swhy he never hadmanyfriends since ayoungage and everyonemadefun ofhim because ofhis character.
米津（姓）ケンシ（名）がなぜヒールの靴を履いているのか、誰もが不思議に思っていることだろう。
彼はあるインタビューで、葬式の夢を見たことがあると言っていた。みんな悲しんでいたのに、突然一列目の誰かが、他の人たちを困らせるような大きな口笛を吹き始めた。
彼らは皆、口笛を吹いているのは死者に敬意を払っていない、死者のために黙っているのではない、と言い始めた。それが彼ら独自の認識方法だったのだ。
もしかしたら、他の人からは頭がおかしいとか否定的な見方をされるかもしれないが、口笛を吹いている男が死んだ友人を愛していることに変わりはない。
というのも、ケンシは高機能自閉症の影響を受けていて、平均よりも頭がいいのだが、社会的な人間関係をうまくこなすことができなかった。
Thismade Kenshi verysad and from thenon hestarted tohatehimself because ofhis very uncommonname (inJapan there aren'tmany people that have Yonezuaslastname and noone, but Yonezu Kenshi,is called Kenshi or the spellingis similar, plusit soundslike a stagenameas well) he thought hewas strange andweird, an uncommon personwho shouldn't have existed (infact inJapan thereis a very strongwill to follow the mass, which means ifthe greater part of girls have bangs, then the girls without bangswilltry to have them or if they remain what they are, they might beisolated because different from therest of the population). But Kenshi tomake us,his fans, satisfied, he decided to collaborate withmany people in the 2017like the animators for MHA,DAOKO and SudaMasaki.
このことがケンシをとても悲しくさせ、それ以来ケンシは自分の名前の珍しさ（日本では米津を名字に持つ人は少ないし、米津ケンシ以外はケンシと呼ばないし、スペルも似ていない、存在しないはずの珍しい人（実際、日本では大衆に従おうとする意志が非常に強い。つまり、前髪のある女の子が多ければ、前髪のない女の子も前髪を作ろうとするし、前髪のないままだと、他の人とは違うという理由で孤立するかもしれない）。しかし、ケンシは私たちファンを満足させるために、MHAのアニメーターやDAOKO、菅田将暉など、2017年に活躍した多くの人々とのコラボレーションを決めた。
Hechanged duringhis musical career,likethe time hewasstill Hachi (ハチ) and hefelt somehowlost inall ofhis fame, so hemade this song wearing heeledshoes and then thenext song, Flamingo,is very different from Lemon becausemany peoplestarted to listen and to knowhim after Lemon, but he wanted to know what they would think if Kenshichanged the rhythm and the kind, turnsout thatmany of them were attractedby Lemon and they didn'tlike Flamingo, but theystill subbed to Kenshi'sYouTube channel. Thankyou for readingall of this,Englishisn't mymother language so I'msorry for the mistakesand asalways, have a nice day :D
彼は音楽活動の中で変わっていった。例えば、彼がまだハチだった頃、有名になることにどこか迷いを感じて、ヒールのある靴を履いてこの曲を作った、 というのも、多くの人がLemonの後にKenshiを聴き始め、知るようになったからだ。しかし、彼はKenshiがリズムや種類を変えたらどう思うかを知りたかった。英語は母国語ではないので、間違いがあってごめんなさい。
Edit:You can find a videosummary of Yonezu Kenshi'slifeand all ofhis interviews,it's inMandarin tho. Ihopeyou have a good translator to understand what he's saying.
米津建志の人生とインタビューの要約ビデオを見ることができます。彼が何を言っているのか理解するために、良い翻訳者がいることを願う。
The problemis that,likeDon Quixote, in front of peoplewho are not tolerant ofhisdreams, the problemis not that heis a "knight"who just "assumes" himself, but that heis "aknight" even though heis not really aknight.You should know thatyou are acting.''
問題はドン・キホーテのように、みずからの夢に寛大ではない人々の前で、ただ「思いこんでいる」というだけの「騎士」ぶりではなく、じぶんさほんとうは騎士ではないのに「騎士を演じているのだ」ということを知っておけということである。
Lifeis a game anyway, and even ifyouonlyacceptthe factsas facts,time passes in theblink of an eye.
Ifyoudon't have the imagination to see a windmillas agiant,it's not interesting orweird. Rather than justbeing a middle-aged naive personwhoisobsessedwith thatdream and stubbornly affirms himself, I wouldlike to have the leeway to say, ``I'm just having alittlefun.''
Welive in asociety wherethe greatest enemy of factsistruth.
どうせ、生きることはゲームであり、事実を事実としてだけ受け入れていても、あっというまに月日は流れる。
風車を巨人に見たてる位の想像力でもなければおもしろくもおかしくもない。ただその夢の虜になって、頑なに自己肯定する中年の世間知らずであるよりは、「ちょっとプレイしているのさ」とうそぶく余裕がほしい。
原文
Japanreviewit's been a year since I
moved toJapan and I thoughtitmade
sense to finallyrateJapanI willtalk
about things Ilike and the things I
don'tlike which seems to be theonly
two options available ifyou have
actually really badit'sgot a lot of
survivalissues okayI will listone
good thing and bad thing andI will not
hold back there's no trash bins
I have to put in mypocket
oh
there'salways thesegeneric things that
you hear oryes when weyou visitit's
kind ofweird but thenyourealizeit's
not abig dealanywaylet's start off
withnumberonereason IlikeJapan
itfeelslike agiant playground no I
don't mean in the LoganPaul kind of
sense of doing whatever thehellyou
want
but rather there's ainfinite thingsall
rightlazyfeelslike to explore and
experience and I've beenhere a yearnow
and Idon't think I'mgonnaget bored
anytime soon although Iam having a
child so Idon't know how muchmore I
butit reallyfeelslike awhole new
world and ifyou visitedyou can
probably relate toit and I'm glad that
even a year initstillfeels incredibly
fresh and I even would say thatyou
realize that the best part ofJapan
aren't the touristyplaces kind of
obviously but there are somany areas
that Ifound that I really enjoy
visiting and thisis probablymore
specific to me butyou knowTokyois
very busy and somanytimes I justcatch
myself surroundedby whatfeelslike
hundreds of people and they have noidea
everyoneis just doing their own thing
nowonceitwas staringat me noone's
following me noone'sbeingweirdyou
guys areweird and I'm justkidding I
justlovethe feeling ofbeing able to
exist in public and uh not worrying
about what everyone elseis doinglike
I've said this before but I genuinely
enjoytalking to fans or when people
approach meitalwaysmakes mehappy but
it can be kind of frustrating toalways
wanting to just doyour own thing and
always be
you know so yeahlet'smove on to the
bad things ofJapannumberonereason
Japanis badit's kind of a heavy
subject and Ihaven't seenanyone else
reallytalk aboutitit's not brought up
very oftenatleast and thatis cones
there's toomany cones inJapanonceyou
seeityou cannot unseeit they're
everywhere they sayoh Japanhas somany
vending machines there'slikefiveper
there'smore cones than peoplewhy are
there somany cones Ineed to know we
got the tallones wegot the smallones
wegot thefunnyones the cuteones the
sexyones I dolike those I justdon't
understand thatwhoever plays these
cones think I'm justgonna barge through
otherwise I had noidea what Iwasgonna
and Irealized the conehistory ofJapan
stretches centuries okay ifyou played
Animal Crossing sometimesit's a
Japanese game so sometimesyouget these
items rightyou'relike oh that's kind
ofweird Idon't know exactly what that
is butit's probablysomethingJapanese
and thenyouget thebamboo thing and
you'relike what thehellis that what
am I evengonna dowith that and then
you seeit in reallifehere inJapan
you'relike holy [ __ ]it's a cone that's
Ifeellike they are following me
I'm glad Iwas able totalk about this
I'm forone andwilling to callout
Japan knockit offmanno more cones
there's enough coneslet me tellyou
something even better than conesyoumay
have noticed new merch finallyit's been
unofficial merge because I literally
have no other merch I've hadn't hadn't
merch I'msorryMom so we spruced up the
logogot acool back design the team
understand how my brand and I think they
did such agood job thesepieceslook
amazing and I thinkyou guys aregonna
reallylike themas well these are
available for limitedtimeonly somake
sureyou ordernow so excited to finally
have this merch availablethanks to
amaze for making this happen we are
gonna haveonepiece thatwillstayon
the store so mymomwill not buy the
wrong merch but for a limitedtime that
piecewill be available in thiscolor
off-white kind ofcoloritlooks really
nice and then after thatyou canstill
getit but not in thiscolor that's
so yeah check thatout ifyou're
interested I'm sohappy about these
designs and Ihopeyou guys wouldlike
themas wellall rightreasonnumbertwo
IlikeJapan yay when we first announced
that we weregonnamove toJapan there
was somany people just saying how bad
Japanis actuallydidyou knowJapanis
really baddidyou know this I have to
listall thesereasonsnow because
everyoneislike thing and then thing
Japan ah so I have to tell them and I
particular that people saidwas that old
people reallydon'tlike foreigners they
hate them so when Iwasgonna stopby to
say hi to our neighborswhowas alittle
olderatleast some of them Iwas
terrifying I heardall these storiesyou
knowlike what are theygonna do to us
so I had my guard up ready for theworst
and Iwas met withnothing but kindness
and welcoming and Ifeltlike atotal
dick for having this preconceivedideas
and just a side commentlikeyes there
are definitely probably people that
don'tlike foreignersand all that stuff
but Irealized I shouldlet my own
experienceis dictate how Ifeel about
certain thingsmaybe that's just
ignoring a problem Idon't knowit just
feelslikeit's a bad way to approach
life ifyoualways have anegative
expectationyou knowit's smiling people
smiled back
thankyou sometimes theydon't and
that's okayyou knowanyway mypoint
beingJapanese people are very in my own
experience
are very nice and friendly the majority
atleast andyes even to foreigners I
feellike they are especially nice to
foreigners because they think we'relike
akidlostat Disneyland orsomething
I justasked for directions Ididn't
needyou to walk me forhalf an hour to
this specific place Iwasgoing but
thankyou Iappreciateit a lot oftimes
Igo boulderingalone and there'salways
other groups of peoplebeing supportive
and yellinglike I'm about therelikego
youcan doit Iloveit Ithink it's
greatyou know or ifyou're small
talking with people people generally
want to communicatewith you and Ilove
having thosemoments but of course
there'stimes where people arelike oh
you're a foreigner Idon'tfeellike
even trying
whichagainit'sfine speaking of which
reason Idon'tlikeJapannumbertwo
their language
I havelivedhere for a year and I'm not
fluent inJapanese
Iam dumb Iam very dumb I remember the
moment wemovedhere I had studied some
Let'stestout this knowledge that I
have acquiredlet'sgo I'm justgonna
come init'sgonna be dangerous andyou
enter a store for the firsttime and
they'relike
what
what oh
what the classicthe mostcommon
experiences thatyou have aren't
necessarily whatyou're taught in the
textbook yayI know I think that's the
same foranyonelearning a language for
the firsttime butdon't evenget me
startedon the kanjimain what the [ __ ]
is this IfeellikeJapaneseis such a
hard language obviously but Idon't
think peoplerealize how harditisat
least mepersonally because themoreyou
learn themoreyourealizeyoudon't
know [ __ ]
consideredone ofthe most difficult
languages and becauseit's just so
different I listeditas bad because
thatwas my first kind of experience
withit cominghere but themore I
interact with people themoreitfeels
like I'm unlocking new skillsyou know
oh Imade a phone call for the first
time oh I couldasksomeoneover the
phoneI knowbig deal butit'slike oh I
can actually do that or even just having
a small tinyyes shittiest conversation
with a strangerit'sstillsomething and
itfeelsgoodyou start toall of a
sudden understandyou know a movie if
you're watching oh I understand actually
what'sgoingonhere or I can play games
and kind ofget what this they're saying
I have tolook upwords obviously but to
meall those new experiences thatit
unlocks to meis very rewarding even
thoughit's such a challenge I would
actuallynow sayit's agood thing I
thingall along but I obviously have a
andit just Idon'tthink itwilldamage
timereasonnumber three IlikeJapan
thisisnothing to do withJapan to say
it'smore related to me taking amore
relaxed approach toYouTube for my
entire 20s Ididnothing butYouTube
thatwasmy life and that's okay but I
probablyyou know if Iwasn't making
videos I sureashellwas thinking about
making videos I uploaded videos during
anditfeels reallygood to finally be
free fromityou know and I can discover
other things inlife there are other
things inlife
a new hobbies and interest that I've
always wanted to do Ican do and have so
muchfun withit surfingI know I would
love forthe longest time and I finally
get todo it andit's so [ __ ]amazing
Ilovelearning new thingsanything that
isn't necessarilyconnected toall of
something I'm very very grateful that I
discovered so yeahit's not reallyJapan
I could havedone thatanywhere butit's
largelywhy I enjoyed so muchhere
reason Idon'tlikeJapannumber three
thisis probablythe most trickiestone
andit's the rules what are the rules
Japanhas somany rules andit's abit
conflicting for me to complain about
because a lot of the best stuff about
Japan not the best stuff but a lot of
the reasonswhyJapan works so wellis
because of the rulesyou know thetrains
arealwaysontime things just work in
generalit's hard to explainthe streets
areclean people aren't loud in public
and soon and these are sort of societal
rules thatmakeit happenmore orless
but sometimes There are rules that just
don'tmakeanysense and I have no
problem following rulesas longas I
understandthe reason forityou know
don'ttalkon the phoneon thetrain
becauseit's generally annoying when
other people do that toyou A lot ofit
is just be thoughtful of other people
it's not just aboutyou and that just
makesitmore pleasant for everyone but
one ruleis especially which Italked
about beforeisthe fact that because of
kovid I'm notallowed to be in the
delivery room for our baby formore than
two hours that's because of covered
rulesit just doesn'tmakesense to me
and I tell people about thislike uh
family andfriends and they'realways
like wellwhydon'tyou justask them or
likewhydon'tyoutalk to them I'm sure
you can there'sgot to besomewhere and
it'slike noit'sJapan okay there are
rules and people follow the rules for
better or worseyou know so themore I
