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Video Game Bored / Re: Nintendo Anounces Switch 2
« Last post by team filler on April 12, 2025, 02:34:51 PM »
Super switch rules  :playa
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The Superdeep Borehole / Re: USA Politics Thread
« Last post by Occam on April 08, 2025, 01:07:18 AM »
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The Superdeep Borehole / Re: The Japan Thread
« Last post by chronovore on April 02, 2025, 11:57:53 PM »
I heard on a travel podcast that if a restaurant doesn't want a foreigner they'll use a 'X' hands gesture (while politely smiling). This person is quite girthy and said this occurred multiple times when going around with his equally fat friends, but when going with his attractive wife he said they'd go out of their way to make space available.

Reading about this 'X' gesture it seems it can also signify they're full/booked but some say it's also just if they can't be bothered with you. Stories from this thread do make it sound like some places have had enough with tourists.

They don't even have to be full-up, they can be full enough that they don't want the extra hassle of navigating outside of Japanese language, accommodating a lack of understanding about social norms and service, or even negotiating changes to menu based on dietary restrictions. That last one, especially, Japan generally makes the assumption that the customer will be able readily communcate their allergies and degree of severity PRIOR to making reservations or seating.
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Video Game Bored / Re: Nintendo Anounces Switch 2
« Last post by Cerveza mas fina on April 02, 2025, 01:34:36 PM »
gtfo nintendo
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Video Game Bored / Re: Nintendo Anounces Switch 2
« Last post by Raist on April 02, 2025, 10:48:28 AM »



lmao
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The Superdeep Borehole / Re: RedLetterMedia Thread
« Last post by D3RANG3D on April 01, 2025, 08:41:19 PM »
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Video Game Bored / Re: Random Gaming Talk Thread
« Last post by bork on April 01, 2025, 03:00:12 PM »
Watch me be stupid!  I just got another Z13!

They say the issues are all fixed now.


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The Superdeep Borehole / Re: USA Politics Thread
« Last post by Occam on April 01, 2025, 03:19:33 AM »
Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193360/trump-tank-economy-liberation-tariffs

Every Republican administration of the past decades has tanked the economy, and then the subsequent Democratic administration has had to fix it.
Thankfully for Republican politicians, their voters are trapped inside an Orwellian propaganda bubble where two plus two equals five (allowing them to avoid cognitive dissonance) and have goldfish memory.
The leopards are going to have a face eating feast once again.
Of course this time the structural, economical and political damage will be longer lasting and much harder to fix.
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