Notices by James :fukushima: (jamesrg@famichiki.jp)

getting a transcript ready for a graduating student and my supervisor insisting that the accurate translation of the subject 「公共」is "Public" and not "Civics" is doing my head in

"it says so in the dictionary" makes the dictionary bad, mate. it doesn't make me wrong because there is no English language school in the world teaching the subject "Public" 🤡

Merry Christmas, chikichums

@Dana @pippa

oh damn

why are people just waltzing up to it like that, isn't the army bomb squad supposed to deal with this kind of thing

@BeAware

i have started the ball rolling, but getting treatment in japan is a long road 👍

@BeAware

i can put more effort into avoiding the consequences than doing the work because the fear of getting into trouble makes the monkey brain work harder

advice/insight please

i spent a lot of my high school life just not doing work that i didn't like doing (see: all homework that wasn't history) and just avoiding the consequences (detention doesn't mean anything if you don't go) while still doing everything important (tests)

turns out those consequences are having zero tolerance for the parts of my job that i don't like doing/don't see as important, and that i also avoid doing them

is this an #ADHD thing or...?

"there is no crime in japan" tell that to the specimen who stole my daughter's birthday present out our mailbox

@Dana i went to New Zealand and simultaneously experienced reverse culture shock and culture shock at the same time

@Dana

market research done by Subway as to "why Japanese people don't like our bread"

well i didn't expect myself to have to debunk the sentence "japanese people produce less saliva" but the hellsite still exists and so does nihonjinron

@Dana @DNA

crossing fingers and calling on the old gods and the new for you, Dana

also a 2pm start would be easier on my wide of things, Brent. cheers.

@Dana i'm sorry you've needed them so often

@Dana Jesus, IV and all? Poor guy can't catch a break.

@Dana Glad to hear he's doing alright. Stay healthy yourself. When health shit comes at you it can often seem like it doesn't stop, so here's hoping. 🤞

@glen_malley @Dana

nope, physical card haver here

the UK equivalent just allows you to have an online page to manage your physical card's finances and... why is that so hard?

@Dana oh good lord may the name fairies have mercy on you