General Discussion Thread – 03 January 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what’s on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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  1. I really like Hinoki bath powder. Bubble is kind of too expensive but my bf got one by bath Roman.

    It smells good but leaves a residue. Which is fine but it’s one of those slightly annoying things.

    Anyone have other recommendations?

  2. I’ve seen 3 people arrested in Japan since I came here, and 2 of them have been for stealing from Starbucks(the other an anime goods store). Why if you are going to shoplift would you do it at a Starbucks?

  3. Yesterday I’m at the gym, on a bench and thankfully there was no one around. I pull my mask down to take a sip of my drink, after which I screw the lid back on (with my mask down). In this maybe 2 second window of not having a mask covering me an old guy comes behind me yelling at me to wear a mask. Why would anyone do act this way? What is this guys problem, what am I supposed to do, drink my water through the mask? Really pissed me off.

  4. My daughter (1.5yrs) is scared of her cousin (3). She will be playing on the little car and he will drop what he’s doing and want to ride it. Whatever, he’s a kid. But lately he’s been trying to physically remove her. One time making my daughter cry (not from pain, just cos she was having fun but now scared).

    He’s not my kid so I can’t do much about it. But my goodness, his parents… When my daughter gets scared and comes to me, his parents tell him to say thank you for letting him ride the car. Even after witnessing the incident. Unbelievable. It’s a wonder he keeps doing it…

  5. I have to go visit some family abroad at the end of the month, so I’m looking for souvenirs. I asked the father (my relative) about what his wife and kids like, so I can find things that they would like, and got the “anything cool and Japanese-y!”. Dude. I don’t know what they’re interested in and “Japanese-y!” is broad as hell.

  6. Do you wear a mask when you answer the door? Why/why not?

    If you yourself do deliveries or anything else that means knocking on strangers’ doors, how many of them are wearing a mask when they answer the door?

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