slowtrain33

@slowtrain33@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Dungeon Meshi worth it if I'm not into anime?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

  And when you’re done with the whole thing next week and sad there aren’t more episodes, go watch Frieren.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Most food animals are smarter than a baby.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a dog, and have seen him experience suffering. It breaks my heart to see it happen, and I would never do anything to intentionally cause him to suffer.

  Yet by eating beef, pork, and chicken I supported an industry that causes similarly intelligent animals extreme suffering for their entire lives.

  I’m a pescatarian for this very reason. And even as a pescatarian, I strive to eat only wild caught fish when I do eat them. I also only eat certified humane eggs, and only buy oat milk or almond milk.

  I’m still guilty of eating cheese, but if there was a certified humane cheese option, I would absolutely pay extra for it.

  We don’t have to cause all this unnecessary suffering for animals. We can get all of our food from other sources, or take it from animals in a humane way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fall?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s some quality shit you’ve posted there. Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨QWOP⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Watching someone play qwop for the first time is one of the finer joys in life. I’ve had so many belly laughs thanks to this game.

  I think I got to 40m, but it took ages.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’ve certainly experienced my fair share of racism in Japan. Mostly micro-aggression / implicit bias type of stuff, but a few intentional instances as well.

  Not looking forward to that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been studying / speaking / reading / writing Japanese for 25 years. Lived there for 6 years, and used Japanese exclusively at work for 3 years after coming back to the states. So no big issues language-wise.

  I was never a huge anime person until my wife and I started watching some during covid. We’re definitely anime people now.

  My thing was always Japanese arcade games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  US citizen here, have been actively preparing for a permanent move to Japan with my Japanese citizen spouse, dual citizenship toddler, and our dog for the past 6 months. We are fortunate enough to have the money and legal pathway to do it, and it has still been one of the most stressful experiences (if not the most) of my life.

  We’ve had to:

  Sell our house, Sell our two cars, Get rid of all our belongings (gave most of them away because it’s just too time consuming to try and sell everything), Apply for a certificate of eligibility for my visa Apply for my visa, Get all the vaccinations and paperwork for our dog and wait 6 months after getting them done, Make arrangements for the dog’s overseas travel, Buy our airline tickets, Find an apartment in Japan without being able to see it in person, Find work in Japan, Find a preschool for our kid in Japan, Have to enter Japan within 3 months of my visa being issued (but NOT sooner than 180 days after the dog gets his 2nd rabies shot and bloodwork results), Etc.

  And if we make a mistake on any one of those steps or get delayed and miss our 3-month window, we have to do half of the steps again.

  All while continuing to work full time and with a move from our house to the apartment in the middle.

  We are close to the finish line, but it has pushed us all to the absolute edges of our mental and physical limits. And again, we are extremely fortunate to have enough savings and equity in our home to even be able to try this…

  For the average US citizen, I’d say it’s nearly impossible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Were you blessed to experience this masterpiece? 😼⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t ever play Blue Burst, but I LOVED the first one on Dreamcast. It was my first MMO experience. I was 14 years old, and my parents had just bought me my own 19” CRT TV for my room.

  I ran an Ethernet cable from the living room to my bedroom so I could play PSO online with my friend from school. We would play all night, and then geek out about our items the next day at school.