The commie fansubs for monogatari series second are so peak.
For the koimonogatari arc the opening switches between modern/classic art styles. During the classic style portions, the fansubs change to that hideous yellow with black outline font prevalent during the VHS era.
And it’s glorious.
If we got bad end in the first loop, good end in the second (?) movie loop, does this mean we finally get the true ending in the third loop?
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Employers: use shitty recruitment platforms, ATS, and internal systems that require Chrome to even function correctly
Also employers:
Inb4 Trump places tariffs on and sues the UN
When can we evict Israel Without Borders from Gaza?
Shin Sekai Yori (From The New World) and Dennoh Coil are amazing sci-fi series that are always overlooked.
This is legitimately what the conservatives believe, that the EU is “free riding” on bailouts by the US.
Actually, they mean Shitamachi 下町, literally “Down Town” /s
Yamanote and Shitamachi - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamanote_and_Shitamachi
I think you misunderstand what the Bank of Japan is. It is a central bank, so it does not take deposits from households, and buys government debt by controlling money supply (i.e. printing money). It holds around 46% of Japanese government debt, far more than domestic insurance companies and domestic banks (~15% each).
The Japanese public are definitely not willing to lend to the government at such low interest rates. The majority holder of Japanese bonds is the Bank of Japan, who needs to purchase large amounts of bonds to conduct its monetary policy. This has lead to some accusations of the two having an incestuous relationship, when central banks are supposed to be independent.
Before the Bank of Japan started hiking interest rates, most Japanese people were stuck in a liquidity trap, where they had to pay to store money in the bank. This was due to a combination of low/negative interest rates, and lots of banking fees due to the oligopolistic banking sector. 7-eleven (the convenience store) bank is unironically the fastest growing bank there, in no small part because they were the only bank with a wide ATM network which didn’t charge fees during business hours.
It is certainly… interesting that the Japanese government, with access to such cheap credit, decides to invest it abroad for higher returns, rather than invest it domestically and pursuing structural reforms to improve its own growth, and in doing so perpetuating the spread between government assets and liabilities.
FYI there are a lot of investors who do this exact trade, i.e. borrow cheap money from Japan, and invest it abroad.
Japanese conservative monarchists are wild.
Look up the Google Maps reviews of the imperial palace. For some context, the majority of the imperial palace is completely off limits to the general public (in stark contrast to most developed countries), and the royal family does a new years greeting.
The reviews are monarchists unironically saying things like that they travelled for days, lined up for hours, caught a glimpse of one of the royal family, were temporarily transported to heaven, and will dedicate their lives hoping for the forever prosperity of the royal family.
Side note, the restaurant analogy is exactly why I hate the seemingly American style of service where the waiter asks how the food is halfway through.
I guess that’s a good analogy for how creepy surveillance capitalism is, it’s like a waiter judging and recording your every move and reaction throughout the entire meal.
Obligatory compilation of the spooky predictions from Revelations about that antichrist, which Trump seems to hit
Could American Evangelicals Spot the Antichrist? Here Are the Biblical Predictions: - Benjamin L. Corey - http://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/
Israeli (derogatory)
Denatonoum Benzoate.
Intensely bitter compound used to prevent people from putting them into their mouths. Examples include nail polishes (to help nail biting habits), button cell batteries, and even Nintendo switch cartridges.
Denatonium - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatonium
Israel strikes Gaza
The move away from passive voice is refreshing, even if very late
Immich users flag Google sites as dangerous
Not just “to an extent.” Randomised Controlled Trials (lotteries) are the gold standard for evaluating policy. The political optics for the general public unfortunately aren’t great, but the resulting data will be much more ironclad to refute anyone who argues for repealing such a scheme in the future.
Actually, with the exception of the crown, none of the jewellery had much gold