Random Thoughts and Casual Discussion!
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@natalie_ng No, it’s not that. It’s not schadenfreude. It’s the visuals. They’re just too funny. Look at this to see what I mean.
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@secondstrike lol So mean…you’re laughing at people’s miseries lol!
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@natalie_ng You’re not making this any better. I’m just lol’ing right now.
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@secondstrike Lol, I actually feel REALLY bad for them. It just implies that they seriously do want a relationship but don’t have time for one
Anyways, here are photos:
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@natalie_ng said in Random Thoughts and Casual Discussion!:
They even have boyfriend arm pillows for women and girlfriend lap pillows for men just to fill that void
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
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@secondstrike The boyfriend rentals and living in cybercafes probably isn’t common, but I heard actual solitude is in Japan. Due to very high living standards, most young Japanese people work frequently so they have no time for dating or settling down, even if they wanted to. I have two friends in Japan and that was what they told me, at least. They even have boyfriend arm pillows for women and girlfriend lap pillows for men just to fill that void
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@natalie_ng how common is this though? I have this feeling these types of shows take super fringe elements of society and give it disproportionate attention… just muh feel though
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I think the solitude that some Japanese endure is extremely depressing…
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When anyone obsesses about Peter Liang and racism to blacks negatively, remember Wenjian Liu.
Wenjian Liu (simplified Chinese: 刘文健; traditional Chinese: 劉文健; pinyin: Liú Wénjiàn),[15] (April 8, 1982 – December 20, 2014), was the only son of Chinese immigrants Wei Tang Liu and Xiu Yan Li.[16] He and his family came to the United States from Taishan, Guangdong in China, when he was 12 years old. He was a seven-year veteran officer of the NYPD who had married Pei Xia Chen in October 2014.[16][9] He had no children.[17][18].
Following a wake on January 3 containing elements of Chinese and Buddhist funerals, a funeral service for Liu took place on January 4 at the Ralph Aievoli & Son Funeral Home in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. In protest of de Blasio’s perceived lack of support for them, some attending police officers turned their backs on the video screen showing de Blasio’s eulogy speech;[19] however, de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton were also saluted at the ceremony. Afterward, Liu’s body was transported to Cypress Hills Cemetery in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, and was laid to rest. After his burial, a post burial dinner, a Chinese tradition for honoring the deceased, and giving his spirit a good send-off to heaven, was held in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.[20]
The shooting occurred just weeks after a grand jury decided not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was involved in the death of Eric Garner on July 17, 2014.[1] The grand jury’s decision resulted in widespread protests in New York City and across the nation against police brutality and the lack of accountability for it.[2] The protests also coincided with widespread protests in response to a grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9.[3] Brinsley’s motive to kill the NYPD officers was motivated by outrage over the two deaths.[4][5][6]
Brinsley approached the passenger window of an NYPD patrol car occupied by Rafael Ramos, 40, and Wenjian Liu, 32, of Brooklyn’s 84th Precinct. He then shot the two officers multiple times in the head and upper body with a semiautomatic handgun, killing both officers instantly on the scenehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_killings_of_NYPD_officers#Wenjian_Liu
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@secondstrike LMAO!!! That’s true…I notice a lot of whites (not just Italians) wave their hands around a lot when they talk. My family referred it as a “white thing” not an Italian thing but I guess Italians must do it the most.
