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iamfight


im an american kindergaten teacher, living in yokohama and working in tokyo for the past 10 years, and i have no plans to ever leave. talk to me about really good books, really bad movies, punk rock, legos, video games, or everyday life in japan. do not talk to me about pokemon or tentacle porn.



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Great "listen straight through" albums
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What is the greatest song that ive probably never heard?
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by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: I gots the blues, hubski. name your prize if you can make me LOL

i make a much better impression clothed...

by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: I gots the blues, hubski. name your prize if you can make me LOL

ok a smile. thanks

by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: I gots the blues, hubski. name your prize if you can make me LOL

sigh, did LOL at this one, but only because im also drunk. least sexy full nude? im gonna cheat on this one, but lemme see what i can do..

by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: I gots the blues, hubski. name your prize if you can make me LOL

ok that was a smile... thanks though.

by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: Is anyone else here a redditor?

i got sick of reddit about a year ago and quit... signed up again about a month ago, got "shutup libtard" on my first comment, couldnt figure out where i was for a second, havent been back.

by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: This is why you don't fuck with the dark side of memes.
"Heidi has told me she is very upset by the sites and she turns her head away when WE HAVE THEM ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN."

heh

by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: In College Classrooms, the Problem Is High-School Athletics
i was the broke guy in college washing his socks with bar soap in the shower. that being said, Im fairly sure I purchased 90% of my college textbooks (and my kindbud) from basketball/football players who had the uncanny ability to walk into bookstores, get books at no cost without stealing, and then sell them to me for a fraction of the cost. i know that SOMEONE, including myself, is paying for these books, but given the current system, I wouldn't have had them if it weren't for college athletics.
by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: The reports of dinosaurs dying of farts are greatly exaggerated
I'll let my family know that they're in the clear.
by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: You are what you read.
nice. now my arrest record, alcoholism, childish tendencies, bad hair piece, and dragon-slaying can all be blamed on palahniuk, pollack, seinfeld, warhol, weiss and hickman.

in the clear. hah! all the constructive stuff I did on my own, though.

read: everything you (think that you) know is a result of everything youve experienced, no need to be surprised.

by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: Maryland bans employers from asking for employee social media passwords
prediction: legislation such as this will attract the attention of the press worldwide, doing MORE damage to the American image as people continue to wonder "what sort of place is America, that this was necessary?" except in England. from what I understand, they'll probably reject similar laws in-between hedgehog kicking bans and "video cameras every three meters held by on-duty traffic wardens" funding. edit for derp
by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: Yo, Is This Racist?
ive had an endless number of questions every time ive seen that picture on the tubes. until just now, though, ive never noticed the pie nor have i wondered why a pie was being so awkwardly touched... those masks! too distracting... seriously though, that pose is unnatural enough that someone, at some point, said to that kid,"now, touch the pie. just touch the pie. touch it!"
by iamfight  ·  link  ·  parent  ·  post: John R. MacArthur: Internet con men ravage publishing
hah. he basically said that a tastefully done full-page advert opposite an article in newsweek, etc, would be more likely to draw a positive/favorable response than a banner-ad, a pop up ad, or even an animated flashing banner pop up.

frankly, i agree with him. and just in case youre still skeptical: why does adblock exist, if not to bypass the obnoxiousness of the google model?

that being said, i agree with your "go directly to the consumer" point. thats a newish idea that has worked out well on several fronts, but requires a certain amount of several other factors to work successfully... the standard seems to be google ads, and i agree that print ads were much less obnoxious, and therefore much more likely to get done whatever the advertisers had in mind.

and finally, i hate ads. on tv, in mags/comics, before movies, and anywhere else; but the google model (much like the billboard) has out-shouted any interest i could have possibly had in any product, to the point where i specifically AVOID said products.

edit just for fun: my favorite part was "inability to hide derision", followed by the rest of your point. heh.

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