News Jan 24, 2011 at 9:32 am

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SO TRUE! IF THE CLOUDS WEREN'T THERE IT WOULD BE MEGASUNNY.

GOOD MONDAY MORNING, EVERYONE (EXCEPT YOU-KNOW-WHO).
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GOOD MORNING! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THAT VIDEO AND REMINDING ME WHY I NEVER HAD CHILDREN. I THINK HAVING A SERIAL BITING MONKEY WOULD BE EASIER (AT LEAST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT FANCY SNEAKERS EVERY FEW WEEKS, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT TO).
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GUTEN TAG, MAH NEIGHBAS! OVER ON 'THINK OUT LOUD' THEY WERE HAVING THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT HOW THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE MOVING TO OREGON, AND HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THAT EXACTLY?
NOT ONLY IS IT A TIRED AS HELL TOPIC, BUT AGAIN WE HAVE EMILY HARRIS MAKING IT EVEN MORE PAINFUL TO LISTEN TO, MAKING THESE LURID GURGLING NOISES WHEN SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO SAY, AND SAYING THE SAME WORD THREE TIMES IN A ROW, OFTEN. THEY OUGHTA JUST CALL IT 'THE EMILY HARRIS SHOW' AND NOT BOTHER PUTTING GUESTS ON.
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GOOD MORNING!

AAAAAAAAHHH, I GUESS I JUST HAVE TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT THIS MORNING NEWS, AND THAT IS THAT JAPAN IS GETTING WAY WAY TO CRAZY, OVER THE TOP FOR A STRAW. WE HAVE TO BEAT EM! (AGAIN) - NOT WITH A BAT, PSYCHO, AT THERE OWN GAME!!! -
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@ LEAKY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE RUNNING FOR SHOGUN.

GOOD MORNING, ALL!
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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE! HI! IT IS MOST EXCELLENT TO SEE YOU!

AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO LIVE IN JAPAN, I HAVE TO SAY THAT VIDEO IS 100% WHOLLY AND COMPLETELY ACCURATE. ALSO, WHILST THERE, I HAD TO FEND OFF DEVIOUS BITE-MONKEYS EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS GOOD TO LIVE IN A LESS PRIMATE-PLAGUED REGION NOW.
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THANK YOU CC! BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT I ONLY GOT PAST WHITE BELT ONCE. BUT I KEEP A MEAN WAAATAAA!!!
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@JStreckert -- if that is true I am sad for Japan, the mom did not cover her mouth as she laughed. That is why I though the ad was shot in the US.
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@Rosy- That was GMN hyperbole, as per usual.

In all seriousness, though, I did find a lot of the popular media very off-putting when I got there, since it was so much more demonstrative and broad than what I'd been used to. I guess (if you were an armchair sociologist) you could make an argument about how super-emotive entertainment would be something of a release for a society as buttoned-down as Japan.

It felt that way sometimes- that the bombastic media, the garish games shows, the thudding, surgar-beat pop songs, the anime mascots plastered on everything from packages of spoons to movie theaters to police trucks- sometimes it felt like it was all some release valve for a stifled, aging, conservative culture. Most people didn't scream or yell or laugh loudly at all- their ads and shows and cartoons did all that for them.

But, I wasn't there very long- only two and a half years. I could be totally full of it in my assessment.

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