Daniel Crane

@captain_po41223 @japan_nobunaga Lmao that's absolutely nonsense re: Japan. Also from what I understand in the US the expectations these days are more like 15-20%.

So, I'm to understand that in Japan, they leave little gifts at the table in exchange for the service, though I'm not sure how true that is. In America, your expected to give a tip, or a gratuitous amount of money based on 5% or 10% of the bill. Fancy restaurants expect somewhere around 10 to 15 dollars, where was cheaper places, you can get off with 5 dollars. Also, this usually isn't that bad, you don't actually have to pay the tip. It's just usually a thing that's done for good service. Myself and many others in America actually think tip culture should go away and that the servers pay should be baked into the cost of the bill. It's not.

So I went to a diner in America. The food was 12 dollars. I paid 12 dollars. The waiter just stood there. Looking at me. I understood immediately. He wanted to fight. In Japan we bow. So I bowed. He looked more upset. I bowed lower. Now I am almost on the floor. Another waiter came over. Two of them now, standing, waiting. I am bowing so low my forehead is on the table. Finally one of them whispered the word. "Tip." I had no idea what it meant. So I bowed one more time and ran. I have been banned from that diner. Was the bowing wrong, or the running?

@onityanzyuku01 ハルビンの731部隊罪証展示館もおすすめです。

ポーランド・クラクフ🇵🇱 一度は絶対に行くべき場所だと思っていたアウシュヴィッツへ。 ・なぜナチ党は支持を集めたのか ・なぜユダヤ人が虐殺の対象にされたのか ・なぜ普通に暮らしていた人々まで、その流れに関わってしまったのか ・収容所では何が起きていたのか ・あの状況の中で誰かを助けた人たちは、何を思って行動したのか 大人になるにつれて、こういう問いについて深く考える時間は少なくなっていた気がします。 でも今回、現地に足を運んで、久しぶりになぜそうなったのかを自分なりに考えてきました。 正解を見つけるというより、考えることをやめないための時間。

@JasnTru @ebibebibae Oof, sounds black as heck.

@FatChocobo @ebibebibae Worse, I know of cases where the employer is excessively petty about visa errands. A Japanese software company which changed its registered headquarters address told a friend of mine he needed to take a half day of (paid) time off to report it, reducing his discretionary PTO

1 The racism in the comments is appalling 2 Ppl seem to think u pay for the 5-yr visa slowly over 5 yrs in installments? No. Why would it work like that? U can’t get the visa in the 1st place if u don’t have ¥70,000. Which is hard if u make 10万 after bills like a lot of ppl do

@OnLon10 @cx_clips Foreigners getting involved in this kind of situation in Japan often ends poorly for them, unfortunately. If they were to pull the guy off of the girl then there's a reasonable chance that they'd be the ones that'd get in trouble.

@cx_clips forget the japanese guy why did the black dudes not help

A Japanese streamer watched as a woman got attacked did nothing to help 🤦

@JasnTru @ebibebibae Every company I've ever worked for/with has always covered necessary visa fees, so I'd assumed it was the norm -- didn't realise that's not the case!

@ebibebibae One of the things that annoyed me about the government rhetoric that Japan is Just Matching Foreign Visa Processing Fees (aside from much lower typical incomes here) is that outside of Japan the bill is often footed by employers. Not at all the norm in Japan.

@victimsofcomics Ahhh fair enough, yep as a resident there I've had zero issues at all even with the recent changes in political discourse.

@FatChocobo Tongue in cheek of online hysteria. Seems mostly the same to me.

I lived in Japan 15 years ago, so what’s it like going back now it is super popular and everyone hates foreigners? Still fucking great 🍻

@AbeltDeslok @bunburyoudoujp OP is talking about citizenship, not permanent residency. Once you've obtained citizenship you are by no means a guest at all.

@bunburyoudoujp Whatever they were before getting Japanese preeminent residency. You know they don’t play the liberal game. You’ll always be English (I’m sorry) and I’ll always be American. (Please God, don’t let it become like England!🙏🏼, lol)

What nationality is a naturalized Japanese citizen if they aren’t Japanese?

@kellymilkies @Ohshidash Doesn't snaptap firmly fit in the former category that @Ohshidash mentioned? It's effectively the software unpressing a key for you.

@Ohshidash Yep but there is not enough discussions on the evolving technology, like snaptap for the new razer keyboard that was out last year for example. And controller wise there's a whole other huge discussion. Like honestly the issue is there is not enough real convos about it

This is a topic that does merit some more open discussion than has been had recently. Imo anything that plays the game for you should be banned, but a reconfigured controller (paddles, button layouts, etc) should be fine.

@TBYSTweet I live in Tokyo and I don't remember the last time anyone approached me in English. If people insist on speaking English to you, then as you point out, it usually means your Japanese is unintelligible.

So during my most recent trip to Japan I have noticed something. I have been assured by long term tourists such as Abroad in Japan and Connor from Trash Taste that it is so hard to learn Japanese while you're in Japan because EVERYONE just wants to speak English to you. You can imagine my shock that when I arrived in Japan this time with much improved Japanese compared to 8 months ago and VERY FEW people try to speak English to me. The best part is that I'm not even that good. I still have a long way to go before I get to where I want to be in the language. So what does that say about a person like Chris who has been living in Japan for 14 years and considers himself a local Japanese person and an expert on Japanese culture yet still is getting constantly prompted to speak English? More than half a year later, it continuously surprises me how arrogant these people are about their knowledge of a culture they refuse to be a part of. Especially with the constantly self-reporting on how low their Japanese level is despite living in the country for 10+ years or the better part of a decade.

@yifever What kind of tax increases have you been seeing? I've been out of the country for a few months so lost track a bit.

Japan is a strange country. Every other month I get some inflation countermeasure aid cheque in my mail while they keep increasing my taxes

@s_s_1_9 @ayeedun @AliKh1886 Reading between the lines: they don't want plebs who actually need an income to live to do these jobs, the salary is a filter for social class of applicants.

@ayeedun @AliKh1886 That's sorta just how these roles work. They select for people who are highly mission-driven, prestige/public-affairs-motivated, financially independent, and/or willing to trade salary for career capital. There's a lot of benefits wrt opportunity cost for such roles.

What an important role

@Romy_Holland @SecretArjun Kaisendon is my go-to, has so much flavour.

@SecretArjun i agree on simple dishes with high quality ingredients! after a few weeks though i found myself ordering curry all the time just to get a bit of flavor. i think i need both types of food to be happy, but im also a hot sauce on almost everything kinda girl.

we’ve had incredible food in every country in this trip, but the average interestingness/deliciousness has been japan<taiwan<korea.

@holysmokes_84 @CacheThatCheque Nah you really don't need to have that much, even if you earn 10-15m+ in a chill company life is pretty sweet.

@CacheThatCheque If you want to live in Japan you have to have Pewdiepie type money. Taking some wagie job in Japan sounds absolutely miserable.

All the Japan subreddits are hilarious because it’s just dozens of posts of people asking, “hey guys, I luv anime, plz tell me how I can move to Japan with a hopes and dreams visa, kk thnx” immediately followed by posts from gaijins completely crashing out and getting divorced

@auau_mii @witchbabyy @OliverJia1014 Eating out is definitely far cheaper than any other developed country that I'm aware of. The quality of food you can get for 1 hour of minimum wage pay in Tokyo is so much better than the US / UK etc.

@witchbabyy @OliverJia1014 外食費はアメリカよりはるかに安いですね。チップも不要ですし。

@ebibebibae Curious as to why your company isn't paying for your commute?

It’s in the original tweets. Low wages to start with, getting the chunk of salary taken out for juminzei/hoken/nenkin, transport to and from work, rent, utilities, etc. ¥1000/night dinner is ¥30,000/month JUST eating dinner. You haven’t even added breakfast and lunch yet

@Karai_Dan How is it false though? I live in Japan and earn JPY, and eating out here is far more affordable (and higher quality) than any other developed country I've worked in.

They cant help themselves. They don’t take into account that Japanese people don’t earn USD, and that these “full meals” are expensive for young people who live and work here. They can’t understand that money isn’t 1:1 between countries. I see this argument several times a week

@Soothsayer0715 @TowardsSun22 Didn't even read the original post to be honest, I only know about the Japan side of things. :)

Is this a Japanese family?

@shanetds2425373 @TowardsSun22 That's not how it works in the overwhelming majority of the world.

@TowardsSun22 I think the son is since he was born in japan