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@saitama_5992 I’m happy Japan will be Japan.

I'd like to ask people overseas: Is it strange for Japanese people to advocate for "Japanese First"? Is it wrong to ask your own government to prioritize its own citizens?

@ankoromochuu Always admired Japan even before Abe

正直、アメリカ人がこんなに日本を愛してくれてるとは知らなかった。 むしろ、アメリカ人は日本を下に見ていると思ってた。左翼にそう思わされてた。 実際には尊敬してくれていると知って、心があたたかくなってる。 アメリカ国内の日本の良いイメージは、安倍元総理の貢献も大きいだろうね🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸

@amemiyafdac987 I just tried this as an American. Not bad! I think this is more of a southern thing vaguely heard of kg before, idk. But thanks for idea Japanese friends.

話題のピーナッツコーラ再トライ。 アメリカ人たちの言うように塩味強いピーナッツを買ってやり直した。 これ確かにヤバい。あっという間にコーラなくなる。塩味付け足すだけでこんな変わるの？？？？

@DearS_o_n Stop being a Democrat! Embrace life!

To all men who survived rock bottom, what’s one piece of advice would you give a man who feels like giving up right now?

@cathinott @TalbotLionel2 Propaganda is a powerful tool of the elites.

But where does this rage come from? I don’t get it. Yet some people I know literally want Trump to die. They hate him that much. And they can’t explain why. They don’t even personally know him. They’ve never met him. But they hate him nonetheless. When I point out that their hatred is poisoning them, their hatred is not affecting Trump or anyone else, and all it’s doing is filling their brain with negativity, they start to see how unhealthy their thinking has become. I’m going to keep spreading the message that filling your brain with hatred and negativity does nothing to the person you hate. All it does is poison your own brain. So maybe it’s time to learn how to think positively. How to banish the negativity that is poisoning you. For your own sake.

I wrote a piece yesterday (in French) addressing the reasons that motivated Carney to become Prime Minister of Canada. They were mostly personal (Brookfield). This was one of the comments I received: “I don’t care why, but just the fact that he stands up to Trump and that this orange madman is angry with Carney, I’m satisfied.” Unfortunately, this is how the majority of Canadians feel. If Trump was the evil person the media depicted him to be, how did he win a convincing majority even though 90% of media coverage on him was negative while 85% on Kamala was positive? Don’t give me the “Americans are stupid” bullshit. Libtards still haven’t figured this out, proof that TDS actually exists. People need to stop blaming Trump. The day Canadians realize Trump isn’t the villain he’s portrayed as will mark the beginning of the end for Carney and the Liberals. Canada’s emotional rage toward Trump and his allies isn’t good for the country, but it has benefited the Liberal Party. The Liberals knew they couldn’t campaign on a decade of failures, corruption, and economic decline. With the help of subsidized media, they focused instead on Trump and his team. The country is plunging into recession, but that doesn’t matter. Canadians would follow Carney off a cliff if they thought it would give Trump the finger. The Liberals have made hatred of Donald Trump their entire personality. Canadians are easily manipulated and haven’t yet woken up to reality. If they devoted even a fraction of their rage against Trump to demanding competence from their own government, this country would be in far better shape. I’m most concerned about the bill that future generations—my children and grandchildren—will have to pay for the legacy we boomers are leaving them.

The propaganda machine once again gets caught. Hypocrite.

“Any good name ideas for this cat?

@nic_carter Waiting for the GTA 6 rap song on the “?”

it hasn't sunk in for most people. we already live in a post-scarcity society. UBI is already here. basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc bonus package: literally getting paid for staying at home and hanging out with your relatives extra bonus: if you are willing to commit fraud, pretend your kids are autistic and get paid for that. get paid for watching your neighbor's kid. pretend you are taking care of your grandma. fake hospice clinic. fake rehab clinic. fake therapy clinic. giga bonus: during a time of crisis take advantage of PPP or CARES and open a fake business and get paid for existing people are shocked when they learn that defense is the FIFTH largest line item in the budget. ahead of defense: social security ($1.6T), interest on debt ($1.1T) medicare ($1T), medicaid + ACA ($1T), AND THEN defense ($0.9T) complain about defense all you like, but healthcare fraud is a way bigger factor. hundreds of billions per year. this is only going to get worse, because the fraud is a structural part of the system – payouts to client groups in exchange for votes (normally D). in the US, only 47% of the population actually works (fully 14% of the population is working age and does not work). retirees are 18% and children 22%. the system I described above subsidizes 50m non-working people absolute minimum, but really it's far more because people that are paid to stay home and take care of their relatives are considered "workers" of that 47% of "actual workers" maybe one third does real work, the rest are shuffling papers around or doing fake email jobs. so you have, rough math, 50 million actual workers supporting 300 million dependents. that's the nature of the economy today. it will only accelerate. eventually you will have 10 million using AI tools to do all the work and 340 million dependents. the reason no one roots out the fraud is because it's the system that keeps our extremely fragile polity intact. the fraud is the UBI. the purpose of the system is what it does. of course, it's a deeply unfair system, because you are allowed to commit fraud if you are a politically protected client group of the democrats. DOGE was killed faster than any government program ever, because it attempted to root out the fraud. if you are honest and unwilling to commit fraud, you are a huge loser in this system. your neighbor will have their mortgage subsidized by some government program. they will get favorable SBA loans due to DEI. they will open a fake hospice or autism clinic. they will get paid for taking care of their neighbor's kid and vice versa. the primary skill in the labor market is learning how to extract money from state and federal government programs, not gaining skills or making yourself employable. if you are just trying to work an ordinary wagie job you are a huge sucker. you are paying 40-50% effective all in taxes to everyone else who is a net taker. the sad part is because AI is such a substantial productivity boost, it will actually keep this system going for a while longer, and maybe in perpetuity. AI boosts the 15% of the population that is actually productive so much that the remaining 85% can coast by. no one in charge will change this because they can't think of anything else. the political costs of a real UBI program are too great and we don't have the money for it anyway. so we will keep this covert fraud-based UBI program running indefinitely. unfortunately, if you are an honest wagie, you lose.

@Locus_Solus3303 @mnsibley Why you burn the soy homeboy?

@mnsibley As a Japanese person, I would like to introduce this dish of corn glazed with burnt soy sauce as a symbol of friendship between the United States and Japan

Well, I follow this account now.

@EndWokeness How do I say “No” in Japanese?

@SbKeller85972 @m_takewaka I am so happy he won. Just hope he is legit. Imagining puffy in full American flag suit lmao!!!

@m_takewaka Meanwhile, in America:

My friends in America, in Japan, expressing patriotism is met with shunning. For example, if I put a Japanese flag sticker on my car, police officers will stop me for questioning. I only display the flag at my front door on Japanese holidays. Almost no one displays the flag at their home on weekdays. This is due to the past excessive claims made by the Japanese right wing, but don't you think it's natural to show patriotism to the country you were born in?

@m_takewaka So if I understand it, the new leader is right wing? I know its like flipped in so many countries. Left is right and right is leftist

One if my favorite songs from San Fran: music.youtube.com/watch?v=o1QIKv… Day off in Kyoto got bored at the temple Looked around at the Seven-Eleven The band took the speed train Went to the arcade I wanted to go but I didn't You called me from a payphone They still got payphones It costs a dollar a minute To tell me you're getting sober You wrote me a letter But I don't have to read it I'm gonna kill you If you don't beat me to it Dreaming through Tokyo skies I wanted to see the world Then I flew over thе ocean and I changed my mind Sunset's been a frеak show One that we can't sell I've been driving out to the suburbs To park at the Goodwill And stare at the chem trails With my little brother He said you called on his birthday You were off by like ten days But you get a few points for trying Remember getting the truck fixed When you let us drive it Twenty-five felt like flying I don't forgive you But please don't hold me to it ??? under those Tokyo skies I wanted to see the world Through your eyes until it happened Then I changed my mind I guess I lied i'm blind Oooh lies 'Cause I'm blind @geographer

I’ve got so many new followers from the US! Welcome! 🇺🇸 In Japan, I’m known as the manga artist whose fans keep sending massive amounts of traffic cones to my house. LOL. If you ever need a traffic cone in the US, let me know. I’ll send you one! ⚠️

🚨 On the same day @elonmusk launched Grok 4… The Czech Republic BANNED China’s DeepSeek AI for being a national security threat. Why? Because under Chinese law, Beijing can access all your data—on demand. This is the crisis no one’s talking about 🧵

@BrandonStraka I really wish someone would talk about where she is from and what family.

Ilhan Omar: "ICE has deported nearly 140,000 people often with no due process or hearings… This is the behavior of a dictator!"

@PlanetOfMemes Chicken yakisoba and Sailormoon

Without searching for it, name a wonderful contribution Japan has made to the world.

@buydensautopen @MariaDavidson @HouseDemocrats And?

@MariaDavidson @HouseDemocrats Cause the fucking state taxes are 50% of the price of gas

Average gas prices are nearly $4.00 per gallon. Blame Donald Trump.

@sakegorilla You could also organize tours back home in seasons for extra income. These are popular.

With so many people here interested in sake, I’m starting to think seriously: maybe I should come to America. I could do sake tastings, talks, and workshops on Japanese fermentation culture, tradition, history, warm sake, food pairing, and traditional wooden tubs etc.

@asobodesign Ninjas are great! I remember when I was a kid I was in love with them and “Beverly Hills Ninja” lol, comedy gold.

今日は世界の皆と交流ができて楽しかったよ。そろそろ事務所を出て家に帰らなきゃ。また明日ね！

忍者はいるか日本人に聞いたら、みんな「いない」って答えるって？そんなの国防上言えるわけがないだろw

@fukumimi lol

In that case we promise not to sink yours again either