I've been to Japan, three times on business. The reason they can't drive well is because in Japan, they drive giant mechs. Rush hour gets pretty wild! Oh, and it's also a heavily enforced law that no skirts be over 6 inches in length. They say the crime is low there, but the tentacle monsters are still quite a problem there. They have signs telling people what to do in case of a tentacle attack. The signs are in Japanese, but from what I can tell from the stick figure diagram, you have to curl up in a ball and cover all of your orifices. Man, let me tell you, Japan's wicked!
Originally posted by OncewhiteIt is real here where I live. It is cultural. This area is a huge ethnic pot of flavors. People come here and bring their cultural upbringing with them. For them to look one in the eyes of lets say a physician is saying that they are usurping the doctors authority. Same in different cultures. They keep their eye contact away, it's a sign of respect. In the US people are more open and see people all equal, not true in many cultures.
don't let that fool you, from what i imagine, that's only presentation, the more conservative the man, the more pent up sexual tension, so yeah, there all over the place after hours (not that i would know, i am just putting on my "imagination" cap and wondering what it's like to be a conservative man)
Re: What Is It Like To Be A Human Being
Originally posted by neonight
I like all these useless treads so here is my offeringneonight
I don't think this is useless, it's based on what you value, which is a problem with humans, we think that just because we don't value something, it must not be of value to everyone else, so your comment is ironic.
I find humans to be troubling. If they have a gift of empath, they usually project their own angle on the issue, we are dynamic but like to keep a static culture, although America is more progressive which is a breath of fresh air!
I think humans are on their way to "being" human, but it's hard, so many dynamics.
We hate to easily, we don't forgive so well, we hurt each other, we use excusses for gun control, yet, we have some cultures that use chemicals (herbs) and energy to hurt another person, so guns don't kill or hurt as much as the person behind it, and people have been killing each other before guns, with whatever they've learned, again, could be the local Shaman or butcher....just seems that we take tools that are used to help or defend and can easily hurt the ones close to one another.
I think most of us don't know why we exist.