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Proof? There are other (some equally creepy) ways that it could get this info. Depending upon how the DVD player is connected, it could simply be getting info from that. It could also be taking occasional screenshots. There are other things as well.

Edit: poster below links to Roku and they use screenshots.

JAXA hasn’t stopped inflation and wage stagnation yet! What’s wrong with them?!

I signed up to an insurance company here in Japan with first.last+something@domain.com and they later changed their rules and I couldn’t sign in at all. They told me to open a new account. I didn’t want to pay them once let alone twice. Never doing business with them again.

I miss not having social media and news that, at least generally, tried to be actual news and not ‘JusT ASkinG QUeStioNs’ and disingenuous bullshit. It was a wild ride being on social media almost since its birth, but I think it generally was a huge mistake. Things should have stopped at IRC and UseNet.

Absolutely not. They type, amount, and location of material would not cause this.

Same. I grew up in rural Ohio (USA) going to churches talking about the “synagogues of satan”, people at school saying “that’s Jewish” for something lame, lots of words I won’t repeat here about a number of ethnic and sexual minorities, etc.

It all basically never sat well with me. I moved out when my mom remarried which was a bit before my senior year of high school. Bigger city, bigger school, more diversity, etc. quickly proved what I had long felt: humans are humans and neither their religion nor ethnicity nor gender identity changed that. This would have been in the late '90s.

I now live on the other side of the world from that place (Japan, of course, having its own issues with things like gender and racism, but that’s (a) mostly the older generations and (b) a story for another time). Before I quit facebook years ago, I did catch up with a couple of people. Most of them did not change, but many of the bad ones got worse (this would have been around 2016) and emboldened by far-right groups growing in popularity. Living as a minority in another country also taught me a lot of about privilege and accidental racism.

I’m not racist but buying a bidet toilet seat was one of the better choices I’ve made.

Japan is YYYY-MM-DD, but when we talk about dates where a year is unneeded, we just cut it off which leaves it in the US standard format of MM-DD, much to the annoyance of non-US foreigners living here.

“beans on bread” I’m on board with; it’s only on toast if you toast the bread.

There’s this read to go through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan with the relevant bit being

Both stated that this agreement will "finally and irreversibly" resolve the contentious issue and that "on the premise that the Government of Japan will steadily implement the measures it announced", both countries "will refrain from accusing or criticizing each other regarding this issue in the international community, including at the United Nations".[56]

I think it will be better when the geezer ultra-nationalists finally die out, but there are of course younger ones as well that they raised.

On the other hand, this kinda goes against the “finally and irreversibly resolve” bit.

There’s also the political theatre aspect. Korea likes to rile up the ultra-nationalist left as Japan does with their right for domestic political points.

Then, they wanted more people to join their death cults before the end came. Now, I just think they’re less interested.

Oh, that would make sense. My brain just didn’t make the leap there for some reason.

170 degrees

Are you using a pressure cooker? Or a wizard maybe?

Solid black on all my devices.

I would add old phone books and newspaper records at the public library.

I did, too, until my early 40s when it caused a wicket wicked ear infection. Tiny pieces of cotton, like threads, eventually built up over time. I ended up with a fungal ear infection that had me in pain and dizzy for weeks. I was very close to having my eardrum burst. Never again. It was really hard to break the habit of using qtips, but it’s fine now; ears are self-cleaning.

Reddit (only subs related to living in Japan since those didn’t migrate here), kbin/lemmy, fark (though I almost never comment anymore), and an old-fashioned forum/bulletin board (more stuff related to living in Japan).

Edit: and I guess YouTube? 99% of the time, I’m watching from my TV which doesn’t have comments or anything.

I don’t think he can be in a relationship with god. Assuming protestant, and often evangelical, there’s a trinity of which Jesus is part and whom they consider too woke

Entire movie needs to be with this guy from my childhood. I shall accept nothing less.

I don’t think this means you should have shit in/on your pants, though. I’m in my 40s and have am not leaving skidmarks, even with a condition that can make toilet visits more messy/unpleasent. Wait until you’re fully finished. Use a bidet if possible. Get more fibre.