The General Chit Chat Thread 3

[buchno]

Now in Japan. Been awake for 29 hours and counting. No sleep. No caffeine. Everybody speaks Japanese. I have no idea what's going on. It looks like the university will be throwing me straight into the deep end as of tomorrow.
And I have to go to some orientation thing tonight, so I can't go to bed yet. :'(
But it seems like it should be pretty fun, once I've recovered a bit.

Congratulations, man!
Can't you buy caffeine from a vending machine?

[JoonasTo]

It's japan, he can buy ANYTHING from a vending machine. 

[Bob2004]

Now in Japan. Been awake for 29 hours and counting. No sleep. No caffeine. Everybody speaks Japanese. I have no idea what's going on. It looks like the university will be throwing me straight into the deep end as of tomorrow.
And I have to go to some orientation thing tonight, so I can't go to bed yet.
But it seems like it should be pretty fun, once I've recovered a bit.

Congratulations, man!
Can't you buy caffeine from a vending machine?

But then I won't be able to get to sleep when I go to bed in a few minutes

Also, we were given a sheet explaining how rubbish is collected:

(click to show/hide)

:|

[buchno]

Hah, I heard they were really strict with recycling and garbage management  :P
You'll get used to it.

[Burkingam]

Here, we only have to put garbage in one bin and recycling in another(just rince it if it looks dirty). In case of doubt, we put it in the recycling bin, because there are people at the recycling plant paid to verify it for us.

[lololitas]

I think there is some kind of recycling in hungary, but since noone seems to follow this I just decided that everything goes in one bag xD

that said it's not like any of my garbage will ever reach the recycling plant without changing hands 5-6 times, the homeless here are essentially besieging all containers and virually take the garbage from you.

[Burkingam]

Yeah, here too there are quite a few people here making a living by searching garbage for cans and bottles. But unfortunately, most recyclable material is not consigned so that's not a good enough system.

[Tiffanys]

I've never understood why anyone allows themselves to get angry over trivial things such as that. It just doesn't make sense.

My theory is that people just naturally enjoy conflict. I know a lot of people who will get into pointless arguments or fights for no reason at all, or will get extremely angry over someone prank calling them a single time or slamming a door in the hallway a single time.

Maybe I should take psychology and try to figure this out, haha.

People eat too much meat, which makes you aggressive, take a look at the panda and then the grizzly bear, while the grizzly bear may only eat fish the difference is still only apparent.

Still the panda still being only able to care for one child is truly pitiful in my honest opinion.

One of the most aggressive animals on earth: White Rhino
Another: Hippo
Another: Silverback Gorilla

...wut.

[Mistgun_Zero]

^They missed Human's there.

[buchno]

Speaking of waste management in Japan, this is how you dispose of old, solidified paint if you don't want to pay $200.

Still, I wish every country was at least half that strict...

[megido-rev.M]

Two things I detest which litter the ground are gum and cigarette butts.

[Tiffanys]

It's worse that people put their gum on the bottom of desks, tables, and chairs. I mean, who does that?! That's just bad parenting right there.

[Tatsujin]

Today's been a real circus of dramas at work, shopping, driving, home, kitchen, and family. Two hours of sleep, and heading off to work in 5 minutes for a 14 hour shift. Hmm ..

[metro.]

* metro. uses alcohol on headache

It's super effective!

[megido-rev.M]

It's worse that people put their gum on the bottom of desks, tables, and chairs. I mean, who does that?! That's just bad parenting right there.

Teenagers.

[Tiffanys]

I never did. That'd be gross.

[megido-rev.M]

It's chewed gum, so obviously it's gross.
But I hated it most when those people put it right at the edges.

[Tiffanys]

It's chewed gum, so obviously it's gross.
But I hated it most when those people put it right at the edges.

It's even worse knowing what I know... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpI8fH0e4cg

[Meomix]

I've never understood why anyone allows themselves to get angry over trivial things such as that. It just doesn't make sense.

My theory is that people just naturally enjoy conflict. I know a lot of people who will get into pointless arguments or fights for no reason at all, or will get extremely angry over someone prank calling them a single time or slamming a door in the hallway a single time.

Maybe I should take psychology and try to figure this out, haha.

People eat too much meat, which makes you aggressive, take a look at the panda and then the grizzly bear, while the grizzly bear may only eat fish the difference is still only apparent.

Still the panda still being only able to care for one child is truly pitiful in my honest opinion.

One of the most aggressive animals on earth: White Rhino
Another: Hippo
Another: Silverback Gorilla

...wut.

You get the point (-_-) i just compared the two most common animals for a general analysis, we could start going into the reindeer and the wilder beast but that would take all day.

And then there's the jellyfish.. how does that thing work? It eats barely nothing yet some of them have one of the most powerful stings on earth. Due to being eaten for lunch too many times mind you.

[Tiffanys]

I've never understood why anyone allows themselves to get angry over trivial things such as that. It just doesn't make sense.

My theory is that people just naturally enjoy conflict. I know a lot of people who will get into pointless arguments or fights for no reason at all, or will get extremely angry over someone prank calling them a single time or slamming a door in the hallway a single time.

Maybe I should take psychology and try to figure this out, haha.

People eat too much meat, which makes you aggressive, take a look at the panda and then the grizzly bear, while the grizzly bear may only eat fish the difference is still only apparent.

Still the panda still being only able to care for one child is truly pitiful in my honest opinion.

One of the most aggressive animals on earth: White Rhino
Another: Hippo
Another: Silverback Gorilla

...wut.

You get the point (-_-) i just compared the two most common animals for a general analysis, we could start going into the reindeer and the wilder beast but that would take all day.

And then there's the jellyfish.. how does that thing work? It eats barely nothing yet some of them have one of the most powerful stings on earth. Due to being eaten for lunch too many times mind you.

Water buffalo are quite aggressive as well. There are tons of extremely aggressive herbivores.

The only point that I get is that you were wrong.

Whether an animal is a herbivore or carnivore has no correlation to aggression. You just presume that because a carnivore kills the prey that it eats that they are more aggressive, but hunting and killing is not an act of aggression... it's an act of survival. Trampling and impaling something to death simply because it gets a little too close, now that is what you call aggression. Even lions seldom do that while instead multiple herbivores of the same region do. Cheetah are actually pretty docile. Watch this crazy girl screw with them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLZ6FgYkYzQ