Debito would love this...

[matsuki]

[Ganma]

The white guy bit was cute. Didn't bother me. But they sure ripped the Chinese a new asshole. Still, it's not any different to the way we talked about the Japanese 30 years ago. In those days it was the Japanese who were known for copying everything.

[***]

Yeah, interesting.

By the way, Debito is said to no longer be either working or living in Japan. Quit his job back in the spring. Been living in Canada since.

[matsuki]

His website is still up and he's still writing columns...

[Bobby Sticker]

What I admire about Debito is that he has enough self respect to be offended.

[***]

His website is still up and he's still writing columns...

Is it?

He must be still living and working in Japan then if it is.

[Catoneinutica]

Is it?

He must be still living and working in Japan then if it is.

See, here's the thing: there doesn't exist any sort of biconditional proposition that Debito can write about Japan if and only if he's living in Japan. As chokonen wrote, his site is still up and he's still writing columns.

-catone
-and Premium FGs know his precise goddamn geographical coordinates thanks to the mind-blowing Google-fu of one of us.

[Catoneinutica]

The white guy bit was cute. Didn't bother me. But they sure ripped the Chinese a new asshole. Still, it's not any different to the way we talked about the Japanese 30 years ago. In those days it was the Japanese who were known for copying everything.

Heh - those perapera hakujin are fuckin' morons! And yeah, the Japanese haaaate it when you point out their reverse-engineer-and-copy-the-shit-out-of-everything origins (actually, they've never stopped).

-catone
-at least the shinajin aren't so self-loathing that they won't even give their cars names using their own writing system. When was the last time you saw a Japanese car with non-Roman letters on it?

[Dreamy_Peach]

See, here's the thing: there doesn't exist any sort of biconditional proposition that Debito can write about Japan if and only if he's living in Japan. As chokonen wrote, his site is still up and he's still writing columns.

But to continue writing that stuff when he's not even living here anymore (if true) suggests that the size of the "chip on his shoulder" or the "hard-on for perceived victimhood from Japan" is simply quite staggering.

Most people move on, but then I suppose he's made a business out of this line of work.

[Samurai_Jerk]

But to continue writing that stuff when he's not even living here anymore (if true) suggests that the size of the "chip on his shoulder" or the "hard-on for perceived victimhood from Japan" is simply quite staggering.

Most people move on, but then I suppose he's made a business out of this line of work.

I'm no Debito fan but why does one have to live in Japan to maintain an interest in what's going on here? Like him or not Debito has paid his dues and is a Japanese national.

[Coligny]

I'm no Debito fan but why does one have to live in Japan to maintain an interest in what's going on here? Like him or not Debito has paid his dues and is a Japanese national.

Yea, but for some people (usually found on digg.com or sankakukomplex) argument like "he's not EVEN living there" are total thread winnars...
Also see: YouTube comments.

[Russell]

LOL

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Yeah, interesting.

By the way, Debito is said to no longer be either working or living in Japan. Quit his job back in the spring. Been living in Canada since.

Thanks for the update, Debito!
BTW, saw your Facebook page the other day. I thought you were Steven Seagal. Certainly looks like you're enjoying the Canadian food, at least...

[sublight]

I'm no Debito fan but why does one have to live in Japan to maintain an interest in what's going on here? Like him or not Debito has paid his dues and is a Japanese national.

Maintaining an interest is one thing, but claiming to be an authority on the culture kind of requires one to actually be in regular contact with it.

[dimwit]

Thanks for the update, Debito!
BTW, saw your Facebook page the other day. I thought you were Steven Seagal. Certainly looks like you're enjoying the Canadian food, at least...

I prefer his EncyclopediaDramatica entry.

http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Arudou_Debito

[legion]

Maintaining an interest is one thing, but claiming to be an authority on the culture kind of requires one to actually be in regular contact with it.

Especially since Japan has such a speedy turnover of trends. People claim change is glacial here, in some ways I guess it is, but some things come out of apparently nowhere. Who would have thought Korean boy bands would be such a hit for example.

[matsuki]

Especially since Japan has such a speedy turnover of trends. People claim change is glacial here, in some ways I guess it is, but some things come out of apparently nowhere. Who would have thought Korean boy bands would be such a hit for example.

While I agree with what you're saying, have you seen the fans of the Korean boy bands?

[***]

Thanks for the update, Debito!
BTW, saw your Facebook page the other day. I thought you were Steven Seagal. Certainly looks like you're enjoying the Canadian food, at least...

Where is the update he wrote?

And how do you know he's in Canada?

[matsuki]

Where is the update he wrote?

And how do you know he's in Canada?

The aliens...err Japanese abducted him and put a GPS implant in him. Amazing the detail in which they can track him.

[***]

The aliens...err Japanese abducted him and put a GPS implant in him. Amazing the detail in which they can track him.

You implied here that he must still be in Japan because...

His website is still up and he's still writing columns...

I agree. If his "website is still up and he's still writing columns" then he must still be in Japan.

Why then are some people saying that he is in Canada?

He couldn't have a website up and still be writing columns if he wasn't in Japan. Doesn't make any sense. I agree with your first post.

[waruta]

He couldn't have a website up and still be writing columns if he wasn't in Japan. Doesn't make any sense. I agree with your first post.

It's called the Internets. Amazing invention. Too bad it doesn't come with a yobbo filter, 'cause then I wouldn't have to manually delete every post you write.

[Mike Oxlong]

It's called the Internets. Amazing invention. Too bad it doesn't come with a yobbo filter, 'cause then I wouldn't have to manually delete every post you write.

You don't have to, actually...FGL gifted us this.

[***]

It's called the Internets. Amazing invention. Too bad it doesn't come with a yobbo filter, 'cause then I wouldn't have to manually delete every post you write.

Can you explain the Internet to me?
And why do you delete every post I write?

[Coligny]

Can you explain the Internet to me?
And why do you delete every post I write?

[Mike Oxlong]

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