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Good to know! I always assumed Mandarin and Cantonese were interchangeable terms with Simplified and Traditional Chinese, respectively. Saves me from making the mistake IRL.

Just say you’re allergic…easy W

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Soba does detonate my bowels, so…

In Japanese, 面 is indeed men but I haven’t seen it used for noodles. It is usually used for face, mask, (rarely) man.

麺 is the kanji for noodles (notice that 面 is a radical). But, noodle is also often just written in kana as either めん or メン.

Note I am not a native speaker, so not totally confident.

I believe 面 is used for noodles in Mandarin…?

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Yea, that gene most East Asians have (~80% for Japanese iirc?) causes much fewer sweat glands, so much reduced BO production. Not none, but enough that a BO smell can’t be picked up until a few days without washing (which would be sacrilegious to do anyway). But even if not what we think of as BO, they can definitely smell too. Get on a crowded train in the summer heat and…it’s not always so nice lol.

Can confirm on deodorant being so rare tho. Every pharmacy seems to have only a single option tucked away.

That’s exactly how it’s viewed in Japan.

Smell like shit (BO, etc)? Go wash yourself, you stink.

Smell like a pine tree from cologne? Go wash yourself, you stink.

Yeah cheating and paying for sex etc while married are basically viewed as the same thing in most western countries. I meant Japanese culture in particular often views them separately.

Given how Japan is not an outlier in this list, I’d bet this survey was worded to imply cheating specifically, or used a translation for “infidelity” that is only used for deceitful cheating and isn’t used to refer to paid sex services. There are mixed opinions in Japan on paid sex while married though, so some may not take any issue with it at all, for others it’d be the same as cheating, and for most it’d be in a sort of grey area in between.

Yep, but those are paid services. Most women would probably prefer their men don’t go to places like that, but (edit: in Japan) paying for sexual services is considered very different from cheating. It’s a job and transactional in nature. Find another romantic partner and that’s a very different issue/transgression.

I just got back from living in Japan recently, and the boiling-frog syndrome of Canadian rail is palpable. I once got to the train station ~90 seconds before the last train to my home city was to depart, and was able to run in and buy the fare all in time to be able to run to the platform just as the train was pulling in.

If you bought a ticket with a non-reserved seat, you can take any train (or combo of trains if transferring) at any time you want between your 2 selected stations. Only if you choose to get a reserved seat and miss that departure is that portion of the ticket price lost (you can always just take a non-reserved seat on the next departure or likely get some leniency if you ask for a new reserved seat on a subsequent departure). Plus, there are always large discounts available for commuter passes.

I don’t expect that level of rail in Canada, even in the Quebec City-Windor corridor, but holy hell we’re so far behind.

How would the removal of the primary residence exception disproportionately disadvantage someone who has to move every 2-3 years?

Would you not just have to include the capital gains or deduct the capital loss on the difference in home value from those 2-3 years alone? Meaning likely a rather small amount. In fact, wouldn’t you be less affected than most seeing as your gain would possibly be in a lower tax bracket given the lower amount and also under the new $250K threshold. Or…am I missing something?

Not that I think a blanket removal of the principal residence exception is even a good idea, I just don’t follow your argument here.

As someone who was in elementary school under Harper and (obviously) not into politics…can I ask for an abridged version of your view on Harper’s terms and what your biggest complaints were with his leadership?

I’ve done some looking online for a while, but it’s hard to find good retrospectives on his whole stint as prime minister and not old single-issue news articles.

All that comes to mind when I think Harper is:

• Islamophobia
• some budget problem that caused some kind of short-lived governmental crisis
• inferior hair compared to Trudeau

I’m in favour of this new taxation structure, but there is a narrow group of people with modest means like my parents who will be disadvantaged by this new tax structure.

They live in the middle of buttfuck-nowhere with a large plot of cheap rural land. Principal residence only covers up to a half hectare of land, given you don’t meet certain niche exceptions. The actual house they live in is of little value; 100+ years old and probably to be demolished upon sale. The majority of the property value is in the surrounding land. Not a fortune or anything, but definitely more than $250k, which they’ll now need to pay at 2/3 capital gains (they bought it for next to nothing decades ago). Not gonna throw them into financial ruin or anything, but it will somewhat affect what they can afford to move into when they go to sell their place.

Again, I’m in favour of this tax structure, but just wanted to include this anecdote given the idea that this only affects billionaires.

What do you mean by nationalizing food? Between agriculture, making of food products, grocery stores, restaurants, etc…what would be nationalized?

All other items on this list I can understand, but I’m confused as to what nationalizing “food” would entail.