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The case of Anime/Manga vs. The Fans I'm an otaku. I like it that way. I like Japanese manga and anime, and have a particular fondness for some of their more odd directors. That said, I'm glad I'm White. I'm not glad I'm White because it…
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Too Pure to Fap To? A Philosophical Look Into Attraction. Pic related. I just can't. Some might say hell's yes and go to town but I just can't. It's not about Miku not being attractive because she in my opinion is beautiful, but I just don't seem to find her…
Evidence-Based vs. Standard-of-Care in Malpractice suits http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/opinion/21orszag.html?_r=2&src=me&ref=general Malpractice lawsuits are one of the reasons that healthcare costs are so damn astronomical, but litt…
Need help for college paper. How to approach scanlators? Hey All, First Post! I am a college student and is currently taking a linguistics class. For my love of manga I am writing my final paper on manga translation. I am trying to find a way to…
A completely desensitized youth. So, in an age where the most disgusting, horrifyingly vile, or violent things are commonplace in media, entertainment, and especially the internet, Is this generation going to be completely desensitiz…
Strangelets produced in the LHC. I was lurking around the internet when I came across an "article" (http://www.jungleapocalypse.com/headline/cern-affirms-lhc-has-70-chances-to-produce-strangelets-on-119/) that discussed that the LHC …
Public Disclosure This past weekend, Wikileaks published roughly 92,200 unedited US documents concerning the Afghanistan conflict to much controversy. Supporters of the publication argue that the public has…
Student Riots not sure if you guys and gals in america heard bout this but the other day students went to the head office of the conservative government in london and started riots full story on link h…
Your Job - "What days count as Holiday pay?" Well I was looking at my pay checks throughout my employment at my current job, and I was wondering what days does your employer consider as holidays? I am quite sure that here in the USA working on a…
[ Locked ] Atheism is not a religion Ineed your guys help. I know I'm right, but the people I'm arguing with keep calling me uneducated for saying atheism is not a religion. Help me out here.
Your personal opinion on the DPRK! Only Asians! So, since many of you are from Korea/Japan I would like to know how you personally feel about the DPRK. And by this I mean your feelings independent of propaganda like "dictator", "torture", "concentr…
[ Poll ] Do you cope well with change? Things are constantly changing, and there is nothing we can do about it. I find I struggle with change quite a bit. Of course most are going to be answers that state, "it depends what it i…
Should employers be able to check your facebook page? We've all heard or read about stories where an employer fires or refuses to hire an employee because of something they saw on the employee's facebook or other social networking page. On one hand, what…
Rape-theme After seeing all the commotion of banning rape-themed h-games, I decided on something like this... no, it is not just for fun, but out of serious curiosity. Why do people enjoy rape-themed…
Could stereotyping be an evolutionary byproduct? So recently I was thinking about why people can be racist in a society, and came up with the theory that it may have been evolutionarily selected for. I mean think about it, two animals i…
Virtual Property I don't know how many of you play video games (I guess some do), but I think this topic is related to video games, especially online gaming. When I say virtual property, I'm not talking a…
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Income Inequality in the US So the news outlets and blogs online have been abuzz about this new study about income equality, how we perceive it, and how we think income should be distributed ideally. See the pretty chart above f…
[ Poll ] 日本語　Japanese So after looking over the replies on the language thread in srs discussion, noticed a lot of people are learning Japanese. Just wondering. What got you into learning in the first place? How far are yo…
Dealing with the death of a loved one Today one of my uncles died of DHF it turns out he had been sick for over a week and his stupid fucking girlfriend never called u…
Monitoring the Internet Your thoughts on ACTA, electronic ID card, copyright, anti-piracy laws, TPB court case, cloud-computing, etc.
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