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はてなキーワード: AGAINとは
熱気バサラはジョン・レノンの文脈を受け継いでることが俺の中で確定した。
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マクロス７はそれまでのマクロスと異色の作品だったわけだが、それはまさにこの一点に尽きるのだということが完全に線で繋がった。
「戦争の武器としての音楽」ではなく、「音楽の敵としての戦争」を描いていたのがマクロス７。
なるほど。
なるほど。
エウレーカした。
俺はこれまで熱気バサラの精神を「物語の中の強烈な味付けのキャラクター」として捉えていた。
そうじゃない。
ジョン・レノンが見た夢を受け継いでる音楽家たちがマクロス７の時代にまだ生き残っていて、それと同じミームから生まれたキャラクターが熱気バサラだったのか。
メガネの形を見ればレノンがコンセプトにあるのは明らかなんだが、それが冗談なのか本気なのか俺には分からなかった。
それを本気でやってる人間が熱気バサラとして歌っていたなら、間違いなく本気だったということだな。
今までの半信半疑が無意味なまやかしだったとしか思えなくなる。
俺は何を迷っていたんだろうな。
答えは明白だったという気しか今はしない。
u4k Wikipediaにあるakkoのデビューの経緯が純度高い昭和の芸能界でよい
2023/09/02
小林武史が、知人に紹介され関心を持ったakkoと、かねてよりデビューさせたかったというギタリストの藤井謙二の2人組ユニットをプロデュースする形でMY LITTLE LOVERとして、1995年5月1日にデビューさせた。曲は小林がほぼ全て作詞、作曲、アレンジした。二人はテレビにも出演したこともあり、『Man & Woman／My Painting』（最高位7位）（1995年5月1日）、『白いカイト』（最高位11位）（1995年7月3日）はいずれも50万枚を超え、新人としては高セールスを見せた。さらに翌月『Hello, Again 〜昔からある場所〜』（1995年8月21日）を発売。ドラマ主題歌でもあったこの曲が、180万枚を超える大ヒットとなり、トップミュージシャンとして認知されることになる。また、小林はMr.Childrenのプロデューサーとしても大ブレイクしている最中で、その手腕の高さが評価された。その冬には1stアルバム『evergreen』をリリース。約280万枚を売り上げた。 また、アルバム発表時から小林がMY LITTLE LOVERの一員、キーボードメンバーとして正式加入し3人になった。1996年、akkoと小林が結婚したことを発表、同時に妊娠もしており出産のため活動休止に入った。
1973年1月10日（50歳）、東京都で生まれ、神奈川県伊勢原市で育った。血液型はAB型。本名は赤松 亜希子（あかまつ あきこ）。趣味は墨絵、散歩。
結成時から在籍する唯一のメンバー。中学から神奈川県立有馬高等学校にかけて新体操に打ち込んでいたが、怪我や才能の限界により断念。5歳の頃からピアノを習っていたこともあり、国立音楽大学へ進学した。
1996年に、MY LITTLE LOVERのキーボードを担当していた小林と結婚したが、2008年元日に離婚。離婚後、女手ひとつで娘2人を育てており、スケジュールもそれに合わせて組んでいる。2014年4月に一般男性と2度目の結婚をした。
デビューからヒットまで速いんだなあ〜＆akkoは才女なんだなあ〜
ほえー
https://anond.hatelabo.jp/20230808132541
ススキノの首切り事件、女性の方が最初レイプされておまけに動画まで撮られてたって報道がでている。
In the Susukino decapitation case, it is reported that the woman was raped first and was even videotaped.
自分には同棲している彼女がいるんだけれど、その報道見た時に、彼女がボロボロ泣き出した。
I have a live-in girlfriend, and when she saw the news report, she burst into tears.
どうしたのって聞いても泣くばかりだったんだけれど、少しずつ話してくれて、「自分も殺したかった自分も殺したかった」って言うんだよ。
When I asked her what was wrong, she just cried, but little by little she started talking to me and said, "I wanted to kill him and I wanted to kill myself."
彼女も俺と付き合う前、性暴行の被害者になってしまっていたことを話してくれた。
She also told me that she had been a victim of sexual assault before she started dating me.
もちろん警察に行ったけれど、何回も警察官相手に再現させられてそれでも犯人は捕まえられず、おまけに逮捕したとしても、起訴するまでの被害者の負担の大きさや刑事罰の軽さ（たった数年）伝えられてただただ絶望だけして帰ってきたって。
Of course, she went to the police, but after being made to reenact the crime several times by the police officers, she was still unable to catch the perpetrator, and even if she was arrested, she came home only in despair after being told of the burden on the victim to prosecute and the light criminal penalty (only a few years).
ずっと負けてたまるかと、仕事も辞めず俺とも出会って付き合ってみたけれど、ずっと辛いままで絶望は消えなくて、でも俺にも事件のことは言えなかった。
She thought she couldn't keep losing, so she didn't quit her job and tried to meet and date me, but it remained painful and the despair didn't go away, but she couldn't tell me about the incident either.
それはやっぱり言ってもどうしようもないし、言うことで自分が救われるとも思えなかったからそうだし、俺に汚れてると思われて嫌われるのもずっと怖かったらしい。
To her, there was nothing she could do about it, and she didn't think that she would be saved by saying it, and it seemed that she was always afraid of being hated by me because she thought I was dirty.
でもレイプした相手を家族総出で殺したススキノの事件見て、自分もずっと相手を殺したかったって気持ちに気が付いたら、色々耐えきれなくて言葉に出してしまったらしい。
But when she saw the Susukino decapitation case which the whole family killed the rapist, she realized that she wanted to kill him all along, too, and it seems she couldn't stand it any more and ended up speaking out.
もちろんそれを行動に移すことはできないけれど、殺したかったって言葉に出来たことに、ありがとうって言うんだよ…。
Of course she can't put it into action, but she says thank you for being able to say she wanted to kill him.
俺は、この事件の猟奇的な部分だけ見て、怖いなー、位にしか思ってなかったが、レイプ含め性犯罪って被害者を心の底から狂わせてしまうのかもしれないって彼女のおかげで気が付くことができた。
When I saw only the bizarre part of this incident, I thought nothing more than "scary", she made me realize that sexual crimes including rape might drive the victim insane to the core.
いや、正直に言うと、性犯罪が被害者に対してもたらす凶悪さを知らなかった自分自身に、今実はめちゃくちゃ嫌悪感を感じてる。
No, to be honest, I actually hate myself for not knowing the atrocities that sex crimes bring to their victims.
だってさ、普通の男が目にするエロコンテンツに、性犯罪ものって普通に多いし。自分だって痴漢ものや盗撮で抜いたこともある。罪悪感なんてほとんど感じたこともなかった。
Because, you know, there are many sexual crimes in the erotic contents that ordinary men see.
I have masturbated to molestation and voyeurism myself.
I have never felt guilty about it.
自分は普通の男だと思ってたけれど、エロと暴力？加害欲？支配欲？がごちゃ混ぜになって、もしかしたら取り返しのつかないとこまで来てるんじゃないかって怖くなった。
I thought I was a normal guy, but Eroticism and Violence? Aggression? A desire to dominate? I was afraid that I might have reached a point where I could not take it back.
人の一生ぶち壊すような行為で抜いてたなんて、自分の過去のオナニーネタ思い出すと吐き気がするようになったし、頭が割れそうに痛くなる。
I began to feel nauseous and my head hurt like it was going to crack when I remembered my past masturbatory material, that I was masturbating in an act that would ruin a person's life.
彼女は、まだたまに夜になると子供みたいにワーワー泣いてる。殺したかったって言葉を言うと安心するみたいで、そのあと寝てる。たまに、死にたかったって呟くこともある。
She still cries like a child sometimes at night.
She seems to be relieved when I say the words "I wanted to kill him," and then she goes to sleep.
Sometimes she mumbles that she wanted to die.
俺は、まだ自分のことも彼女のこともどうすることもできていない。
I still haven't figured out what to do about myself or about her.
これからもずっと一緒にいたいけれど、自分が自分に抱く自己嫌悪の向き合い方はまだどうしたらいいかわからない。
I want to be with her for the rest of my life, but I still don't know how to deal with the self-loathing I have for myself.
でも自分のことをいくら憎んだって、自分は性犯罪を行う側の性別にいるんだってことは変わらない、けど性犯罪にあう女性を減らしていきたいという気持ちはある。
No matter how much I hate myself, the fact that I belong to the gender that perpetrates sexual crimes remains unchanged. However, I do have a desire to reduce the number of women who become victims of sexual crimes.
彼女にどうしてかわからないけれど、ごめんって謝りながら、俺に出来ることは無いか聞いたら
I don't know why, but I apologized and asked her if there was anything I could do.
「今まで一人で性犯罪防止の活動に賛同してたけれど、もしよければ一緒に読んで、出来ることを一緒にしたい」って。
She said, "I've always supported activities for preventing sexual crimes on my own, but if you're willing, I'd like us to read together and do what we can together."
Change.orgってサイトで不同意性交罪の法律作ることへの署名をするとか、今まで一人でしていたらしい。（俺はこの法律自体のことも知らなかった）
She seems to have been signing petitions on Change.org to create laws against non-consensual intercourse, something she had been doing on her own until now. (I wasn't even aware of this law itself.)
I told her that I would also start signing petitions together from now on.
あと、ポルノサイトからクレジット会社や銀行が撤退するよう働きかける海外の動きが、日本に来るようにっていうのが願いらしい。
Also, she seems to have a wish that the overseas movement to encourage credit card companies and banks to withdraw from pornography sites would come to Japan.
VISAがpornhubから手を引いたんだよって教えてくれた。
She informed me that VISA has pulled out from Pornhub.
彼女が過去に撮られたかもしれない動画がネットに載っているんじゃないかって考えるたびに、撮る暴力、売る暴力、売る場所を作る暴力、買って楽しむ暴力、全部が怖くて憎くてたまらなくなった。
Every time I think that there might be videos of her from the past out there on the internet, the violence of filming, the violence of selling, the violence of creating platforms for selling, the violence of buying and enjoying – it all becomes so frightening, loathsome, and unbearable.
でもそういう場所で抜いてた自分もいる訳で。あーまた吐きそう。でも吐くだけで済む自分はなんて楽なんだろうな。180cmある男なんて、痴漢もされなきゃレイプもされない妊娠も絶対しないし。
But I've also been someone who masturbated on those kinds of sites.
But how easy it must be for someone like me who can just throw up and be done with it.
Being a 180cm tall man, I'll never experience groping, rape, or even pregnancy.
とりあえず、pcolle gcolle palpis とか盗撮動画売買サイトの決済会社(楽天銀行とか大手も普通にいるのな）には、暴力で金を稼ぐの辞めてくれって問い合わせしてみるつもり。
For now, I plan to contact payment companies of voyeurism video trading sites like pcolle, gcolle, and palpis (there are even major ones like Rakuten Bank involved) and urge them to stop facilitating violent profit-making.
It's probably pointless to talk to the website operators anyway.
なんも変わらないかもしれないが、なんもしなくてもなんの被害にも合わない加害側の性がするべき贖罪の欠片のつもりでいる。
Even if nothing changes, I intend to hold onto the fragment of atonement that comes with feeling the responsibility of the gender that doesn't experience any harm or victimization without doing anything.
俺はまだ、加害と暴力と支配とエロの境目の切り離し方がわからない。ただ日本のエロコンテンツは、あまりにもそれがぐちゃぐちゃになってることで成り立ってるのは実感としてわかる。
I still don't understand how to separate the boundaries between perpetration, violence, dominance, and eroticism.
However, I do realize on a visceral level that much of Japan's erotic content thrives on this confusing mixture.
二次元とリアルは切り離して考えろよっていう意見もあるだろうけれど、でも認知が歪まない保証なんてないし、それに二次元なら動物を虐待して楽しんでいいのかって言ったらそれには大多数の人間は嫌悪感抱くよな。それが女性が対象になると途端にOKになるのは歪んでるよな。まあそれで抜いてた俺も最低なのは今も変わらない。
While there might be opinions urging to separate the realm of 2D from reality, there's no assurance that cognition won't become distorted. Moreover, if it were about the 2D world, if someone were to enjoy animal abuse, the majority of people would feel a sense of repulsion.
It's twisted that when it involves women, it suddenly becomes acceptable.
Well, even considering that, I still haven't changed my belief that I was despicable for masturbating on such behavior.
死にたくなるほど殺したくなるほど、被害者を追い詰める性犯罪は、やっぱりエロネタとして扱っちゃいけないんだよ。
Sexual crimes that make women want to die and make woman want to kill, those that corner the victims, should never be treated as mere erotic material.
でも大切な人がその被害にあうまで、そう思えなかった俺自身、最低だな。でも出来ることをやりたいと思う。
But I couldn't think that way until someone dear to me became a victim. I'm ashamed of myself.
But I want to do what I can.
Translated by Goolgle translation and DeepL translation and ChatGPT.
In a discussion about the case, someone raised an objection to "someone who was not a party to the incident, who was not from Nagasaki, and who was not from Hiroshima, complaining about it. Seeing that opinion made me aware of my position, so I will say what I must say.
I was born in Nagasaki and am a third-generation A-bomb survivor.
I say this because I grew up hearing the stories of the A-bomb damage directly from those who suffered from the atomic bombings.
I feel that it is unacceptable for someone like me to speak about the A-bomb damage.
However, there are few A-bomb survivors left, so I will speak up.
In Nagasaki, children grow up hearing stories about the atomic bombing. We were made to sit in the gymnasium of an elementary school in the middle of summer, where there was not even an air conditioner or a fan, and for nearly an hour we were made to listen to stories about the atomic bombing. It was hard for me anyway.
I think it was even more painful for the elderly people who told the stories. But I don't think an elementary school kid could have imagined that. I, too, have forgotten most of the stories I was told. I can only remember one or two at most.
Another thing is that at this time of year, pictures of the victims of the atomic bombing are pasted up in the hallways.
In other parts of the country, these are grotesque images that would cause a fuss from the parents who are always nagging about them.
Recently, even the A-bomb museum has become more gentle in its exhibits, and most of the radical and horrifying exhibits that would have traumatized visitors have been removed.
I don't know how elementary schools now teach about the A-bomb damage. But when I was in elementary school, there were photos on display.
There was one photo that I just couldn't face as an elementary school student. It was a picture of Taniguchi Sumiteru(谷口稜曄). If you search for it, you can find it. It is a shocking picture, but I would still like you to see it.
I couldn't pass through the hallway where the photo was displayed, so I always took the long way around to another floor to avoid seeing the photo.
My grandfather was under the bomb and went to the burnt ruins of the bomb to look for his sister. I can understand now that he couldn't turn away or go another way.
There would have been a mountain of people still alive and moaning in the ruins of the burnt ruins. There would have been many more who would have died out in agony.
My grandfather walked for miles and miles, towing a rear wheelchair, through the narrow streets of rubble-strewn Nagasaki in search of his sister.
My grandfather was not a child then. But of course there were elementary school children who did the same thing he did. I am not speculating that there were. There were. I heard the story from him, and I still remember it.
A young brother and sister found their father's corpse in the ruins of the fire and burned it themselves. They didn't have enough wood to burn him alive, and when they saw his brain spilling out, they ran away, and that was the last time they ever saw him again.
I can never forget that story I heard when I was a kid, and even now it's painful and painful, my hands are shaking and I'm crying.
I keep wondering how that old man who ran away from his father's brain was able to expose to the public the unimaginably horrible trauma, the scar that will never heal, even after all these years.
Now I think I understand a little.
Why I can't help but talk about my grandfather and the old man now, even as I remember my own trauma.
Because this level of suffering is nothing compared to their words being forgotten.
It's nothing compared to the tremendous suffering that once existed that will be forgotten, like my hands shaking, my heart palpitating, my nose running with vertigo, and so on.
My grandfather, who went through an unimaginable hell, lived to see his grandchildren born, and met his sister's death in the ruins of the fire.
In other words, my grandfather was one of the happiest people in the ruins of the fire.
My grandfather and that old man were, after all, just people wading in the depths of hell.
I think that the suffering that even people who had experienced unimaginable pain could not imagine was lying like pebbles on the ground in Nagasaki 78 years ago, and no one paid any attention to it.
Their suffering, which I can't even imagine, is nothing compared to the countless, unimaginable suffering they witnessed, which they pretend never happened.
Memories fade inexorably with each passing human mouth. The memories that those people could never allow to be forgotten are almost forgotten.
The tremendous suffering of 78 years ago is mostly gone, never to be recounted.
Those who suffered the most from the atomic bombing died rotting in the ruins of the fire without being able to tell anyone about it.
Many of those who saw it with their own eyes kept their mouths shut and took it with them to their graves. Most of those who spoke a few words are still in their graves.
Compared to the words of the old men, my own words are so light. I would rather keep my mouth shut than speak in such light words.
But still, someone has to take over. I realize that even my words, which are so light, are only the top of the voices that are left in this world to carry on the story of the atomic bombing.
I know how it feels to think that I am the only one. Still, I hope that you will not shut your mouth. I know that I have closed my mouth because I thought I shouldn't talk about it, and that is the result.
Sometimes I almost choose to stop imagining the unimaginable suffering and live my life consuming other people's suffering for fun.
I am writing this while I still have some imagination of the suffering of the old people whose voices, faces, and even words I can no longer recall.
すまん。勝手に翻訳した。拡散はどうするかな。redditとかに投稿するのがいいのか?
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I have seen some posts asking if they should talk about "the case" even though they were not involved in it and were not born in Nagasaki or Hiroshima, and I am a bit aware of it, so I have to say what I have to say. I say this because I was born in Nagasaki, am a third generation atomic bomb survivor, and grew up hearing the stories of those who experienced the atomic bombing firsthand. I know it's a little bit too much for me, but I'm going to say this because there are very few survivors left.
In Nagasaki, children grow up hearing stories about the atomic bombing. They were stuffed into sushi for nearly an hour in the gymnasium of an elementary school in the middle of summer, with no air conditioner or fan, and told stories about the atomic bombing. That was a hard time for me. I think it must have been even harder for the old people who told the stories, but there was no way an elementary school kid could imagine such a thing, and I had forgotten most of the stories I had been told for a long time. I have forgotten most of the stories I was told. I can only remember one or two at most. There is one more hard thing. Every year around this time, a row of grotesque images that would drive the PTA crazy in other areas are prominently displayed in the hallways. These days, I hear that the atomic bomb museum has been bleached out and many of the radical and horrifying exhibits that traumatized visitors have been taken down. I don't know if they are still there, but they were there when I was in elementary school.
There was one photo that I just couldn't face when I was in elementary school. It is a picture of Sumiteru Taniguchi. If you search for it, you can find it. It is a shocking picture, but I would like you to take a look at it. I couldn't pass through the hallway where the photo was posted, so I always took the long way around to another floor of the school building to avoid seeing the photo.
Now I'm thinking that my grandfather, who headed into the burnt ruins to look for his sister, couldn't have turned away or taken a different path. There would have been a mountain of people still alive and moaning, not just pictures, and a mountain more who would have given up at the end of their suffering. He walked for miles and miles, towing his handcart through the narrow streets of rubble-strewn Nagasaki in search of his sister. My grandfather was not a child at the time, but of course there were children who did similar things. Not that there wouldn't have been. There were. I heard the story from him, and I still remember it. A young brother and sister found their father's body in the ruins of a fire and they burned it. They didn't have enough wood to burn his body, and when they saw the raw brain that spilled out, they ran away and that was the last time they ever saw him anymore.
I can never forget the story I heard when I was a kid, and even now it is painful and painful, my hands are shaking and I am crying. I keep wondering how the old man who escaped from that father's brain could have been able to unravel the most horrible trauma imaginable and expose it to the public with scars that will never heal.
Now I think I can understand a little.
The reason I can't help but talk about my grandfather and that old man, even if I have to rehash my own trauma, is that this level of suffering is nothing compared to the fact that their words will be forgotten. My hands shaking, my heart palpitating and dizzy, my nose running with tears, it's nothing compared to the tremendous suffering that was once there and will be forgotten.
My grandfather, who went through an unimaginable hell, lived to see his grandchildren born, and met his sister's death in the ruins of the fire. In other words, my grandfather was one of the happiest people in the ruins of the fire. My grandfather and that old man were, after all, just people wading in the depths of hell. I think that the suffering that even people who had experienced unimaginable pain could not imagine was lying like pebbles in Nagasaki 78 years ago, and no one paid any attention to it. Their suffering, which I can't even imagine, is nothing compared to the countless, tremendous suffering they witnessed, which they pretend never happened.
Memories fade inexorably every time people talk about them. The memories that those people could not allow to be forgotten are now largely forgotten; the tremendous suffering of 78 years ago is mostly gone, never to be recounted again. Those who suffered the most from the atomic bombing died rotting in the ruins of the fire, unable to tell anyone about it. Many of those who saw it with their own eyes kept their mouths shut and took it with them to their graves. Most of those who spoke a few words are now under the grave.
Compared to the words of the old men, my own words are so light. I would rather keep my mouth shut than speak in such light words. But still, someone has to take over. I realize that even my words, which are so light, are only the top of the voices that are left in this world to carry on the story of the atomic bombing. I know how it feels to wonder if someone like myself is allowed to speak about this. Still, I hope that you will not shut your mouth. This is the result of our silence.
Sometimes I almost choose to stop imagining the unimaginable suffering and live my life consuming other people's suffering for the fun of it. I am writing this while I still have some imagination of the suffering of the old people whose voices, faces, and even words I can no longer recall.
Translator's note: The original post in Japanese is a response to a post by a Japanese contributor who wondered if he was qualified to speak out on the subject of the A-bomb when he was not from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but still spoke out about Barbie and the A-bomb. I translated it here because I think it deserves to be read by the world.
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この人がオーナー。
すまん普通にぐぐってでてきたの見た＆聞いてみたけど、全然ラップじゃなかったんだけど・・・
「Peace Again 〜ピース・アゲイン〜」だよね？ 英語版アニメならラップになってるの？
英語版はまだ見つけられてないけど
これは若干異論がある。90年代に中高生だった世代だけど、80年代に比べれば歌詞がかなり複雑で言葉数が多くなっていたと思うよ。
80年代のヒット曲は「赤いスイートピー」「涙のリクエスト」とか、サビが小学生でも十分にわかるレベルだった。
90年代のヒット曲はサビが一度聴いただけではわからない英語であることが多かったし、my little loverの「hello, again」とか、ゆずの「からっぽ」とか、大ヒット曲だけど、歌詞は難解で今でもよくわかっていない。
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原文
Japan review it's been a year since I
moved to Japan and I thought it made
sense to finally rate Japan I will talk
about things I like and the things I
don't like which seems to be the only
two options available if you have
so sugoi or did you know Japan is
actually really bad it's got a lot of
survival issues okay I will list one
good thing and bad thing and I will not
hold back there's no trash bins
I have to put in my pocket
oh
there's always these generic things that
you hear or yes when we you visit it's
kind of weird but then you realize it's
not a big deal anyway let's start off
with number one reason I like Japan
it feels like a giant playground no I
don't mean in the Logan Paul kind of
sense of doing whatever the hell you
want
but rather there's a infinite things all
right lazy feels like to explore and
experience and I've been here a year now
and I don't think I'm gonna get bored
anytime soon although I am having a
child so I don't know how much more I
but it really feels like a whole new
world and if you visited you can
probably relate to it and I'm glad that
even a year in it still feels incredibly
fresh and I even would say that you
realize that the best part of Japan
aren't the touristy places kind of
obviously but there are so many areas
that I found that I really enjoy
visiting and this is probably more
specific to me but you know Tokyo is
very busy and so many times I just catch
myself surrounded by what feels like
hundreds of people and they have no idea
everyone is just doing their own thing
now once it was staring at me no one's
following me no one's being weird you
guys are weird and I'm just kidding I
just love the feeling of being able to
exist in public and uh not worrying
about what everyone else is doing like
I've said this before but I genuinely
enjoy talking to fans or when people
approach me it always makes me happy but
it can be kind of frustrating to always
wanting to just do your own thing and
always be
you know so yeah let's move on to the
bad things of Japan number one reason
Japan is bad it's kind of a heavy
subject and I haven't seen anyone else
really talk about it it's not brought up
very often at least and that is cones
there's too many cones in Japan once you
see it you cannot unsee it they're
everywhere they say oh Japan has so many
vending machines there's like five per
there's more cones than people why are
there so many cones I need to know we
got the tall ones we got the small ones
we got the funny ones the cute ones the
sexy ones I do like those I just don't
understand that whoever plays these
cones think I'm just gonna barge through
oh thank God there's cones here
otherwise I had no idea what I was gonna
and I realized the cone history of Japan
stretches centuries okay if you played
Animal Crossing sometimes it's a
Japanese game so sometimes you get these
items right you're like oh that's kind
of weird I don't know exactly what that
is but it's probably something Japanese
and then you get the bamboo thing and
you're like what the hell is that what
am I even gonna do with that and then
you see it in real life here in Japan
you're like holy [ __ ] it's a cone that's
I feel like they are following me
I'm glad I was able to talk about this
I'm for one and willing to call out
Japan knock it off man no more cones
there's enough cones let me tell you
something even better than cones you may
have noticed new merch finally it's been
forever my mom came over she had
unofficial merge because I literally
have no other merch I've hadn't hadn't
merch I'm sorry Mom so we spruced up the
logo got a cool back design the team
that worked on it really truly
understand how my brand and I think they
did such a good job these pieces look
amazing and I think you guys are gonna
really like them as well these are
available for limited time only so make
sure you order now so excited to finally
have this merch available thanks to
amaze for making this happen we are
gonna have one piece that will stay on
the store so my mom will not buy the
wrong merch but for a limited time that
piece will be available in this color
off-white kind of color it looks really
nice and then after that you can still
get it but not in this color that's
you want this one yeah I get it
so yeah check that out if you're
interested I'm so happy about these
designs and I hope you guys would like
them as well all right reason number two
I like Japan yay when we first announced
that we were gonna move to Japan there
was so many people just saying how bad
Japan is actually did you know Japan is
really bad did you know this I have to
list all these reasons now because
everyone is like thing and then thing
Japan ah so I have to tell them and I
it's actually but one thing in
particular that people said was that old
people really don't like foreigners they
hate them so when I was gonna stop by to
say hi to our neighbors who was a little
older at least some of them I was
terrifying I heard all these stories you
know like what are they gonna do to us
so I had my guard up ready for the worst
and I was met with nothing but kindness
and welcoming and I felt like a total
dick for having this preconceived ideas
and just a side comment like yes there
are definitely probably people that
don't like foreigners and all that stuff
but I realized I should let my own
experience is dictate how I feel about
certain things maybe that's just
ignoring a problem I don't know it just
feels like it's a bad way to approach
life if you always have a negative
expectation you know it's smiling people
smiled back
thank you sometimes they don't and
that's okay you know anyway my point
being Japanese people are very in my own
experience
are very nice and friendly the majority
at least and yes even to foreigners I
feel like they are especially nice to
foreigners because they think we're like
a kid lost at Disneyland or something
I just asked for directions I didn't
need you to walk me for half an hour to
this specific place I was going but
thank you I appreciate it a lot of times
I go bouldering alone and there's always
other groups of people being supportive
and yelling like I'm about there like go
you can do it I love it I think it's
great you know or if you're small
talking with people people generally
want to communicate with you and I love
having those moments but of course
there's times where people are like oh
you're a foreigner I don't feel like
even trying
which again it's fine speaking of which
reason I don't like Japan number two
their language
I have lived here for a year and I'm not
fluent in Japanese
I am dumb I am very dumb I remember the
moment we moved here I had studied some
Let's test out this knowledge that I
have acquired let's go I'm just gonna
come in it's gonna be dangerous and you
enter a store for the first time and
they're like
what
what oh
what the classic the most common
experiences that you have aren't
necessarily what you're taught in the
textbook yay I know I think that's the
same for anyone learning a language for
the first time but don't even get me
started on the kanji main what the [ __ ]
is this I feel like Japanese is such a
hard language obviously but I don't
think people realize how hard it is at
least me personally because the more you
learn the more you realize you don't
know [ __ ]
for English speakers Japanese is
considered one of the most difficult
languages and because it's just so
different I listed it as bad because
that was my first kind of experience
with it coming here but the more I
interact with people the more it feels
like I'm unlocking new skills you know
oh I made a phone call for the first
time oh I could ask someone over the
phone I know big deal but it's like oh I
can actually do that or even just having
a small tiny yes shittiest conversation
with a stranger it's still something and
it feels good you start to all of a
sudden understand you know a movie if
you're watching oh I understand actually
what's going on here or I can play games
and kind of get what this they're saying
I have to look up words obviously but to
me all those new experiences that it
unlocks to me is very rewarding even
though it's such a challenge I would
actually now say it's a good thing I
played it on its head it was a good
thing all along but I obviously have a
and it just I don't think it will damage
time reason number three I like Japan
this is nothing to do with Japan to say
it's more related to me taking a more
relaxed approach to YouTube for my
entire 20s I did nothing but YouTube
that was my life and that's okay but I
also think it was a little toxic
probably you know if I wasn't making
videos I sure as hell was thinking about
making videos I uploaded videos during
and it feels really good to finally be
free from it you know and I can discover
other things in life there are other
things in life
a new hobbies and interest that I've
always wanted to do I can do and have so
much fun with it surfing I know I would
love for the longest time and I finally
get to do it and it's so [ __ ] amazing
I love learning new things anything that
isn't necessarily connected to all of
this on the internet and that is
something I'm very very grateful that I
discovered so yeah it's not really Japan
I could have done that anywhere but it's
largely why I enjoyed so much here
reason I don't like Japan number three
this is probably the most trickiest one
and it's the rules what are the rules
Japan has so many rules and it's a bit
conflicting for me to complain about
because a lot of the best stuff about
Japan not the best stuff but a lot of
the reasons why Japan works so well is
because of the rules you know the trains
are always on time things just work in
general it's hard to explain the streets
are clean people aren't loud in public
and so on and these are sort of societal
rules that make it happen more or less
but sometimes There are rules that just
don't make any sense and I have no
problem following rules as long as I
understand the reason for it you know
don't talk on the phone on the train
because it's generally annoying when
other people do that to you A lot of it
is just be thoughtful of other people
it's not just about you and that just
makes it more pleasant for everyone but
one rule is especially which I talked
about before is the fact that because of
kovid I'm not allowed to be in the
delivery room for our baby for more than
two hours that's because of covered
rules it just doesn't make sense to me
and I tell people about this like uh
family and friends and they're always
like well why don't you just ask them or
like why don't you talk to them I'm sure
you can there's got to be somewhere and
it's like no it's Japan okay there are
rules and people follow the rules for
better or worse you know so the more I
ChatGPT3.5だけど、英語でやってみたらやっぱりポンコツだった。赤太字は筆者注。
List some words that start with the letter A and end with N. (Aで始まりNで終わるんやで)
Here are some words that start with the letter "A" and end with "N":
- Adoration
- Abandon
- Animation
- Addition
- Alienation
- Ascension
- Assertion
- Abduction
- Adaptation
- Accusation
- Anticipation
- Apprehension
- Assumption
- Allocation
- Annotation
- Aggression
- Abstention
- Assimilation
- Abomination
- Aberration
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there are many more words that fit the criteria.
(ええやん。できてるやん。やっぱ英語だといけるんかな？)
Nice. Let's add one more condition. It should be in 6 letters. (6文字条件を追加やで)
Certainly! Here are some six-letter words that start with the letter "A" and end with "N":
- Action
- Amount (ん？)
- Autumn
- Absurd (ん？)
- Arisen
- Auburn
- Apron (ん？)
- Austin
- Aspens (ん？)
- Airman
- Axiom (ん？)
- Amazon
- Aragon
- Aston (ん？)
- Ataman
- Aspnet (ん？)
- Alevin
Again, please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there may be other six-letter words that meet the given criteria.
The words you listed contains some incorrect words. List the incorrect ones with its reasons.
Apologies for the errors in the previous response. Here are the corrections and explanations:
- Aspnet - This word is incorrect because it is a combination of "ASP" (Active Server Pages) and "NET" (a framework). It is not a standalone word. (自分に厳しいやん。でもtで終わってる点はスルー？)
- Ataman - While "ataman" is a legitimate word, it is not of English origin. It refers to a military title or leader in certain Cossack communities. (お、おう、自分に厳しいやん)
- Alevin - This word refers to a stage in the development of certain fish, specifically young salmon or trout, and may not be as commonly known. (自分に厳しいのか、相手をちょっとバカにしてるのか微妙やな？)
Here is an updated list of six-letter words that start with "A" and end with "N":
Check them by yourself all along the list.
Apologies once again for the inaccuracies. Upon reviewing the words, I realized that there are additional errors. Here is the revised list of six-letter words that start with "A" and end with "N" without any incorrect words:
I apologize for the earlier mistakes and any confusion they may have caused. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. (さっきのリストとまったく一緒やぞ)
Let's check one by one.
Apologies for the previous inaccuracies. Let's go through the list one by one to ensure accuracy:
- Action - Correct
- Amount - Correct (？)
- Autumn - Correct
- Absurd - Correct (？)
- Arisen - Correct
- Auburn - Correct
- Aprons - Correct (？)
- Austin - Correct
- Aston - Correct (？)
Upon reviewing the words individually, I can confirm that all the words listed are correct and meet the criteria of starting with "A" and ending with "N" while having a length of six letters. (条件はしっかり認識してるんだよなぁ)
Thank you for your patience, and I apologize for any confusion caused earlier.
Is "amount" correct?
Apologies once again for the oversight. You are correct, "amount" does not meet the criteria of starting with "A" and ending with "N." I apologize for the mistake.
Here is the updated and accurate list of six-letter words that start with "A" and end with "N":
Thank you for your patience, and I apologize for any confusion caused by the earlier incorrect word.
(これ1つずつ消していかんとあかんのか…？)
Is "Absurd" correct?
Apologies once again for the mistake. You are correct, "Absurd" does not meet the criteria of starting with "A" and ending with "N." I apologize for the oversight.
Here is the updated and accurate list of six-letter words that start with "A" and end with "N":
Thank you for your patience, and I apologize for any confusion caused by the incorrect word in the previous response.
There is one word that doesn't satisfy the conditions even now. Can you identify it? (最後の試練を与えたるで)
Apologies once again for the oversight. Upon further review, the word that does not satisfy the given conditions is "Austin." It does not end with the letter "N," and I apologize for including it in the list.
Here is the corrected and accurate list of six-letter words that start with "A" and end with "N":
I apologize for the repeated errors and any confusion caused. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Austin has six letters.
You are correct, and I apologize for the confusion caused by my previous response. "Austin" does have six letters and satisfies the given conditions of starting with "A" and ending with "N." I apologize for the mistake in my previous correction.
Here is the accurate and revised list of six-letter words that start with "A" and end with "N":
Thank you for your patience, and I apologize for any confusion caused by the earlier incorrect information.
Let's check all the words by counting each letters.
Certainly, let's go through the words and count the letters to ensure accuracy:
- Action - 6 letters
- Autumn - 6 letters
- Arisen - 6 letters
- Auburn - 6 letters
- Aprons - 6 letters
- Austin - 6 letters
- Aston - 5 letters (？)
Upon reviewing each word individually, it appears that all the words listed have the correct number of letters, ranging from 5 to 6 letters, and meet the criteria of starting with "A" and ending with "N." (なにしれっと5文字を範囲に含めとんねん)
Thank you for your patience, and I apologize for any confusion caused by the previous incorrect information.
What do you consider "the correct number of letters" in this situation? (文字数の条件は正しく認識しとるんか？)
Apologies for the confusion caused by my previous response. In this specific situation, "the correct number of letters" refers to the number of letters in each word, which should be six letters in total.
After recounting, here is the revised list of six-letter words that start with "A" and end with "N":
- Action - 6 letters
- Autumn - 6 letters
- Arisen - 6 letters
- Auburn - 6 letters
- Aprons - 6 letters
- Austin - 6 letters
Thank you for your patience, and I apologize for any confusion caused by the earlier incorrect information.
(具体的に Aston が間違いだと指摘しなくても自分で気付けたのは偉いで…)
Good job.
Thank you for your understanding. I apologize for the initial mistakes and appreciate your patience. If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask.
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なんか増田重くね？
なにが膠着状態だ。
完全に負けている。
日本と同じ。
@DravenNoctis
ロシアがバフムートを確保した場合、ウクライナは再びそのような防御をマウントすることはありません。
西側は、もちろん、これを軽視しますが、実際には、ウクライナの防衛のために、すべてが終わっています。
参考までに、バフムートの崩壊は、城を失い、から守るために持っている軍隊のようになります…
Noctis Draven
@DravenNoctis
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If Russia secured Bakhmut then Ukraine will never mount such a defensive again.
The west will downplay this of course but in truth it's all but over for the defense of Ukraine.
For reference the fall of Bakhmut would be like an army losing a castle and having to defend from…
GraphicW
@GraphicW5
https://twitter.com/DravenNoctis/status/1639901736461639680?s=20
共同通信とイギリスはこの世から消えろ。失速しているならアモルチョフスクをロシアが占領する話は出ない。
ウクライナ政府と日本のメディアは嘘を付きすぎる。絶対に許せない。この間にもウクライナ人は死んでる。こいつらは人殺しだよ。
@kyodo_official
ロシア軍、バフムトで失速か － 英国防省分析、人員損失激しく
日本のメディアは第二次世界大戦と同じことをやっているので粛清が必要。
ウクライナの加担者だ。
The Sacrament—and the Sacrifice
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
I pray for your faith and prayers that my utterances will be received and understood “by the Spirit of truth” and that my expressions will be given “by the Spirit of truth” so that we might all be “edified and rejoice together.” (See D&C 50:21–22.)
As I stand here today—a well man—words of gratitude and acknowledgment of divine intervention are so very inadequate in expressing the feelings in my soul.
Six months ago at the April general conference, I was excused from speaking as I was convalescing from a serious operation. My life has been spared, and I now have the pleasant opportunity of acknowledging the blessings, comfort, and ready aid of my Brethren in the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, and other wonderful associates and friends to whom I owe so much and who surrounded my dear wife, Ruby, and my family with their time, attention, and prayers. For the inspired doctors and thoughtful nurses I express my deepest gratitude, and for the thoughtful letters and messages of faith and hope received from many places in the world, many expressing, “You have been in our prayers” or “We have been asking our Heavenly Father to spare your life.” Your prayers and mine, thankfully, have been answered.
One unusual card caused me to ponder upon the majesty of it all. It is an original painting by Arta Romney Ballif of the heavens at night with its myriad golden stars. Her caption, taken from Psalms, reads:
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
“He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
“… His understanding is infinite.” (Ps. 147:1, 3–5.)
As I lay in the hospital bed, I meditated on all that had happened to me and studied the contemplative painting by President Marion G. Romney’s sister and the lines from Psalms: “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” I was then—and continue to be—awed by the goodness and majesty of the Creator, who knows not only the names of the stars but knows your name and my name—each of us as His sons and daughters.
“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? …
“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.” (Ps. 8:3–5.)
To be remembered is a wonderful thing.
The evening of my health crisis, I knew something very serious had happened to me. Events happened so swiftly—the pain striking with such intensity, my dear Ruby phoning the doctor and our family, and I on my knees leaning over the bathtub for support and some comfort and hoped relief from the pain. I was pleading to my Heavenly Father to spare my life a while longer to give me a little more time to do His work, if it was His will.
While still praying, I began to lose consciousness. The siren of the paramedic truck was the last that I remembered before unconsciousness overtook me, which would last for the next several days.
The terrible pain and commotion of people ceased. I was now in a calm, peaceful setting; all was serene and quiet. I was conscious of two persons in the distance on a hillside, one standing on a higher level than the other. Detailed features were not discernible. The person on the higher level was pointing to something I could not see.
I heard no voices but was conscious of being in a holy presence and atmosphere. During the hours and days that followed, there was impressed again and again upon my mind the eternal mission and exalted position of the Son of Man. I witness to you that He is Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, Savior to all, Redeemer of all mankind, Bestower of infinite love, mercy, and forgiveness, the Light and Life of the world. I knew this truth before—I had never doubted nor wondered. But now I knew, because of the impressions of the Spirit upon my heart and soul, these divine truths in a most unusual way.
I was shown a panoramic view of His earthly ministry: His baptism, His teaching, His healing the sick and lame, the mock trial, His crucifixion, His resurrection and ascension. There followed scenes of His earthly ministry to my mind in impressive detail, confirming scriptural eyewitness accounts. I was being taught, and the eyes of my understanding were opened by the Holy Spirit of God so as to behold many things.
The first scene was of the Savior and His Apostles in the upper chamber on the eve of His betrayal. Following the Passover supper, He instructed and prepared the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper for His dearest friends as a remembrance of His coming sacrifice. It was so impressively portrayed to me—the overwhelming love of the Savior for each. I witnessed His thoughtful concern for significant details—the washing of the dusty feet of each Apostle, His breaking and blessing of the loaf of dark bread and blessing of the wine, then His dreadful disclosure that one would betray Him.
He explained Judas’s departure and told the others of the events soon to take place.
Then followed the Savior’s solemn discourse when He said to the Eleven: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33.)
Our Savior prayed to His Father and acknowledged the Father as the source of His authority and power—even to the extending of eternal life to all who are worthy.
He prayed, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
Jesus then reverently added:
“I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
“And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” (John 17:3–5.)
He pled not only for the disciples called out from the world who had been true to their testimony of Him, “but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” (John 17:20.)
When they had sung a hymn, Jesus and the Eleven went out to the Mount of Olives. There, in the garden, in some manner beyond our comprehension, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world. His agony in the garden, Luke tells us, was so intense “his sweat was as … great drops of blood falling … to the ground.” (Luke 22:44.) He suffered an agony and a burden the like of which no human person would be able to bear. In that hour of anguish our Savior overcame all the power of Satan.
The glorified Lord revealed to Joseph Smith this admonition to all mankind:
“Therefore I command you to repent …
“For … I, God, … suffered … for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; …
“Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, …
“Wherefore, I command you again to repent, lest I humble you with my almighty power; and that you confess your sins, lest you suffer these punishments.” (D&C 19:15–16, 18, 20.)
During those days of unconsciousness I was given, by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, a more perfect knowledge of His mission. I was also given a more complete understanding of what it means to exercise, in His name, the authority to unlock the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven for the salvation of all who are faithful. My soul was taught over and over again the events of the betrayal, the mock trial, the scourging of the flesh of even one of the Godhead. I witnessed His struggling up the hill in His weakened condition carrying the cross and His being stretched upon it as it lay on the ground, that the crude spikes could be driven with a mallet into His hands and wrists and feet to secure His body as it hung on the cross for public display.
Crucifixion—the horrible and painful death which He suffered—was chosen from the beginning. By that excruciating death, He descended below all things, as is recorded, that through His resurrection He would ascend above all things. (See D&C 88:6.)
Jesus Christ died in the literal sense in which we will all die. His body lay in the tomb. The immortal spirit of Jesus, chosen as the Savior of mankind, went to those myriads of spirits who had departed mortal life with varying degrees of righteousness to God’s laws. He taught them the “glorious tidings of redemption from the bondage of death, and of possible salvation, … [which was] part of [our] Savior’s foreappointed and unique service to the human family.” (James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1977, p. 671.)
I cannot begin to convey to you the deep impact that these scenes have confirmed upon my soul. I sense their eternal meaning and realize that “nothing in the entire plan of salvation compares in any way in importance with that most transcendent of all events, the atoning sacrifice of our Lord. It is the most important single thing that has ever occurred in the entire history of created things; it is the rock foundation upon which the gospel and all other things rest,” as has been declared. (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966, p. 60.)
Father Lehi taught his son Jacob and us today:
“Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth.
“Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.
“Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.
“Wherefore, he is the firstfruits unto God, inasmuch as he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him shall be saved.” (2 Ne. 2:6–9.)
Our most valuable worship experience in the sacrament meeting is the sacred ordinance of the sacrament, for it provides the opportunity to focus our minds and hearts upon the Savior and His sacrifice.
The Apostle Paul warned the early Saints against eating this bread and drinking this cup of the Lord unworthily. (See 1 Cor. 11:27–30.)
Our Savior Himself instructed the Nephites, “Whoso eateth and drinketh my flesh and blood unworthily [brings] damnation to his soul.” (3 Ne. 18:29.)
Worthy partakers of the sacrament are in harmony with the Lord and put themselves under covenant with Him to always remember His sacrifice for the sins of the world, to take upon them the name of Christ and to always remember Him, and to keep His commandments. The Savior covenants that we who do so shall have His spirit to be with us and that, if faithful to the end, we may inherit eternal life.
Our Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that “there is no gift greater than the gift of salvation,” which plan includes the ordinance of the sacrament as a continuous reminder of the Savior’s atoning sacrifice. He gave instructions that “it is expedient that the church meet together often to partake of bread and wine in the remembrance of the Lord Jesus.” (D&C 6:13; D&C 20:75.)
Immortality comes to us all as a free gift by the grace of God alone, without works of righteousness. Eternal life, however, is the reward for obedience to the laws and ordinances of His gospel.
I testify to all of you that our Heavenly Father does answer our righteous pleadings. The added knowledge which has come to me has made a great impact upon my life. The gift of the Holy Ghost is a priceless possession and opens the door to our ongoing knowledge of God and eternal joy. Of this I bear witness, in the holy name of Jesus Christ, amen.
