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Only in L.A. Only in Texas. Only in Japan. (via IRC)
posted by rubin (23 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: meh. What's the point? bad news happens anywhere.



 
Here in Texas... let' see: In an two week period there was one stabbing over a tortilla (presumably a dissagreement about the ascetic superiority of flower over corn) and a shooting over tater tots (never did like those).
These Texans, they take their food seriously.
posted by IronLizard at 7:26 PM on March 25, 2006


The theme of this post being, "people are evil?" I agree, and you've illustrated it well.
posted by brundlefly at 7:33 PM on March 25, 2006


As a Japanese resident, I'd have to say that wai-wai should be taken with a bowl of salt. Anything factual in the Mainichi newspaper articles is pretty much factual (it is, after all, the Mainichi). But anything that isn't can be tossed out the window.

Sample rewrites:

Wai-wai: "Japanese erotic manga fans can't get enough of a comic..."

Likely means: "At least one erotic manga fan, and possibly several, can't get enough of a comic..."

Wai-wai: "one of the most wildly popular manga on the market..."

Likely means: "Not the absolute worst-selling manga on the market..."

Wai-wai: "It has, the monthly notes, sold so well that reservations for advance orders have been shut off because the publishers can't keep up with demand."

Likely means: "Normally, 20 advance orders are made per month. However, because the publisher has had difficulty obtaining the underwear, advance orders have been shut off at 10 issues, until there are enough panties supplied to allow them to fill the order."

I don't dispute the factuality of the article, but anything that isn't a number or name in wai-wai should be accepted on face as distortion, unless proven otherwise.

(Case in point: I remember an article in wai-wai about someone who had killed her kids. When they asked about a corpse found in her previous apartment, she said something which I'd translate as "I am very sorry about what I did." Wai-wai translated that as "Ah, yeah. Sorry 'bout that.")
posted by Bugbread at 7:34 PM on March 25, 2006


Am I supposed to care? I don't they're selling used todler panties.
posted by delmoi at 7:36 PM on March 25, 2006


setting aside the HUGE creep factor, (and appearant lack-of-creadibility as noted above) I think
"Pedophilic promo has manga maniacs panting for pre-schooler panties
" is the near perfect newspaper headline.
posted by edgeways at 7:44 PM on March 25, 2006


Second link: "You two... fight!"

Now we just need a "You! Put the radio up!" and "You! shake your junk!" and someone to slam on the brakes. Then the trifecta will be complete.
posted by drstein at 7:48 PM on March 25, 2006


Don't get me wrong. The central points ("Sekai Hatsu Shiawase Pantsu Shokai Gentei" had a promotional giveaway of preschooler sized underwear with their January issue) is probably true. Wai-wai distorts, but as far as I know does not make up from whole cloth (no play on words intended).
posted by Bugbread at 7:50 PM on March 25, 2006


From the last article:

Rorikon, the Japanese word for pedophilia

and

Even Cyzo, a glossy monthly that could kindly be termed as "broad minded" is disgusted, saying "Has the world of Rorikon stooped this low?"

So an excerpted translation is:

Has the world of Pedophilia stooped this low?

I'm thinking that sanity has been lost in this translation...
posted by Operation Afterglow at 7:53 PM on March 25, 2006


Only in Seattle.
posted by bardic at 7:55 PM on March 25, 2006


Oh. I thought this FPP was celebrating the wonderful diversity of cultures we have on this little blue marble.
posted by sourwookie at 8:02 PM on March 25, 2006


drstein, I felt like a sick bastard for thinking of that. Now I feel better. :)
posted by danb at 8:32 PM on March 25, 2006


What's next for Texas? "Tot fight" tattoos on their foreheads?
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:38 PM on March 25, 2006


Only in San Francisco...
posted by subaruwrx at 8:39 PM on March 25, 2006


Only in New York, Only in Nova Scotia, Only in L.A., Only on IRC

It's too bad it's even on Metafilter

What is the issue here? What is the best of the web you want to share? I'll focus on that. Just let me know what you found on IRC that meant coming here to point out three news stories that are not only not unique to the locales, but not unique to any society.
posted by ?! at 9:04 PM on March 25, 2006


I think a good amount of pot and alcohol would help us understand what rubin is trying to convey here.
posted by stavrogin at 9:07 PM on March 25, 2006



posted by xmutex at 9:10 PM on March 25, 2006


"...12-gauge pistol-grip shotgun, which Kerlikowske described as "a weapon not designed for hunting purposes but for hunting people."

I think he's being misquoted here, he obviously means a 12-guage pistol-grip shotgun is not designed to hunt porpoises.
posted by Jawn at 9:42 PM on March 25, 2006


only in battle creek
posted by pyramid termite at 9:48 PM on March 25, 2006


From the Seattle article:

She said the girl's boyfriend called her Saturday morning to say that they had gone to the house following an electronic dance party on Friday night — a "zombie rave."

"It's the worst phone call a mom can get," Thorne said, crying. "She shouldn't have gone to the rave. I've never approved of those things. ... I just hope to God she's alive. And if she is, she's grounded for life."


Sounds like her mom should be pissed that she left the rave, not pissed that she went to it.
posted by Bugbread at 10:12 PM on March 25, 2006


I live 2 blocks from that house on Capitol Hill (in Seattle). My wife and I woke to the sounds of gun shots. I just can't imagine what those people went through... It sounds trite but my thoughts are with them...
posted by lucasks at 10:45 PM on March 25, 2006


only in atlanta - weekly dispatches from the police blotter. reports of naked people stealing meat products and running into traffic with said meat are standard fare in the ATL (though apparently not this week).
posted by visit beautiful mount weather! at 11:28 PM on March 25, 2006


I remember wandering into what we thought was a videogame store in Akihabara, Japan, and finding the upper floors were wall to wall porn DVDs. This didnt shock me. Its Japan after all.

But what did shock me was on the ground floor at the back there were CDs containing photos of very very very young girls in underwear.

Disturbing.
posted by lemonfridge at 2:26 AM on March 26, 2006


Akihabara is itself disturbing. Good place to buy computer hardware, though.
posted by Bugbread at 2:49 AM on March 26, 2006


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