Blackjack I went to casino night at my local church a few days ago. It was pretty fun. They had a lot of casino games. Blackjack, roulette, a couple of poker tables. In Japan, gambling is illegal, but they have pachinko parlors everywhere. Secret Loops https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug10Loop.mp4 They operate through a […]
Broke Samurais and Wealthy Romans
PT Barnum PT Barnum famously said there is a sucker born every minute. But what’s commonly not said is a couple of very important corollaries to that statement. The first is that suckers are suckers because they are willing to believe something that is too good to be true. Now, why would […]
Japanese High School Girls
Overseas Friend I have a friend that lives in Japan. She works at a large, international company. She lives in the company dorm which is pretty common. Most company workers that aren’t married live in the company dorm. Transitions https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun04.mp4 Once they get married they move out, but until that happens, they […]
Sociopaths And Sucker Punches
Japanese Prank Show There used to be a lot of very interesting Japanese prank game shows. Not so much anymore because I think a lot of people got sued. There was one there was kind of simple, kind of interesting. It started off with a young woman, a young attractive woman in this small […]
Cycles Of Corruption
Three Periods Of Japan You can separate Japanese history into roughly three very broad categories. The period before the first military ruler took over all of Japan, the period during that time, and the period after that. The period before that is commonly referred to as the “warring states.” If you’re a fan of […]
The Edison Metaphor
The Light Bult Invention There’s this really cool story about Edison. He was trying to invent the lightbulb. The lightbulb is very simple concept and whoever could come up with that first would stand to make a lot of money. That’s why Edison was so interested in creating a product. If you could make […]
Japanese Horror Hypnosis
Weird Sex Nation https://vimeo.com/275153618 Japan is probably the weirdest country in the world and it’s weird for a whole lot of reasons. A lot of reasons that are kind of strange that has to do with sex. For example, in Japan they have the lowest sex rate between married couples of any industrialized nation. […]