Bad gaijin ruining it for the rest of us !

[rubirosa]

There are certain gaijin among us, uni professor types, guys in uncomfortable looking suits trying way too hard to look like a salaryman, and guys (they are mostly guys) who have a few years undertheir belts and think they know the ropes real good but actualy don't know much about the country who get all bent out of shape when they see or hear of other gaijin behaving badly and insulting, shocking, scaring or otherwise annoying their Japanese hosts, these knowitalls insist that when other gaijin behave badly it makes all gaijin look like uncivilized barbarians, you can find up-tite mo-fos like this complaining about the Halloween Train for example,

These guys have got it all wrong.

Japanese expect gaijin to behave badly and always have, and not only do they expect this bad behaviour to be forthcoming from us gaijin they demand it, they feel let down if a foreigner doesn't wash his dirty socks in the sento once in a while, if a dumb Yankee doesn't walk through the house with the toilet slippers on his feet you haven't really had a foreign house guest, that's the brilliance behind Mr. James McJames-kun, the burger nerd, he is lovable becuase of his ignorance, let those young, dumb foreigners blow off a little steam, let them run wild, the Japanese will love them for it.

The Japanese expect nothing less !

[SteadyRollingMan]

gotta agree with you rubi and as long as the local citizens expect it, who are we to deny them?

[Ken44]

You gotta let a gaijin be a gaijin.

[Otokichi]

gotta agree with you rubi and as long as the local citizens expect it, who are we to deny them?

Or disappoint them

And how often have you had something along the lines of "In Japan we do not do this (blah, blah), and I would never normally do this (blah, blah, blah), but since you are a gaijin you don't understand so shikata nai..."

[Samurai Dave]

very true, rubirosa. I would add that in a way the gaijin is at once despised for being the outsider and cherished for being the outsider. They have a freedom to do things that many Japanese wish they could do but can not because of the rigidity of the society. This is why you do find many Japanese on the Halloween Train - they are sharing in this outsider non-comformity.

But for those who hate gaijins those types that get bent out of shape over the actions of other gaijins need to realize they will never be accepted by that group. You can be as polite as can be, speak Japanese like a native, and even if all gaijin were that way, they would still want you to leave. Even those who are more open will still not be fully accepting. Look at the difficulties "halfies" and second generations face.

As I said on another thread, only in Japan have I encountered this behavior where foriegners worry to the point of obsession about the actions of other foriegners. Pointless activity if you ask me.

[Yatomato]

Yawn. This "too cool for school" charisma man gaijin schtick is pretty lame amongst fratboys in their early 20s but when you are rapidly approaching middle age (or already there) like several of the people on this thread -- rubirosa, samurai dave et al -- it just becomes embarrassing to the point of being cringeworthy.

Though I can sort of understand how people might pathetically want to cling to the idea of going to a Halloween party for badass rebel gaijin non-conformists (thanx for the lulz SD!) as a feeble attempt at avoiding the reality of the passing years. Sad really.

[Jacque_S]

What about all those old, dumb, and full of shit skid former surferboy gaijins like scuzziposa?

[RonBurgundy]

Yawn. This "too cool for school" charisma man gaijin schtick is pretty lame amongst fratboys in their early 20s but when you are rapidly approaching middle age (or already there) like several of the people on this thread -- rubirosa, samurai dave et al -- it just becomes embarrassing to the point of being cringeworthy.

You are incorrect!

Rubi is already a geriatric.


Yatomato, this ol' schtick might be lame but your posts are no better.

At least there was a natural progression from funny to lame for this charisma man schtick. Your posts became lame at around 1.

Yeah rubi is a douche but at least his stupidity is chuckle worthy at times.

What the fucck do you bring to the table? Unless your a chick with big tiits in disguise, Then I take everything back.

[Jacque_S]

Yeah rubi is a douche but at least his stupidity is chuckle worthy at times.

One of my more recent faves re grubbilosa was his hectoring other people to vote back home. He told us how he always went out of his way to complete his voting ballet and mail it home. See post 49. He still hasn't gotten around to telling me why if voting and civic participation are so important he's managed to live happily in Japan for decades with neither.

[6koala8]

And it is here that I, as an old gaijin fart with years in Japan under his belt, takes a drink of his expensive sake and votes......

Yes, they are.

(No, seriously, folks- I couldn't give a rat's arrse what you do as long as it is not in my neighbourhood)

[Kali Yuga]

three basic stereotypes.

There seems to be a large demographic of two extremes, the older uptight over-conservative type who try hard to look like their capitalist salaryman co-workers, and try their best to "blend in", and the loudmouth young macho/jock type who are obviously here just to troll Sam & Dave's looking for sexual fulfillment for a night.

Then, of course, there's the anime nerd/japanophile type, and the few Marty Friedman's among them.

I tend to throw people off a bit. I have tattoos, I have piercings, I dress like a vampire, and the majority of older folk gaze on me with a mix of fear and bewilderment that this foreign Akuma was allowed to stalk the realm of the living, let alone the streets of Japan, yet I'm generally a quiet, respectable chap who tries his best to be a gent, even to the rude folk.

[paradoxbox]

why don't you guys just try setting good examples when out in public?

japanese don't know what to expect from gaijin. all they know is gaijin usually act kind of crazy (by jp standards), are direct to the point of rudeness, possibly aggressive (ever been to yokosuka honchome on a weekend?), etc. all of these stereotypes get reinforced when they see jackasses behaving badly after a drinking session especially in roppongi or yokosuka.

so instead of fitting the negative image by getting wasted and beating the ____ out of some girl, go set a good example by doing something like giving up your train seat to the old lady that just got on, or cleaning around your apartment both inside and out, helping the stray cats, etc..!

[Seattlegirl]

I have tattoos, I have piercings, I dress like a vampire, yet I'm generally a quiet, respectable chap who tries his best to be a gent, even to the rude folk.

Kali Yuga, you'd be right at home in Seattle. Unless you LIKE being stared at, in which case you'd be disappointed.

[Marius_II]

the older uptight over-conservative type who try hard to look like their capitalist salaryman co-workers, and try their best to "blend in", and the loudmouth young

My experience is almost of the opposite.

It's not the older who try hard to look and act Japanese (1),
and the younger are not necessarily "loudmouths" (2).

1) The Gents

After having arrived,
after appreciating the scenery,
after deciding to stay,
learning the language, the manners and culture
you might find yourself 10 years later pouring beer (label facing upwards, glass was near empty) to your Japanese boss when out with your all Japanese coworkers from your Japanese company, where you speak Japanese and so do- and are the clients.

It has taken you years and years of your life and devotion to get here. Not to mention the cash spent on education, yet, that were something easily overlooked when young and imagining what you're doing is making a difference.
Japan would except foreigners, gosh darn'it.

Yet, 10 years later from your first steps on here you find yourself in the same social situation as when you landed:

People don't sit next to you on train despite you wearing a suit, like everyone else. You're not allowed to rent most apartments, you're barred from some places when you want to eat, and you certainly get a feeling of having overstayed a welcome. Daily. The lady at the health check clinic (baked in your office where thousands people work) asks if you speak Japanese (despite it being more or less mandatory) and get a giggle when realizing that you do.

You realize there and then that you were never suppose to be here longer than an initial year,
to later be sent back when the shades where still pink telling everyone how fantastically fun everything was.

(actually you realized that on the day after your university graduation party, but that's another story)

So what can you do?
You drop the overly-Japanese act.
In fact your boss might even remind you that you're not Japanese. In a Japanese manner, of course, that you've no problem picking up.

You've been here 10 years. You've sacrificed a lot for seemingly nothing. What can you but to revert to being yourself again?

Not a loudmouth, not especially looking for trouble (selfloathing foreigners do assume that about everyone else, though, now don't they?), just yourself.

You go on with your life sorry that you wasted some of it (at least it was fun) but not looking back. And definitely not playing along, playing Japanese, any more.


2) The youngins

Why do everyone assume all the other foreigners around are loud and noisy, and just you yourself is polite and behaving? Baffles me.

Granted, there's a few kids around coming just for the party, but what makes one assume they're different from yourself just because you had green tea in Kamakura last week.

I'm blaming curiosity.

Take the above stuff in 1)
You spent your first few years here you were here because you enjoyed it.
- It - being the scenery, girls, culture (yeah: Ha!), or whatever.
You enjoyed it so much you want more. Driven by a sense of curiosity you decide to stay, pick up the language, manners, etc, just as described way ↑ above.

And you swallow it all. You'd even go as far as siding with people that say you're a guest here, and that probably all the other non-japanese misbehave. You swallow it so hard you defend the "cultural differences" - things that wouldn't fly in any other part of the developed world.

Suddenly, the person that won't sit next to you on the train hasn't got something against you - he's just "afraid the person he doesn't know would start to speak English to him".

You believe non-japanese in groups are bound to cause trouble, be loudmouthed, vomit or rip posters off in the subway.

So you overcompensate. You're nice. Too nice. Definitely not a loudmouth.
( but to your fellow other people, the 1) gents, you're just being an ___. Direct and indirect. And loudmouthed in forums, to people having stayed, lived and experienced here longer )

[Marius_II]

so instead of fitting the negative image by getting wasted and beating the ____ out of some girl, go set a good example by doing something like giving up your train seat to the old lady that just got on, or cleaning around your apartment both inside and out, helping the stray cats, etc..!

I've never heard about someone "beating the ____ out of a girl"...is that something we foreigners do?
I'll just disregard that part of your post and address the rest:

What makes you assume people aren't giving their seats to elderly (even more so then Japanese) or many of the other services?

Believe me, those other "pesky" foreigners are just like you.

And getting wasted? That's something everybody does here. It can't be helped if someone thinks it's bad when you the foreigner does it. But I'd argue that it's not you being bad but their views. It's a wicked likening I'm sure; but just like some lady refusing to move to the back of the bus because people say so, I believe you should still get hammered at the pub.

[Otokichi]

Marius, great posts and they really strike a chord with me.

When I made flippant mention about not behaving as Japanese would in my post above, I wasn't just referring to just 'bad' behaviour but things like, always giving up my seat to the elderly or infirm, always cleaning the dishes, always cleaning my apartment, going out of my way to prepare and serve drinks/tea/food, smiling and greeting people in the street, insisting on ladies first, telling someone to put out their smoke in a non-smoking area, not ignoring people with a disability, making a fuss about bad service etc, etc.

[Kaonashi]

Marius,

Sweet! That is some of the best writing I've read on this site (not to trumpet your horn too much - there isn't much competition). It should be required reading for Newbies 101.

And yet, consider your concept from another angle:

1) The Grunts

After having been born here,
after having the scenery reduced to a test item,
after having deciding to make a go of it and not jump of the balcony of your rabbit hutch,
learning the language, the manners and culture in the way that the language, manners and culture are delineated,
you might find yourself 10 years later pouring beer (label facing upwards, glass was near empty) to your Japanese boss when out with your all Japanese coworkers from your Japanese company, where you are Japanese.

It has taken you all of your life and devotion to get here, not to mention the cash your parents spent on cram schools and other education, thus preventing them from having any life of their own - a fact that will hang over your head like a Damocles sword until the day you die - yet that was something easily overlooked when you were young and believed in the Japanese myth.

I can make a difference, gosh darn'it.

Yet, 30 years later from your first baby steps, you find yourself in the same pathetic situation your father is in:

People ignore you everywhere. You can't afford to rent most apartments. You're barred from sex with you're wife, and you certainly get a feeling of having overstayed a welcome. Daily. The lady at the health check clinic (baked in your office where thousands people work) doesn't care whether you live or die; she's on the company payroll and only cares about your possible future contribution.

You realize there and then that you were never suppose to be, in this way, only to later die, wondering why everything was not as fantastic as they said it would be back when you were young.

(Actually, you realized that on the day after your university graduation party, but that's another story)

So what can you do?

You drop the overly-Japanese act.

The problem is that your boss might remind you that if you do not act Japanese, you're eminently expendable. In a Japanese manner, of course, that you've no problem picking up.

You've been alive for 30 years. You've sacrificed a lot for seemingly nothing. What can you but to revert to being yourself - not again, but perhaps for the first time?

Not a loudmouth, not especially looking for trouble (self-loathing people do assume that about everyone else, though, now don't they?), just yourself.

You go on with your life sorry that you wasted some of it (at least it was fun) but not looking back. And definitely not playing along, playing Japanese, any more.

[davai.davai]

Without_a_face quoted it already

Right on the spot, Marius !
Person you describe has his chances landing a job back in his home country dealing with Japanese,
Ohh, sweet revenge,*what was his name, the kermitthingy-samurai hanging from a tree?

[Kali Yuga]

Seattlegirl > Well, Nirvana and Queensryche fans may be the only reason for me NOT to move to Seattle Nah, just joking. It's a nice place, but I'm happy in Osaka right now....

Marius > good analogy!! Actually, I know quite a few people fitting that description to a T.

But yeah, can't say that I've ever tried fitting into salaryman culture or mainstream culture here for many reasons, cheifly being that a) I simply CAN`T, b) I disagree with mainstream culture in one country just as much as another, and 3) I wish to be part of the solution, not the problem. And my goals in life aren't really so much career oriented as art oriented.
Also, salaryman culture isn't what drew me here in the first place. I really couldn't give a semi's fungus-eaten keister whether people in the office accept me as Japanese. Modern(capitalist) man is not who I want to be. I was initially attracted to the older side of Japan.... not literally as ancient japanese society, but the forgotten values of an IDEAL Japan, an artistic Japan, or more accurately, an artistic sentiment of what japan could be, to the eyes of a deluded romantic. Romantics such as Mishima and others who were originally loathed by the largely passive population.

Therefore, I come here and seek to be part of the PARTS of Japan that please me, and leave that which don't. However, coexist with modern man I must, and this is why I have a dayjob, the reason I put on the office monkeysuit costume 8 hours a day to earn money and secure a visa.
Outside work hours, however, is my turf. My seperation from the society I don't accept, and indulgence in the realm of creativity. Whether or not society, in any nation, accepts me, I could hardly give a damn. My friends accept me, my fiancee and her family accept me, and that's all I really need.

[kurogane]

I demand that all of you endeavour to persevere to live up to the Kansai Benpi Test of Going Local:

can you order a pizza in Japanese?


can you ask for no squid or inappropriate toppings, and make the request sound mildly threatening?


do you know the current price of the Shakey's All You Can Eat Lunch Special????


If you can answer Yes to the above 3 questions, you may remain in Japan.

[Akuma]

I've never heard about someone "beating the ____ out of a girl"...is that something we foreigners do?
I'll just disregard that part of your post and address the rest:

What makes you assume people aren't giving their seats to elderly (even more so then Japanese) or many of the other services?

Believe me, those other "pesky" foreigners are just like you.

And getting wasted? That's something everybody does here. It can't be helped if someone thinks it's bad when you the foreigner does it. But I'd argue that it's not you being bad but their views. It's a wicked likening I'm sure; but just like some lady refusing to move to the back of the bus because people say so, I believe you should still get hammered at the pub.

stop complaining and do as he says. clean around your apartment and help stray cats.

why do you even take anything paradogs says serious? that little chump has only been here for a year or so on a whv...all he knows about foreign residents is hearsay. he probably was one of these i am so special, i don't want to be associated with other foreigner, i am a superstar morons. my guess is, he is just angry because he wasn't welcomed with open arms and wasn't as special as he though afterall, especially not having a degree and so on.

c'mon somebody needed to be blamed. don't understand that?

i am sure he's gonna make up a story about a girl getting beaten up by foreigners, just like he claimed that you can eat on 500yen a day...and then admitted he actually spends more than that on food, but insisted it's possible...

[rubirosa]

What about all those old, dumb, and full of shit skid former surferboy gaijins like scuzziposa?

Originally Posted by RonBurgundy
Rubi is already a geriatric.
rubi is a douche

Just what I would expect on a thread about gaijin in Japan from two guys who are not even in Japan and know nothing about gaijin but are not smart enough to realize that they have just about nothing to add to the discourse here on the pot but continue to come back here to be bish slapped agaiin and again.

You guys don't know Jack about gaijin in Japan and why they behave badly and why the Japanese expect and demand bad behaviour so go play on the freeway or something and leave the rest of us the F alone !

Marius seems to be in a loquatious mood today and I applaud him for his efforts at increasing the understanding that people comming over here and trying to be Japanese are stupid morons who make all us gaijin look bad, it can go the other way too, I'm sure you've encountered the occasional Japanese who has been abroad and sampled the culture in a civilized country and then returned to these heathen shores and believes that they are now better than other Japanese who haven't taken the time to visit a Western country and don't therefore know how to say "cool" with a certain lilting voice or inject they "like" into every sentence, these people are just as dumb as those guys pourinig the boss a cold one as they sit uncomfortably on a stained tatami mat in a cheap izakaya trying not to spill yakisoba sauce on their tie.

You are what you are.

And if you're a fun lovin' foreigner have your fun for Pete's sake.

As far as setting an example goes like a previous poster mentioned I have done my share in the past. I was at a party once and this chick was telling a room full of drunks that she thought her tits were small, I told them newbies "this is how it's done in Japan" and proceeded to grab that hornie b#tche's hand and lead her upstairs for some fun lovin' good times. I was setting an example when I spit on a recycliing truck that was making a little too much noice in front of my pad, I was trying my hardest to be a good foreigner and spread the knowledge to the younger guys when I skipped out on my bill at Denny's, threw a battery at a bosozoku and buried the umeboshi in a rice ball that had been given to me in the dirt.

[Welesley]

Marius,

Sweet! That is some of the best writing I've read on this site (not to trumpet your horn too much - there isn't much competition). It should be required reading for Newbies 101.

And yet, consider your concept from another angle:

1) The Grunts

After having been born here,
after having the scenery reduced to a test item,
after having deciding to make a go of it and not jump of the balcony of your rabbit hutch,
learning the language, the manners and culture in the way that the language, manners and culture are delineated,
you might find yourself 10 years later pouring beer (label facing upwards, glass was near empty) to your Japanese boss when out with your all Japanese coworkers from your Japanese company, where you are Japanese.

It has taken you all of your life and devotion to get here, not to mention the cash your parents spent on cram schools and other education, thus preventing them from having any life of their own - a fact that will hang over your head like a Damocles sword until the day you die - yet that was something easily overlooked when you were young and believed in the Japanese myth.

I can make a difference, gosh darn'it.

Yet, 30 years later from your first baby steps, you find yourself in the same pathetic situation your father is in:

People ignore you everywhere. You can't afford to rent most apartments. You're barred from sex with you're wife, and you certainly get a feeling of having overstayed a welcome. Daily. The lady at the health check clinic (baked in your office where thousands people work) doesn't care whether you live or die; she's on the company payroll and only cares about your possible future contribution.

You realize there and then that you were never suppose to be, in this way, only to later die, wondering why everything was not as fantastic as they said it would be back when you were young.

(Actually, you realized that on the day after your university graduation party, but that's another story)

So what can you do?

You drop the overly-Japanese act.

The problem is that your boss might remind you that if you do not act Japanese, you're eminently expendable. In a Japanese manner, of course, that you've no problem picking up.

You've been alive for 30 years. You've sacrificed a lot for seemingly nothing. What can you but to revert to being yourself - not again, but perhaps for the first time?

Not a loudmouth, not especially looking for trouble (self-loathing people do assume that about everyone else, though, now don't they?), just yourself.

You go on with your life sorry that you wasted some of it (at least it was fun) but not looking back. And definitely not playing along, playing Japanese, any more.

Either this one or the original are something I can relate to.

[Yatomato]

Yatomato, this ol' schtick might be lame but your posts are no better.

At least there was a natural progression from funny to lame for this charisma man schtick. Your posts became lame at around 1.

Yeah rubi is a douche but at least his stupidity is chuckle worthy at times.

What the fucck do you bring to the table?

Oh yeah, because I could really give a flying one about what some lame comedy poster thinks of my posts. I am really worried if my posts are not entertaining enough for flat, feeble wannabe internet comedians.

You are not funny. Learn to live with it.

[Super Grover]

why don't you guys just try setting good examples when out in public?

japanese don't know what to expect from gaijin. all they know is gaijin usually act kind of crazy (by jp standards), are direct to the point of rudeness, possibly aggressive (ever been to yokosuka honchome on a weekend?), etc. all of these stereotypes get reinforced when they see jackasses behaving badly after a drinking session especially in roppongi or yokosuka.

so instead of fitting the negative image by getting wasted and beating the ____ out of some girl, go set a good example by doing something like giving up your train seat to the old lady that just got on, or cleaning around your apartment both inside and out, helping the stray cats, etc..!

For every out-of-control foreigner, there are two who are not. S.G. Statistics Bureau-confirmed (read on).
For every loser at Yokosuka, there are 5 Japanese like this all over Tokyo or Osaka. More J. people yield more incidents.

Earlier this week when coming back from a little conference in the Big Onigiri, S.G. and his sidekick stepped out of Shinagawa Stn to buy snacks, still with valid tickets having been shown to staff. A minute later down in a little store, S.G. was suddenly accosted by some 30-something Japanese guy who was yelling and yelling at me for "cheating." Surprised and a bit puzzled, S.G. had no desire to fight, but large sidekick wouldn't have minded it for diversion. "No, no. Ignore this guy. I do not want to be spending time with the police." But he continued and pushed S.G. again and started saying all kinds of things about gaijin and Kurogane's mother. That was it! Three staff came and escorted him round the shop away from us. We walked out with our Ebisu and cheeses. The staff thanked us for not kicking his ___. The numerous other foreigners there at the time continued shopping peacefully. The best, though, was that he came to the same platform as us and was glaring until his poor man's Kodama left. D!ckheads can be anyone, anywhere.

When have you EVER seen a middle-aged man or woman stand for an elderly Japanese woman? Such a scene is few and far between. Yet in Korea you see it all the time. In my heathen first country, too.

S.G.'s apt is immaculate. He hates any cats, sorry.

[SteadyRollingMan]

What Marius said, motha's.

[Samurai Dave]

rubirosa, samurai dave et al -- it just becomes embarrassing to the point of being cringeworthy

I live to make stick-in-the-muds like you cringe and give you a bad name. It's my sole purpose here. I was sent here by the Great Gaijin to punish the suckups and killjoys.

[Yatomato]

I live to make stick-in-the-muds like you cringe and give you a bad name. It's my sole purpose here. I was sent here by the Great Gaijin to punish the suckups and killjoys.

Killjoy? Oh please -- I have a lot of joy, don't you worry about that. Just my idea of joy isn't dressing up as Harry Potter to sway around on a crowded train, puking up a can of conbini chu-hi while chanting the station names like a moron! That's one of your main mental shortcomings - you can't comprehend the idea that other people have other ideas of what makes for a good time.

It's not all bad news for you though -- if you were sent by the Great Gaijin to make people cringe then you are doing one hell of a good job!

[Samurai Dave]

seriously, yato, do you need a hand removing that stick up your *ss? It could become infected, you know.

[Yatomato]

Yeah SD, because you are such a badass non-conformist gaijin samurai rebel! I really wish I could be as cool as you!

[Samurai Dave]

Yeah SD, because you are such a badass non-conformist gaijin samurai rebel! I really wish I could be as cool as you!

Someone please inform the King of Comebacks that their crown is certainly safe from Yato

[Ken44]

You drop the overly-Japanese act.
In fact your boss might even remind you that you're not Japanese. In a Japanese manner, of course, that you've no problem picking up...You go on with your life sorry that you wasted some of it (at least it was fun) but not looking back. And definitely not playing along, playing Japanese, any more.

That’s not an act I see too often but then most if not all of the gaijins I work with have lived in Japan over ten years. My guess is even the most self-loathing gaijin learns over time that once a gaijin always a gaijin and cuts the bullshxt out.

[Yatomato]

Someone please inform the King of Comebacks that their crown is certainly safe from Yato

Wow, now the comebacks are so lame they are critiques of my comebacks. You know what you are SD? You are boring? You are a pitiful, boring, overgrown fratboy trying desperately to compensate for your sad lack of personality or ability to formulate original thoughts. You try to masquerade your vacant, hollow persona with fancy dress but it just doesn't work. Your deluded self-image is the only thing that is a little bit interesting about you. Well, not interesting but at least amusing.

This thread should have been called 'Boring gaijin boring the rest of us!'

[SteadyRollingMan]

And its on. The main event;

In this corner wearing white, Samurai Dave fighting for "cool gaijins" everywhere and in That corner. "Stick in the butt" Yatomato, wearing purple? fighting for all people who think "cool gaijins give evey gaijin a bad name".

12 rounds of pure agony right here on the Pot. Come and watch and cheer for your favority!

[Yatomato]

And its on. The main event;

In this corner wearing white, Samurai Dave fighting for "cool gaijins" everywhere and in That corner. "Stick in the butt" Yatomato, wearing purple? fighting for all people who think "cool gaijins give evey gaijin a bad name".

No man -- I think cool gaijin give every gaijin a good name! Its the boring gaijin I can't stick! You know the type I mean SRM -- middle aged but still going on lameass Halloween train parties in fancy dress.











Oops, sorry SRM! No offense meant!

[SteadyRollingMan]

It's ok because I don't care. I will keep on riding on the Halloween Train. Nobody bothered me. I know how to dress. Ha! Ha!

[Samurai Dave]

Wow, now the comebacks are so lame they are critiques of my comebacks. You know what you are SD? You are boring? You are a pitiful, boring, overgrown fratboy trying desperately to compensate for your sad lack of personality or ability to formulate original thoughts. You try to masquerade your vacant, hollow persona with fancy dress but it just doesn't work. Your deluded self-image is the only thing that is a little bit interesting about you. Well, not interesting but at least amusing.

This thread should have been called 'Boring gaijin boring the rest of us!'

oh, ouchy! Did I pee in your cornflakes this morning or what, yato? All that mouth-flecking dribble just goes to show someone (uh, that's you if you're too thick to figure that out) is wound pretty damn tight to the point of breaking. I think we know where the next Akihabara madman will come from. Pop a chill pill, dude. You are one serious piece of work.

[RonBurgundy]

Oh yeah, because I could really give a flying one about what some lame comedy poster thinks of my posts.

Apparently.

I am really worried if my posts are not entertaining enough for flat, feeble wannabe internet comedians.

I guess.

You are not funny. Learn to live with it.

Thanks for the pep talk big guy.

[Yatomato]

Yeah dude, I really wish I was like as cool and laid back as you are man! You are just so cool! I mean, you wear fancy dress! On a train! Fancy dress on a train! That is so cool and crazy! You are just one far out, chilled cat!

[Yatomato]

Thanks for the pep talk big guy.

No problem. If the message gets home it will be my good deed for the day!