nikkeisindex
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Post by nikkeisindex on Oct 4, 2021 19:37:17 GMT
Holy fuck what the fuck is with this guy and why did it take me so long to try and read his loser ass books?
Yes yes you came to Japan in 1970, partied with Kabuki stars, apparently never worked, bought ancient houses for $400 oh my God your books should be interesting but it's just obnoxious to the point of absurdity. Yes you understand old Japan better than the Japanese do and they'll never get it and never ever any foreigners can ever get it, only you experienced the real special last glimpses of the Real Japan and everyone was eccentric and you know all the dialects and your friends liked spiders and then you had to buy a new special house and you and your special art friends had magical experiences there with Japan, and nature, and now it's all over, and no one else will ever be able to experience it in the special way you did, jesus christ, put a bullet in my head already.
Anyway 1/2 way through Lost Japan.
Will finish.
I'm stubborn.
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Post by nikkeisindex on Oct 4, 2021 19:48:43 GMT
p120
"Another time, she said, 'Zen is profundity for shallow people.' That is the sort of comment which the old Zen master Ikkyu [nikkeisindex's note, this is a chain which boasts of being The Cheapest Izakaya in Tokyo, not a Zen Master, shut up] would have loved. What sticks in my mind most of all, however, is when Diane said 'You know, Westerners with their full-blown personalities are infinite in interest as human beings. But Western culture is so limited in depth. The Japanese, on the other hand, so restricted by their society, are limited as human beings. But their culture is infinitely deep.'"
I mean okay, I love jacking off about Japan as much if not way more than the next guy but this shit goes on for AGES.
What the fuck are you even talking about? Your friend said that? My ass.
Did this guy not exhaust himself with his own brand of bullshit by page 3? No? Good Lord. Bullets all around please.
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Post by Dr W.F.T Blundershart III on Oct 4, 2021 21:20:08 GMT
Still have "Dogs and Demons" from 2002 around here somewhere. Seemed to do a good job slagging off Japan's "concrete the shoreline and fuck all the old shit" agenda? I dunno, maybe I was still in the honeymoon phase then... Still though, get over yerself buddy. From blurb;  |
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nikkeisindex
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Post by nikkeisindex on Oct 4, 2021 22:23:34 GMT
I mean I live in America so who can I make fun of.
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Post by Dr W.F.T Blundershart III on Oct 4, 2021 22:35:49 GMT
Local Japanologist Fucks Off To Bangkok Leaving Massive Fucking Mess Behind.
--Japan Times--
Local Japanologist Alex Kerr has fucked off to Bangkok leaving behind a raft of "restored" houses poorly equipped for modern living. "No central heating, no electrical wiring, no aircon" said one irate resident of Mr Kerr's "traditional" Japanese houses. "You want me to cook dinner over an open fire pit located in the middle of the fucking room? With no chimney? Fuck you Kerr you deranged cunt".
"I built all of this for my Japanese people. It is pastoral yet rustic. It is the true spirit of Japan. You wouldn't understand. Only I can understand. I am the true visionary who can see the real spirit of Japan. I am satisfied with my work. I have saved Japan from itself. Yes, yes, very, very self satisfied".
"I have sent the proud, noble country of Japan back to the stone age of 300 years ago and now it's time to hit Bangkok and get medieval with some teeny tiny little teenage thai hookers. Very self satisfied."
"Bangkok, here I come. Fuck yeah! Show me the thatch, babe. And FINALLY, a place with some goddamn air-conditioning. Pull up the ladder on my cock, baby".
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nikkeisindex
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Post by nikkeisindex on Oct 4, 2021 22:55:04 GMT
"Pull up the ladder on my cock, baby."
The rest of the article seems spot on but this sentence, I'm just not sure what to make of it. And rather than think about it too much I'd prefer to leave it a mystery.
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Post by Dr W.F.T Blundershart III on Oct 4, 2021 23:12:54 GMT
And rather than think about it too much I'd prefer to leave it a mystery.  |
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nikkeisindex
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Post by nikkeisindex on Oct 4, 2021 23:18:08 GMT
"all I could say was 'I'm very flattered, and there is nothing I would rather do than live in China for a while. But I've spent my whole life studying nothing but culture and art, and I have absolutely no knowledge of business. I'm sure I would make a mess of it, so I really really can't accept.' Trammell replied, 'No business experience? Fine. At any rate, let's make you an employee. Starting today.' And he turned to his secretary and said, 'Send Mr. Kerr a thousand dollars every month as a consulting fee.'"
"Then I tripped over a dildo and it shot Y10,000 notes into what you foreigners might call an 'ass' but I would call an 'o-shiri.' Try as I might to reject this unwelcomed and undeserved infusion of 'yen,' I was just so bitchin' that the emperor pulled the ladder up on my cock, baby."
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Post by Dr W.F.T Blundershart III on Oct 4, 2021 23:38:16 GMT
I was just so bitchin' that the emperor pulled the ladder up on my cock, baby."  All making perfect sense now.  |
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