Mitsuru

3 hours ago, Pewdiepie said:

Isn't that literally from the video where he used (or almost used) the n-word?

I don't drink hot drinks. I need something cold during every weather and every season.

Haris lacked the antisemitism and racism that's necessary to be the real PewDiePie.

Ah, yes. Pinball. Me playing pinball was a very clear sign that wifi was down.

Identical

I think the only term out of all these that we use in German is Soft Drink. It therefore is also the word I use when I speak English.

Edit: Actually we also have the word "Seltzer" but that is a) only carbonated water and b) is something you only use nowadays in German if you're ancient in age.

9 hours ago, Frany said:

Technically not mine but my parents', and it's full of old italian lire which can't even be converted in euros anymore.

Seriously? That's interesting. You can still convert our former currency D-Mark to Euro at any branch of our central bank.

Either on my right side or my left side.

Iconical

I only know 14 July as the French national holiday because it's the day of the Storming of the Bastille.

Also we don't have a celebration of our region. Neither where I was born nor where I live now.

This is the flag of my home region:

I think by temporary Kebsla might mean that people with freckles tend to have them more noticeably during the Summer when the sun shines a lot. That's how it is for my sister. That's because freckles get darker when they're exposed to UV light.

No story. Just a falcon. Taken in August 2019 in Okutama, Japan.

Two weeks ago I was in Belgium. There, in the city of Liège, lies the so-called "Montagne de Beuren" (Mountain of Beuren; Beuren Mountain). A staircase consisting of 374 steps with houses adjacent to it. The stairs are named after Vincent de Beuren. In the 15th century, the Duke of Burgundy tried to conquer the region in which Liège is located and besieged the city. The legend says that 600 men, including their leader Vincent de Beuren, tried to kill the Duke of Burgundy during the neight to free their city. Their plan failed, however, and all of them were killed. Liège fell to the Burgunds who threw hundreds of people tied together in the Meuse River that flows through the city. Afterwards, they set the city ablaze after which it burned seven weeks. To which extend this story is true is a matter of debate. I'm not sure how likely it is that a 15th century city would burn seven weeks. And also the number of 600 men is being contested by historians.

Nevertheless, the stairs exist and remind people of its alleged history (fun fact: They don't really since there is no badge or something along those lines whatsoever that explains the "history" behind these stairs. The information above are all from the internet which I read when I was there for more information and now read up again to provide you with some entertainment value). Aaaaanyway.. I walked those 374 steps up and was beat. In the meantime, a maybe 16 year old boy was constantly jogging the steps up and down as part of his training. Miss me with that idea.

Smeary

7 hours ago, Bright Dorne said:

Mitsuru... i didn’t know seals used TP... 

Only the civilized ones like me.

In the morning and in the evening.

The abbreviation is for "Graphics Interchange Format".

The inventor pronounces it "jif" though.

Which means we need to burn the inventor at stake because if you abbreviate "Graphics" and then pronounce it with a "J", you're a heretic.

14 hours ago, Cob said:

I’m sorry what?

I'm a Master's student of Japanese studies and wrote my dissertation about the sexualization and disempowerment of female characters in contemporary boy's manga by using One Piece as most successful manga in history as an example.

13 hours ago, Rin said:

 

I used to say that you were a Japanophile and not a weeb but I'm not so sure anymore 

Ok? Not like we really know each other so Idc.

I would like to check off either Hector Barbossa or Jack Sparrow but I just finished my 130 page Master's dissertation about One Piece and so I'm gonna go with that.

Onslaught

12 minutes ago, Micchan said:

And Madagascar, and Great Britain, and Ireland, and New Zealand, and Cuba, and Sri Lanka, etc. etc. etc.

Never heard of those. Especially not Great Britain.

8 hours ago, Kebsla said:

Did Japan sink into the ocean or why is it not on the map?

I've swam in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea and I've stood with my feet in the North Pacific.

I like animals even if they're abusive. Parrots grow old so we'd have to time to work on its behavior.

Especially