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So, I had an odd little question so I decided to make a thread about it.
I was wondering if most Japanese people can read upside-down? Native English speakers can for the most part read English upside-down, but Kanji seems like it may be quite a bit harder to read. Would you think that most natives would be able to do that, or would they have to practice? It seems like it may be a bit harder to do.On that same note that little Fugu up in the corner told me that Asians tend to have crusty earwax and Europeans and Americans tend to have waxy/gooey earwax (I’m in-between? I checked but its definitely not gooey and not particularly crumbly). I was wondering if anyone else had any fun facts to share, or odd questions they want answered.
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Tom Jensen.
I’m pretty sure they can. It’s hard to imagine from our perspective as English speakers and growing up the English language but its pretty much the same level as we can read English upside down.
I have an odd question. If the employees at Textfugu were idols, (Koichi, Hashi, Viet, and John←(会社員不明)), who’s goodzu and merchandise would you buy？
I remember learning that fun fact about earwax.. I then realized why those ear cleaners they love so much work for them. I can’t imagine using them myself, with gooey ear wax and all lol. I’ll stick with q tips :-P.
I once tried to look up how they store their chopsticks. Random I know. I couldn’t find the answer online though so I’m still not sure. In a drawer? Seperated by pairs somehow? I keep all my chopsticks together in a cup. =^..^=
=^..^=@missingno: Hmmm, dunno, Then again Hashi seems like a pretty cool dude… yea, maybe like a Hashi cell phone strap, or maybe Koichi. It depends on who wins in Starcraft more.
I can imagine it now…… Textfugu crew in black slacks, jacket, suit and black casual shirt, in a professionally taken picture with dark background while they do an EXILEみたいな決めポーズ.
Hmm yes I think it could work out.
Or they could just do drag. All we need is a woman fanbase that will ship them.
I might pay to see the TextFugu team in drag.
Oh, and I forgot this one, apparently Japanese people intrinsically hate root-beer. Can anyone vouch for that?
Only Americans drink that stuff, the rest of the world knows what real beer is.
Heh, I haven’t had a root-beer in years… Recently I’ve just been living off of vanilla flavored almond milk.
A lot of our videos usually have either me or Koichi in drag anyway :o
I wonder if Japanese ear wax properties are related to diet. I find it hard to believe DNA would code for ear wax.
Japanese diets are lower in fats so maybe thats why they’re ears are less gooey.
After hearing rants on EVERYTHING genes dictate I’m pretty earwax is in there somewhere.
I’m 93.77% positive, but there might be some outside factors too though.-
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After hearing rants on EVERYTHING genes dictate I’m pretty earwax is in there somewhere.
I’m 93.77% positive, but there might be some outside factors too though.Looks like you are correct: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_wax#Physiology
I guess boring school paid off? Bleh, what am I saying?
@Tom Jensen: Check out the Tofugu video “Shit Otaku Say” to see Koichi wearing several different wigs ;)
HA!
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