Those men (/women - mostly men) at the airport. Fancy suit. On the phone or on their laptop all the time. They look very busy (might just be pretending). What's their job?
'Businessman' is what you have to google to find them, but what 'business' specifically? International sales? Some sort of consultancy? Finance? I've always wondered.
I think thwy are called professional assholes
All kinds of business really. You could always go ask them, might make a few friends that way.
Eavesdropping on conversations, a lot of them around here seem to be in the financial businesses, and for some reason corporate real estate.
What are places near the Bay Area that is good to live in?
Considering rent, employment, culture, etc.. Basically places that are accessible and enjoyable for young people looking for employment.
>>882203
don't live in milpitas
Fremont I would say. It's safe, clean, and has bart.
I live within the picture you posted OP. What do you want your living situation to be like, and how much are you willing to pay in rent a month?
New Japan General since the old one hit the bump limit and the other new one got deleted
As always, feel free to ask about:
>weeaboos
>English teaching
>Yakuza
>Will Japanese girls start dripping just because I am white?
>travel in Japan
>>880600
What went wrong?
>>880602
I am not sure, it seems the top post was messed up with trolling, also some questions seemed like that.
Relating the topic, is anyone around Hokkaido in the next few months?
Do any of you like ??????????
Best places to go to to get laid?
In Europe that is.
Donetsk. Don't wait, OP. Leave right now.
>>878493
>Air Raid Siren
>Go into random basement
>See a cutie
>Smile, say hello, be nice
>2 months later
>yfw
Everywhere
If you have zero game you will get laid nowhere. If you have game you will get laid anywhere.
Okay it's time to remind ourselves of the real reasons we travel... it's DIRTY BACKPACKER SEX STORY TIME.
Let's hear your grimiest, nastiest, proudest, sketchiest stories of hostel sex or festival hookups.
I'll go first.
>first night in New Zealand, staying at BASE hostel in Auckland
>shitty touristy backpacker club (is there any other kind?) in basement.
>Meet runner-up in the stripper contest
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really? You must have something...
>first night in London... it always happens the first night
>at shitty backpacker pub on ground floor of hostel
>dancing, hitting on german chicks, failing
>chubby british girl is sitting in corner watching
>go over, bring beers
>???
>Invites me to swinger's party
>ask her if I can...
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too bad this is a board of virgins
>>877116
Virgin master race reporting in. Enjoy your STD's fuckers.
CHINA
My girlfriend is Chinese, our relationship is getting quite serious and I am starting to think about a future with her.
She lives in my country but her family is in her own country, I have asked her about the future but she is the type of person who doesnt like to think about it, she just likes to be in and focus on the now.
The problem is, while I am thinking about the future.. She cant really tell me what she wants in life (like at all) if I ask her she just says to be with me now etc.. I have asked her if she would live here or go back to China...
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where are you from
>>875158
Australia
>>875159
Have you visited China? China is by no means a bad place to live if you have money, but the quality of life doesn't even come close to Australia.
If you want to work in China you have to bring something to the table a native can't do. So you could try to get work in some large multinational company, or you could teach English. English teacher is usually a low-paid position, but you could use your business skills to build a business out of it maybe. So learning Chinese is definitely a good idea, and perhaps you could do a masters of some kind related to what you already know so you aren't starting at square 1.
As for the general situation you're in... I don't think it's wise to plan your whole future around someone who isn't willing to make any commitment or share their plans with you. It doesn't matter if one of you doesn't want to talk about your future together, it's a conversation you need to have if you're going to be dedicating time and money to re-skilling.
I haven't flown in years. Is TSA as bad as they say or is it just politically motivated exaggerations?
Should I expect a humiliating experience, especially since I have two connections?
>>875958
No, they're generally pleasant unless provoked. DO NOT under any circumstances joke with them. Don't ask questions, don't slow them down in any way and just follow all the orders they give you. They have to deal with thousands of people every day, they're really bitter that their job sucks so they abuse their powers to harass you if you piss them off.
If they're being friendly with you, be friendly back. If they are being serious, don't try to lighten the mood. Answer only the questions...
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>>875963
So basically, treat it like you are getting stopped by local/state cops for for speeding?
Answer the questions, be courteous and it will pass over quickly?
Pretty much. It's not as bad as people make it out to be (At least not in any of the airports I've been in). Just do like the first poster said and you should be fine. Oh, and know exactly what you can/can't take onto planes. It saves LOADS of time.
New Japan General since the old one hit the bump limit
As always, feel free to ask about:
>weeaboos
>English teaching
>Yakuza
>Will Japanese girls start dripping just because I am white?
>travel in Japan
This is my current itinerary:
1 - Leave home
2 - Home -> Tokyo
3 - Tokyo
4 - Tokyo -> Mt. Fuji (Climb)
5 - Mt. Fuji > Tokyo
6 - Tokyo
7 - Tokyo (Akihabara) -> Nagoya (Korankei + Science Museum)
8 - Nagoya -> Kyoto
9 - Kyoto
10 - Kyoto (Day-trip to Nara)
11 - Kyoto -> Osaka (Castle/Aquarium or Nipponbashi)
12 - Osaka (Day-trip to Koya-san)
13 - Osaka -> Okayama (Kibi plain)
14 - Okayama -> Hiroshima (Peace Memorial Park)
15 - Hiroshima (Day-trip Itsukushima / Miyajima Fireworks Festival)
16 - Hiroshima...
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Reminder: Being white doesn't guarantee you'll sleep with a Japanese girl. It only guarantees you'll have nignogs trying to sell you sex with a Japanese girl.
>>877546
spoken like a true beta. But its true. If you're a dork you won't get laid anywhere on planet earth and if you talk to the girl about cultural differences and the way things are back home, and try to do the english teacher thing with a Jap girl, they will identify you as beta and friendzone you.
If you demand that she has beers with you and fucks you, she wont say no. in their culture they arent allowed to disagree with men and if you are dressed okay and dominant they will think you are powerful and...
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Is it still safe to fly Malaysia Airlines after the disappearance of that one flight and the shooting down of that one?
>>876155
Lightning never strikes thrice, right?
Sort of.
Statistically, the odds are still massively in your favor. BUT... if anything, the management has been exposed as pretty incompetent, so I personally wouldn't fly with them.
There's also the possibility (probably still many months away) that the airline will go out of business, so I wouldn't want to be booking too far ahead.
Wait and see, bad luck brought them a bad image, they might get cheaper as a result
Or slightly raise costs to compensate the cost of the two planes lost.
Please someone explain to me the appeal of Korea. I don't get it.
It seems a lot of kids under 25 see Korea the way that kids under 25 saw Japan 10-20 years ago. Japan I get--it has anime, a sophisticated exotic culture, and a complex history. Korea is basically a shitty, dirty, poorer copy of Japan. It lacks the complexity, barbarism, and history of China, and it lacks the sophistication and pop culture of Japan. It's a shitty compromise. All that it has going for it are some cute girls with nice legs who sing badly.
Is that it? Seriously? Please someone...
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Language rather easy to learn, compared to Japanese and Chinese and their thousands of characters.
Pop culture still quite attractive
Sexier than japan who is often too hard on censorship, and doesn't embarrass so much with formality
China too mainstream and sometimes seen as too "professional'. It's more hip to like Korea or Japan. And the Chinese are severely lacking in pop culture, at least Korea makes some watchable dramas.
It's wrong to view it as a second division Japan. The thing about Korea is that it was isolated for centuries before it was forced to open up to Japan and the west in the 19th century. It was the most hardcore Confucian culture before that time. So one of the other things that's interesting about Korea, compared to Japan, is just how fast it modernized and encountering the ancient and the futuristic alongside each other. It's not significantly poorer than Japan, either, and its economy hasn't been stagnating like Japan's. Where are you even getting these...
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If you actually knew anything about Korea you wouldn't say that. The food has a pretty broad depth and lots of really delicious and interesting things. The culture is unique, and extremely identifiable. The entire country is like one huge family, and social relations are predicated on the relative ages of people. It's also rapidly become a huge part of the global economy, has a big pop culture influence and doesn't necessarily have the same stigma as Japan.
What is completely lost on you though, is that Korea is MUCH more popular throughout Asia than any...
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New Japan General since the old one reached the limit
Ask about:
>Yakuza
>English Teaching
>Weeaboo
>General Japan travel info
>Soaplands
>Karaoke
Also don't forget: the sticky has some good info on Japan
I'm going to be in Kyoto on the 19th and 20th. I was planning to check out the Fushimi Inari Shrine, the Golden Pavilion, and maybe Katsura Rikyu. However, there's supposed to be thunderstorms on those days.I feel like this completely fucks up my plans. What would be better to do in Kyoto with this weather? If it matters, I'm 22, male, and traveling alone.
Going to Tokyo on a limited budget for two weeks next summer. I'm there as a dumb nerd, culture and food lover and below are all of the attractions I'd like to check out. Gotta pick some off the list, as I'm not gonna be able to save up as much as I had hoped for. Recommendations appreciated. Some of these attractions are free, but they're either super out of the way or I just can't figure out myself if they're worth it (judging from photos/videos).
>Trick art museum
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Ill be going to tokyo and landing on the 1st of this coming month. Can someone answer a few things.
>how expensive is the food there
>how much are hostels/where are they located
>will anyone be there that is willing to show me around/trv with me
>notable things to do there.
Will have 7 days there with about 1k budget. Hoping to buy animu/manga/LN or just nice things that I can't find stateside. (so I guess a weeb by most standards.)
ITT: Airline discussion
I will be flying with Lufthansa soon, does anyone have any experiences they'd like to share?
Don't mention the war
Good airline. I fly it 1-2 times a month trans-Atlantic.
Where are you flying from and what is your destination?
>>868857
USA to Germany. You?
Whats so good about your passport?
I have an English passport. Rated as the top 3 in the world. Can visit 178 countries. Rights to work and live in EU. Security in this country and other EU states.
2) Automated Passport Control. The EU is the only region in the world that has such free passport control.
Yes countless countries have biometric passports, but only in Europe as a European citizen can you scan your passport and go through free.
America and Canada don't have such systems. You still have to get approved through a Customs agent. BS.
>>872008
It depends on the airport, actually.
Not every european airport has automated control booth.
And they have automated passport control in Japan too, from what I saw.
>>872008
The best thing about my (Swedish) passport is the lack of stamps in it, since I do the vast majority of my travelling within the EU.
>>872015
>No stamps
That's sad as fuck!
Be honest with yourself
Was there anyplace you travelled that you HATED?
Relatively tame but
>Wake up at 4am to drive early to see Hoover Dam because friend really wanted to see it and we didnt have alot of time left
>A fucking hole in the ground with some water
>>862176
I didn't like Jamaica, but that's only because most of the constant weed smell. It was beautiful if you weren't in the city
>>862176
Havana, Cuba. It's a shithole.
>>862186
You must hate America most of all then
As some of you may remember, I'm the anon who asked about Georgia, and specifically Tbilisi, which was the second leg of my Russia-Georgia trip, in which I attempted to climb two mountains: Elbrus (5642m) and Kazbek (5033m).
Anyway, as some of you expressed interest in a travel report, I'll dump pictures and tell how both expeditions went.
For starters, here's the first glimpse we caught of Elbrus, after two hours driving from Kislovodsk.
>>869802
As you can tell, the scenery was fucking gorgeous, as was the weather. Initially. 25°C or so, upon arrival.
Our flight to Mineralnye Vody almost went wrong though: our initial plane was delayed almost an hour, and with another hour spent waiting at customs before our transfer in Moscow, we very nearly missed our corresponding flight. Miss Irina the check-in lady wasn't really inclined to let us on the plane because we were rather late - and was very rude to boot - but luckily her boss, Yuriy, was a very...
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>>869806
Also, the place is full of flowers. Like, really full. The campsite - we were climbing the rather remote north face of the Elbrus, as opposed to the very touristic south face - was located in the valley along the small stream you see here.
>>869808
This, incidentially, was the best toilet we'd see during the whole week. Just standing there, in the middle of nowhere.