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Irish_Dem

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20. The Japanese were using knives and forks in public 60 years ago.
Thu May 21, 2026, 10:09 AM
10 hrs ago

I am a military kid and spent some years in Japan.
Americans would be the only ones using chop sticks in some restaurants.
It was funny.

Of course China is completely different from Japan on so many levels.

Chinese still use chopsticks to this day.
I visited China about ten years ago and have Chinese friends.
And love everything about Asia.

I will do better with our new Chinese lord and master.

I know nothing about Russia, nor do I want to.

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Then it gets ugly biophile 11 hrs ago #1
It depends. Happy Hoosier 11 hrs ago #2
Learn Russian? Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #3
Nyet!!! Swede 11 hrs ago #6
I already did that. DFW 11 hrs ago #8
Yes we must speak the languages of our new lord and masters. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #11
I can even play the balalaika DFW 11 hrs ago #12
You will fit right in. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #13
My brother's wife is from Japan. I had a very competent instructor. DFW 10 hrs ago #15
The Japanese were using knives and forks in public 60 years ago. Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #20
Then it's all over. DavidDvorkin 11 hrs ago #4
What are your plans? Kaleva 11 hrs ago #5
Thank you for this post! mwmisses4289 11 hrs ago #7
This is exactly what we, as Democrats FalloutShelter 11 hrs ago #9
Then we have lost our democracy. Irish_Dem 11 hrs ago #10
Good question. We all need to face this blubunyip 11 hrs ago #14
After '26 we only have 2 more cycles ('28 & '30) until the post 2030 census reapportionment smashes us in '32, both in Celerity 10 hrs ago #16
Except... Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #19
What if the earth plunges into the sun, so then what? Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #17
Then we lost our Democratic republic. Emile 10 hrs ago #18
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