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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662
    Yeah no matter the shit people will figure out lines to squabble over

    I randomly watched some documentary on fuedal Japan and those motherfuckers have been fucking around with each other for like 3000 years. Only recently are they somewhat a single group.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,301 Founders Club
    Squirt said:

    Being the most homogenous large nation on Earth does wonders for social cohesion. They have no one to blame but themselves when shit goes wrong.

    I'm late to the party, but I gotta comment on this notion. Fuck off with this ethnic-cohesion shit. There's not a country on the planet that hasn't suffered from violent internal conflict despite ethnic "cohesion." Places like Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, etc. aren't timeless polities that have enjoyed internal harmony for centuries. Japan's social cohesion has as much to do with income equality, its social-safety net, and anime as anything else.

    I sound like I care. I'm going to look at pictures of boobs to calm myself down.
    My comment @Squirt was not an endorsement of Japan's policies.

    And piss off with comparing Japan to Italy, Spain, France, Germany, etc. Completely different history in terms of their development as a nation-state.

    is·land


    /ˈīlənd/


    noun

    noun: island; plural noun: islands



    1.


    a piece of land surrounded by water.


  • Squirt
    Squirt Member Posts: 485

    My comment @Squirt was not an endorsement of Japan's policies.

    And piss off with comparing Japan to Italy, Spain, France, Germany, etc. Completely different history in terms of their development as a nation-state.

    is·land


    /ˈīlənd/


    noun

    noun: island; plural noun: islands



    1.


    a piece of land surrounded by water.

    FREE PUB!!!!1! Not sure if you meant the double meaning, but I laughed.

    Your original comment didn't say anything about Japan being an island nation.

    My point is that there are few, if any, historical examples of ethnic groups enjoying unbroken histories of political and social cohesion.
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,085
    Squirt said:

    Being the most homogenous large nation on Earth does wonders for social cohesion. They have no one to blame but themselves when shit goes wrong.

    I'm late to the party, but I gotta comment on this notion. Fuck off with this ethnic-cohesion shit. There's not a country on the planet that hasn't suffered from violent internal conflict despite ethnic "cohesion." Places like Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, etc. aren't timeless polities that have enjoyed internal harmony for centuries. Japan's social cohesion has as much to do with income equality, its social-safety net, and anime as anything else.

    I sound like I care. I'm going to look at pictures of boobs to calm myself down.
    Just on general principle, YKW.

  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,301 Founders Club
    Squirt said:

    My comment @Squirt was not an endorsement of Japan's policies.

    And piss off with comparing Japan to Italy, Spain, France, Germany, etc. Completely different history in terms of their development as a nation-state.

    is·land


    /ˈīlənd/


    noun

    noun: island; plural noun: islands



    1.


    a piece of land surrounded by water.

    FREE PUB!!!!1! Not sure if you meant the double meaning, but I laughed.

    Your original comment didn't say anything about Japan being an island nation.

    My point is that there are few, if any, historical examples of ethnic groups enjoying unbroken histories of political and social cohesion.
    Imitation - i.e., piss handle - is the sincerest form of flattery. Thank you.

  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381

    Why do I get the feeling this thread is a setup and a socialism-in-Scandinavia argument is incoming?

    Hardy har har
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Swaye said:

    Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.

    Fuck you I wear a Breitling.
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Swaye said:

    Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.

    Fuck you I wear a Breitling.



    And yes my Mondaine Swiss Railways watch (backup) doesn't need to be wound. But that's not the point with one of these. My wife doesn't get it either.

    Anyway, I like the Crosseind Special because it's a Breitling without being over the top.
  • Mosster47
    Mosster47 Member Posts: 6,246
    AZDuck said:

    Swaye said:

    Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.

    Fuck you I wear a Breitling.



    And yes my Mondaine Swiss Railways watch (backup) doesn't need to be wound. But that's not the point with one of these. My wife doesn't get it either.

    Anyway, I like the Crosseind Special because it's a Breitling without being over the top.
    That thing is so busy. Way too much shit going on.
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    Mosster47 said:

    AZDuck said:

    Swaye said:

    Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.

    Fuck you I wear a Breitling.



    And yes my Mondaine Swiss Railways watch (backup) doesn't need to be wound. But that's not the point with one of these. My wife doesn't get it either.

    Anyway, I like the Crosseind Special because it's a Breitling without being over the top.
    That thing is so busy. Way too much shit going on.
    It's a pilots watch, in it's DNA. Pilots actually used to use them for navigation, before GPS and stuff. All the scales are for timing.
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    AZDuck said:

    Swaye said:

    Grand Seiko watches rival anything the Swiss make. Post WW2 Japs are cool. Pre-WW2 Japs are little yellow bastards.

    Fuck you I wear a Breitling.



    And yes my Mondaine Swiss Railways watch (backup) doesn't need to be wound. But that's not the point with one of these. My wife doesn't get it either.

    Anyway, I like the Crosseind Special because it's a Breitling without being over the top.
    I love that watch. I've owned three Breitlings ding dong. A Transocean, a Montbrilliant, and I currently wear a Chronomat 41.
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,789 Standard Supporter
    All these watches are nice but I'd rather spend that coin on things that can influence people at 1000 yards or more or less.
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,739 Founders Club
    Sledog said:

    All these watches are nice but I'd rather spend that coin on things that can influence people at 1000 yards or more or less.


  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    I think I speak for most of us in that the faggy watch talk needs to Be shown the fiery gate stat.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,301 Founders Club
    salemcoog said:

    I think I speak for most of us in that the faggy watch talk needs to Be shown the fiery gate stat.

    You sound pour.