RacketBOY as a "Culture"

[GSZX1337]

It's 13 in Japan.. (no, I did NOT go anywhere near that!)

That explains A LOT.

[YoshiEgg25]

It's 13 in Japan.. (no, I did NOT go anywhere near that!)

So 13 year olds can legally have sex with 30 year olds?

[MrEco]

It's 13 in Japan.. (no, I did NOT go anywhere near that!)

So 13 year olds can legally have sex with 30 year olds?

That's the way the world should be. Japan is always ahead of everyone else. :/
Everyday I find something new that makes me wish I could speak Japanese so I could move there.

[Breetai]

It's 13 in Japan.. (no, I did NOT go anywhere near that!)

So 13 year olds can legally have sex with 30 year olds?

Technically, yes.

But also, technically they cannot.

By national law, it is 13. However, each prefecture (state/province/whatever) also sets a local age of consent. Every prefecture, as far as I know, goes higher than 13. Probably 15-18 range, usually.

That's the way the world should be. Japan is always ahead of everyone else. :/
Everyday I find something new that makes me wish I could speak Japanese so I could move there.

You don't need to speak Japanese to move to Japan. I barely knew a word beyond "sayonara" and "domo arigatou Mr. Roboto" when I first moved to Japan.

[dedalusdedalus]

So 13 year olds can legally have sex with 30 year olds?

That's the way the world should be. Japan is always ahead of everyone else. :/
Everyday I find something new that makes me wish I could speak Japanese so I could move there.

Couldn't resist.

[ZeroAX]

I've been wanting to make a thread like this for 6 months now, to say how much I love this forum, but I've never been drunk enough (and close to a computer) to say it. Love you guys ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtKMqdMWNec skip to the love you guys part)

[flamepanther]

You don't need to speak Japanese to move to Japan. I barely knew a word beyond "sayonara" and "domo arigatou Mr. Roboto" when I first moved to Japan.

Personally, I wouldn't move any place I didn't speak the language unless it was a mandatory condition for employment. Visiting is fine, but I think people should be able to speak English before setting up residence in my country, so it's only right that I'd want to do the same before moving anywhere else. Just my opinion.

[J T]

Welcome aboard TopherMan. It's a nice little slice of the web we have on our plates here.

[Incognito D]

It's 13 in Japan.. (no, I did NOT go anywhere near that!)

So 13 year olds can legally have sex with 30 year olds?

That's the way the world should be. Japan is always ahead of everyone else. :/
Everyday I find something new that makes me wish I could speak Japanese so I could move there.

I feel so guilty for what I've done to this thread! I don't actually want to start pointless arguments about drinking age/ age of sexual consent. I was trying to be ironic!

Seriously though, we have a good community here.

[jfrost]

I only really feel I'm in an odd forum when I see people defending the experience afforded by the Virtual Boy. Or the FM Towns Marty. I recall someone saying here that they liked E.T. on the 2600, and going over how some ideas were badly implemented but the game itself was solid.