@Bliss I'm in the burbs now, but I grew up in the Bronx and enjoyed the NYC mass transit system for many years. It's one of the reasons I prefer mass transit when I travel wherever possible.

I'm back from Japan almost 3 weeks now and there are some things I sorely miss.

First, the train system.

You can get damn near anywhere in Japan using trains. Get yourself an IC card and you can tap on/tap off trains nationwide. (Get one on your phone and you can transfer funds directly from your bank account and use it to pay for purchases, too. Bye, bye foreign ATM's).

Japan is roughly the size of California. Could you imagine California with a train system this elaborate!

I mean this in the best way possible, but SNL, WTF?

https://youtu.be/GafXVg0cWck

@stueytheround 😂

I found the earliest recorded 'Where's Waldo?'.

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@ArcturusSaDiablo I don't know, are you sure you can make their stuff look bad enough?

I just signed a HUGE endorsement deal with Abercrombie & Fitch!
They asked me to never wear their stuff!

"Kill them with kindness"
Wait, is that legal?!?

@danialexis @MotherDucker Always wear your time travel suit!

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@AskTheDevil : )

Danger is my middle name, but the D is silent.

Some pics from my recent trip to Japan. Such a beautiful country, I'd like to go back.

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@00pi There's always a condescending undertone with the implication that they can convert me into a "good, patriotic conservative". My family's all conservatives except for me and my sister (who stays in the liberal closet, so to speak). I am frequently referred to as 'The Prodigal Son'. Shrug.

@JPSCHWEIZER63 For many years I tried gently correcting the "facts" they get from Fox new, but I realized it's a losing battle. Now I settle for no discussion of politics when I'm there and I frequently can't even get that. It's kind of sad how uncomfortable I am around them.

Went to my parents yesterday and I politely had to ask my father to stop ranting about "The Liberals" screwing up this country.

Is it really too much to ask that you show me the tiniest modicum of respect while I'm making repairs on your house? SMH

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