Luckily for you you can handle AB-, A-, B- and O-, so you aren't out of luck if they run out of AB-. It's still not a bad idea to donate though. I think your body will accept AB- better than the other ones (the body always tries to counter foreign bl...
I highly recommend getting that iron issue fixed for your own sake. Considering iron is used to transport oxygen I would guess low icon count would result in less oxygen in the body, which in turn makes you tired. You might have energy to do much mor...
They do that based on a statistical risk of undetected infections. Giving blood should save life, not take it away by adding infections to already weak people.
If blood has such an influence, then the otaku blood should be mixed with blood from other people to ensure that even more people get some otaku blood... now that's how the otaku culture can take over the planet ^^
Pikachi is a chick? O_O You know females have a biological bug when it comes to donating blood. They can get pregnant, which will blacklist them until the disorder is fixed ^^
I agree. Oil will never become cheap like it was earlier. Not only will more people demand it (India and China started getting cars in the general population), the production price for oil has increased. Sure you used to be able to produce a barrel o...
10 days ago I said a whole lot about katanas, mainly about the making of them. No need to repeat it. You can go here: http://www.dannychoo.com/fusion/en/4059/Japanese+Samurai+Armor.html#comment-720208 to read it (again) if you like. Personally I thin...
Some places accept soldiers instead. Personally I wouldn't go to such a place. Imagine my offspring, thinking and looking like me in the home of some strangers, who fails to understand my way of thinking, giving the kid a hard time D: On the other ha...
According to one United Nations estimate, it'll need to import 17 million foreign workers over the next 40 years, just to keep its economy afloat and provide enough carers to look after the elderly. I think they make calculations like this for all we...
Don't use cafeterias at all. Here they charge an arm and a leg for food of questionable health and average taste. Much cheaper and a lot more healthy to bring my own food and I avoid the long queues at lunchtime ^^ Outside the university culture.......
I spotted it right away, but didn't want to try reading it. After all where would the fun be in that? Also I assumed quite a number of people already read it :P
Would I have a go at a public piano... maybe but then I guess I would practice at home first. I did have a go at music class at school without any chance of preparing for it. Luckily it went ok because the whole class was just sitting there listening...
Banks here made a serious error, which everybody could tell would happen. They added a chip to increase safety and then they added a special "chip fee" meaning not only would the shops have to pay for new machines, they should also pay more for each...
You can hide your credit card better than you can hide your mobile phone. Phones are seen in public since people sends SMS and talk everywhere. It's not like people sit around in a train and look at their credit cards. Besides you will not leave your...
Reminds me of a prank I saw somebody pull at school. The concept was quite simple. Tell the guy that that girl fancies him. Then somebody else tells the girl that the guy fancies her. The idea was that they should look at each other wondering what to...
Not all letters are equally funny to get. The other day I got one saying I failed to pay around $850, which is not true. Now there will be all that hassle with proving that I actually paid and all that... At least I have my documentation so the worst...
I was actually thinking about commercials for a game where you should read Japanese to get anything out of it. Tissues and stuff could be bought by people who haven't broken the code of kanji (yet). Interesting note about you having enough tissues. A...
To move away from cash somebody in Japan is working on getting the population to use their mobile phone as credit/debit cards. I don't like the concept of having a mobile phone with access to your bank account. It makes it so much more interesting to...
I don't use a credit card, I use a debit card (I think it's called that in English). Basically it subtracts the amount of money right away from the account. As a result when I use it, the card reader contacts the bank and asks for permission to take...
pretty funny that you saw me and I sat on your table after Was the table clean or completely messed up by people spilling everything? :P The world is way too small. I once encountered a guy who went "hey, you were the one who wrote (something) on the...
I have seen this several times, mainly at stations. The trick is that a dog has to pay the same as a child to get on a train, yet if it's small enough to be in a bag then it's the price of luggage, which is free, except if the bag is bigger than a c...
Considering the girl should target random guys it would be funny if they pick a guy who is in the town for the first time. Better yet, you could get an identical one from another girl in another station ^^ I don't recall ever getting a love letter. I...
I can't understand what's the meaning of giving a love letter to someone without telling who is it from I think the idea is that you will naturally go look for whoever could have sent it. You should also consider who you love and confess your love to...
So some troll decided to bash anime... If I should care for all trolls on the internet I couldn't do anything else. I care more for the other news you see if you follow the link (the first one). Specially the debate about giving gaijin the rights to...
Looks like a red chainsaw. Husqvarna makes red chainsaws, though the looks very little like the one in the picture. In fact I think whoever drew this never looked close at a real chainsaw. For starters the saw itself isn't in the middle, but in the f...
That's actually my plan ^^ (maybe not mass production though, but I do plan the production of geniuses) Makes me think of the post about IQ. Quite a lot reported rather high scores. Either you guys were lying or this place is filled with clever peopl...
I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't know where to even look for one. I wouldn't know prices either though I expect them to be somewhat reasonable. After all too few people would use them if they charge an arm and a leg for a room ^^ Then again...
I recommend anyone coming to japan try out a love hotel (tip: tends to be better if you go as a couple!). They're an important part of Japanese culture and it would just be wrong not to :-) I have decided not to go. First of all I don't think I could...
