7pm in Tokyo - Fortune Telling

Thu 2008/12/25 17:42 JST

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7pm in Tokyo watching some folks get their fortune told for them. The word for fortune telling in Japanese is "Uranai" [占い] and for some reason I notice more and more uranai parlors cropping up around Tokyo.

Personally not interested in having somebody guess my fortune.
"Your future is what you make it - so make it a good one" - name that quoter.

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krazykorean456 in Murfreesboro, TN (Registered on 2007/10/15)
Student

The quoter is Danny Choo? :P

Thu 2008/12/25 17:53:42 JST (ID #425304)

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fengzz in Singapore (Registered on 2008/10/19)
Figurine Enthusiast, Uni Student

yeah i believe in we in control of our own future.

Thu 2008/12/25 18:04:50 JST (ID #425311)

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- Monkee in Canada (Registered on 2007/02/08)
  Otaku / Student in Networking
  http://hayasaki-kun.blogspot.com/
  
  Yup me either! the force is with you. lol XD
  
  Thu 2008/12/25 20:38:03 JST (ID #425403)
  
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Yj in Nantes, France (Registered on 2008/12/25)
CS Student
http://www.total-manga.com

"Your future is what you make it - so make it a good one" Emett Brown in Back to the Future (or maybe that was also a quote).

Thu 2008/12/25 18:19:32 JST (ID #425317)

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lerry[maru] in Kuala Lumpur, MY (Registered on 2008/09/14)
Nekophilia

Yep I'm with ya. We make our own future. Quoter huh.. Danny Choo? Or some anime xD

Thu 2008/12/25 18:19:43 JST (ID #425318)

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adatti in Driffield, England (Registered on 2008/10/01)
Call centre supervisor
http://myanimelist.net/adatti

I do not believe in fortune telling as I agree with Danny that out future is what we make it, and surely if life was predetermined, then it would be boring
But I have had a session with a psychic at a friends house as I went round and someone had dropped out, so I didnt have to pay and thought why not...it was like the horoscopes and very vague and if you showed any interest or reaction to something then they would highlight and try probe from there asking questions rather than telling things....sceptical...hell yes I am

Thu 2008/12/25 18:20:35 JST (ID #425320)

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- Flawless EXA in Bay Area, California, US (Registered on 2008/12/04)
  High School Student
  
  I believe that life is predetermined. If history is set in stone then the future is too.
  
  Fri 2008/12/26 09:33:38 JST (ID #425894)
  
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masonkun in Okinawa,Japan (Registered on 2007/10/30)
Manga-ka/Gunjin
http://www.production-ga.com

Your future is what you make it - so make it a good one (Dr. Emmett Brown) one of the greatest movies of all time next to ghost busters and bladerunner, and ghost in the shell..... etc etc etc

Thu 2008/12/25 18:25:47 JST (ID #425324)

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- marvin (Registered on 2006/12/24)
  http://www.marvinryan.com
  
  you forgot to mention the movie. ^^ Back to the future.
  
  Thu 2008/12/25 18:41:26 JST (ID #425331)
  
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  - Sabekuji Kaneda in Parañaque, Philippines (Registered on 2008/06/21)
    Mechanical Engineering student
    http://sabekujikaneda.multiply.com/
    
    Ah yes, Back to the Future. Pretty good movie XD
    
    Fri 2008/12/26 14:39:23 JST (ID #426121)
    
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うちはサスケ in Bulgaria (Registered on 2008/10/22)
Student
http://musou-enrai.deviantart.com/

"Your future is what you make it - so make it a good one"
Don't know where it's from but to add more weight to it I'd say in the end ..."or else."

Thu 2008/12/25 18:37:30 JST (ID #425329)

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Harts in Estonia (Registered on 2008/06/02)
Student

One of the lecturer of my university (not from my faculty) said in the newspaper when discussing fortune tellers and witches that "people want hope not the truth"..

Thu 2008/12/25 18:39:03 JST (ID #425330)

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- Streetpilot1 in Philadelphia, USA (Registered on 2008/04/02)
  Limousine Driver
  
  That is a true statement.
  
  Thu 2008/12/25 21:03:16 JST (ID #425421)
  
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- Flawless EXA in Bay Area, California, US (Registered on 2008/12/04)
  High School Student
  
  "Truth hurts."
  
  Fri 2008/12/26 09:32:26 JST (ID #425893)
  
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Hatix in Antwerp, Belgium (Registered on 2007/04/25)
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
http://blog.jpopdb.org/

Quote is from Back to the Future, one of my favorite movies from my younger years :)
Those movies were so well constructed and very entertaining, loved them.

Thu 2008/12/25 19:16:37 JST (ID #425336)

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Xcomp in UK, Glasgow (Registered on 2008/12/01)
http://xcomprandomness.co.uk/

So... The phrase would be 占い売らない (uranai uranai) here? "Fortunes won't sell"? I'm sorry, I'm sorry D:

Well, I believe in fate because I've been through so many big coincidences happening in a row. But I don't believe things will happen if one just sits and do nothing. It's more like something that guides events in life that one decides to take part in.

Thu 2008/12/25 19:26:29 JST (ID #425351)

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Mac in Podunk, USA (Registered on 2006/12/28)
IT monkey/consultant

No interest in fortune telling, here. I am the master of my destiny.

And it's Back to the Future III. That series is one of the larger influences in my life. A little geeky, perhaps, but it was for the better.

Thu 2008/12/25 19:29:13 JST (ID #425354)

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the great paul in heaven (Registered on 2008/03/14)
pervert

i'll believe in fate or destiny when i take over the world or when aliens come and destroy the white house

Thu 2008/12/25 19:31:02 JST (ID #425355)

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kenjiharima in MOE LAND (Registered on 2007/11/28)
Web Designer, Boxer, StreetFighter, Anime Collector and Gamer
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I don't believe in fortune telling. Though I listen at times when it's for free. ^_^

Thu 2008/12/25 20:01:38 JST (ID #425381)

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- Reyyy in Under the Blue Sky (Registered on 2008/12/21)
  Developing the Distracted Cat
  
  Yea, I don't believe them either, but sometimes it's kinda fun to read horoscope as if it's good you might set your goals higher to match it.
  
  On TV there was one program about it and there was one man speaking about this and he said "At the same time we hear our future, it changes at the very same moment because from that point we look at things differently and our inside world changes." --- I could agree to this, because few times I've read my horoscope I either want those things to happen or don't want.
  
  Fri 2008/12/26 00:46:37 JST (ID #425531)
  
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- Coco the Bean in Northern California (Registered on 2008/01/06)
  Pokemon master
  http://thecococafe.wordpress.com/
  
  Same here. I think it's kinda fun and I don't take it seriously. ^^
  
  Fri 2008/12/26 01:35:55 JST (ID #425543)
  
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XSportSeeker in Brazil (Registered on 2007/08/22)
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com

I also believe the future is ours to make... I'm rather skeptical.

Fri 2008/12/26 01:23:12 JST (ID #425537)

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Zakaさん in アメリカ？日本かも？？( ﾟДﾟ) (Registered on 2008/11/11)
王オタクｘ天才様
http://www.zakarius.com/

Fortune telling is ambiguous at best :P Tricks and clever wording, or just outright guesses.

Fri 2008/12/26 01:53:37 JST (ID #425552)

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Cyberchaos in Australia, Sydney (Registered on 2008/02/17)
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/

i like to hang around and just 'drop in' to what they say

it's like listening to a telemarketer because they go through nearly the same steps/patterns over and over again

Fri 2008/12/26 02:37:40 JST (ID #425567)

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pipopaz in US (Registered on 2008/08/26)
thousand master II, Internet Learner, Auto didacta
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/

well if somebody would read my fortune free i wouldnt mind ^_^, anyone here up to it?

Fri 2008/12/26 03:30:59 JST (ID #425600)

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Edward in SE Michigan/Osaka (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
http://funkyblueame.tumblr.com/

Danny, it is the Japanese thing to do. My wife always gets her fortune on New Year's Day. I do the same when in Japan because it makes her happy.

Fri 2008/12/26 03:34:50 JST (ID #425605)

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Phenie in Aichi (Registered on 2007/01/08)
Catgirl Trainer.
http://www.phenie.com

Never done it, although whenever I see them I always think I should try once just for fun... but the fact that they charge so much causes me to never even try.

Fri 2008/12/26 04:44:15 JST (ID #425652)

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silent1134 in Los Angeles, California (Registered on 2007/08/22)
???Confused???

From the X-TV anime "The future is still undecided"...so yeah the future is what we make it, never had my fortune told, but even if I did I'd take it as a possibility...

Fri 2008/12/26 05:11:08 JST (ID #425664)

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Shockerz in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Registered on 2008/10/12)
Student
http://shockerz.wordpress.com/

These fortune teller are big faker they just guess what might happen and those prediction are obvious things in life. The Chinese in my country believe in these sort of fortune telling but to me it's all lies.

We are the master of our own future, we make it happen, we are in control not them. I make my own future!

Fri 2008/12/26 05:20:28 JST (ID #425674)

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6pack (Registered on 2008/03/20)
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/

if palm reading is a sort of fortune telling it is amazingly more than 50% accurate here. i dont believe in such things but when some one you dont know can tell you something which only you and your family members know by looking at the palm only and in a span of just 5-10 mins it raises some eyebrows.

some guys are so good they can see well into the future of the person they read the palm of. My personal experiences is that such people usually filter out the bad news and give only a few good news. they usually dont tell everything. and those who do tell the bad news, it does come true o^O. (no matter how hard you try to avoid it)

so there are things that are not known to science yet.

Fri 2008/12/26 06:02:13 JST (ID #425699)

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mavadotar in Peterborough, Canada (Registered on 2007/12/11)
Otaku Security Guard

I think your future is a combination of what happens and what you make happen. You aren't in complete control, but you can influence events to make a different outcome, just hard to tell how different things will turn out in the end because of it.

Fri 2008/12/26 07:10:42 JST (ID #425771)

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aggitan in USA (Registered on 2008/04/08)
Network Engineer
http://www.aggitan.blogspot.com/

I've never had my fortune told for fear of things like; "Be sure to fill out your last will before Thursday...." ('° Д°)...

Fri 2008/12/26 07:38:14 JST (ID #425805)

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Tenshi_MKII in Singapore (Registered on 2008/02/26)
Student

It's all guesswork after all, but sometimes you pay to hear something you like to ensure yourself.

Fri 2008/12/26 08:57:52 JST (ID #425856)

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Emperor's Hand in Ohio, USA (Registered on 2007/12/24)

I feel we are in control, to some degree, of our destiny. I also believe in synchronicity as well. An idea thought up by Carl G. Jung. It is a fascinating idea.

Fri 2008/12/26 19:19:37 JST (ID #426268)

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persocomsan in Pueblo, CO (Registered on 2008/06/20)
http://animaticfigmation.com/

I've had palm and tarot readings. The palm reading was the most (scarily so) accurate. It's been ages ago and I remain somewhat skeptical even now. Wouldn't mind going to another one again someday but I think it's a waste of money, a real reading shouldn't need money

Fri 2008/12/26 21:21:05 JST (ID #426328)

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spidr245 in Everywhere, Anywhere, and sometimes There too (Registered on 2008/08/25)
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)

I haven't been to one, but I'm sure it would be amusing to have one done. It's not that they are accurate, they are pretty general and make it so that it sounds accurate to you. Maybe I'll try one when I come to Japan.

Fri 2008/12/26 22:02:10 JST (ID #426349)

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Gibson in California (Registered on 2007/05/27)
Student artist
http://www.requestview.wordpress.com

I do not trust these kind of stuff cause I am superstitious and I do not want to get paranoid if I get a bad fortune

Fri 2008/12/26 23:19:31 JST (ID #426385)

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