Today I learned

That the Japanese have a specific type of social phobia that most other cultures (if not all) do not have called taijin kyofusho (TKS). This phobia involves morbid dread of doing something to embarrass others. This is quite different from the Western version of social phobia, which centers on a fear of criticism.

The shenanigans has become a place of learning.

Shut the f'uck up Donny!

The shenanigans has become a place of learning.

I mostly post in the funhouse only because I can post most tame material here without being infracted or warned.

Did you also know that they are so obsessed with inanimate objects that they are completely uninterested in human fornication. The emotional drama is so not worth it

Did you also know that they are so obsessed with inanimate objects that they are completely uninterested in human fornication. The emotional drama is so not worth it

Yes I did, there was a recent study that was conducted asking if the current generation was interested in intimate relationships with the opposite sex. The study found that "about 61% of unmarried adult men don’t have a girlfriend, while half the adult women surveyed don’t have a husband or a boyfriend. Worse still, 45% of the men and women who don’t have a girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse are not interested in finding one, either."

 Citing

Voight, K. (2011, November 29). Sex deficit bad for Japan’s bottom line – Business 360 - CNN.com Blogs. Business 360 - CNN.com Blogs. Retrieved December 4, 2011, from http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/29...ttom-line/

It isn't an obsession with inanimate objects. It's just the fact that the workforce is so highly respected in Japan that they typically do not have time to worry about another companion.

I learned how to pump a toilet, but I still don't know how it works. Maybe adding water after blocking the "tube" creates a pressure difference on the two sides of the pump, inclining the "outside" water to flow into the pump faster than the "inside material", which is supposed to be pushed down the tube instead of going back into the pump, and thus replacing it, leaving it no other place to go except down the drain.