My friend is in Japan, keeps getting this ad, and it’s driving them nuts (they also says the company is worse than BetterHelp, apparently).

  • ComradePlatypus [fae/faer]
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    11 months ago

    Adjustment disorder is often used in psychiatry to say an event or thing has fucked your mental health and you’re not responding well, as opposed to say major depression or generalised anxiety disorder where everything could be ostensibly fine in your life, but you feel super depressed or anxious despite this.

      • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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        1911 months ago

        As we all know, health services advertising themselves with animanga artwork are only trustworthy when the artwork is not AI generated. That’s why I only get my HRT from Otok—

        /altjoke Japanese scammers preying on American weebs by using anime girls like moth traps

        • booty [he/him]
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          911 months ago

          using anime girls like moth traps

          moth traps? there are people on this planet who set moth traps? you mean a device intended to harm a creature that weighs 1g and could not harm you if it and ten thousand of its buddies dedicated their lives to it? the same creature that i am delighted to see every time i encounter one because it’s cute and completely harmless? that moth? a trap for that???

          • Pluto [he/him, he/him]OP
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            511 months ago

            Actually, yeah, moths can be pests themselves (“pests” not in the pejorative sense) and I believe they can carry disease?

            I’m not sure, but I know of moth traps.

          • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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            1111 months ago

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moth_trap

            “Moth traps are devices used for capturing moths for scientific research or domestic pest control. Entomologists use moth traps to study moth populations, behavior, distribution, and role in ecosystems, contributing to biodiversity conservation and ecological monitoring efforts. Homeowners, on the other hand, employ moth traps to protect their homes from moth infestations, particularly clothes moths and pantry moths, which can cause significant damage to textiles and contaminate stored food products.”

            • booty [he/him]
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              711 months ago

              which can cause significant damage to textiles

              oh no my textiles

              idk comrade this sounds like calling the cops on the local kids doing graffiti. think of the property! i gotta proteck ma home! frothingfash

              is-this is this a dangerous invader

              • NPa [he/him]
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                211 months ago

                Nice try mothman, now look over there, it’s a nice bright light projection

              • KobaCumTribute [she/her]
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                711 months ago

                oh no my textiles

                Yes, the things you wear every day as a necessary part of existing in society, sleep on as a necessary part of continuing to exist, and use to survive through the winter.

                • booty [he/him]
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                  111 months ago

                  yeah i mean i do have to wear clothes, but ima be honest i wouldnt be doing it if i werent being forced to at gunpoint. and i certainly don’t need to sleep on textiles to exist, in fact i had planned to transition to sleeping on the floor but i was given a mattress so i continue to sleep in a bed through pure inertia.

                  and i live in the deep south all i need to survive through winter is basic shelter

          • PointAndClique [they/them]
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            2211 months ago

            Moth traps are common in dry food warehouses, libraries and other storage/archival/preservation facilities where unchecked moth breeding can see whole shelves eaten before you knkw what hit you.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2211 months ago

    Roppongi

    Roppongi is known for skevvy night clubs that cater to foreigners. In a Youtube clip I watched with an old rock or metal musician (Lemmy maybe?) - he had a “Roppongi / 六本木” street sign souvenir in his apartment.

    Roppongi

    Roppongi (Japanese: 六本木, lit. ‘six trees’) is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, famous for the affluent Roppongi Hills development area and popular night club scene.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2511 months ago

      Roppongi is both home to sketchy bars and ridiculously expensive offices and shops. If you asked me to picture a clinic in Roppongi, it’d either be a sketchy clinic that dispenses boner pills and VD medication, or an extremely high end clinic that dispenses boner pills, VD medication, and plastic surgery.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        1311 months ago

        Exactly. Haha.

        And there’s another bifurcation. Some establishments are typical for Tokyo and are simply located there and they aren’t known foreigner hotspots.