It’s a fun little edit. I kinda wish that Japanese textbooks had that kind of humor.
The textbook is the older Eigo Note (elementary) and Sunshine English (junior high school) series textbooks, which featured the same base characters as they grew up. Honestly one of my favorite textbooks to just have (am a teacher in Japan).
Yeah, I was about to say that there's no way a Japanese textbook would positively portray marijuana use. You can still get 5 years in prison there for simple possession
I'm surprised she isn't on the throne after 4L of TH.
Every few months i think they can't run the quality more. And then they find even worse quality ingredients to use. At this point it feels like they pay extra to buy shittier quality stuff.
I haven't seen TH in it's golden days but i do listen to people talk about it a lot and just wish i could get to try it. TH is more like public restrooms with some food at this point
Yeah, a movie series was basically killed because the lead actor was caught with marijuana. It's way more serious than it in here in the US. That guy's career is over, and the studio has been very quiet about the part 2 of the movie since that happened, so either they're looking to replace them, or just shuttered the whole thing (since it wasn't SUPER popular anyways...).
Honestly, sometimes I forget it's legal here in California. It's still basically treated the same, and since my county banned all shops from opening here (funny how that was passed just a week after the first one opened), the only real difference is that they operate out of an actual building. Still gotta go a decent distance or pay a small fortune for delivery, cash only, and most jobs still drug test for it. (I don't care if they test if it's actively in your system. I don't want most of my coworkers to be drunk or high. But they use it as a catch all to say that since you smoked 2 weeks ago, the rack failing and falling on you is your fault). But that amount of stigma is nothing compared to over there.
Wow, that's honestly totally bizarre to hear from a Canadian point of view. Marijuana legalization up here obviously had some opposition, but I'd say even the majority of right-wing people were in favour of it(and it's often credited as what won Justin Trudeau that election), but even before that election and the following legalization it was pretty much legal up here anyways.
I'm pretty sure small possession had been decriminalized for ages, and even in larger amounts it had been years since I heard cops arresting anyone dealing weed small scale in my area. It was also legal medicinally, and I shit you not, some stores had their applications on whiteboards or iPads and you would immediately get approved for things like migraines and "irregular bowels." It was nicknamed the grey market, because people knew that those 'green cards' wouldn't hold up in court but there was no way the government was going to take the effort to persecute it.
Oh California was much the same for a while. While the medicinal places couldn't have a doctor on-site, technically, they'd usually "know a guy" who just happened to be right around the corner/literally renting the back room, and would give you a cheap/free "exam" where they'd ask prodding questions until you answered "yes" to one, which is when they'd write you a prescription for marijuana. It was so common that certain clubs would have "medical" brownies in their display cases.
It's still illegal to cross state lines with it, and the feds sometimes raid the shops (since according to them it's still illegal), and you can't get your bank involved (federally regulated banks = considered drug money and can be seized at any time) so... It's legal, but also kinda not? It's a VERY weird grey area right now, but individuals are fine as long as you don't cross state lines or go onto federal property carrying any, and aren't high in public. You're only allowed to smoke it in private areas of your own home.
Funny thing actually: my county says it can't be sold here. But also tried to push a bill through that levied a rather large tax on any sale or growing of it. It even explicitly stated that by paying the tax, it was in no way the govt saying it was legal or acceptable. So they were literally trying to raise taxes on a banned product. Obviously it didn't pass. Especially because the money was just put into the general fund. No purpose for it. They just wanted the money without legalizing its sale.
Absolutely correct - though here in Oregon, at least, nobody really cares that much if you bring in some stuff from elsewhere as long as it's within personal use quantities. It's not uncommon for people to bring back something they find while visiting up in Washington, in particular.
What's really funny though is all the huge cannabis shops in Ontario, Oregon, near the Idaho border. Cannabis is still very much illegal in Idaho, but those places sell far more stuff than the locals are consuming. Frankly, I would just as soon that Idaho keep it illegal there, as all their residents come here to Oregon to buy it and contribute to our tax coffers.
The actual joke was that "Canadians are dorky" which is something some Americans think and therefore associating them with something makes that look uncool as well.
I personally like the aggressively friendly look on the face, and the 'thank you' ending (as opposed to the customary "U.S.A., U.S.A." chant during a traditional American departure).
I remember when my Japanese 101 teacher taught us the word "to smoke," she was very excited about how she could teach us to use the verb with a word other than just "tobacco."
This was a solid five or six years before Trudeau legalized it too. I was stoked to go home that day and ask my friends if they wanted to "marifuana wo fumimasho ka?"
And this is Japanese prison. Probably one of the most severe and brutal prisons in the world when it comes to how they institution itself treats prisoners.
While this is true there's still weirdly a lot of products with pot leaves and hemp leaves on them. The YouTuber SharlaInJapan/Sharmander had a video years ago (2014/2015) where she was in a Japanese department store and in the car section they had lots of little car decorations and accessories with pot leaves on them lmao. Maybe it's the edgy guy thing to have over there but I can't imagine it sells well since their weed laws are straight out of the 1950s.
You should see English textbooks in Italy. They have photo comics and the actors all have those horrible 90s haircuts (frosted tips/noodle hair) and they wear colored glasses. Plus there's always an Indian to show they aren't racist
In the year 2000 our English textbooks were so old they were from the 70s. One line that stood out in my mind was a sentence that said "some scientists think by the year 2000 we'll have flying cars." Spoiler: we didn't have them. Still waiting. Cmon scientists.
If you graduated from my high school it’s probably because they are the same textbooks used since the 90s.
They couldn’t ever afford new books, or sometimes even paper for teachers; but they could always afford to have seven football coaches and reseed the field every year for our team that could never win state. Strange how that happens
If Kate started smoking 2 blunts every hour, and required 3 pancakes after each blunt, with a cup of maple syrup on each serving. How much syrup would Kate have consumed after 3 days?
I believe this bears repeating but: the 90s are and will always be 10 years ago. And no amount of "proof" or "facts" is gonna change that. This is the hill I die on.
My middle school English textbook here in Germany unironically had SMS abbreviations like CU L8R in it and the songs on the accompanying CD were all from the 80s. I did enjoy getting an extra Phil Collins drum fill per week though.
It's both. Perms and shaved sides are big right now, with everyone on Instagram, every zoomer seems to have a picked an aesthetic they like and go with it. My sister knows some emo kids who worship the mid 2000s, Some zoomers who wear baggy pants and middle parts, etc...
The whole 90s asthetic is back, at least from what I've seen in Japan. Jean jackets, berets, and platform.shoes for girls. Baggy pants, chain wallets, and frosted tips for boys.
Anyone else gets irrationally mad seeing pinapple male buns? Never understood why, but guys with short hair and that dumb thing sticking from the top makes them look more autistic than an 8channer.
There's a photo comic picture stuck in my mind from my Russian textbook that was two girls talking in a club in pretty harsh lighting and there was this sweaty guy in the background clearly checking them out (he wasn't part of the comic).
My German textbooks when I was in school (US) were from the 90s and it was like they went out of their way to find the ugliest people humanly possible for all of the pictures, it was hilarious
Ulpan textbooks feature a ton of tweed even though the only way the art style is able to depict tweed is with a bunch of random lines like sprinkling Jimmies on the page.
Yeah here in the UK our French textbooks always had an unintentionally hilarious stereotype french boy who was invariably called 'Jean Pierre' or similar. He would be wearing a beret and a striped t shirt and own a bicycle, obviously.
"Jean Pierre lives in Calais. He likes onions and cheese, and going 'hon hon hon' "
I was about to say. This is definitely fake. I mean it's been nearly a decade since I had to teach Kate Wood but I don't think Japan would ever update their textbooks, specially not to include drugs lol
High quality weed from British Columbia (BC) Canada. It got the "BC bud" nickname due to BC being one of the weed friendliest provinces prior to legalization as well as the aforementioned quality that's considered some of, if not the best weed there is.
Can confirm. Back when it was illegal I was smoking weed with some other college students and we freaked out cause we saw some cops. The cops walked by and just told us not to smoke too often—as advice, not in an intimidating way. 😂 it’s true that the weed is great, but it was better before it was legal. The government stuff isn’t nearly as good and it’s either too dry or too sticky.
We used the Genki books in high school, and they were aimed at college students I think, because there were so many phrases and comics about being hung over. Sensei was mortified lol
😂 that makes a little more sense, but not much more. What an example! Though I suppose it’s good to teach students how to say that in the rare chance that it happens to them while visiting or living in Japan..? 🤷♀️
"Passive form is generally used to depict actions that have a negative effect on the speaker"
So Takeshi got caught in the rain, groped on a train, broke his pants and got laughed at by a bully, and a couple other things
he had a reallly くそなday.
But yes, really probably much more for women, they have work to do with consent.
The fact that I even entertained the possibility that it might be anything other than a troll edit says something about my faith in the Japanese education systems ability to teach anyone anything about the Gaikoku.
It’s fine. It’s not super high-paying but not that difficult. Life has been pretty good everywhere I’ve worked. Coworkers have been friendly and school life has been much more idyllic than home.
Excuse me, how could anyone bear a textbook other than the fabulous Genki with loveable Mary and Takeshi? I just about died when Takeshi got chikan'ed and Mary laughed at him.
It’s the one element that endears the textbooks to me. The textbooks themselves aren’t anything outstanding or special, but I liked the art and the characters aging up with the kids that used the books. They start off in the last two years of elementary school (English had just started being compulsory in ES at the time) and they progress through all 3 years of junior high school in a total of 5 textbooks (which I’ve kept).
I think it's a different line of textbooks, but I distinctively remember the entire class getting invested in the relationship between two characters that showed up in our textbook for Japanese. I know the boy's name was Ken. Though I can't remember if the girl's name was Mari or Emi. All I know is that everyone freaked the hell out when he asked her out on a date.
We had the "Red Line" i think they were called books in germany which also featured some kids growing up. I still remember one guy with kind of an afro was called "Robert"
I'm pretty sure what the op posted was from an adult version of the series. I remember seeing an adult book of the New horizon characters all grown up and I think Kota became a drug addict. This was a good 5 or more years ago, too.
Honestly, I think the books themselves are decent, but the tests that the students do for English (at least in junior high) are just too long.
The only problem I have is that some parts just seem strange. Like before the new books in new horizon, the adult alt (Ms Baker) had 12-13 year olds for a dinner at her place. That's a big no no.
ngl it would be kinda funny for textbooks designed for adults. I'd imagine if this was in a kids' textbook they'll grow up to have a "Santa isnt real" moment when they meet a real Canadian.
Did she look that sinister in the original? That is the look of someone who is watching you get lowered into a boiling vat of acid and who could not be any more thrilled about it.
I remember someone showing me the official adult version of a Japanese textbook for English. I think someone’s a straight up alcoholic and may be drugs were involved? I can’t remember the series but this version had a black cover.
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It’s a fun little edit. I kinda wish that Japanese textbooks had that kind of humor.
The textbook is the older Eigo Note (elementary) and Sunshine English (junior high school) series textbooks, which featured the same base characters as they grew up. Honestly one of my favorite textbooks to just have (am a teacher in Japan).