Just ramble about this and that.

Haven't you had any interesting experience recently
or haven't you read anything impressive article in a
newspaper or a book?
Anyhow what's on your mind now?
Talking to yourself is also OK. 
 

Why can't grown-up people master a foreign language?
Children can imitate any sound, but this gift of
imitation lasts only a number of years.
A child who is under ten can learn any language
perfectly, if it is brought up surrounded by that
language. But after this age the ability to imitate
perfectly becomes less. And grown-up people can
never imitate the sounds of a foreign language
perfectly. But why?
When we are grown up, the habits of our own
language are so firm that they are very difficult to
break. So our native language won't let us learn
a new language.

Why do so many posters in this thread press "enter" at the end
of a line instead of letting it wrap around? Is it something to
do with the way Japanese is typed?

It's interesting to know. I didn't notice it at all. In Japanese writing, we use kanji and hiragana, and they cannot be word-wrapped. But I'll try.

　　　　　　　　　　　 ｲｪｲ!!
　　　　　　　 ∧＿∧　　 ∧＿∧
　　　　　 　 ∩　ﾟ∀ﾟ）　 （ﾟ∀ﾟ　∩
　　　　　　　|　　⊂）　　（つ　　ノ
　　　　 　 　 ヽ/　 ）　　 （　ヽノ
　　　　　　　 （＿）Ｊ　　 し（＿）

I didn't make any new years resolutions this year. Formalizing it like that just makes your goals easier to break.

Maybe so.

Mars atmosphere is composed chiefly of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and argon.

It's red surface is due to large quantities of iron oxide in the soil.

Aw, hell. I fail at the grammar.

KIDS! This is why college is really a waste of time and money.

>50
But college's free P2P service is really attractive.

>>51

...you have a point there. Although when you think about it, they're paying for it with your 'technology fee'...

>>41
Your question is pretty much about the brain's phsyical properties.  From birth to age 4 the brain makes literally trillions of neuron connections, absorbing almost all information it receives from the senses.  This slows down through childhood and by adulthood all of the brain's functions have been created.  That's not to say the brain ever stops making neuron connections, though.  Additional languages can be learned as an adult but it requires much more effort because so much information is already in place.

I think world4ch is a little more popular than 4-ch net  I'm curious to know  what kind of message board can attract people most? It is said that the biggest message board is now Japanese 2-ch. But I think about 70% of messages in 2-chan are meaningless. It would be less than 30% that can be useful for people. But I think if we exclude all shitty messages, the message board won't be able to expand. But on the other hand, only meaningless messages will totally destroy the message board sooner or later. The ration of good messages to meaningless messages will be very important for the message board to survive. It will be interesting to research this ratio.  I think 5:5 will be the best for the board to survive.

After taking a long vacation, it's hard to work at my office.

Japanese people tend to avoid expressing honest opinions or feelings, which might hurt or offend others. It seems difficult for Westerners to understand this kind of attitude.
The geographical situation of Japan has worked a strong influence on Japanese way of thinking. Since Japan has been a small island country, Japanese people have valued a sense of harmony and togetherness more than self expression to keep peace. And for this the Japanese have been able to live together in small communities peacefully and harmoniously. 
Today there is no war in Japan. But there are a lot of wars in the Middle East, because people there are very assertive and would not make a concession.  Yet this attitude has not been accepted by other nations.

I was having a hard time sleeping until I turned down the bedroom thermostat to just under 60 degrees. Now I sleep for 8 hours and wake up alert and happy.

It's hard to express one's opinion, because one has to have at least one opinion. Many people today live day to day. They are so pressed with work that they can't think of anything else.

I'm the perfect case for bankruptcy. Lots of credit card debt, no house, no car, and no intention of buying either for the next few years.

FUCK YOU VISA!

>>59
You are like my brother. He had to file for personal bankruptcy last year. He borrowed a lot of money from many loan shark companies. Loan shark companies are really dangerous. You have to pay back with a lot of interest(more than 30% per ten days). Be careful about loan shark companies. If you can't pay back, they will come to your home and threaten you with a knife or something like that.

>>56

Great Britain is a little like that too, though the American influence has made the people here much less reserved than they used to be. 

My uncle married a lady from Japan and they have a daughter (my cousin) who can speak both English and Japanese very well, but she has to come over here every now and again to keep in practice with English because she starts to forget it if she doesn't use it for long periods.  I'm always very happy when uncle Richard and aunt Hisae and my cousin Emma are in England because we don't get to see them very often.

My girlfriend has had a high fever because of the cold. I hope she'll get better as soon as possible.

>>56
An attitude like that could benefit the US tremendously. But instead, there's people constantly telling us "Be yourself! Express yourself! Everyone is different!" It's getting a bit out of hand.

But instead, there's people constantly telling us "Be yourself! Express yourself! Everyone is different!" It's getting a bit out of hand.

They should all be put in front of a wall, indeed.

>>64
I'm just saying, the whole anti-conformist attitude is completely counterproductive.

A car blocked the way to my home, so I couldn't get my car in the garage. It pissed me off. I got so angry that my blood pressure went up by about 50.  I felt dizzy.  I feel like killing such a man these days. I have to be careful.

>>65

Who cares?

Some Japanese crazy kids have begun to post trolls here. I wonder why they knew world4ch.

>>68
because some of them keep an eye on 4chan and world4ch was then linked on 2ch?

The general personalities of people have been classified according to their blood types.
People with O type blood are thought to be very sociable and, and aggressive in both work and play. Interestingly, more than 60% of Americans have O type blood, and it is certain that Americans are in general very positive and aggressive.  President Bush must be O.
Type A people are good at teamwork and usually try to cooperate with others. But they are also a little shy and very cautious. It's true of many Japanese people. Interestingly enough more than 50% of Japanese people have A type blood.
Type B people are thought to have a very bright personality and are inclined to be chatterboxes. But they are a little unconventional, and don't care about others' criticism. I hear a lot of people in the Middle East have B type blood.
People having AB blood are thought to be creative and to make good leaders. Also the majority of geniuses come from this blood type.
If you have a chance to live in Japan for a while, you will be sometimes asked your blood type. Of course it's a kind of superstition, and not many Japanese believe it, but they will enjoy talking about one's blood type and his /her character.   Do you think it's true of your case?

I'm just wondering. How many nationalities here? English, American, German, Japanese. Any other nationalities?

>>71

Any other nationalities?

No.

The best part about waking up to pee around 3am is the way bizarre dreams I have when I go back to bed. I like the ones involving wildly gymnastic sex the best, as I'm nowhere near able to do that in real life.

I have a back pain. I gotta go to bed.

>>73 What's your nationality?

>>70
That's a crock of shit.

I don't understand the Japanese fascination with blood types.

>>75 I am American of Norwegian/Finnish descent.

My wife is as changeable as a weathercock. Are women the same in any countries?

>>75 Oh, are you American? I think almost all men all over the world like gymnastic sex. Many of my friends love watching that kind of videos, which are very popular in our country.

It's too cold this morning. But no snow this year. School starts today.