The United States of Paranoia: Now Available in Japanese
Get your foreign-language guide to American conspiracy culture right here!
It's been a while since I last put up a post promoting The United States of Paranoia, my book about American conspiracy culture, but this is a special occasion. The Japanese-language edition has just come out:
It's the perfect gift for any friend who prefers to read in Japanese, and you can buy a copy here. The English-language edition, meanwhile, can be purchased here. A selection of reviews—all in English—is here.
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Is the Japanese version in manga form? And if so, what is the tentacle:schoolgirl ratio?
13:2.4
Bakayaro!
this is much more attractive to me #yellowfever
You know who else spread conspiracy theories about Americans to the Japanese public?
John Dewey?
Radio Tokyo?
The Yomiuri Shimbun ?
Hello Kitty?
Damn you! I almost choked TO DEATH, I was laughing so hard.
Not even that cover makes Jesse Walker look bad ass.
Re-translate it for more fun
https://youtu.be/RzNUg_IcKrI?t=100
One of my Asian friends was asking me a couple of weeks ago when we were having a general discussion about all things Asian, if I remember Asian people being called ‘Orientals’. So I said, sure, when I was a kid, this was common because Asia in general was referred to as the Orient. I haven’t really heard that term in a long time. Maybe if the Asians would start calling themselves Orientals again, they could get in with the good ‘non-white’ people, or POC. As it is, they’re part of the privileged class. I think this is a good plan for them.
People used to ‘orient’ the map with east on top.
Why do you hate left handed people?
Like the map of the Ponderosa Ranch at the beginning credits of Bonanza.
Yea, that show was pretty racist. Wasn’t the cook Chinese guy named “dim sum” or something ?
I heard someone say “Hispanic” the other day on live television and almost fell out of my chair.
Terra Orientalis = Land of the Rising Sun
Konnichiwa.
Gesundheit!
Yet another sneaky advertisement for The Man in the High Castle
CAN A BROTHER GET A TRIGGER WARNING??!!!
Don touch yo mustache.
Is this the what are you making for T’giving thread?
I’m simmering cranberry compote and roasting chestnuts at the moment.
simmering cranberry compote and roasting chestnuts
Is that what ya’ll are callin’ it these days….
*nods knowingly*
No, this is the Octopus Ice Cream and Pig Placenta Jelly Drink thread.
You’re just jealous because you haven’t got anything simmering or roasting.
*flicks ponytail and hurrumphs away*
That sounds good Mrs. Struthers. Luckily, my in-laws do all the cooking so I just show up and feast.
I am in charge of putting up all the Christmas light display for my in-laws. Over the past 10 years, I have increased the amount of lights/displays to the point where they are “that Christmas light house”. Like, people are driving by on Thanksgiving night to see what the light display is like this year.
I get to spend the day sipping bourbon, going up and down ladders, on the roof, staple gun in hand, hanging Christmas lights. It’s the best day of the year.
I see your clever plan. If you spend all day putting up lights then you don’t have to talk to the in-laws.
Sounds nice, particularly the bourbon part.
Anyone have a good stuffing recipe. Or maybe it’s called dressing when you don’t put it in the turkey? I’m going to try for the first time tomorrow or this evening to make it.
I’ve got a turkey, 2 game hens, and lots of beer. No need to leave the house for a while.
Here’s a very simple recipe:
dried and diced bread crumbs – some dried cornbread is extra nice
chicken or turkey stock
equal parts celery and onions
roasted chestnuts
apples
butter
rosemary, thyme, sage, salt, pepper
Roast chestnuts then peal and dice. Peal and dice apples.
Saute the chopped celery and onions in butter until transparent. Chop and add seasonings and salt and pepper
Put bread crumbs in a large bowl. Add celery and onion mix, chestnuts, apples. Mix together.
Dampen mixture with stock until completely damp but not saturated.
Place in casserole dish, dot with butter, refrigerate until an hour before turkey is ready.
Place in oven at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
*peel*
Throw some ground mild Italian sausage (browned) in there. Thank me later.
WHAT EGOULD310 SAID!
*nods enthusiastically*
Sounds yummy.
Much respect to Ms Struthers recipe, however if you want some variety, search for Paula Deen’s Oyster Stuffing. Very easy, and every time I make it people go crazy for it. The trick is the cornbread. I usually make half with oysters and half without for panzies and those panzies usually end up eating the oysters anyway.
Does this mean Jesse Walker is “turning Japanese?”