By Anonymous - 16/09/2015 17:16 - Japan

Today, I'm on vacation in Japan with my brother. When he said he could speak Japanese, I guess what he really meant that he's a dumbass weeaboo who only knows the words "kawaii", "baka", "sugoi" and a few others. He ended up offending two locals so much that they beat the shit out of us. FML
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Georgia0p 17

Next FML: I said hi how are you in Japanese to some people in Japan today and they beat the crap out of me. FML. Did he know what the words meant..?

Recon13x 9

Looks like the brother had his priorities straight. Learn the insults before the greetings.

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mohamed_H 21

I don't think people would beat the shit out of you if you told them hi how are you. Lol read carefully

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clairelaliberte 16

No, I think what's meant here, 65, is that the brother may have thought that "Banks sugoi kawaii" meant "Hi, how are you?" and so was confused as to why they were angry.

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chriss2015 13

I think you guys are missing the sarcasm. They were saying that from the brothers perspective, he doesn't even realize what he said was wrong. He thought he was saying "hi, how are you."

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Georgia0p 17

Um I did read it carefully, I'm saying maybe he didn't know what he was saying..

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daniel271 13

More like beyond dumbass.

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DeltaDragonxx 20

to dumbassery, and beyond!

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MeltedMango 8

I think OP already said something along those lines

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kudwafuuu 15

if he watched a lot of anime he'd probably know other phrases or how to say hello at the very least lol

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EmoKami 21

My thoughts exactly! Lol he hasn't watched enough anime!

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Axel5238 29

Sadly, being a fan doesn't mean they pay attention to the language or the culture. I have 2 friends that claim to be huge anime fans but just only just the anime. They know nothing of the language or culture. Just that to a disturbing point really like Japan's cartoons and video games and it's become a way of live for both.

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Mpii 11

The opposite happens very often aswell. I for instance really like the language so I started learning it. Whenever people find tgat out they're like "oh you must watch alot of anime!" And I really dont. I've gotten into naruto and that's basically it.

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ChinchillaLady 27

I love Naruto! Along with other shows but I had started learning Japanese first and actually for me watching it in Japanese has helped me learn... Or atleast I'd like to think so.

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sonasonic 34

Half-heartedly learning Japanese and using Japanese phrases in regular sentences really serves to show just how retarded they are.

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MichelleMaBelle_fml 16

I watch very few animes, and I'm trying to learn Japanese. I think it's hard.

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cheshirecat13242 32

Should've tried "Domo arragato, mr. Roboto!"

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MidnaLink 33

A) Arigato B) I like that movie, but that can be very annoying.

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LiamCD02 12

You should have joined in with them and beat him up aswell!

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Pixelatedpotato 28

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that

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beeferjay 34

you should just leave his ass somewhere and take his phone and cash... let him sweat for a minute

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MidnaLink 33

A phrasebook and knowledge of sentence structure, two things you really need to have for vacations in non-english speaking countries.

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noonenoeone 22

Or a phone and google translate

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MidnaLink 33

Either could be acceptable. I've never seemed to go wrong with GT.

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Jackimo98 24

That would require a phone and data that both work in that country

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ChinchillaLady 27

You can use WiFi for the translate without taking your phone off airplane mode. That way you can use it to translate with out getting huge bills for messages and calls.

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ObiWan21 2

Seriously? in almost every country English will help a lot. Maybe not possible to have a convo about nuclear physics though

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