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Escape From Noise

Or Watch SweetWillyRollbar continuously fail in real time!

As you may or may not know I currently live in Japan in the city of Osaka. I also haven't been to work since April 4th so I've been kind of sitting at home and just jerking it. But tonight? Tonight will be different! Tonight a bar near my apartment that I frequent will be holding a gokon (合コン), or dating party/mixer. These can be pretty common in Japan but I've never actually been to one, they run the gamut from what I understand but tend to be fairly informal, unlike omiai (お見合い) in which participants are usually looking for a marriage partner from my understanding. Both of these types of events are put together by friends but also sometimes companies run them semi-regularly, kind of like an old fashioned dating service where you send in a profile then go to events if you want. Fun fact: these companies will sometimes hire attractive people to drum up business and keep customers coming back. These people are called sakura (sakura means cherry blossoms), this term can be used in Japanese for other things as well, such as display items meant to lure customers in. My Japanese language assistant in college has worked as sakura for such companies

The one I'm going to is being held at a standing bar so it should be a pretty laid back affair. I doubt I'll have to watch out for any sakura, but best to stay safe! Things kick off at 8 p.m. my time and it's only about a 10 minute walk from my place so I have time to brush my teeth, put on some decent clothes, and make my way over. I'll try to make periodic updates but obviously I want to be at least somewhat engaged in case I meet Mrs. Right (although at this point I'd be fine with Mrs. Wrong, ukwim???)! Wish me luck fellow goons!

Let's Gokon!

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Escape From Noise

I arrived, predictably made a joke about the bartender being sakura and grabbed a beer. Despite knowing most of the people here I'm sorta nervous and awkward. I talked to someone I didn't know for a bit! Oh god!

Escape From Noise fucked around with this message at 12:06 on Sep 5, 2020



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Chewbecca

Just chillin' : )
Hell yes brother, watching from Melbourne Australia!



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Escape From Noise

I am back. Sorry. I managed to at least connect with a few people but in true me fashion I forgot someone's name. They were not happy. But it's fun.

Prof. Crocodile

everything i know about japanese dating i learned form seeing the middle of a single episode of tokyo terrace, but somehow i don't think was representative of the process as a whole.

Escape From Noise

I had fun and got some numbers. Like with any Japanese event I drank a lot

Escape From Noise

Prof. Crocodile posted:

everything i know about japanese dating i learned form seeing the middle of a single episode of tokyo terrace, but somehow i don't think was representative of the process as a whole.

I mean, it's probably not completely off

Escape From Noise

Thank you for reading my very bad thread

Macnult

congrats on getting laid and/or finding true love (future-tense)

Chewbecca

Just chillin' : )

SweetWillyRollbar posted:

I had fun and got some numbers. Like with any Japanese event I drank a lot

Where are the stories? You promised animes :colbert:



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Lock

hardcore sound gets you hypah

cheers from nagano-ken friend

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Escape From Noise

Lock posted:

cheers from nagano-ken friend

Ya-hoooo! Nagano is a very nice prefecture.

Escape From Noise

Macnult posted:

congrats on getting laid and/or finding true love (future-tense)

I will probably flub it (this is my way)

Escape From Noise

Chewbecca posted:

Where are the stories? You promised animes :colbert:

I'm sorry senpai!

The Voice of Labor

if nothing more all that drinking training time paid off

Escape From Noise

Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I don't really have any stories really. It was just hanging out and all that.

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN


I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.


SweetWillyRollbar posted:

I am back. Sorry. I managed to at least connect with a few people but in true me fashion I forgot someone's name. They were not happy. But it's fun.

I never remember anyone's name, so you know, gently caress em.

Escape From Noise

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN posted:

I never remember anyone's name, so you know, gently caress em.

Hello fellow bad at names buddy! I did feel pretty bad because I'd met them before. But it went well overall

Escape From Noise

My Doraemon shirt was very popular.

RazzleDazzleHour

Did you show any cute girls my posts

owlhawk911

come chill with me, in byob

i know you're probably looking for like, a partner in life or someone to gently caress or whatever, but really you should focus on getting some of these people to come post with us


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RazzleDazzleHour

[sitting in a huge circle in a bar with a tie wrapped around my head, holding a fancy sake glass in the air] POST POST POST POST POST

Escape From Noise

RazzleDazzleHour posted:

Did you show any cute girls my posts

Oh dang! I'll do this next time.

Escape From Noise

owlhawk911 posted:

i know you're probably looking for like, a partner in life or someone to gently caress or whatever, but really you should focus on getting some of these people to come post with us

I thought posting together was like a third date thing.

Chewbecca

Just chillin' : )
Show them my spoon thread. Girls love spoon threads :shlick:



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RazzleDazzleHour

"check it out, in this thread, everyone did karate tournament roleplay"

"I'm a doctor and I have two kids"

"your kids would definitely have liked the karate thread"

Chewbecca

Just chillin' : )
Actually scratch that, the nude spawn thread would be better imo

Trust me, I know girls. My mum and my sister and my cat, all girls



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Lock

hardcore sound gets you hypah

never tried the gokon thing, got lucky that the temp staff worker didn’t run screaming from me first time we talked

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owlhawk911

come chill with me, in byob

SweetWillyRollbar posted:

I thought posting together was like a third date thing.

in the chill forum you can post on the first date


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Putty

HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS
I want to go on a date too please, with womens

The Voice of Labor

op did seeing pretty girls cause your nose to bleed profusely?

Escape From Noise

The Voice of Labor posted:

op did seeing pretty girls cause your nose to bleed profusely?

So much so that it lifted me off the ground.

Escape From Noise

One of the ladies I met grew up in the area of rural Nara where I taught English. I realized there's a fairly decent chance she knows my friend's wife, or is at least somewhat acquainted

Escape From Noise

RazzleDazzleHour posted:

"check it out, in this thread, everyone did karate tournament roleplay"

"I'm a doctor and I have two kids"

"your kids would definitely have liked the karate thread"

No. No. It's not porn. It's a Fully Sexual Snail With Human Titties. It's kind of a mascot.

take the moon

by sebmojo
hella jelly you live in japan op

see a njpw show for me

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Escape From Noise

take the moon posted:

hella jelly you live in japan op

see a njpw show for me

I have a friend who keeps talking about going to a death match together, but never delivers.

Kind of like Slumpy and nude spawn if you think about it.

Escape From Noise fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Sep 6, 2020

frump truck

hello... again!

SweetWillyRollbar posted:

there's a fairly decent chance she knows my friend's wife

:heysexy: :o:

frump truck

hello... again!

i lived in japan for a year and never dated anyone because i was 23 and a huge goober ask me anything

take the moon

by sebmojo

frump truck posted:

i lived in japan for a year and never dated anyone because i was 23 and a huge goober ask me anything

how do you stop being this after 3 plus decades of life

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Lock

hardcore sound gets you hypah

frump truck posted:

i lived in japan for a year and never dated anyone because i was 23 and a huge goober ask me anything

why did u leave

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