I would go back to Japan if my partner could/would learn the language.

Not OP, but probably because they’ve had a lot of immigration in recent years and it’s made their housing situation worse.

Duck

With no crime committed.

I received this as well. Meanwhile, I have been waiting to hear back on an appeal to a denial for more than half a year now. I first applied over two years ago, but they “lost” my application twice before getting around to denying it (SSDI).

Sure would be nice if they put this time into real work.

They still view Taiwan as a rogue rebellion state to bring back into the fold, not an independent country to conquer.

I think this should never be mentioned without also pointing out that the island of Taiwan has never been a part of China.

Yeah, Taiwan is going to be in NATO. 🙄

I’d say earplugs because your fellow camp ground people might not be so thoughtful.

Yeah, but that’s a minority of the country.

That doesn’t sound great because common infections have similar symptoms. You might not know whether you have the flu or strep throat or just a cold unless you go in to take a test. If it’s strep, you need an antibiotic. If it’s one of those others, you don’t. So do they just ignore that you might need an antibiotic for those first few days?

I think your definition of “urgent” might be off if you think that it can wait a week or so.

I’m an American, but when I lived in Japan, I needed to go to the doctor a few times. Honestly, the experience isn’t great aside from it being cheap.

For example, I herniated a disc in my neck at one point and needed to go to the emergency department. I got there just after 10:00 a.m. and was told that they stop accepting patients at 10:00. “Fortunately”, I was unable to hold my head up straight, so they decided to see me anyway. The appointment was just over the equivalent of $20 at the time. They prescribed a muscle relaxer and sent me on my way. The prescription could be filled a block or two away and was pretty quick and only cost about 10 bucks.

Another time, I went to a clinic to try to get a sinus infection treated. I had/have a history of chronic sinus infections. Despite speaking pretty good Japanese and having a dictionary with me, I could not get them to understand the concept of a sinus infection. They put me on a nebulizer and then sent me home. Obviously not helpful. Don’t remember what it cost.

People from the US who travel and need healthcare know very well our system is the worst.

I mean, we don’t turn to witch doctors, so I guess we’re not literally the worst, but…

*Puget Sound

Or “the sound”.

It’s not the Puget Sound.

Sorry. Pet peeve, like people calling Pike Place Market Pike’s Place.

Motion sickness.

This is clearly just shaming hair loss.

Sounds like an ambush.

Suckle

That was my autistic brain’s first thought. But it wasn’t a joke…

You can see the different personalities between species and between individual birds. They are often smarter than you would think.