George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
The things you lean on / are things that don't last
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George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
Not at all.
In all cases, as in the ultimate indulgence of going to a Gion teahouse to liaise with a geiko (or geisha to use the popular term, and yes they still exist) the ability to speak, or, more importantly understand Japanese is at least partially the key to appreciating the interaction. A girl at a girl's bar will be--well, a girl. She will be young and will probably know how to be a listener and ask questions, but any interviewer or, now, LLM, can do that. She probably won't speak much or indeed any English, and her charms will be the usual sublunary, earthy charms such as a plunging neckline or flittery eyelashes. A hostess will be, depending on the quality of the establishment, so skilled in chattily manipulating you that you'll feel you're actually an interesting person. If you understand her.
A geiko will be able to do all of the above easily but will also be skilled at playing shamisen or koto, will know and be able to recite poetry, will be savvy to current events should you wish to have a Mottelike sounding board, will even argue with you if you seem like the arguing type, and will leave you feeling both challenged, entertained, and more intelligent than when you went in. And again, you'll feel interesting. But if you can't speak or understand Japanese or do not have the cultural knowledge to appreciate said sweet nothings, these wiles of course are limited in their charm.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
No problem.
A hostess club, or スナック (snack bar) in small-scale, consists of you paying a set fee (typically 50-60 bucks USD) to gain entrance to a place where drinks will be served to you for a certain period of time. During this time various females in balldresses or whatever will approach you, you will find yourself suddenly sitting beside them, and you can buy them a drink or ignore them as you would. Typically you buy them a cocktail, which will be added to your bill. If you want a cigarette someone will be sent to fetch you a pack. If you want to sing a song on the karaoke machine this will be immediately arranged, and if you sing you will feel, for at least a few seconds, as if you are really finally hitting the notes. General vibe: Women sitting beside you in sexy dresses, pouring your cocktails and lighting your smokes, and you leave with a big bill.
Girl's bars, which seem now fewer than in the past, may or may not have a table charge but a girl's bar designation simply means only 19-25 or so yr old girls will be behind the bar, primed to chat with you. The drink system (you buying them one) is roughly the same.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
24d ago
In my own time here I've seen far more offensive posts than yours, but typically framed as arguments with (what at least passed for) support. You're "boo outgroup"ing here hard. While you can't do that in one direction on Reddit, you're discouraged from doing it in either direction here.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
25d ago
Well username checks out anyway. Your most recent to this post stated:
Trump is a traitor to the USA, and we need to start seriously discussing imprisonment or a bullet to the brain.
But that was almost a year ago, so I suppose "soon" is relative.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
25d ago
I suppose the best answer to that question is "Not yet."
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
25d ago
I went to Australia in 2003 and one night tried to ask the delivery girl for Hamburger pizza. I could hear her suppressing a laugh. Little did I know I should have just asked for a beef pizza. Or something.
A year or so ago on pizza night I decided to make, in addition to my usual pepperoni, spicy chicken, and regular margherita, a cheeseburger pizza. I mentioned this to an acquaintance who bizarrely asked "Why"?
Some people simply have no taste.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
27d ago
great purpose
purposeful
Define your terms.
I had never seen interstitial used in this way, well done.
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