/jp/ - Otaku Culture

/jp/, the odd time when you do have to interact with normal human beings, how do you do it (given that you are all asocial shut-ins)?

I personally have a difficult time conversing with others (genuinely anyway) unless it is on a topic of interest to me (not necessarily anything /jp/ related).

What are some good ways to keep a conversation going?

What stuff do you guys recommend for learning Japanese? I've been using Namasensei's Japanese course,* some Anki decks, Rikaichan, and the windows language bar. But what other resources are out there that would be good to have.

I would prefer stuff that is rather cheap and/or entirely digital as my budge is almost non existent.


*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZEA54VJEdE&feature=PlayList&p=9987A659670D60E0

Hey anon,

Can we talk? Just for a little while? If for nothing more than to have company.

Thanks.

/jp/, the odd time when you do have to interact with normal human beings, how do you do it (given that you are all asocial shut-ins)?

I personally have a difficult time conversing with others (genuinely anyway) unless it is on a topic of interest to me (not necessarily anything /jp/ related).

What are some good ways to keep a conversation going?

iebowitz Social Anxiety Scale
The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) is a questionnaire developed by Michael Liebowitz, a psychologist and researcher. It's objective is to assess the range of social interaction and performance situations which patients with Social Anxiety Disorder may fear.

85 for me

Why not take the test, /jp/?

http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/disorder/liebowitz/

So, how are you spending your weekend, /jp/?

For myself it will be filled with pizza, drinks, movies/maybe a vn, and regret.

I might go to sleep early tonight just so that I can get back to my elaborate fantasy world

>>973364
Unfortunately life isn't full of stories like that, anon.

It's much safer inside.

What are you doing with your lives, /jp/?