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#NotAboutUpod with Jamal, Marianne and Cousin Todd
#29 - Welcome To America, Show Me Your English.

#NotAboutUpod with Jamal, Marianne and Cousin Todd

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 111:47


Worst restaurant experience.Stephanie Lovins: C U Next Tuesday at its finest.Engrish...Engwish...Angwil...Whatever it is, you better f-ing speak it.

Jim and Them
Sponge B. Marley - #833 Part 2

Jim and Them

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 81:28


Philips Sonicare: We are very happy for the Costco Guys and their sponsorship of the Philips Sonicare electric toothbrush. Osaka Adventures: We have tales of meeting Masahiro when we arrive in Osaka and some more tales of our Japanese adventures like Mike leaving his phone on the train. Sponge B. Marley: Jeff's infamous shirt purchase in Japan. He chose Sponge B. Marley over black basketball dunking Bart Simpson. FUCK YOU WATCH THIS!, THE BEAR!, ALICE COOPER!, THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK!, FRIDAY THE 13TH!, PATREON!, FREE TIER!, FREETARD!, WHY DON'T GIRLS LIKE ME!?, WHIRLWIND ADVENTURE!, THE COSTCO GUYS!, SPONSORSHIP!, PHILIPS SONICARE!, ADVERTISING!, ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSHES!, BIG AJ!, BARREL CHESTED!, OSAKA ADVENTURES!, JAPAN!, TRIP!, FOOTAGE!, MASAHIRO!, TRUMP!, KAMALA!, AMERICA!, OHTANI!, FETISH!, DITCH!, SCAM!, OLD MAN!, LESS HELPFUL!, DRUNK GUY!, SANTA!, DOTOBORI!, OSAKA CASTLE!, HANSHIN TIGERS!, SUPERFANS!, TRANSLATION!, TRUMP CHANT!, LOTTERIA!, NO CHEAP!, NO TIP!, GIFT!, LOST PHONE!, TRAIN!, LANGUAGE BARRIER!, SKET!, COMMUNICATE!, POLICE STATION!, THIRD SIGNATURE!, ICHIRAN!, IPPUDO!, RAMEN WARS!, MISO SOUP!, CURRY!, MATSUYA!, FAMILYMART!, SWAP MEET!, SOUVENIR SHOP!, BIG NEW YORK!, KAITO!, SLIPKNOT!, JACK AND THE BEANSTALK!, MAGIC BEANS!, ENGRISH!, KEEP ON DRUGGIN!, ELMO!, GROVER!, HOTTIES!,  You can find the videos from this episode at our Discord RIGHT HERE!

Carbitrage
Episode 312 - Duratec Fun Fest

Carbitrage

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 51:24


On this episode of the Carbitrage podcast, we discuss the Mazda Ford 4 cylinder MZx series engines and a cheap power upgrade, SAE J3400 being a done deal, and its NOT nacs, solar accessories taking over as EVs become more mainstream, Mercedes cutting EQ platform production over slow sales of the expensive metal, BYD USA has a website and its not immune from Engrish, Erik bought a cheap E46 330i ZHP, and the new renault 5 has some serious 3 wolf moon vibes. Carbitrage Patreon: www.patreon.com/carbitrage Carbitrage Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Top3relSWF9_MNYabwXlQ Carbitrage Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/erik-berger-115940933 Carbitrage Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/carbitrage

Ze Shows – Anime Pulse
Episode 820: Chillin’ in My 30’s after Getting Fired from the Ultraman’s Army

Ze Shows – Anime Pulse

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 101:06


This week on Anime Pulse we got stairs vs escalators, fat weeks, and Engrish. Up first Joseph talks about how he felt like he was over indulging this past week, and Andrew is brushing up on his Engrish by looking to anime. Then in the industry news the mayor of Shibuya says no thank you to Halloween this year, Netflix surprises itself with how good One Piece is doing, and an anime museum is set to open by the Japanese government. Finally in the reviews Joseph loses his job despite being integral so he finds a big tittied hometown girl to settle down with, and Andrew has to take his father's place in battling aliens from OUTER SPAAAACE!

Ze Shows – Anime Pulse
Episode 820: Chillin’ in My 30’s after Getting Fired from the Ultraman’s Army

Ze Shows – Anime Pulse

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 101:06


This week on Anime Pulse we got stairs vs escalators, fat weeks, and Engrish. Up first Joseph talks about how he felt like he was over indulging this past week, and Andrew is brushing up on his Engrish by looking to anime. Then in the industry news the mayor of Shibuya says no thank you to Halloween this year, Netflix surprises itself with how good One Piece is doing, and an anime museum is set to open by the Japanese government. Finally in the reviews Joseph loses his job despite being integral so he finds a big tittied hometown girl to settle down with, and Andrew has to take his father's place in battling aliens from OUTER SPAAAACE!

We Hate Anime
Honkai: Star Rail that Twink | Gundam?

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 74:00


Two episodes? In a single month? Holy Guacamole. and it features everyones' favorite Polish Philosopher and the Disaster Twink? Next you'll tell me that they're chatting up Gundam. wait, they are? I can not believe this. Now if we can keep up this momentum we might have an other episode out before the end of the year!

The Hake Report
Too much anger, no peace in the USA! | Tue. 6-27-23

The Hake Report

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 112:35


Sadiq Khan, London mayor! Elton John vs Rick Scott on FL! Nancy Pelosi is pro-choice! Victim's family condemns CO gay club shooter! The Hake Report, Tuesday, June 27, 2023 AD TIME STAMPS * 0:00:00 Rough start today!* 0:00:54 Topics: London, Florida, socialists, gay club shooting* 0:03:31 Hey, guys! Route 66 Santa Monica tee (brown)* 0:05:47 Sadiq Khan: London built by migrants* 0:17:20 Elton John: too much hate in USA* 0:27:37 Rick Scott, FL: Socialists not welcome!* 0:37:25 Nancy Pelosi: Saving women's repro. rights!* 0:41:48 Survey: Women don't regret after 10 years!* 0:51:44 Touch of Love - Jacky Cheung (2000)* 0:58:40 Supers: Disavow, Danes, Engrish, fat cat, spaz slur* 1:06:22 WILLIAM: Catholic Pelosi, countdown to 2024* 1:15:51 Gay club CO shooting* 1:23:07 Perp: Anderson Lee Aldrich early life* 1:33:55 No peace: Angry wish against unpeaceful guy* 1:37:36 Walt Nauta, Trump body man (Guam) under attack* 1:43:28 DUSTIN, TX: Taking JLP's side, "BOOM!"* 1:47:23 Corazon de Melao - Jacky Cheung (2000)BLOG https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2023/6/27/the-hake-report-tue-6-27-23 PODCAST by HAKE SubstackHake is LIVE Mon-Fri 9-11 AM PT (11AM-1PM CT / 12-2 PM ET) - Call-in: 1-888-775-3773 - thehakereport.com VIDEO  YouTube  |  Rumble*  |  BitChute  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Odysee*  |  DLive  |  Kick  PODCAST  Apple  |  Spotify  |  Castbox  |  Podcast Addict  |  Pocket Casts  |  Substack  (RSS)  *SUPER CHAT on asterisked platforms, and/or:  Ko-fi  |  BuyMeACoffee  |  Streamlabs  SUPPORT / EXCLUSIVES  Substack  |  SubscribeStar  |  Locals  ||  SHOP  Teespring  SEE ALSO  Hake News on The JLP Show  |  Appearances elsewhere (other shows, etc.) Get full access to HAKE at thehakereport.substack.com/subscribe

We Hate Anime
Slur Reclamation Reunion Special

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 109:18


Can you believe the podcast is alive and kicking? Can you believe it didn't silently implode and it has, in fact, actually just been five grown adults trying to work around scheduling conflicts to find time to make content? We certainly can't!

LessWrong Curated Podcast
"It Looks Like You're Trying To Take Over The World" by Gwern

LessWrong Curated Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 65:27


https://gwern.net/fiction/clippyIn A.D. 20XX. Work was beginning. “How are you gentlemen !!”… (Work. Work never changes; work is always hell.)Specifically, a MoogleBook researcher has gotten a pull request from Reviewer #2 on his new paper in evolutionary search in auto-ML, for error bars on the auto-ML hyperparameter sensitivity like larger batch sizes, because more can be different and there's high variance in the old runs with a few anomalously high gain of function. (“Really? Really? That's what you're worried about?”) He can't see why worry, and wonders what sins he committed to deserve this asshole Chinese (given the Engrish) reviewer, as he wearily kicks off yet another HQU experiment…

We Hate Anime
Now Wait One Frog Gone Minute | Mob Psycho 100 | We Hate Anime

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 39:09


Frog manages to go it alone and record a solocast updating everyone on how he's doing, and what's going on behind the scenes. It's been hard to get more than two people together for a proper recording! Welcome him back to discuss Mob Psycho 100, Our anime of the Decade 2010-2020!

The David Knight Show
16Jan23 FAA's Feeble Lie Denying the Hack That Grounded ALL Flights Last Week

The David Knight Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 181:43


OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODES FAA's feeble lie denying the hack that grounded ALL flights last week. Here's how we know they're lying. 2:40 Study shows in-person schooling increases youth suicide 15:33 Another "benefit" of government schools — Satan Clubs 19:03 Actor complains he can't get villain roles because he's not white 24:12 Are middle-aged workers and those near retirement being driven out of the workforce by the intensified Maoist political correctness? 26:42 "Beetle Burgers" - the latest marketing ploy to get people to swallow the Davos agenda to shut down farms. 33:57 Half-baked Alaskan. FEMA hires a contractor to put out a disaster notice in Eskimo language. Hilarity ensues. Then AP accuses FEMA of "racism" 40:15 WATCH: our experience with "Engrish" and copyright violations in China. 46:59 George Santos is a perfect fit for congress. SEC now investigates Santos, as FEC investigates other issues. 54:41 Malarkey 3.0 — Biden's new cache of classified documents. 1:03:19 MalarkeyGate: Dems Want Biden Out, GOP Wants Trump Out The security state is moving against BOTH Biden & Trump over something they had no problem with Hillary doing. Are these documents the ONLY thing GOP can think of to impeach Biden? Sadly, yes 1:10:18 ATF's "final rule" on pistol braces is an affront to the Constitution but typical of bureaucratic rule, Regulation Without Representation, that is how feds operate now. The "rule" and the ways it will be fought 1:43:40 How to fight the NFA and its unconstitutional rule about barrel lengths. 1:51:01 Awkward — Andrea Mitchell lectures MSNBC reporter about using term "pro-life" 2:09:32 Baby "chop shop" FOIA lawsuit. 2:14:14 Pentagon exploring back pay for troops kicked out of military over vaccine mandate. 2:41:17 1,040 days late, Dr. Leanna Wen, MD - one of the worst Covid authoritarians, pivots away the narrative about "cases" as she did before with masks and social distancing. 2:50:48 Even as "vaccine advisors" complain Pfizer/Moderna/FDA/CDC hid data, Rand Paul teams up with Cory Booker to stop animal testing. What testing? Do they care about babies sacrificed on the altar of animal testing to create humanized mice with their organs? 2:54:40Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

The REAL David Knight Show
16Jan23 FAA's Feeble Lie Denying the Hack That Grounded ALL Flights Last Week

The REAL David Knight Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 181:43


OUTLINE of today's show with TIMECODES FAA's feeble lie denying the hack that grounded ALL flights last week. Here's how we know they're lying. 2:40 Study shows in-person schooling increases youth suicide 15:33 Another "benefit" of government schools — Satan Clubs 19:03 Actor complains he can't get villain roles because he's not white 24:12 Are middle-aged workers and those near retirement being driven out of the workforce by the intensified Maoist political correctness? 26:42 "Beetle Burgers" - the latest marketing ploy to get people to swallow the Davos agenda to shut down farms. 33:57 Half-baked Alaskan. FEMA hires a contractor to put out a disaster notice in Eskimo language. Hilarity ensues. Then AP accuses FEMA of "racism" 40:15 WATCH: our experience with "Engrish" and copyright violations in China. 46:59 George Santos is a perfect fit for congress. SEC now investigates Santos, as FEC investigates other issues. 54:41 Malarkey 3.0 — Biden's new cache of classified documents. 1:03:19 MalarkeyGate: Dems Want Biden Out, GOP Wants Trump Out The security state is moving against BOTH Biden & Trump over something they had no problem with Hillary doing. Are these documents the ONLY thing GOP can think of to impeach Biden? Sadly, yes 1:10:18 ATF's "final rule" on pistol braces is an affront to the Constitution but typical of bureaucratic rule, Regulation Without Representation, that is how feds operate now. The "rule" and the ways it will be fought 1:43:40 How to fight the NFA and its unconstitutional rule about barrel lengths. 1:51:01 Awkward — Andrea Mitchell lectures MSNBC reporter about using term "pro-life" 2:09:32 Baby "chop shop" FOIA lawsuit. 2:14:14 Pentagon exploring back pay for troops kicked out of military over vaccine mandate. 2:41:17 1,040 days late, Dr. Leanna Wen, MD - one of the worst Covid authoritarians, pivots away the narrative about "cases" as she did before with masks and social distancing. 2:50:48 Even as "vaccine advisors" complain Pfizer/Moderna/FDA/CDC hid data, Rand Paul teams up with Cory Booker to stop animal testing. What testing? Do they care about babies sacrificed on the altar of animal testing to create humanized mice with their organs? 2:54:40Find out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here:SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation through Mail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money is only what YOU hold: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silver

We Hate Anime
Don't Call it a Comeback | Cyberpunk 2077

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 80:30


Why are we here? Just to suffer? I can still feel them. Mike. Frog. Sudoku. Even Egg. It won't stop hurting. You feel it too, don't you? Also Tid and Moth got together to talk about stupid stuff like the Cyberpunk 2077 anime and charter flights because they're too autistic to just talk to each other off-record like normal human beings.

We Hate Anime
Please Neil Gaiman write Fate/Stay Night FanFiction | Deen/Stay Night

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 107:57


Did you know you can donate to We hate Anime on Patreon Dot Com Slash We Hate Anime Podcast and make us sit down to watch TRASH?* Join Mike, Tiduidu, and Moth as they are Bribed to watch, and enjoy, the original Fate/Stay Night anime by Studio Deen!*all producer level submissions are subject to rejection if you ask us to watch something and we have nothing to say about it. You can also request good things!

We Hate Anime
LIVE ANYA REACTION | Spring anime Season 2022 | We Hate Anime

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 85:56


It's that time of the season where we come together and watch the seasonal anime that comes out every season. Season. Join Mike, Doku (He is a father now wtf), and Tiduidu as they experience… genuine… enjoyment… from seasonal anime???

Waifu Wars
Elegant Engrish

Waifu Wars

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 67:29


Does anyone really know what he's saying Intro - 00:00 This Week In Anime - 1:27 Spy x Family Ep 4 - 7:07 Kaguya-sama S3 Ep 4 - 17:28 Komi-san S2 Ep 4 - 27:57 Aharen-san Ep 5 - 34:33 Shield Hero S2 Ep 4 - 40:17 Otomege Sekai wa Mob Ep 5 - 47:00 Tomodachi Game Ep 4 - 53:03 Waifu Wars - 1:01:05 Special Thanks - 1:21:13 'This Week in Anime' Sources: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-25/toei-animation-establishes-animator-training-program/.184991 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-30/spy-family-manga-gets-1st-stage-musical-next-spring/.185186 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-25/singer-voice-actress-shoko-nakagawa-fails-astronaut-application/.184974 Check us out on Twitter! https://twitter.com/GA_Reviews And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/gareviews/ Join the party on our Discord! https://discord.gg/gareviews Now on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/gareviews/ Support the channel and get some awesome perks: https://www.patreon.com/GAreviews

Cat with Beard from JAPAN
#3-”Engrish” and Horror Stories in JAPAN

Cat with Beard from JAPAN

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 30:32


Youtube, Twitter OPEN!! Check the link below

We Hate Anime
Neon Genesis EvangeliOne piece | One Piece Movie 2: Clock Work island Adventure | WHAn Piece

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2022 83:17


Lardo, Moth, and Doku are at it again Folks, this time coming together to to watch One Piece Movie 2: Clock Work Island Adventure, and its many allusions to 9/11 and Neon Genesis Evangelion. truly they are titans of our time.

X Reader
The Dark History of Space Jam

X Reader

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 61:50


For the complete catalog of of X Reader episodes and more details go to: http://www.discussking.com/xreader X Reader returns with a delectable, scrumddiddly-umcious hour of content with everything from cleaning tips from the pros online to some BTS on the making of Space Jam 2. It's safe to say this episode is a slam dunk. This episode is best enjoyed if the listener has a firm grip on the Engrish language. Contains mild and wild language. Listener discretion is advized.

We Hate Anime
Set Sail for the East Blue | One Piece Movie 1 and OVAs | WHAn Piece

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 77:07


We would like to ask you to join us as we embark on a grand adventure, going through the One Piece OVAs and Movies and bringing our Editor along for the ride

We Hate Anime
Ep. 64 The Preg Zone | The Life Zone

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 70:33


In a four man outing: Moth, Doku, Tid and our Editor Lardo learn the values of life, Misogyny, and gaslighting. Join them as they Journey into… The Life Zone.

The Nonlinear Library
AF - It Looks Like You're Trying To Take Over The World by gwern

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 1:10


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: It Looks Like You're Trying To Take Over The World, published by gwern on March 9, 2022 on The AI Alignment Forum. This story was originally posted as a response to this thread. It might help to imagine a hard takeoff scenario using only known sorts of NN & scaling effects... In A.D. 20XX. Work was beginning. "How are you gentlemen !!"... (Work. Work never changes; work is always hell.) Specifically, a MoogleBook researcher has gotten a pull request from Reviewer #2 on his new paper in evolutionary search in auto-ML, for error bars on the auto-ML hyperparameter sensitivity like larger batch sizes, because more can be different and there's high variance in the old runs with a few anomalously high performance values. ("Really? Really? That's what you're worried about?") He can't see why worry, and wonders what sins he committed to deserve this asshole Chinese (given the Engrish) reviewer, as he wearily kicks off yet another HQU experiment... Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

We Hate Anime
Ep. 63 Getting a lot of Boss Baby Vibes | Winter 2022 Anime Season

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 100:06


The gang's all here… ok most of the gang is here and we are talking about Boss Baby I mean Boss Baby I mean Boss Baby sorry I mean Peacemaker I mean Boss Baby, I mean ANIME! We are talking about the winter 2022 anime season.

We Hate Anime
Ep. 62: The Best Anime of 2021

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2022 111:51


Mike and Doku vibe together on the first chill anime of the year episode to ever exist in the history of the podcast. We hope you will enjoy a chill episode with some awkward dudes.

We Hate Anime
Ep. 61: Jo Jo Jo Merry Christmas | JoJos Bizarre Adventure Pt. 6 Stone Ocean

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 79:20


Mike broke his back moving rotors at his wagie job, leaving Moth to celebrate Christmas with Sudoku, Tiduidu, and Miss Jolyne Cujo herself as they watch JoJos bizarre adventure Stone Ocean

We Hate Anime
Ep. 60: With Apologies to Faye Valentine | Cowboy Bebop

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 77:54


Da bois gather round once again to talk shop about all things Cowboy Bebop, to lament the failed Netflix adaptation, and to wish for better shows to watch

Anime Jam Session
#525: A Bit of Anime NYC, and Lot of Turkey.

Anime Jam Session

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 87:12


DJ Ranma S discusses his take on Anime NYC and Mako-chan covers a couple of interesting news tidbits from the con! Also, The Slayers in audiobook form, Kojima Productions (小島プロダクション) expands into TV and film, J-pop star LiSA wins Song of the Year, and more 2.5 Stage Plays! Meanwhile in Japan, police station evacuated due to a bombshell, NESCAFÉ wants to keep you warm in the cold, and a local park's Engrish is quite interesting! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

We Hate Anime
Ep. 59: Two Guys, a Dune, and an Anime Season | Fall Anime 2021

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 126:43


Having been deserted after his cross country move, Mike forces Sudoku to watch the Fall 2021 anime season at gun point or lest he suffer the fate of being forced to watch Oreimo.

We Hate Anime
Spooky Stories in the Middle of Nowhere | We Hate Anime Halloween Special

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 89:33


Moth is trapped in a health clinic in a town with a population less than 200. No roads in or out. But he still managed to kidnap Sudoku and Egg and force them to listen to his anorexia induced hallucinations and Halloween night terrors!

We Hate Anime
Ep. 58: I Know Podcasts that Upload on Time, and They're All Cowards | Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 69:29


Our first spooky themed Podcast for October. Our first episode with no original hosts. Will Tiduidu, Egg, and Sudoku be able to make it through Garth Marenghi's Darkplace?

Book of Boredom
Paul And Patience Go On A Date

Book of Boredom

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 56:22


** #041 Paul And Patience Go On A Date ** :: And say hi to Moroni :: Brother Paul made an amazing discovery this week - Isaiah sounds a whole lot like ENGRISH! The hosts disagree about music, but decide to go on a silly date anyway. Photos included. :: Highlights include: :: God doesn't want to heal people so he encrypts his message. Sister Patience dislikes Pearl Jam and John Lennon. Toxic Positivity. God messes with the shared calendar. Paul asks Patience out on a date. ** Photos ** :: Cigarette :: :: Brisbane at Night :: :: If every LDS temple looked the same, we'd get tired of looking at the temples. :: :: Insects in a Flood Light :: :: Look carefully... There's four lights in there. :: :: Appointment with Jesus :: #Reasons to stay home this Sunday# - https://bookofboredom.com/reasons/ #Join the Blasphemy# - https://facebook.com/groups/BookOfBoredom #Patreon (Bonus Episodes)# - https://patreon.com/BookOfBoredom #Twitter# - https://twitter.com/BookOfBoredom #TikTok# - https://tiktok.com/@BookOfBoredomPodcast #Instagram# - https://instagram.com/BookOfBoredomPodcast #YouTube# - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjDavWoT73Cev3IAie_XBA #Website# - https://bookofboredom.com/ A nice review on any podcast platform will help frustrate the Heavenly Father's boring plans for your future.

We Hate Anime
Ep. 57: It's Like Poetry, It Sucks | Star Wars Visions

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2021 105:55


On this week's episode Moth decided to show us his power level. No, not that one. Or that one. No he decided to show Tiduidu and Mike how much of a massive fucking NERD he is about Star Wars lore as we sit down and enjoy Star Wars Visions

LIVE! With Mike Kasem & Vernetta Lopez
TOP 8 REJECTED MBS DESIGN PLANS, AND MIKE LEARNS TO SPIAK ENGRISH!

LIVE! With Mike Kasem & Vernetta Lopez

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 52:01


See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We Hate Anime
Ep. 56: Crotch Hunter 64 | City Hunter

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 101:41


On this week's episode we have on our latest recurring guest, everyone welcome Egg! Hopefully Moth does not drive them insane while Mike is away working on that Sigma Grindset.Oh, and Sudoku is here and is cringe as usual.Join them as they discuss City Hunter!

Weeb and Noob Watch Anime Podcast
Episode 66: Speed Grapher

Weeb and Noob Watch Anime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 59:49


Take aim and say "cheese!", because we have a show that will blow your mind (pun intended). This week the guys indulge Kyle to talk about one of his favorite hidden gem animes, the super violent, sexually explicit, anticapitalism action thriller known as Speed Grapher. This is a show that not only doesn't kink shame, but knows it what gives us all the POWER! Does episode 1 have the best Engrish of any show? How 80's is the early 2000s for Japan, why is Kagura dressed like #freebritney. We try to find out all this and more as we revel in the aroma, and flexibility of rubber. Follow us on Instagram @wanwapodcast Follow us on Twitter @weeb_noob --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wanwapodcast/support

We Hate Anime
Ep. 55: We Will (Not) Release on Time | Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.11 + 2.22

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 90:43


On this week's episode of We Hate Anime Mike gathers Tiduidu and Sudoku together to watch the first two Evangelion rebuild films, and Just like Anno himself we will release it when its good and ready

We Hate Anime
Ep. 54: The KFC Double Down of Anime Podcasts | Summer Season 2021

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 99:42


On this week's episode of We Hate Anime Moth decides to make a shit sandwich like the worst KFC Double Down you've never eaten. Unfortunately Mike and Doku are the only ones there to eat it, but they are gonna wash it down with some seasonal anime.

PoGo City Radio
Engrish Gord PoGo

PoGo City Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 59:12


Engrish Gord of the Wheelz and Bad Engrish calls in for a chat with the boys! At PoGo City, we play PUNK you jump up & Down! You know you've got the itch so come get your fix at http://pogocity.shop If you love the show and would like to donate you can do so via PayPal with the following link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9XZQG9R95CJRJ&fbclid=IwAR0IjQxHpCdCOydhkxOMu5uQmeSCGk2wHY2Y5cLrL5yXRQ0Dtyv5uDlcvNo ***Show Announcements*** Aug 6th One Sided, Sum Machine, Blanks 77,  Trail By Terror at the Pharmacy in Philly  Facebook Invite Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/310076363835571  Aug 14th One Sided,  Moose Knuckle, Prolapse, Working Poor USA and Presidential disgrace (members of A Global Threat) at Ralphs Rock Diner Worcester Massachusetts  Aug 28th One Sided in York PA (more info to come) Sept 27 One Sided in Coply PA (more info to come)   Social Media Links: @pogocityradio @onesidedpa @thesdabs

We Hate Anime
Ep. 53: We Talk About Good Media for a Change | Inside

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 89:55


On this weeks episode of We Hate Anime we talk about Bo Burnhams Inside, a special so anxious it qualifies for Disability in some states! Frog, Doku, Mike, and special guest Jiji come together to not talk about anime!

Anime Jam Session
#506: Is There a Cure for the Summertime Blues?

Anime Jam Session

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 81:06


After one chapter, a manga is cancelled that was written by Kakegurui's writer? Golgo 13 breaks world record, Tezuka Productions responds to controversy about anime characters used for the Olympics, Godzilla and Hamtaro collab! Kyoto Animation announces the memorial video, and animation director Ippei Ichii says MAPPA offered cheap rates to Netflix for anime? Meanwhile in Japan, a cat run store with a cat manager, Engrish sign turns out x-rated, politician Skull Reaper A-ji sues city for refusing to show his face, and Tenga's rocket is a go! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

PaNaz
1. Belajar Speaking Dasar Semenit: “I am”

PaNaz

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 0:50


Ini adalah materi audio dari materi tertulis di blog engRIsh bersama paNaz. Sambil dengerin, sambil baca materinya di sini Kursus privat Bahasa Inggris di Green Lake View Apartment Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia, dengan tutor pengalaman UK, USA, MV WhatsApp now.

We Hate Anime
Ep. 51: We do a Little Trollin | Summer Wars

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021 107:11


Its the beginning of summer. What better time to gather some friends around and watch one of the best summer films of all time: Digimo- I mean... Summer Wars!

We Hate Anime
Ep. 50: Wife Guys Burgers and Fries | FLCL

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 97:12


Welcome our guests Ahab and Sudoku and thank them for baby sitting Moth to make sure he doesn't eat ALL the glue. Oh, and they watch FLCL which is super rad

The Animigos Podcast
Episode 015 - The Beauty of Engrish & Yasuke Review ft @Sladetnm & @OAAO_XO

The Animigos Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2021 76:40


Season 2, Episode 7 of the #AnimigosPodcast. In this episode, the Animigos team focus on:  "Engrish" in anime, as well as sub to dub translations. Naruto vs Delta. A review of Yasuke. Kakashi as a character. Amber in Invincible. Overlord S4 announcement. and more If you have any questions, enquires or would like to get involved, email us at theanimigospodcast@gmail.com  Twitter - @AnimigosPod  Insta - @TheAnimigosPod  Check us out on YouTube for our new series: #AnimigosTalkandPlay - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzbV0CNnIU7XXzNEBgUIEdnXIke0yamkg

We Hate Anime
Ep. 49: Mike gets Frustrated | Katanagatari 4-6

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 90:02


Frogs schedule stopped him from being here to help out in an episode where Mike gets... well, at the very least it should be entertaining. Join us, Moth, Mike, and guest Tiduidu come together to discuss three episodes of Katanagatari.

We Hate Anime
Ep. 48: 2021 Spring Anime Season

We Hate Anime

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 119:31


After a much needed break, the hiring of our very own editor, and the unfortunate discovery that Moth has better things to do than talk about the hit Spring Anime "Combatants Will Be Dispatched!" Maybe he had the right Idea...

Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts
DrBill.TV Special – Audio – ELECABLE PCIe 4-Port HDMI Video Capture Card Install and Test!

Dr. Bill.TV - Audio Netcasts

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 23:21


Dr. Bill installs and tests a cheap, Chinese, four port HDMI Capture Card for the PCIe bus on your Windows PC System. It claims to be a ‘Professional video processing function, high-quality industrial-grade chip production, super stability, support for simultaneous input of 4 HDMI signals’, at least according to the ‘Engrish’ in the description! (NOTE: I did confirm, that if [...] The post DrBill.TV Special – Audio – ELECABLE PCIe 4-Port HDMI Video Capture Card Install and Test! appeared first on Dr. Bill | The Computer Curmudgeon.

Electric Leftovers
Engrish Tourettes

Electric Leftovers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 33:01


I can't control it. 0:00 Intro 2:44 Music - Sunset 4:02 From The Archives - Rygar 5:45 Music - Mountain 7:03 Review Reivew - Robo Warrior 18:18 Music - Cave 19:37 News Of The Weird 29:07 Music - Tower 30:24 Outro LowBiasGaming - http://www.lowbiasgaming.net Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/jasonsgroovemachine Discord Chat! - https://discord.gg/4B4gUXw Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/jasongrvin YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/jasonsgroovemachine --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/electricleftovers/message

Cognitive Revolution
Chapter 2: Moscow

Cognitive Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 29:05


Spanish cheers went up in celebration as our plane touched down in Moscow. “Arriba! Vamanos!” Partly we celebrated a safe landing in Russia. Partly we celebrated the distance we’d come. I’d crossed an ocean and a continent. The Mexicans one continent more than that. The Peruvians another still. But most of all we celebrated the World Cup and the events that would transpire over the coming weeks. Then our delegations separated, and I went off to meet up with my girlfriend, Haily, at our hostel.It was past midnight when we got off the plane, and I needed to catch a cab to my hostel. I also hoped to procure a SIM card for my phone, allowing me to telecommunicate in country, but this was less of a priority. The airport didn't have Wifi (at least, you needed a Russian phone number to access it). But it’s not like anyone had any important information to tell me at this point.I had a few different options of what to do next and spent maybe twenty minutes equivocating among all of them. There was a taxi kiosk inside the terminal with a long queue, and a taxi booth with no queue at all (perhaps for a reason?). Then there was a SIM card kiosk with a long queue, and a SIM card booth with no queue at all (again, suspicious). I started with the SIM card booth, no queue. The young man at the booth was on the telephone. I tried to assert myself and he moved the phone about three microns away from his ear to tell me that they were currently out of SIM cards. His friend would be back in twenty minutes with more. I went to the other SIM card kiosk but soon grew impatient after standing motionless in line for five minutes. I tried my luck with a taxi. I went outside to see if it was possible to hail a cab directly. Three paces outside of the airport terminal, I realized that this was not how it worked. My only option for a taxi was to join the line inside. Turning to reenter the terminal I was stopped by a Russian guard, who spun me around and ushered me in a different direction. I was trying to enter through an exit, and this was strictly forbidden.After reentering the airport through the appropriate screening checkpoint, I decided to try my luck again with the SIM card kid. Maybe his friend had been able to deliver some merchandise. When I got back to the booth, I had heard him explain to another would-be customer that they were currently out of cards, but that his friend would bring a new supply in twenty minutes. Then he went back to his phone call. Not going to happen.So I went to the taxi booth. I told the gentleman where I was going. He gave me a ticket with a fixed price for my ride from the airport to my destination. I asked if I was supposed to take the ticket outside or remain at the booth for further instructions. “Yes,” he said. I clarified, “So I should go outside?” He gave me a look that said, “Do you really think I give two tiny moose s***s about what you do?” I decided, a touch optimistically, to stay where I was. He seemed to agree this was the best option as well. I waited for a few minutes without receiving any further attention, beginning to grow uncertain that I wasn't just standing with a ticket in my hand, waiting for a cab to pull up inside the terminal, like an American dumbass. Eventually, an attendant came and escorted me to a cab. I was off.The streets on the way into Moscow were liberally decorated with World Cup advertisements. The primary one being the official statement from the Russians, “Welcome the game” and its variants: Welcome the Serbians. Welcome the Belgians. Welcome the Egyptians. I thought this an odd sentiment. It seemed more like a directive to the native Russians (read: Don't f**k with the tourists), rather than a warm greeting of the foreigners. "Welcome to the game" would seem more appropriate, no?My cab driver dropped me off at my hostel. I had no internet, no knowledge of Moscow, no way to contact anyone. He could’ve dropped me off anywhere within 30 miles of the airport and I wouldn’t have figured out that something was amiss until he’d speeded off to pick up the next sucker. He dropped me off on a side street and indicated this was, to the best of his knowledge, the location specified by the address. It was just a residential street of multi-story apartments. There was no sign or anything. I got out and fetched my bags, because I didn’t have any alternative hypotheses.By now it was 1:30 in the morning. Well passed check in time. Thankfully, Haily had already checked in, since her plane had arrived earlier that day. I found the building number of the hostel and pressed the doorbell. Nothing happened. It didn’t seem promising. I couldn't contact Haily to come get me, as I had opted not to get the SIM card. No internet either. Happily, just as I was about to take up residence in the doorway like a vagrant, another guest hopped out of a cab and helped me into the building. The hostel was on the third floor and appeared to be just a converted floor of separate rooms. I presented myself at the front desk and handed the old Russian lady my passport. I’d come a long way to be here, and I was excited to arrive at my destination. She looked at my passport for a moment, then made a phone call. This, I was beginning to understand, was the customary manner in which Russians conduct a transaction. While she was on the phone, I got on the Wifi in the hostel. A flurry of messages came in. From Haily: "There's been a housing snafu."Oh, that was the important information.I had no way of knowing whether the phone call the Russian lady was presently engaged with had any relevance for my situation. She could have been talking to her grandson for all I knew. She hadn’t said a word to me since I came in. But whatever was going on was clearly not in my favor. Apparently, as Haily explained to me, they had our reservation on their books but had given away our room nonetheless. We hadn't paid in full ahead of time. “But I have an email right here from a week ago saying you confirmed our reservation and that we could pay upon arrival," I protested. I rifled through my bag and waved a printed out email in front of her face. This intelligence failed the move the Russian lady, as she spoke not a word of English. She presented me with the phone, and I spoke with another Russian lady, one who spoke English—fluently enough though not very nicely. She told me that we had been given a room at a different hostel. "Why did you not come to the new address? Did you not get the SMS message? Your friend said you would get the SMS message. You should have come to the—“ I cut her off. "No," I snapped. "You should have had a room for us here. The only question you should be asking is why I have an email confirmation for a room but no room." But I wasn't in a position of power, and it sounded like we had a room, just located somewhere else. I got the new address from Haily, the only trustworthy person involved in the transaction, and set off.Only slightly daunted, I arrived at our accommodations. I was immensely happy to be reunited with Haily. I was even somewhat happy to have suffered through my ordeal in getting situated, since it seemed to have worked out alright. Disorder and chaos in the face of resolute commitment to arbitrary rules—where else on earth could I be but Moscow?Moscow is organized in a schematic of concentric circles, with Red Square and the Kremlin at the center. We made our way from our hostel just inside the second ring toward Moscow’s heart. We passed five or six cafes on the first street alone. Not quite hungry yet, we pressed on. The buildings in Moscow don’t feel generically European. Vaguely, you get the sense that you’re in Europe—as opposed to, say, North America or the Middle East—but I couldn’t place my surroundings in the context of another European city, like I could for Warsaw.But that is, I suppose, the point of Moscow. It’s a city in Europe the same way Cairo is a city in Africa. Technically that’s where it is in a geographical sense, but not necessarily in a cultural one. Moscow lies at the junction between east and west, to be sure, yet is subtle in how it combines them. It’s neither a mix of things eastern and western, nor an amalgam of the two. You get the sense that you’re somewhere singular. But the again you are. Russia.The façade that impressed me most as we walked through the city did not belong to a building but a construction site. The Russians had made a temporary facsimile of the building’s face and strung it up in front while they did construction behind it. From a distance, it just looks like a building. Only up close do you realize something looks a little off. It is immediately obvious that Moscow takes pride in its appearance. No liter on the streets. Nothing out of place. Yet it doesn’t feel sterile, like this cleanliness is an act they’re putting on for the tourists. No, what it feels like is a city that takes pride in itself.The Kremlin, where we found ourselves now, is a foreboding place. No doubt this is the aesthetic they intended. It features an imposing red castle wall protecting the inner sanctum from intruders. It’s the kind of wall that even a Texan would look upon with admiration as sufficient for keeping out unwanted guests. The only thing that would further its point is a sign that says “beware of dog” or, better yet given the scale, “beware of dragon.” What it is that goes on in the buildings within the inner sanctum I have no idea. But if you were, say, to conduct a back alley transaction with a representative from FIFA, you’d have plenty of furtive places to do it. As we stood before it, there was in fact another fence of a much smaller order—the kind used at music festivals or other large public events—to restrict pedestrians access to no more than a hundred yards from the Kremlin wall. This mode of arbitrary sequestering of the public, we would learn, is something the Russians like to do very much.Off to the side is the iconic building of Moscow, St Basil's Cathedral, with the distinct Soviet architecture, colorful and columnar, topped with exotic dollops of sour cream. The building feels just a bit out of place. It seems a little overly whimsical to be set next to the we-shoot-to-kill sensibilities of the Kremlin wall. We looked at all of this from a bit of a distance, as the whole of Red Square was fenced off. Wouldn't want to chance it, what with one of those soccer hooligans attempting to penetrate the Kremlin's fortifications.Having explored Moscow’s epicenter, we followed a different spoke toward the outer ring. It was raining cotton on this day in Moscow, falling daintily from the sky, and so the whole city had a mid-summer-winter-wonderland feel to it, like being in a room-temperature snow globe. We were hungry now. But the street we found ourselves on offered no cafés. The only one we did find was unaccountably humid and smelled of moist cheese. Not of interest to us. We retraced our steps where we remembered seeing a few promising establishments and settled on a restaurant offering Georgian fare (what they eat in the former Soviet satellite, not in the Southern US). This was something I’d never had before. This was something I hadn’t even known existed before this moment. And with this loss of innocence came an even more pronounced loss of faith in my fellow human—as I decided that Georgian food is the most worthwhile, most rewarding, most delicious secret that no one had bothered to tell me about. I couldn’t believe it.We sat outside. It was late morning. Past breakfast time, but no where near time for lunch. It was possibly for this reason the waitresses eyed us with disdain. Or, equally likely, it was just because they were Russian. We started with Kharcho, a sort of Georgian minestrone—spicy, with beef. Then Khachapuri. They described it as pie, but really it was spinach pizza. Three kinds of dumplings: lamb, cheese, and pork. When served, they reminded me of blanched versions of the ornaments on the building in Red Square, a sack of goodies twisted up and ready for consumption. It was phenomenal.We continued on our walk around Moscow. We made off in the direction of no where in particular, eventually meandering back toward Red Square. We found ourselves on Nikolskaya, the main shopping thoroughfare of the city, near Red Square. This was clearly the most densely touristed section of Moscow. It was here we first came across the traditional garb of the World Cup attendee. The base is the national jersey (older kits connote longer-standing devotion). On top of that is the scarf, a flag worn as a cape, a flag painted on the cheek (your opponent’s flag on the other, if you’re feeling diplomatic), and a gaudy wig of curly hair painted in the colors of your nation. There were the Argentinians in blue and white (to be distinguished from non-Argentinians who merely wore their Messi jerseys). The Swedes in their blue and yellow. The Mexicans, of course, with their egregious sombreros substituted for the wig. The Peruvians were also out in complete regalia. I already felt a certain fondness for their number because of their show of spirit and enthusiasm on the flight over. A quartet of Peruvians stood outside a KFC drinking beer—most of it successfully making it from can to mouth, too—and carrying on in an even more spirited and enthusiastic manner than I had previously observed. Noting that it was only a few minutes past noon, I added ambition to my list of endearing Peruvian qualities.As we wandered through town we passed a statue. It was quite large, maybe three times as tall as me, but we couldn’t tell who it was of. We took a moment to study it closely. “It looks like that guy has a scroll with just the alphabet,” I remarked, thinking it a bit of an odd thing for anyone beyond first grade to commemorate on a scroll, let alone a statue. As we wandered off we heard a tour guide say that it was a statue of Saint Cyril. It was an alphabet—ol' Cyril was proud to show it off because he had just invented it. Presumably he thought it worthwhile to tell his friends. It is very important to my Bulgarian acquaintance, Momchil, that you understand that Cyril was a Bulgarian and, accordingly, what is usually thought of as the Russian alphabet is, in fact, the Bulgarian alphabet.Developed around 800 BCE, Cyrillic really is a delightful script. As a native English speaker, one gets the feeling that one should be able to pronounce it if one just tries hard enough. Cyril developed it, with the help of his colleagues, from a hodgepodge of Greek, Latin, an older script called Glagolitic, and a few inventive markings of his own devising. It looks a bit as if a particularly stubborn English speaker—not one to bow before authority—took our alphabet and made it her own, using more or less all the same letters but assigning to each one the phonetic value which seemed more appropriate to her than the original. Some stay the same. For instance, “трактор” sounds like “tractor.” But others are completely bastardized—"Москва" is pronounced "Moskva" and "ресторан" pronounced "restaurant." They also added in a few a doodads and odd balls of their own invention for good measure, such as the final morpheme in "сад," pronounced sad but meaning garden.We repaired to a bar for a few midday drinks. We found a spot within supervising range of Cyril, but convivially situated under ground. We sat at a high topped table and ordered a pair of Aperol Spirtzes, apparently the traditional drink of Moscow (they are advertised in front of absolutely every drinking establishment). We consumed several of the delightful, pinkish beverages, each served in an accommodatingly wide wine glasses. Satisfied and slightly tipsy, we walked back to our hostel. We’d gotten a feel for the city and we wanted to rest up. We had a big evening a head of us. One of the events we were most looking forward to in Moscow: dinner at White Rabbit.Getting a reservation at White Rabbit had been an ordeal of its own. We emailed multiple times. No response. When finally they responded and asked for a prepayment, they failed to include a link. When we requested a link, we never heard back. When at length they did send a link, it was—and what else would you expect here?—to some sketchy payment site, of the kind you wouldn’t be surprised to visit if you needed to purchase weapons-grade plutonium on the black market. I entered my card credit information if not happily then at least dutifully.We walked through a construction zone to get to the restaurant. In the general vicinity but at a loss for where to proceed, we had to look up specific directions to get in. The entrance was located on an unassuming side street, the building only exceptional if you look up at the top of it. You’re required to take two elevators, neither of them helpfully labeled, to get there. This is, you understand, one of the nicest, most famous, most expensive restaurants in Russia. The door isn’t unlabeled in some ironic hipsterish attempt to insinuate that you need to be “in the know” to find it. It’s just unlabeled because, well, f**k you, this is Russia and that’s just how things are. We found it nonetheless. That’s how in the know we are.We got there early, at five, because the tasting menu was supposed to take a few hours and we wanted to catch a World Cup match at nine. We were seated in an open air deck area, instead of the main dining room. It seemed agreeable enough, and we probably didn’t have much of a choice. Not wanting to have a request to move denied, we decided that it was better not to make the request in the first place. But we were clearly in the low-rent district of the establishment, where they stick the schlubs. I’ve never been to Dubai, but I imagine this was close to what it would feel like. All of the chairs were plush lounges, with more room devoted to the several luxuriant pillows than to one's ass. We were on a roof top with a definite view of nothing in particular. There were inane tropical bird noises playing over the loudspeaker. And, speaking factually, the only demographics who could afford to enjoy this restaurant as a casual 5pm meal on the lounging deck were Arabs, Asians, and Russian aristocracy. Tell me that those aren’t the same three demographics going out to eat in Dubai. The three young Arab gentleman at the table next to us were clearly consuming their meal out of a sense of obligation to eat some place conspicuous, rather than from any apparent genuine pleasure.Our waiter was a young Russian man, Aleksandar. We told him we’d like the tasting menu. He informed us that this was the right choice and dutifully shuffled off to enter our order into the system. We started off with polguar, a traditional Russian spirit. “Just try it,” was Aleksandar’s advice… Sea urchin sorbet, which was probably the highlight… Honey wine: they bury it when a child is born, then dig it up when the child starts their own family, traditionally around 15-17 years old apparently.When the check came, they charged us for the full thing plus the drinks we had. It was only several moments after the transaction had been finalized that I realized I had prepaid for the meal. I informed Aleksandar of this. The color drained from his face. “Oh no,” he murmured stoically. “This is my mistake.” We had to transact with manager to settle the issue. He told us that he would issue a refund to the card. It would go through in a couple of days. This was, mind you, the same establishment that had requested we prepay for the meal without being thoughtful enough to include a method for doing so. The bill was not an insignificant amount of money. I was supposed to trust that they were going to summon up enough dependability to reimburse me several days hence forth. And I did, if not happily then at least dutifully.After dinner we snuck up to see the main dining atrium. This was a mistake. It was inordinately superior to the deck. This was what had been featured in the documentary we'd seen about the restaurant. This was the real Russian treatment. The decor was intense and ornate. It featured a beautiful view of Moscow. We felt cheated for not having been sat there—for we had missed out on a crucial element of the White Rabbit experience. Alas.There’s a lot to be said for White Rabbit. The food was very good. It was inventive and delicious, no doubt. But no matter how high quality it may have been, the restaurant is—like everything else in Russia—not necessarily designed with the distinct ambition for you to enjoy your experience.Haily wasn’t feeling well after dinner. I accompanied her back to the hostel, made sure she was settled in for the evening, then hit the streets for the Portugal-Spain match. This was one of the marquee games of the group stage. Spain were among the favorites to win it all, and Portugal, highly ranked themselves, boasted among their numbers one of the two best players on the planet, Cristiano Ronaldo. We’d identified a promising spate of bars along one of the avenues by our hostel. Outfitted proudly in my Ronaldo jersey, I set out with this destination in mind.I called first at an Irish pub, called something so overly generic as to not even be plausibly authentic, like Patty O’Hoolihans or Leprechaun McLuckycharms. The restaurant was large, but stuffed to the ceiling with World Cup fans. The televisions were large and numerous. I snagged a seat next to some Russian girls. I sat for a happy moment and took it all in. I was in a bar in a foreign country—the one where the World Cup was being held—and so were all these other people. These were individuals from all over the world, from Russia and Peru and France and Senegal and Poland and Costa Rica and everywhere else. And they were all here for the same reason I was. I found it all immensely gratifying.I tried to flag down a waiter. When eventually I experienced some success in this enterprise I asked for a beer. “Not this bar,” the waiter informed me. He pointed to the next room over, “That.” This left me with several queries I would’ve liked to pose. I was actually in comforting proximity to a bar that appeared to be fully operational. I was close enough to slosh a beer with confident accuracy into the face of one of the bartenders—that is, if I was inclined to do so and actually able to procure a drink. I was at least academically curious about why I couldn’t order anything from that bar. But there were many other tables whose requests he needed to deny, and he wandered off before I could ask.I forfeited my seats next to the Russia girls. I bid them adieu, but they weren’t all that invested in my presence anyway. I poked my head in the room indicated by the waiter, but there were no seats. There wasn’t even standing room. I went to search the upper deck, just in case. Nothing.It was still early in the game, and I didn’t want to commit to a suboptimal experience. I went next door, to another Irish pub, Guinness McJameson, if I recall. This one looked more promising. The TV screen was more modestly sized, but agreeably visible. Furthermore, I felt optimistic about the possibility of getting a drink here. It proved difficult to solicit the attention of the bartender, as he was occupied with fending off pushy drunk Russians. I waited patiently for my turn and was duly rewarded with a Harp Irish lager and then a lone seat at the bar. It was still the first half of the match, and I had a satisfactory, if not to say lavish home from which to enjoy it.The table next to me was a group of six. Mostly English speaking, but the ring leader was clearly Russian. An immense block of a man. He was especially excited about one bottle of Scotch in particular behind the bar. It was important to him for his compatriots to appreciate this fine specimen of Highland whisky. He petitioned the bartender to remove it from the shelves so he could present its façade to his colleagues. After looking at it admiringly for several minutes he gave the bottle back to the barkeep and requested a round for his table, six shots. The bartender obliged. But when the shots reached the table, Mr. Blok looked dissatisfied. There was, he complained, a problem with the volume of the drink. It was not enough. “This shot no,” he stated in broken but effective English (presumably the Irish bartender’s Russian was worse). I can personally attest that the bartender measured the shots before he poured them—I’d watched him do it—and he informed Blok of as much. This, to Blok’s mind, was not a valid excuse. The bartender assured him that the volume of Scotch would not be increased under any circumstances.“Niet,” challenged Blok.“Da,” affirmed the barkeep.“Niet.”“Da.”Niet.Da.Defeated in a competition of wit, Blok returned to his friends—though his efforts were not entirely without consequence, because the bartender eventually delivered another glass of Scotch to his table, gratis. Rewarding this kind of behavior, no doubt, serves to make pushy, drunk Russians pushier and drunker.Though I’d been able to obtain a seat, I decided to leave the bar at half time, as the match was a good one but seemed to be an auxiliary consideration in the establishment. Unsure of where else to turn, I equivocated then returned to the first Irish bar. That one at least had a committed fan base, I thought. I sat in a different place, though in same room as the one I had previously been ushered out of. I was sitting directly at the bar this time, even more convenient sloshing distance. I attempted to persuade the bartender into serving me a beer, but to no avail. He just looked at me for a moment, unmoved, and announced, “Later.” Unsure of how to interpret this intelligence, I reinvested myself in the game. Anticipating such difficulty in procuring further alcohol, I had done my best to drink while I was afforded the opportunity in the previous establishment. I’d done pretty well, actually. I was in a good place to engage with the action around me.Eventually I felt that perhaps later had rolled around while I’d been attending to the game. I turned again to the barkeep, but the Russian gentleman next to me indicated that this attempt would be futile. Everyone else around me, I noticed, had a glass of one kind or another, but apparently there was some prohibition on my ordering a beer. The game ended in a tie: 3-3, with a Ronaldo hat trick matching the output of the entire Spanish team. All told, I spent over an hour in that bar without being able to get a drink.It is the Chinese inflection of broken English—affectionately referred to as “Engrish”—that is widely celebrated. But its Russian counterpart far outstrips it in implausible constructions and confounding linguistic inventions. Russians put the “ish” in English.Above the toilet in our hostel read a sign: “DEAR GUEST!!! TO AVOID NATURAL DISASTER, WE SENTLY ASK YOUR TOILET PAPER AND MEANS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE TO PICK THE BUCKET!” I’m actually at a loss as to suppose which word contracts to form “SENTLY” in that context. But the gist of the message is not to put anything in the toilet that isn’t s**t. It seems that their concern is about the offending object’s choice of where to reside—ideally, it'd choose the bucket. Their consternation about a “NATURAL DISASTER” also seems a little dramatic, does it not?Above the stove there read another message: “Dear guests !!! Convincing request !! DO NOT INCLINE THE BOTTLES OF THE COMFORT FOR THE MAXIMUM MODE “9” !!!! USE THE MODES NOT ABOVE “6” COOKING OF EASY DISHES (EARTH, OMELET, CASH, PEMENI ) The power of the plate is not calculated for the greater !!” Your guess is as good as mine here, but I think it means that if you’re gonna cook up some eggs then keep the burner turned to about five or so. Maybe best to try Google f*****g Translate next time rather than going it alone.Then there was the additional hostel rule, helpfully posted in several locations around the lobby: “Feel yourself like at home, but do not forget that you are guest!”Hostels really are curious places. This is especially true in Russia. Many hostels have themes, but here they’re taken on with a certain imperative gravity. The theme for the hostel in which we stayed the first couple nights in Moscow (same as the one we were supposed to stay in) was the television series Game of Thrones. The hostel’s name was Winterfell. There were toy dragons hanging from the ceiling and outcroppings of fake stone nestled into available counter space. The sense of whimsy elicited by having medieval-looking crap everywhere was decidedly at odds with the manner of the frosty tempered b***h—she really was, even by Russian standards—who attended the front desk about twenty-two hours per day (the same one who had reprimanded me not for receiving the SMS indicating the change of arrangements). There were unattributed quotes from the show, many of them rather peculiar out of context. One quote, prominently displayed, read: “I will not bear children.”Probably just as well, honestly.But, alas, just as we had begun to feel ourselves like at home, we had to leave. 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