It's so hilarious when people who speak a different language than you try to talk to you and you have no fucking CLUE what they are saying. Like so! I was on WinMX, downloading more Zeta Gundam because I'm too cheap/poor to buy shitty Hong Kong bootleg DVDs today. This guy starts downloading an ep of Zeta Gundam that I already have off me. Alright, fine, that's cool. I don't mind. Plenty of bandwidth to waste here. Then he decided to message me and the following, very deep conversation ensued:
him:.........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
him:.........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
him: want to download okay?
me: Want to download what?
him:.........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: Uhm... okay... what does that mean?
him:.........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: Right. I saw that the first time you typed it, but it's just a bunch of nonsense.
{After he didn't answer for a while I tried typing again}
me: Are you suggesting I download something from you?
him:.........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: As you've said. But that is one long line of indecipherable characters. It does not make a sentence. It is not words. Not only is it not English, it doesn't appear to be any human language. Well, at least not any language that my computer is capable of displaying. What are you getting at?
him:.........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: Now this is just getting silly. Speak to me. In English. MAKE SENSE. What are you talking about?
him: yes.
me: Yes to what? What are you talking about?
him:.........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: I have no idea what .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B means. Please tell me what you want in English.
me: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
Uhm... ?hables Español?
him: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: Parlez-Vous Français?
him: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: nihon-go de hanashite kudasai
him: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: What the fuck are you talking about?
{Again no reply for a long time}
me: Can I help you or something?
him: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: I don't know what that is!
him: (Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B(auto response)Thanks to messeage.if reply is late,please agree.
me: Please agree with what? What the fuck are you talking about? You're not making any sense. If you just want to download from me, fine, go ahead. But I have no idea what you are saying.
him: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: Is that a file name or something? Because I don't have anything like that in my shared files. Are you suggesting I download that from you? What?
{Again no reply}
me: You smoke-a tha crack? u r 7331 haX0r? What language do I need to speak to make some sense out of that same line you keep feeding me?
him: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: ARGH!
him: .........(Ž©“®•Ô“š)IM‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·�B•ÔŽ–‚ª’x‚ê‚é�ê�‡‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚ª�A‚¨‹–‚µ‰º‚³‚¢�B
me: Let me guess? The anti-christ? Already? I feel cheated.
him: I suggesting trade. Trading is Japanese rule. I learned from friends.
me: OH! NOW I understand. Thank you. :)
Domoo arigato.
him: Thanks to talking.You are very goodwill.
me: Hey, no problem. Download whatever you like from me. I don't mind. :)
The moral of the story? Trying to communicate sensibly with people from other countries is completely futile. They don't listen unless you call them the anti-christ. I love Japan. :)
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