In Japan, firefighting services are paid for directly by the people living in that area.

I typically have to pay ¥10,000 a year ($69 USD) and all of that money goes to the closest fire department.

They don’t check your payment status or anything, but it’s expected of you.

Whereas policing is paid for via taxes like most other countries.

Same thing they gained from invading Hong Kong, they think it belongs to them.

Or as one of my old friends told me while playing Final Fantasy 12; the only legitimate reason to wage war against another country - land.

Hong Kong is already part of the Chinese mainland and was already kinda part of China, but Taiwan is a geographically strategic location that puts both Koreas, the Philippines, & Japan in a tougher position. Even without war it would make trade and travel in the Pacific much harder.

Do not miss growing up in south Texas and having to deal with hot rainstorms.

And hail.

Do not miss hail.

Oh god, she’s a mother?

Whatever their motivation, gaming is good for mental health and cognition so this is a net win for the entire crew.

But I’m disappointed at him for that choice as well.

PvP is the toilets facing each other.

Hope the kid was lying, because that’s a far bigger problem.

No, the big metal barrels are all being used by the hobos living under the elevated train lines in the city.

Most recent series was last year. I think it was meant to be the last one.

こんにちは!

Fat mobster: “Where else you gonna go? Autozone? Hahahahahaha!”

Movie Picard shot and killed TV Picard.

Good Boomer humor.

Sarcastically requesting to be untagged from the photo.

The new picture is going to make Liz Lemon the next Secretary of State.

The second one looks like his first name is Clifford.

“The one and only.”

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