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[Montresor]

I would rather play video games, hang out with my family, or watch an episode of Jessica Jones than do any of the things in Tabris's list.

My plan for this weekend? Beat a video game on its hardest difficulty. I won't get shit-faced drunk in the red light district but I'll talk to my brothers and circle of friends about my weekend experience and we'll have fun... Just hanging out.

 

[Mr Git]

sadly snipped to avoid reposting the wall.

Brilliant. I think this is exactly where a lot of my friends are, our twenties were ridiculous and severely inebriated. I'm yet to get there, still to have kids. If I do I will be, I'd imagine.

 

[Llyranor]

If you want to learn about the world just read Wikipedia or read books on Geopolitics. I don't know what sort of knowledge you're going to learn from being scammed into going to a tourist trap.

The best thing is you can read about history and cultures and then you can travel and see it for yourself (and have the experience enriched by doing both). The books weren't written by someone who stayed home and wrote about other people's perspectives.

 

[daveo42]

This thread still going on? Hot damn! Also love what you've done to the title mods.

My issue isn't boring people with babies, it's people who get married and then disappear for years at a time. Their social circle changes or just get to mad bonin' and just spend all of their time with their spouse. I know far too many people like that. It's like JT realizing there are more women in the world because they disappear once a ring goes on that finger.

 

[Big-E]

He's a Peyton Manning Stan. He's one of the world's worst monsters.

No he isn't. He is an Archie Manning stan which makes it more weird. He has a thing for Archie Manning's offspring.

 

[Minus_Me]

Tokyo
- Learned some basic japanese for the trip.
- Got to fly my first international first class which is amazing. My seat was a bed! Drank a lot during the flight.
- We went to a bunch of michelin star restaurants for set menus (Pierre Gagnaire, Sant Pau, Esquisse, Fukudaya, Kikuchi, etc)
- We went for a traditional Kaiseki dinner where ladies dressed in formal kimonos led us to a private dining room where there was a smaller door they came out of to serve us each meal.
- We went to Tokyo Disneyland, went on a bunch of rides, got hats / ribbons to wear.
- We went to sky tree and odaiba ferris wheel to see the view of Tokyo.
- We went to a creepy maid cafe in Akihabara after playing rhythm games at Sega cafe
- We went to a Vampire cafe where the waiter performed rituals for the food we were eating.
- We went shopping around Ginza and Shibuya and went to places like Laduree for afternoon tea.
- Went to see the Hachi statue (the dog) and also got a perfect picture where I waited just a bit too long at Shibuya crossing where I was one of the few, had to quickly run to not get run over.
- Met some people that we went drinking with in Roppongi
- We walked around the national parks to look at the cherry blossom trees in season, as well as went to Meiji shrine to get our fortune and make our wishes. Saw a wedding taking place there at the same time.
- We went to the Lost in Translation bar on top of the Park Hyatt hotel, sat very close to the same spot as Scarlett Johansson and enjoyed some cocktails while listening to the jazz band playing.
- Was filmed for a popular variety tv show for Fuji TV while at a restaurant in which they made me the main focus (as I was the only caucasian there), happened out of the blue. Had to sign a release form.

I've seen families do all of this. The only thing you need to do any of this is to have money. Didn't even try and get a reservation at Sukiyabashi Jiro? I didn't know New York Bar got renamed Lost in translation bar.

 

[Brazil]

If you want to learn about the world just read Wikipedia or read books on Geopolitics. I don't know what sort of knowledge you're going to learn from being scammed into going to a tourist trap.

That's the kind of small-minded thinking I'd expect from someone who probably doesn't have a passport.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

 

[TheKaeptain]

No he isn't. He is an Archie Manning stan which makes it more weird. He has a thing for Archie Manning's offspring.

Okay that's weird.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I'm always amazed people haven't figured out Tabris already. Every thread is the same.

Tabris,

Get over yourself. Your apartment is nice but soulless and lacks personality (which is also a reflection of you). These things you think you do that are special really aren't. In fact most of them are boring tourist shit that everyone does.

You come off like a sheltered child with limited exposure to culture. It's not a good look.


Btw

Spoiler

Canucks suck too. Go Kings!

 

[Tabris]

I've seen families do all of this. The only thing you need to do any of this is to have money. Didn't even try and get a reservation at Sukiyabashi Jiro? I didn't know New York Bar got renamed Lost in translation bar.

We decided to go in a month and the reservations were like 3 months long.

As for New York Bar, they did have a cocktail called Lost in Translation.

The point of the lists were not that parents couldn't do them, it's just examples to go with the Vegas trip of a variety of activities - and most new parents don't have variety in any of their activities and don't have anything to talk about except friends episodes, brisket, and sunday morning breakfasts as shown in this thread.

 

[commish]

What am I missing - why do you keep mentioning friends episodes and brisket specifically?

 

[xxracerxx]

The point of the lists were not that parents couldn't do them, it's just examples to go with the Vegas trip of a variety of activities - and most new parents don't have variety in any of their activities and don't have anything to talk about except friends episodes, brisket, and sunday morning breakfasts as shown in this thread.

My friends have a baby and they just went to Japan for a month, they also just came up to my town for an art show opening and for a bottle tasting of a small craft brewery.

 

[MattKeil]

What's with the recurring brisket theme?

 

[Minus_Me]

We decided to go in a month and the reservations were like 3 months long.

As for New York Bar, they did have a cocktail called Lost in Translation.

The point of the lists were not that parents couldn't do them, it's just examples to go with the Vegas trip of a variety of activities - and most new parents don't have variety in any of their activities and don't have anything to talk about except friends episodes, brisket, and sunday morning breakfasts as shown in this thread.

Surprised you don't have better contacts lol

You should stay at the Park Hyatt, they waive the 2300 Yen cover charge for the bar. Not to mention its a great hotel.

 

[commish]

What's with the recurring brisket theme?

They wouldn't dare serve brisket at Jean Georges. For you peasants who don't eat there, you have to settle for brisket. Food of the poor and boring.

 

[gwailo]

most new parents don't have variety in any of their activities and don't have anything to talk about except friends episodes, brisket, and sunday morning breakfasts as shown in this thread.

You don't have any variety either, you're just going to clubs and restaurants, probably from lists you're finding on Yelp or whatever, or just because they're the most expensive. You're not actually experiencing anything real/non-touristy about the places you're going. The stories you're giving don't make you special.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

We decided to go in a month and the reservations were like 3 months long.

As for New York Bar, they did have a cocktail called Lost in Translation.

The point of the lists were not that parents couldn't do them, it's just examples to go with the Vegas trip of a variety of activities - and most new parents don't have variety in any of their activities and don't have anything to talk about except friends episodes, brisket, and sunday morning breakfasts as shown in this thread.

It's interesting you've done nothing but post things you had to plan months in advance but are derisive towards your friends that they don't go on spontaneous Vegas trips

 

[outunderthestars]

You don't have any variety either, you're just going to clubs and restaurants, probably from lists you're finding on Yelp or whatever, or just because they're the most expensive. You're not actually experiencing anything real/non-touristy about the places you're going. The stories you're giving don't make you special.

agreed. All of his amazing experiences are little more than ways to show us how much money he has. It is really kind of sad.

I would take a single weekend of camping with family and friends over every single thing Tabris has listed. Goodlife has a camping blog that really highlights the kind of experiences that, to me, have real value in this life and are not the boring family life BS that Tabris keeps spouting.

 

[Llyranor]

The New York Bar was ok. Drinks and jazz. But because it was showcased in Lost in Translation, suddenly it becomes a unique life experience for those in the know.

Here's the most interesting picture I took from the place

 

[Minus_Me]

The New York Bar was ok. Drinks and jazz. But because it was showcased in Lost in Translation, suddenly it becomes a unique life experience for those in the know.

Here's the most interesting picture I took from the place

New York bar is great because it has an incredible view, albeit not exactly exclusive as many penthouse bars have the same or maybe even better, and they make probably my favourite Old Fashioned ( The classic not their US version ) in Asia.

 

[ClosingADoor]

We decided to go in a month and the reservations were like 3 months long.

As for New York Bar, they did have a cocktail called Lost in Translation.

The point of the lists were not that parents couldn't do them, it's just examples to go with the Vegas trip of a variety of activities - and most new parents don't have variety in any of their activities and don't have anything to talk about except friends episodes, brisket, and sunday morning breakfasts as shown in this thread.

But you are just posting you going to tourist destinations and doing what millions of other people do and then pretend you are somehow more active and have a more exciting life? You don't. You like to spent money on stuff. Some people like to stay at home with their families. Or at least they try not to so hard to make their life and ordinary travels seem like some kind of great adventure like you are. They like to post pictures of their kids on Facebook, you like to post pictures of restaurants and drinks it seems.

 

[Tabris]

It doesn't matter how interesting or exciting I am, the point is new parents are boring.

Stop deflecting

 

[Frozenprince]

I mean, I lived in Japan an your Tokyo trip sounds about as dull as getting hammered and passing out in a gaming cafe because you missed the last train out.

You went to some bars and the biggest name recognition places you could find, good for you, the best Sushi I ever had in my entire life was Tamago from a wonderful little spot in Kiyose. That I wandered into with some friends because we decided to take the Ikebukuro line to wherever we felt and just enjoy and wander around that area talking. It was a wonderful night and a great adventure because I spent it, you know, with my friends. No everything needs to be a blow out weekend of booze and poonhounding because that's what Uncle Jesse and Barney Stinson did on the Teevee.

Really, you talk about how it's "about the experience" and yet you choose to have the most surface level experience of a place and it's many things to offer that you can. Tokyo is a huge municipality with a ton of amazing things to offer and you live your SUPER EXCITING AND AWESOME LIFE by following a tourists guide.

But if that's what you like doing, then do it up, do it big, you do you and there's no shame in that.

But don't you dare think you have the right to tell me or anybody else that we're "boring" and label them because they don't fit into the worldview you want. Again, if you think that about these people than they aren't REALLY your friends, they are just people you hung out with and had fun with.

Nobody is deflecting anything, you're making a completely arbitrary judgement without backing it up using anything other than your own personal preferences. Of course people are going to call out your preferences when that's what you use as a reference point. This is how, you know, people talk to one another when someone says something they disagree with. Maybe you should interact with people who challenge you more.

 

[Tabris]

Only so much you can do in Tokyo in 8 days. We did that in those 8 days. New York was 5 days. Puerto Rico was 4 days. San Francisco was 3 days. This was in the last year-ish.

 

[Silver Arrows]

It doesn't matter how interesting or exciting I am, the point is new parents are boring.

Stop deflecting

More like you are an insufferable windbag.

 

[RC]

It doesn't matter how interesting or exciting I am, the point is new parents are boring.

Stop deflecting

You've had your head up your ass for so long you've forgotten what sunlight looks like.
Makes this thread utterly pointless.

I'll sit back and wait for you to flaunt your lifestyle at us again.

 

[Oppo]

It doesn't matter how interesting or exciting I am, the point is new parents are boring.

Stop deflecting

you do have a sliver of a point here. I have experienced many previous friends "disappearing " into home life. and endured endless baby talk. but I humor my friends on this. it's a big deal. of course all their waking thoughts are consumed by new children.

the thing is, the opposite of "boring" in this context is not "vacuous hedonism". there are many places to find joy in ones life and lots – most – of them don't involve a logo or a 5 star review.

(also – one of the funniest stories I've ever heard was from new parents who went to Vegas with their kids, went to Zoomanity, and had no idea what they were getting into.)

 

[Oblong Schlong]

"I bought the branded version of Cool Thing, acknowledge me world!"

Getting echoes of Elliot Rodger :-(

 

[PeskyToaster]

I don't know what's real with the combination of Tabris' posts and avatar.

Why is it so hard to grasp that different people have different priorities and different things in their life they find exciting?

 

[Llyranor]

Only so much you can do in Tokyo in 8 days. We did that in those 8 days. New York was 5 days. Puerto Rico was 4 days. San Francisco was 3 days. This was in the last year-ish.

Did you try spending more than a few days in a new place instead of going through a checklist and considering yourself sufficiently absorbed into the new 'life experience'.

 

[ClosingADoor]

It doesn't matter how interesting or exciting I am, the point is new parents are boring.

Stop deflecting

It does. When you tell other people they are boring, it is implied you are not. But your live doesn't seem any more exciting then the average persons. There are plenty of parents who go to stuff like you did.

My parents took me to plenty of cities. Went to Rome, the Caribbean, around the country here, Scotland, Denmark. Same thing you are doing, just with two kids around.

Only so much you can do in Tokyo in 8 days. We did that in those 8 days. New York was 5 days. Puerto Rico was 4 days. San Francisco was 3 days. This was in the last year-ish.

You're boring, should have stayed for a month at least.

 

[Frozenprince]

Only so much you can do in Tokyo in 8 days. We did that in those 8 days. New York was 5 days. Puerto Rico was 4 days. San Francisco was 3 days. This was in the last year-ish.

8 days is an eternity in a city that never sleeps. There is plenty to do that's not tourist traps that promote organic and enjoyable experiences. Walk around Nichō and get a guy to buy you a beer for funsies, head to Ōkubo and have some delicious Bulgogi, I mean you can have an entire holiday just wandering around Shinjuku for a week.

Go to Roppongi Hills, take the line out to Shizuoka for a day, drive around Gunma and check out the mountains.

You can go anywhere in the country if you have 8 days there, the Yokohama line to Kyoto is 2 hours FFS. Time constraints are only an excuse if you let them be.

Edit: Honestly, if that list is ALL you could manage to do in EIGHT days, damn brother that's dull as hell. You must have spent most of it walking past infinitely more interesting places on the way to those brand recognition spots or spent a ton of time in the Hotel.

 

[Tabris]

I had already been to Kyoto in a past trip.

Why would I go for Bulgogi when I can go to a michelin star restaurant for a 4-hr explosion of tastes

I didn't list the walking around all the different areas. Spent the day in Akihibara for example (which was the most boring part of the trip honestly).

 

[ClosingADoor]

Why would I go for Bulgogi when I can go to a michelin star restaurant for a 4-hr explosion of tastes

"Why would I go to Las Vegas when I can be with my family which I enjoy more at the moment." You are using the same arguments for your lifestyle that new parents will use for theirs. You're not that much different from them.

 

[Frozenprince]

I mean if you think spending exorbitant amounts of money on a meal that you can get somewhere else for like, 3,000 yen, more power too you. Jiro's is literally designed to bilk people like you (yuppie tourists) out of money. It's why people that actually live there, you know, don't eat there. You're using the price point and "prestige" of the things you did to value them more highly than things other people might have done. You're assigning value to them because of how much they cost.

But don't think you have the right to assume other people are "boring" because they don't want to do those things with you or because they don't think they are interesting.

 

[Silver Arrows]

But don't think you have the right to assume other people are "boring" because they don't want to do those things with you or because they don't think they are interesting.

Don't bother with this Frozen. Tabris is simply running around the argument to get his narcissitic kicks.

 

[Mr Git]

Only so much you can do in Tokyo in 8 days. We did that in those 8 days. New York was 5 days. Puerto Rico was 4 days. San Francisco was 3 days. This was in the last year-ish.

Go to an unfamiliar country for several months, not days. Plonk yourself in the middle of nowhere and avoid expensive hotels. You might find you get some actually interesting stories and experiences.

 

[Tabris]

I don't think some of you get the point, or are deflecting.

These are people that had these same kind of interests, and now don't do much and don't have much to talk about anymore after becoming new parents.

 

[Regiruler]

I want to see if tabris spontaneously combusts when put in a town of less than 5,000 people.

You seem overly reliant on outside sources of entertainment.

 

[MattKeil]

Why would I go for Bulgogi when I can go to a michelin star restaurant for a 4-hr explosion of tastes

Because if there's one thing I learned in my seven trips to Japan over the years, it's that you find far more interesting stuff sampling local color than going to some restaurant an arbitrary taste-decreeing body tells you to go. Honestly you sound way more constricted in your worldview and activity choices than a new parent.

 

[ClosingADoor]

I don't think some of you get the point, or are deflecting.

These are people that had these same kind of interests, and now don't do much and don't have much to talk about anymore after becoming new parents.

They don't have much to talk about that interests you. Big difference.

 

[affleck1981]

I don't think some of you get the point, or are deflecting.

These are people that had these same kind of interests, and now don't do much and don't have much to talk about anymore after becoming new parents.

Or maybe that's what they now find interesting?

 

[Minus_Me]

Jiro's not that well-rated in Japan especially for the price. It's a tourist trap (which is why I went.. because I am a superficial, commercialized sucker ).

I thought it was pretty great, the atmosphere certainty sucks though, and his son's place in Roppongi hills is actually better in my opinion. Neither is the best I've ever had, that honour goes to some small joint in Ueno. I brought it up because its not so much an experience as its a money sink. Nakajima has a Michelin star and their sets start at like 800 yen.

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

I don't think some of you get the point, or are deflecting.

These are people that had these same kind of interests, and now don't do much and don't have much to talk about anymore after becoming new parents.

Well, they have less time to themselves and thus don't have the time they normally had to generate interesting conversation fodder for you.

 

[Frozenprince]

I don't think some of you get the point, or are deflecting.

These are people that had these same kind of interests, and now don't do much and don't have much to talk about anymore after becoming new parents.

Then you're just a narcissist who doesn't understand a very simple concept that of course people with a child under the age of two won't go out and do these things because they can't because they are responsible for their childs life.

 

[poppabk]

you do have a sliver of a point here. I have experienced many previous friends "disappearing " into home life. and endured endless baby talk. but I humor my friends on this. it's a big deal. of course all their waking thoughts are consumed by new children.

the thing is, the opposite of "boring" in this context is not "vacuous hedonism". there are many places to find joy in ones life and lots – most – of them don't involve a logo or a 5 star review.

(also – one of the funniest stories I've ever heard was from new parents who went to Vegas with their kids, went to Zoomanity, and had no idea what they were getting into.)

That reminds me of the time my parents took me and my brothers, 8, 11 and 14 to see a production of "Hair".

 

[BronsonLee]

Jesus Christ y'all need to chill the fuck out with this hate parade

People shitting on his trip; as someone who went to Osaka solo on (relatively) short notice, I felt I did quite a bit, but it's hard to plan such a long trip on your own. You miss things, you have preferences, et cetera.

I think he did just fine for the time he had. If your experiences were better in your book, cool. But we could all use a little tranquilo right now.

 

[Frozenprince]

I thought it was pretty great, the atmosphere certainty sucks though, and his son's place in Roppongi hills is actually better in my opinion. Neither is the best I've ever had, that honour goes to some small joint in Ueno. I brought it up because its not so much an experience as its a money sink. Nakajima has a Michelin star and their sets start at like 800 yen.

And if you get in at like, 8:40 there are always plenty of seats and the wait is nothing.

Jesus Christ y'all need to chill the fuck out with this hate parade

People shitting on his trip; as someone who went to Osaka solo on (relatively) short notice, I felt I did quite a bit, but it's hard to plan such a long trip on your own. You miss things, you have preferences, et cetera.

I think he did just fine for the time he had. If your experiences were better in your book, cool. But we could all use a little tranquilo right now.

I mean I don't give a shit if he does tourist stuff. He can do that all he wants and have a great vacation and that's great. Glad he had fun, I really am, Tokyo is a great city.

But if you're gonna shit on people for being boring because they are parents, you gotta expect some blowback when your idea of an exciting story is just, well, a vacation.

 

[BronsonLee]

*edit: Thinking about my past trip to Japan with my partner.. while the Michelin places we went were really good, the unexpected highlight of our trip is NOT "omigod the food here was so good," but rather when we were attacked by deer at Nara.

That's one of my favorite memories of my solo trip too. I went during Golden Week so there were a ton of people. Selfie with a deer. A group of 4 deer surrounding a high school girl for deer crackers. A completely random parade I happened upon. So much fun.

And if you get in at like, 8:40 there are always plenty of seats and the wait is nothing.

Tabris would not know this.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

I don't think some of you get the point, or are deflecting.

These are people that had these same kind of interests, and now don't do much and don't have much to talk about anymore after becoming new parents.

You don't have much to talk about now Kettle.