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好きなものとの距離

イタさとは、「好きな対象との健全な距離感が取れていない様。」とも言えそうだぞ、ということについて少し書いていきたいと思います。 音楽について 音楽は、自己紹介の様な場面でも、非常に一般的なトピックである。自分の好きなジャンルの音楽の話をして、共感してもらえれば嬉しいし、相手に対して、すぐに親近感が湧いてくるだろう。 別に、自分が楽曲の制作に関わっているわけでもないのに、自分の好きなジャンルの音楽に肯定的な意見を聞けば、まるで自分自身が肯定されたような感覚にもなるのだろう

    • Random thoughts

      Judgmental nature as a social animal drives us to constantly compare ourselves and others. Any sign of other people's excellence or better achievements makes us uneasy because our mind seems to interpret that in a way that could mean w

      • MARUCHI: the pyramid scheme

        Recently, a female university student committed suicide. Before her death, her senior friend allegedly introduced a money-making scheme to her, and she incurred more than one-million-yen debt. Later, she took her life. A pyramid scheme

        • A path to perfection: How much I've come so far

          Since a year-long exchange program, three years have passed. I kept studying English during this period, though I didn't enjoy the same amount of exposure to English. I've been learning English for many years, and this is a perfect tim

        好きなものとの距離

          Phrasebooks: How to use it wise

          The best way to use a phrasebook is to use it for just reviewing those words that you more or less understand. Although there's usually more than one definition provided to a single word, more is needed because there's more to a word than i

          Phrasebooks: How to use it wise

          Things to know before starting Native Camp.

          As a month-long Native Camper, I can point out a few things I like about this language-learning platform named Native Camp. So, let me randomly list what I like about Native Camp. It's the cheapest available. First, other online Language-

          Things to know before starting Native Camp.

          Short but gorgeous or long and ordinary

          Statistics show that men in high-stress jobs, in exchange for a high salary and also a sense of status, die about ten years earlier than the average male life expectancy. Not just because constant pressure increases the likelihood of sudden

          Short but gorgeous or long and ordinary