Subculture Science Research Group the 6th meeting: What is the point of football viewing?

Dialogue

R: I don’t understand soccer at all, but you can talk a lot, can’t you tarky?

R: I don’t know anything about soccer, but you can talk a lot, can’t you? tarky: That’s because I used to go to the home games of my favorite clubs quite often.

Hanasana: In Hiroshima, there’s Sanfrecce Hiroshima. A recent topic for Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the Emperor’s Cup. In soccer, from the top to the bottom, there is J1, J2, J3, and JFL, and there was a giant-killing when they were trounced 1-5 by a team from the fifth division.

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Subculture Science Research Group the 5th meeting NFT

interactive

R: I’ve recently become interested in something called NFT.

TARKY: Yeah, I gave it a try.

R: What’s it like?

tarky: Right now I’m stuck at creating an account, but I wonder if it’s that different from trading virtual currency.

R: I’m not sure about the virtual currency trading, though.

tarky: First, you open an account at an NFT exchange and deposit virtual currency into it.

Then you use the virtual currency to buy collections (works of art linked to virtual currency).

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The 4th Regular Meeting of the Subculture Science Research Group: Sake and Wood

Conversation style

R: Liquor and wood go hand in hand.

Tarky: Oh!

R: When you went to a brewery in Taiwan, you saw a row of sake barrels, right? It’s a common belief that whiskey tastes different depending on the wood of the barrel.

Tarky: Oh, weren’t they burned?

R: Even if it’s burned, some things soak in. And Quercus serrata is good. R: Even if it’s burned, there’s something that soaks in.

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Subculture Science Research Group Regular Meeting No.3 Wood for electric guitar or anything else?

Conversation style

R: Something about Fender being forced to stop using ash wood

R: I heard that Fender had to stop using ash wood because of climate problems in the southern United States.

R: I was wondering, what’s the point of wood in an electric guitar?

tarky: What do you mean?

R: It doesn’t seem to matter what material it’s made of, but it’s a problem.

tarky: Oh, I see. To sum it up, from the performer’s point of view, it makes sense. But from the audience’s point of view, it doesn’t make much difference.

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