1. Yes, so what.
2. I am not using "Happymail".
3. You said (quote): "Went the spray and pray route, with decent enough Japanese that they didn't realize I was a foreigner"
4. Yes, your doing. And no slander.
5. I not condescending. You chose your actions, you get the results.
Last response even though the brain obviously knows, theres no point to this, seeing the conversation between you and solong.
1. Directed towards your inferring insult to deception(quote): (and unlike you I am upfront about that)
2. Then you're in the wrong thread. And if you're not here to discuss the OP's direct concerns, or offer alternative solutions or methods of success, then I don't see why you're posting here. If you want to just brag about what you have but not give him the same method or ability to find something similar, well then, we obviously know why that's an asinine thing to do.
3. I say foreigner, but I assure you that they all are 100% aware of the occupation and status of who i am, but will not reveal here. In this case, the word foreigner was used more to elaborate a difference in culture, rather than ethnicity or identity. I introduced myself with accurate information and purpose of residence.
4+5. You either obviously don't know you're being condescending because you think that way so often that its natural, or you have no clue what it means. When you offer responses in a similar vein as "you deserved that" or "of course you'd get that," whilst also stating that you use some kind of grand proper method is condescension. You look down on what, of course may or may not be other substandard courses of action committed by unknowing people, and spout your successes from some sort of enlightened high ground. That, is condescension.
Now, I'd rather not waste more time on this with you, because I have better things to do than repeat a dialogue similar to you and Solong. I will however add that, perhaps you'd want to change your tone. Relax a little, not everything is an attack. And if I'm wrong in thinking that that's how you're perceiving things, I'm sure people have told you that same line enough that you should start to reflect on your responses. Perhaps they sound calm and unbiased in your own mind, but you can see from others its evidently not. Whether or not you take that to heed, I don't care. I'm not you. I don't have to live with you. And if I really am annoyed by you that much, if you don't leave, I can always find another site. However the rest of the people in the forum seem genuinely kind, curious, and just want to find a place to discuss something they have in common. So that's who I feel bad for. Peace.