2 cents in 2 minutes - Episode #1 - Bumper Stickers

Welcome to a new series I'm gonna call "2 cents in 2 minutes."

Giving your "2 cents" (opinion) on a topic is a common expression in American English, so I'm gonna make observations and give some opinions on news stories I read or my daily life here in rural Japan.

Please leave comments and tell me about your opinion or your area of the world. I hope these can be interactive and entertaining.

Thanks for watching!
-Jason

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People & Blogs

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• Jason
• vlog
• Myargonauts
• Japan
• Japanese
• cars
• bumper
• stickers
• cents
• minutes

[shalashaskalives]

2 in 2 is a great concept for vlogging. like a 1 person 'pecha kucha'.

[myargonauts]

@shalashaskalives yeah - exactly. I like the time restraint; forces me to be brief and on point. A new one coming this week.

[jeffkantoku]

glad you enjoyed the Social Network... great movie!

btw, what city and movie theater did you see it at?

[myargonauts]

@jeffkantoku went all the way to Hiroshima to see it, but worth the trip - will for sure be buying it on Blu Ray

[Cleavemyer]

oooo be honest... none of these videos will be 2 min lol :p

[myargonauts]

@Cleavemyer just you wait - next one is gonna be under 2:59 or you can all make me eat sushi or natto... :P

[xoxChineseRulerx]

@myargonauts If it's 3:00 or above you should post a video of you eating natto xD

[Xallys15]

Someone might've already said it, but we don't really see them at all in the UK, either, although I have no idea why. You just never see anyone selling them or wiht one on their car.

[rachgoesviral]

There are tons of bumper stickers in the St. Louis area. Most have to do with political or religious opinions. I think people here really like to make sure others know what opinions that have about things. It's almost like secret clubs... you see someone with a darwin fish on their car and you think "ooo! a club member! I like that person" even though you don't know anything about them. haha

[shavaughn1980]

I use to have a pro life bumper sticker on my old car but I don't have any now.

[smilernats]

In England the only signs I can think of are for 'baby on board' or football teams. I don't think we really do bumper stickers :S Any English people disagree with that?

[theSoldi3r]

Around here in central Florida, I don't see them very often. Maybe about 1 out of 15 cars I see has one. I usually spot a radio station advert, some religious, or one of those stick figure things with everyone in the family + dog (usually on minivans..ha)

[Ido013]

I don't really see the appeal of bumper stickers.. so I think the only sticker I'd put on my car would be the beginner sticker if I start driving in Japan with my Japanese driver license~ (I guess I'm considered a novice even though I drove here for like 7 years). I see from times to times stickers but it's rather rare. The most common kinds of stickers I see here are the hockey team Canadians' sticker or a sticker of a flag of their country..

[videouzleg]

Maybe japans and asians have closed kind of culture that they never openly express themselves in western open way. But on the contrary westerners are very open people one of the thing is putting bumper sticker to express own mind. From asian/japanese mentality I'd say putting bumper sticker would be like "overly expressive public announcement". So this mentality very likely to be sensed as closed and/or overly shy way for western perception.