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[CONFESSION][OOG] The Buck Stops Here re:bus ads in UK
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Lasher
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 		Hoax, fake, whatever I'd like to know where did the japanese lettering on the poster come from? Did you make it up or is it taken from something? and do you actually know what it means.

Because regrdless if it is a fake this pic really pulls everythig together to make a stong argument for what the mosnter actually is. It also explains alot of things on the Slusho site.. Didn't anyone else catch that? Perhapse you have to speak or be Japanese to get the clues.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:41 am
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Euchre
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Lasher wrote:
Hoax, fake, whatever I'd like to know where did the japanese lettering on the poster come from? Did you make it up or is it taken from something? and do you actually know what it means.

Because regrdless if it is a fake this pic really pulls everythig together to make a stong argument for what the mosnter actually is. It also explains alot of things on the Slusho site.. Didn't anyone else catch that? Perhapse you have to speak or be Japanese to get the clues.

Uh, in this very thread you'll find this explanation of what that text means and that they in fact came up with it and put it there.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:47 am
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Buck_Compton
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Lasher wrote:
Hoax, fake, whatever I'd like to know where did the japanese lettering on the poster come from? Did you make it up or is it taken from something? and do you actually know what it means.

Because regrdless if it is a fake this pic really pulls everythig together to make a stong argument for what the mosnter actually is. It also explains alot of things on the Slusho site.. Didn't anyone else catch that? Perhapse you have to speak or be Japanese to get the clues.


What Euchre said.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:29 am
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Lasher
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Euchre wrote:
Lasher wrote:
Hoax, fake, whatever I'd like to know where did the japanese lettering on the poster come from? Did you make it up or is it taken from something? and do you actually know what it means.

Because regrdless if it is a fake this pic really pulls everythig together to make a stong argument for what the mosnter actually is. It also explains alot of things on the Slusho site.. Didn't anyone else catch that? Perhapse you have to speak or be Japanese to get the clues.

Uh, in this very thread you'll find this explanation of what that text means and that they in fact came up with it and put it there.
Trout


Um yeah in that post he states this
Buck_Compton wrote:
I'm afraid to say my friend got it ever so slightly wrong the first part means "enormous"

The second part literally means "river child" in Japanese folklore a Kappa, or river child, is a kind of river imp. They are mischievous troublemakers, which is part of the reason why I chose it. Cos we were being mischievous!


And in actuallity he is wrong to an extent and in my opinion hit the nail on the head without actually realizing itall at the same time. I'll explain.

Myself having a good understanding of Japanese and the culture along with that, my wife is Japanese, I can say with certainty that the large letting Kyodai can mean monsterous but the word doesnt exist in the Japanese language. Kyodai is used and translated as "Huge" I suppose it is correct if your an non Japanese speaking person trying to translate the word. But this is just semantics.

The really instersting part is the other Kanji. Kappa. If you actually do some research on the subject you will find that the Kappa (Water- Child) folklore fits perfectly with the Slusho.jp site. Yes they where claimed to be mischievious and such but I think the important parts where overlooked.

The characteristics of a Kappa are described as having features and similarities of various creatures. Like the Monkey, Tortoises, Duck like, Are glutones for food such as the pig. The Kappa or Suijin (literally water kami or water deity) is also thought to take other forms such as it manifests itself as the water-cleansing bacteria in sewage water.

Do a google search for Kappa and read all the stuff about the folklore. You will see that every little cute character used in the Slusho.jp site can be directly tied to the Kappa. After seeing the fake poster alot of things clicked for me. I'll make a seperate post about the whole thing soon.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:58 am
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altrus
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Type in Heroes in google images you'll find the pic. I just wanted to make people think it COULD be a Heroes film, give you all soemthing to talk about.

Umm, no.
I could'nt find it, searched all 52 pages.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:50 am
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Buck_Compton
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altrus wrote:
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Type in Heroes in google images you'll find the pic. I just wanted to make people think it COULD be a Heroes film, give you all soemthing to talk about.

Umm, no.
I could'nt find it, searched all 52 pages.


The eclipse is something like the third image on google images. Thats the image I used for the eclipse.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:35 am
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Buck_Compton
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Lasher wrote:
Euchre wrote:
Lasher wrote:
Hoax, fake, whatever I'd like to know where did the japanese lettering on the poster come from? Did you make it up or is it taken from something? and do you actually know what it means.

Because regrdless if it is a fake this pic really pulls everythig together to make a stong argument for what the mosnter actually is. It also explains alot of things on the Slusho site.. Didn't anyone else catch that? Perhapse you have to speak or be Japanese to get the clues.

Uh, in this very thread you'll find this explanation of what that text means and that they in fact came up with it and put it there.
Trout


Um yeah in that post he states this
Buck_Compton wrote:
I'm afraid to say my friend got it ever so slightly wrong the first part means "enormous"

The second part literally means "river child" in Japanese folklore a Kappa, or river child, is a kind of river imp. They are mischievous troublemakers, which is part of the reason why I chose it. Cos we were being mischievous!


And in actuallity he is wrong to an extent and in my opinion hit the nail on the head without actually realizing itall at the same time. I'll explain.

Myself having a good understanding of Japanese and the culture along with that, my wife is Japanese, I can say with certainty that the large letting Kyodai can mean monsterous but the word doesnt exist in the Japanese language. Kyodai is used and translated as "Huge" I suppose it is correct if your an non Japanese speaking person trying to translate the word. But this is just semantics.

The really instersting part is the other Kanji. Kappa. If you actually do some research on the subject you will find that the Kappa (Water- Child) folklore fits perfectly with the Slusho.jp site. Yes they where claimed to be mischievious and such but I think the important parts where overlooked.

The characteristics of a Kappa are described as having features and similarities of various creatures. Like the Monkey, Tortoises, Duck like, Are glutones for food such as the pig. The Kappa or Suijin (literally water kami or water deity) is also thought to take other forms such as it manifests itself as the water-cleansing bacteria in sewage water.

Do a google search for Kappa and read all the stuff about the folklore. You will see that every little cute character used in the Slusho.jp site can be directly tied to the Kappa. After seeing the fake poster alot of things clicked for me. I'll make a seperate post about the whole thing soon.


Yes...

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:36 am
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Jaxe
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 		lol I missed all this but reading the threads back I found it funny you got really annoyed when that other guy put up a fake as well. Laughing

Unless that was an alt account and you were talking to yourself to make it look convincing??

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:54 am
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Euchre
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 		If you mean me, I'm not the same person as Buck.
If you mean BRT, I think that's a friend of Buck's. If that's a smurf account of Buck's, he'd have to admit something that's a violation of ToS and might get him banned - despite coming clean about the hoax.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:54 am
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Jaxe
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 		Opps, did I stumble across something there? Razz

I was talking about Jed, the one that posted the pink bus photo.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:13 am
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altrus
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 		No, i did not mean the eclipse i mean the full sized photoshoped posters you used.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:41 am
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Buck_Compton
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 		Nope, I didnt set up other accounts only the Buck Compton one. Brt is a friend of mine as is Sturnteer.

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Buck_Compton
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altrus wrote:
No, i did not mean the eclipse i mean the full sized photoshoped posters you used.


I made all the art work for it. The background - the original cloverfield poster - is just the normal cloverfield poster that can be found anywhere on the net.

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saneman
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 		Mods, for the love of all that's holy, PLEASE merge all the fake picture threads if you're not going to lock/delete them. Do we really need three threads to discuss this?

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:54 am
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Buck_Compton
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 		To be fair nobody is really posting in the other threads an more

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