So today, I read a pretty mundane article about the author’s attempt to gradually lose weight instead of making drastic weight changes.

Not super interesting but still good reading practice. Here’s a bit convoluted and kinda of confusing analogy between the author obsession with eating and a classmate that you like but try to ignore. Even my explanation sounds awkward.

たいして気にしてなかったはずのクラスメートに実は恋している自分を他人に指摘されたみたいで何だかちょっと複雑な気分だ。あえて無視してたのは好きだったからなんだな。恥ずかしい。

In addition, it looks like the American stereotype that we all carry guns in a modern wild west is still well and alive in Japan.

アメリカ人がドンパチ戦争したがるのは、もしかしたら、それこそピザとハンバーガーのせいじゃないのか？

It was almost comical to see the surprise on some of my Japanese friends when I told them I don’t own nor have ever fired a gun. That was many years ago but it doesn’t look like the stereotype has really changed in the last 10 years.

New vocab (for me): ドンパチ
Difficulty: 3/5