Bigdaikon is the unofficial melting-pot of larkness and gravy-train riding inhabited by members of the JET Programme. It is both an invaluable resource - occasionally dishing out a succulent nugget of actual, usable knowledge - and a huge source of entertainment for the current, prospective and ex-JETs, and handful of resident trolls who make up the 11'000 membership. It is a glorious cacophony of abrasive personalities, hot chicks, trolls with several identities all talking to each other, and newbies who aren't jaded enough to understand that we are tired of talking about your problems with your JTE.

Big Daikon consists of a number of different sections devoted to various aspects of the JET experience, including a Teaching Ideas area, a Travel area and of course a Japanese Language area. The two most frequented areas however, are the "Speak Your Mind" (or SYM) area and the "Incoming and Potential JETs" area. "Speak Your Mind" is the most active section of the Big Daikon forums, and is the proving ground where current, former and those brave potential JETs vye for the ownership of the most inane/offensive/sexually bizzarre/distasteful topics. Sniping, flaming and public displays of pure vitriolic emotion are rife frequent workplace boredom leads to constant spamming and useless banter. Common topics include themes such as What's wrong with J-Girls/Boys?, Teachers/Students You'd Like To Bang, Posts and Topics from 2-Chan Translated and Dissected, [News Article] is Outrageous/Insane/Justified, etc. The "Incoming and Potential" area boasts 17 topics at any one time consisting of the same question, topics about the application process, the interview, selection process, alternate process, depature process, orientation process, blinking process, eating process, s***ing process, etc.


Some of the posters at Bigdaikon are:


Mr Lupin and Mr Blazmo - As members of a secret society within Big Daikon they conceal many of their words behind asterisks. (for instance F*** and C***)

Mr. Occidental Cheerboy - Cheering for the occidental west in all things political whilst single-handedly destroying dissenters through a combination of razor sharp wit and simply not listening.

Ms. Britishchick - God created Britishchick but Mochee created the ignore button.

Mr. xToddx - Consistently posting political threads promoting peace over violence. (For more details contact Ueno Station, 7 pm, Saturday nights)

Pierrot le Fou - A poster with a penchant for Pandas. Unfortunately many of Bigdaikon's posters do not seem to like pandas.

Ms. Sachi808 - A poster whose reputation for class, elegance, and refinement is occasionally susceptible to attacks by nasty hackers.

Seneceau - Universally accepted as Bigdaikon's most intelligent, smart, gifted, brilliant, and again smart, poster.

TrainedThoughts - A question about changing currency? This is your man. His thoughts are quite simply ... trained.

Mighty Atom - Never one to shy away from informing the BD community of his exquisite beauty, Mighty Atom is the Dorian Gray of the 21st century. Yet surprisingly, due to his 24/7 nice guy disposition, even the portrait has yet to display a wrinkle.

King Louis - Mr King Louis is so smart that even when he is wrong people don't notice.

Pantherabroad - Resident BD nice guy; but as the schizophrenic Panties-in-Flames/Dr. Klein has so eloquently put, "Pantherabroad should be an angry looking afro guy with attitude."

AllTimeJetMaestro - Also known as ThePreacher and EvangelionPunk, this pint sized Western Australian genius draws criticism from all, and is truly a founding member of Big Daikon's very own "There But For The Grace of God" club. (added by "AllTimeJetMaestro")

Bigbossman/Thebigeasy/numerous other handles - This poster simply put is a legend, He/she is racist, homophobic and any other ...ist/phobic you care to think off. This person hates everyone and everything, with the exception of Genkigirl1 and George W. Bush. (hopefully this post is a sign that the man himself is still lurking the halls of BD)

Stuff What You Need To Know

Big daikon lexiography

Punk- Someone on the JET program

on a lark -i.e. on the JET program

on the gravy train -on the JET program

Morn -short for "moron"

Moron -someone on the JET program

Dolt -someone on the JET program

CRACKPOT -someone on the JET program

puff -?

suburbanite - typical demographic of the average JET. Usage: "suburbanite punk on a lark".

Some quotes from BigDaikon:
(The majority supplied courtesy of OC)



Rocksanne: Things have been going crazy in the US for a few years now.

LeprosyStudyGroup: Just for the last few years? I think it started with:

Running Hare: "Look, out in the bay! Strange canoes with wings."

Craps on a Tree: "The people on them wear funny skins with crosses. I wonder what they want?"


TPSReports: Learn how to use apostrophes FOR ****S SAKE.

King Louis: FOR **** ’ S SAKE.


Quiktake: Lesson for four Australian students and thirty nine Japanese students. Ideas?

Q_boi: Play cops and robbers, thirty nine J cops trying to catch the four gaijin criminals (whether they do or not is up to you)... Ishihara would be proud of this lesson.


Panties-in-flames: Pantherabroad should be an angry looking afro guy with attitude.


'Our Heretic, who art in Japan,
Hollow be thy brain.
Please tell us more,
About how great you are,
You're such a superstar.
Give us this day our daily b*******,
And forgive us our cynicism,
About your blatant trolling.
For thine is the title,
'Greatest troll on Big Daikon',
Forever and ever,
Amen.'
- Blazmo


Xtoddx: “When you are finished sucking Adam Smith's ****, could you see if his invisible hand can smack some sense into your thick head?”


TPSReports: "Dude, don't you know? There IS no world, we're just living in the Matrix. Stop being a sheep and swallow the blue pill."

Luft: "Yeah man, stop being a sheep and swallow the blue pill."


Informer: “WTF is that spelling???”

Gyakuzuki: “WTF are you a grammar Nazi???”

Exploding Boy: “That would be "spelling Nazi."



Nekkyo: “for the most part, why does japanese people suck at English?”


Aikidoka: “I'd like to give you my opinion on this, but I can't figure out what the hell you're talking about.”


Hamsterpanic: “Its the talk of "quality" that annoyed me - that women are being commodified to the extent that we refer to their "quality" - this is a woman, not a rug or a paint job on a car.”

Northern Rider: “Hamsterpanic, you use that act to score b******s right?


Lifer: “I get tired of hearing all the 'nice' people spouting off about how "everyone is beautiful" on the photo board. They aren't. Some look better than others. Some have a face like a can of smashed a***holes. That's just the way it is.”


Sloppy: “I don't make s**t up, and if I ever do, it's blatantly made up”


Mayhem: “going somewhere with all of your belongings in a backpack, taking a few photos of temples, then spending the rest of your time in a club, on a beach, drunk, stoned, trying to get laid does not make you a 'world citizen'”


Still too much beauty

We should pour some more concrete

Let's paving over!

- Haiku by Kenny Kimchee


Il Duce: “Did you break an empty beer bottle on your computer and point it threateningly at the screen when you typed that?”


Heretic: “while I am shoving my ****s into your mouth, you are shoving your words into mine...”


Plague Boy: "<--- the rolling eyes means I win! "













(work in progress - more to follow - along with English spelling checks)