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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati
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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

It is uncommon to find insulation in the walls of Japanese homes.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

In Japan, flower arranging is an art, stick a few flowers in your ******* and you could just be the next leonardo da vinci.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

Many Japanese people eat rice with or for their breakfast, lunch and/or dinner, again this is because they can't see what they're cooking so rice is the easiest thing to make.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

The Japanese visit shrines and give each other money for New Years, you've probably seen this in your animu and mangos especially as its a ******* staple in shoujo.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

Japan is about the size of California and has half the population of the entire ******* US.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

Japanese housing has a limited lifespan and are commonly torn down and rebuilt after just a few decades, the life span of a wooden building is usually 20 years, concrete buildings have a life span of 30 years.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

Love hotels are very popular being found close to train stations, motorways and industrial areas. The cheaper love hotels are quite basic but high-end ones tend to be decorated extravagantly or have weird themes, most love hotels even have costumes to match the themes jesus christ Japan. A lot of rooms have rotating beds, ceiling mirrors, karaoke machines and neon lighting so you can get downright funky, not as funky as FJ parties. Around about 2% of Japan’s population visit one each day.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

If your arch enemy is claustrophobic just shove them in a capsule hotel. The first capsule hotel originated in Osaka, Japan and is a set of extremely small capsules designed for basic overnight accommodation for poor people basically.


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Japanese Facts Compilation Part 3. In Japan, the green traffic light is called blue, don't blame them, they find it hard to see. It is uncommon to find insulati

This is the basic layout of a capsule.


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User avatar #3 - friedgreenpomatoes (03/21/2015) [-]
bizengaust, what are capsule hotels like to stay in?
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User avatar #66 to #3 - zezenzerg (03/22/2015) [-]
There are no fat people staying there.
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#79 to #66 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
We should build them in America and listen to all the superfats cry about discrimination.
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User avatar #81 to #3 - becauseoprahsaidso (03/22/2015) [-]
how did you get red text? I thought it was forbidden
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User avatar #103 to #81 - friedgreenpomatoes (03/22/2015) [-]
By putting the slider in the orange area close to red.
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User avatar #113 to #103 - becauseoprahsaidso (03/22/2015) [-]
like this?
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User avatar #114 to #113 - becauseoprahsaidso (03/22/2015) [-]
**** ...that's orange
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User avatar #43 to #3 - akirasatou ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
One thing bad about it is that the curtains/frames are generally not sound proof. And if you are just so happen to be staying there on the same night as someone who snores. Too bad, ****** sleep for you.

There are high end capsule hotels nowadays though, some of them are sound proof and slightly more comfortable.
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#49 to #43 - smackncheese (03/22/2015) [-]
Can you explain more in depth (bizengaust, too)? Frankly, I don't see how these won't be the house structures of tomorrow. Does laying down constantly get uncomfortable? Is it hot? Are they stiff (doesn't feel like a cardboard ******* box)? Are you pained with the decision of being comfortable or doing what you want (watching TV, playing video games, etc...)? Do these capsule hotels force people to be social (For example, you want to derp around on your laptop but you don't want to sit inside of the tiny space, so you go to NoodleYen (Asian StarBucks))? Can these be used as permanent/long term living quarters? Do they (owners of said capsules) allow you to stay for a prolonged amount of time?

P.S.: Sorry for the unusually long reply, I just find this amazingly interesting.
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User avatar #131 to #49 - akirasatou ONLINE (03/23/2015) [-]
babyanalraper I assume you want to know the answer too

So I bring answers;

1. Does laying down constantly get uncomfortable?
It depends on how much you are willing to pay for the capsule really. There are always more comfortable ones, like the VIP boxes that costs double (still only like 4000 yen) or even better ones that cost almost as much as a hotel room. If you just get the standard one I can see why people would get uncomfortable because its lack of an extra soft mattress like those hotel gives, but I like it.

2. Is it hot?
No. It's just like in a hotel.

3. Are they stiff?
They are not that bad, leaning back to watch TV is a pain though, the back, the sides and the top are just hard metal shells. But as always, pay more and you get better boxes.

4. Are you pained with the decision of being comfortable or doing what you want?
You can do whatever you want, but some ****** capsule hotels charge money for charging your phone/computer and they charge wifi. But making too much noise will make someone eventually complain to you.

5. Do these capsule hotels force people to be social?
Nope. Those Japanese people choosing to be in a capsule hotel are generally pretty anti-social. Or just Japanese people in general. Or Asians in general. Yeah, most of us are pretty god damn anti-social now I think about it.

6. Can these be used as permanent/long term living quarters? Do the owners allow you to stay for a prolonged amount of time?
No. I have never seen one that do let you stay for long. The check out time for capsule hotels are very early and the check in time (like, 5PM or something) is very late. Even if you do book a capsule for a week or so, you still have to check out at like 10AM because hygiene.
Perhaps you can find a place that let you stay for a long time, but definitely not all the places I've stayed in, and I've stayed in quite a number of different capsule hotels.
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User avatar #133 to #131 - babyanalraper (03/23/2015) [-]
Ty for the mention and the explanation!
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#13 to #3 - bizengaust (03/22/2015) [-]
At first it's a little nerve wracking because your in this tiny space but you soon get used to it. Most have little T.V.'s inside and radios and are really quite cozy. I've only stayed in one once while I've been in Japan but I enjoyed it. Japan has this weird way of making you realize you don't need a lot of space to be comfortable
At first it's a little nerve wracking because your in this tiny space but you soon get used to it. Most have little T.V.'s inside and radios and are really quite cozy. I've only stayed in one once while I've been in Japan but I enjoyed it. Japan has this weird way of making you realize you don't need a lot of space to be comfortable
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#16 to #13 - phonicghost (03/22/2015) [-]
Probably cos of number 6.

I like these btw.
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User avatar #22 to #16 - HarvietheDinkle (03/22/2015) [-]
Don't know why you got downthumbed
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#57 to #22 - phonicghost (03/22/2015) [-]
I just checked my thumbs and I've got five greens, so your comment confused me
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#26 to #13 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
So how long did it take for you to masturbate in there?
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#30 to #26 - bizengaust (03/22/2015) [-]
I watched a Japanese drama and went to sleep. nothing more nothing less
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#31 to #30 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
Are they basically the same as mexican soap operas?
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#32 to #31 - bizengaust (03/22/2015) [-]
not really. Not enough slapping and yelling to be compared to that. please dont' hurt me
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User avatar #60 to #32 - compared ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
Thanks for the mention, hope you have a wonderful day!
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#38 to #32 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
i love spaceballs, and im sure a lot of other people do
keep posting pics and you will be even more loved than itsthetie
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User avatar #111 to #13 - ronyx (03/22/2015) [-]
did you jack off in it?
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#77 to #13 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
is it still expensive t saty the night or is it like damn cheap as fug
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User avatar #68 to #13 - demonatatoo (03/22/2015) [-]
Would they be ale to fit a 6'1" man?
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#62 to #13 - trevanman ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
wouldn't it be a bit more comfy to stay in, say, a regular hotel or ryokan where you have your own room with bathroom or a rented apartment?
IF you were to go to Japan on vacation?

asking because planning to go there some day
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#73 to #62 - twilightdusk (03/22/2015) [-]
A standard hotel would probably be more comfortable, as the description implied, capsule hotels are more meant for people who need somewhere to stay on the cheap.

A hotel like that was featured in one part of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and an example given was businessmen who needed a place to sleep during the week, when most of their waking time was going to be spent working. Rather than traveling all the way home and back, they could just sleep in a capsule and get back to work in the morning. Given Japan's (in)famous work ethic, it wouldn't surprise me if some people IRL used it that way.
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#76 to #73 - trevanman ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
you got a point.
ryokans have rooms with their own bathrooms, but you'll be sleeping on a futon on the floor.
rental apartments have, well, everything a normal apartment has. and either futon or a regular bed
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#42 - ledd (03/22/2015) [-]
So these capsule hotel things are real? Neat.
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User avatar #72 to #42 - relvel (03/22/2015) [-]
Of course they're real. It was on the Internet, wasn't it?
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User avatar #46 to #42 - theshinypen (03/22/2015) [-]
Cyberpunk man. ***** awesome
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#99 to #42 - FearTheToilet (03/22/2015) [-]
They also exist on american (and probably most) commercial ships. Had to sleep in one for 2 weeks its not too bad.
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#21 - piratedangel (03/22/2015) [-]
"...because they can't see what they're cooking so rice is the easiest thing to make."
"...because they can't see what they're cooking so rice is the easiest thing to make."
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#47 - tepidteal ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
And here's hoping that your capsule attendant looks like this.
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#85 to #47 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
swirly dildo hair funny black guy approves, +1
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User avatar #98 to #85 - chenouttachen (03/22/2015) [-]
That my friend would be RUUUUUUUBY RHOOOOOOOOOD.
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#119 to #98 - romuloid (03/22/2015) [-]
He made that movie
He made that movie
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#125 to #119 - aerosol (03/22/2015) [-]
He made it...
He made it...
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#130 to #125 - romuloid (03/22/2015) [-]
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
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#9 - skullhead (03/21/2015) [-]
"They can't see what they're cooking so rice is the easiest thing to make"
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User avatar #10 - gilliam (03/21/2015) [-]
Capsule hotels are not for poor people, they're more expensive than motel rooms.
But they're for buisnesmen and the like which are stuck overnight in the city for some reason.
Unlike motels you'll find these in the hearts of city centers, there's alsmost always room and they're the fastest to check in and out.
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#11 to #10 - ichigoichie [OP](03/21/2015) [-]
the poor people part was just a joke, even so they're also designed for cheap accommodation, why would anyone pay large sums of money to stay in a capsule when you could stay in a large hotel room for the same price
the poor people part was just a joke, even so they're also designed for cheap accommodation, why would anyone pay large sums of money to stay in a capsule when you could stay in a large hotel room for the same price
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User avatar #12 to #11 - gilliam (03/21/2015) [-]
Yeah, as i said, if you find yourself stranded in the city at 10am you're not gonna find a room anywhere without a reservation. But those capsule motels are open 24/7 and some of them have even got automated check in computers.
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User avatar #65 - phtholognyrrh (03/22/2015) [-]
capsules look like a good way to help get homeless people off the streets
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User avatar #69 to #65 - mahnamesjakers (03/22/2015) [-]
Or a good place for a poor traveler to stay the night
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#70 to #69 - phtholognyrrh (03/22/2015) [-]
woulda been nice to have all the times i was homeless, that for sure
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User avatar #92 to #70 - dukeofmordor (03/22/2015) [-]
As am I, please elaborate. Unless its super awkward for you. in that case, I'm sorry
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User avatar #91 to #70 - mahnamesjakers (03/22/2015) [-]
You were homeless at one point? I'm interested in your story
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User avatar #132 to #91 - phtholognyrrh (03/23/2015) [-]
this is for dukeofmordor too

ive been homeless several times; my mother was a homeless crack whore, and i lived on the streets till i was 3 with her, when i was adopted by a gay man and later, his partner. after high school, my adoptive fathers partner (who hated me seemingly without cause) decided to withhold the college funding they had set aside for me, so i left home with about 6500 USD in the bank, ready to get a place until i could move into the dorms and get loans and grants. my douche-dad drained my bank account and mailed me a check for 200 USD and i slept in a car for about 6 weeks in the middle of texas summer (over 100 degrees outside). once i moved into the dorms, my parents refused to fill out the paperwork i needed for grants and loans, (to prove i was self sufficient) and i had to get 3 jobs to cover bills. i eventually cracked, got so sick i couldnt work or go to school, and ran out of savings. i thought i could turn to drugs to make quick money and pay my rent, but i got in over my head and lost everything while discovering myself and what was truly important. i went to jail a few times, and couldnt get a legit job, so i slept in a mcdonalds or at the school common areas because i passed as a student. i got arrested again for stealing from a grocery store, and my parents bailed me out and pressured me into a difficult legal situation and more debt. i moved out again, but was still in drug recovery and i slipped up again. finally i had to move away from everything i knew to start over in a tiny town in north texas, and im couch crashing now. i may have a job finally (if you get arrested for theft, youre less likely to get a job than with manslaughter on your record) and ill be able to get my own place with my new fiancee soon

i came from the streets, lived in extreme wealth (a guilded cage) and had to crawl from the bottom again on my own to discover what it means to be a man
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User avatar #135 to #132 - mahnamesjakers (03/24/2015) [-]
That's amazing. Not many people have lives as difficult and neverwracking as yours has been and even less can take something positive out of it... I wish you the best going forward
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User avatar #136 to #135 - phtholognyrrh (03/24/2015) [-]
thank you m8; my fiancee is a big help with getting out of that
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User avatar #134 to #132 - dukeofmordor (03/23/2015) [-]
woah. I'm glad you ended up where you are now, and I hope the rest of your life is uphill from here
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User avatar #137 to #134 - phtholognyrrh (03/24/2015) [-]
tanks bby
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#51 - godofcorndog (03/22/2015) [-]
I read this all in the voice of Cr1tikal. I was not disappointed.
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#90 - geofalke (03/22/2015) [-]
Weeb or no Weeb, Iv'e always liked this housing style. It just loos so open, airy, calm, and inviting.
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#95 to #90 - stonethrower (03/22/2015) [-]
Would be amazing during the summer
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User avatar #112 to #95 - mrselfdestruct (03/22/2015) [-]
and just downright dreadful in the winter
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#93 to #90 - geofalke (03/22/2015) [-]
looks* god ******* dammit
looks*


god ******* dammit
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#25 - malifauxdeux (03/22/2015) [-]
******* capsule corp hotels huh? Japs are stealing our best ideas.
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User avatar #61 - synthane ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
A bit more in-depth on some of this for those who care.

First up is the blue/green stuff. A pretty large percentage of Japanese people have blue/green color differentiation issues due to a specific type of color-blindness. It has over time integrated into their society, resulting in the word "midori". Midori can be taken to mean both blue and green. As a result, some road signs are blue and others are green. There are also other minor things as a result of this. Ever wonder why Hatsune Miku's hair color ranges from a pure blue to a bright green based on the artist? Now you know.

The main reason Japanese housing doesn't last is because of their very frequent earthquakes and constantly changing regulations for safe housing.

Love hotels have a lot of stuff going on with them. To a certain extent, we do the same in the USA when taking people for one-night stands sometimes. Get a cheap room rather than take them home sort of thing. Also, it is a social consideration. Remember the lack of insulation thing? Japanese apartments don't have sound insulation either. Everyone would hear their neighbors going at it unless they were really stinking quiet. Further, apartments can get kind of cramped when you have a kid or two, especially if you never upgraded room size from when you didn't have any kids. It would be a bit awkward going at it with your kids trying to sleep in the same room.

As a funny note, the rotating beds in love hotels were recently made illegal.
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#71 to #61 - theinternetwizard (03/22/2015) [-]
Aha

Was starting to wondere here since some of the wooden buildings we live in in my country can reach a couple of hundred years
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User avatar #75 to #61 - emiyashirou ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
緑: 植物の葉のような色で、黄色と青の中間色
Midori: With a colour like the leaves of plants, (it is) the middle colour between yellow (ki iro) and blue (ao)

Check yourself before you rek yourself m8.

Go throw it in a translator or something if you don't believe me. I translated it manually since I actually know the language.
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User avatar #80 to #75 - synthane ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
あぁ、ごめん。わるいな。

Sorry if I got things backwards, there. Studied Japanese for 3 years back in middle and highschool, but didn't stay on top of it, I'm afraid. Well, the point still stands, just reverse the words.
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#4 - letrollzor (03/21/2015) [-]
Why don't they just build their house to last longer in the first place? In Norway we build the houses to last for like 100 years and in the walls here are 20-30 cm of insulation to keep the heat in the house and save energy not as useful in warmer countries like Japan tho as it would be warm as hell inside in the summer
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User avatar #14 to #4 - devilofscience (03/22/2015) [-]
Is your point that the insulation helps keep the buildings standing? I know Norway has like volcanic vents and the like off of it's coast and so the given idea is that they are experience with the earthquakes and tremors and the like that are generally attributed to the short life span of Japanese structures, but I'm not clear on the necessity to include insulation... unless it was a bid at a joke which would explain the acknowledgment given in the spoiler bit . But another reason there buildings may have such short lives could be due to the wind, I'm given to understand they can get pretty strong there so the buildings aren't just getting beaten from bellow but the sides as well.
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User avatar #18 to #14 - satrenkotheone (03/22/2015) [-]
Wait, Norway has volcanic vents?
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User avatar #33 to #18 - devilofscience (03/22/2015) [-]
I believe so, but do your own research, don't trust me I could be a horrible veracious liar! I was so lazy the only thing I made sure to verify was that they experience earthquake.
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#34 to #33 - satrenkotheone (03/22/2015) [-]
Too lazy to look it up.

But I have never heard of Norway having volcanic vents.

I'm from Norway.

I know Iceland does though.
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User avatar #87 to #34 - devilofscience (03/22/2015) [-]
Who knows maybe I'm thinking of Iceland... or Switzerland, it was a while ago that I heard this I was watching something about the prospects of powering things with the heat of the earths innards (I thought it was called thermo power but I looked that up and it seems to be some sort of insulation and paint company or something) and i thought it mentioned volcanic vents off of Norway's coast and saying that it was one of the few places where the sea level is low enough to work or some such, in the end I'm really just a sponge that spews back everything it absorbs in random order.
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User avatar #88 to #87 - satrenkotheone (03/22/2015) [-]
I won't go against you here because I actually don't know.
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User avatar #37 to #14 - letrollzor (03/22/2015) [-]
Insulation keeps most of the heat inside the house meaning there is less energy required to keep the house warm reducing both emissions from energy production as well as you save money on smaller energy bills. I don't think the wind has much to do with it as we have a hell of a lot of wind here too. Might just be they build their houses cheaply
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User avatar #89 to #37 - devilofscience (03/22/2015) [-]
I know what insulation does it was just odd to me that you mixed it in there, and I don't think they just build cheap buildings, but knowing nothing about the building codes in either country or the frequency and veracity with which either state experiences earthquakes I really can't say what makes the difference.
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#44 to #4 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
because earthquakes. also tsunamis. also bombs
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#45 to #4 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
because earthquakes. also tsunamis. and bombs.
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#67 to #4 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
insulation keeps houses cold, like really cold, during the summer.
when it gets hot outside i never stay inside for too long because our home is decently insulated and i freeze easily.
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#78 to #67 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
I'd actually love something like that. I live in an area with hot, muggy, nasty summers, so being cold in the house without the need for excessive AC would be a blessing!
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User avatar #24 to #4 - hirollin (03/22/2015) [-]
I dunno, most 100 year old buildings I've seen are total eye sores. Even if they can still function adequately, the older they get the more of a money pit they become.
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User avatar #19 - stallwallwriter (03/22/2015) [-]
This is the angriest, meanest comp of Japanese facts I've read in some time.


...green thumb for you.
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#124 - anon (03/22/2015) [-]
Where are all the black people? That country needs diversity.
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User avatar #122 - elbrysobrony (03/22/2015) [-]
I did a flower arrangement thing in high school. Called "Ikebana." It's all seasonal and symbolic of the family and stuff.
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#110 - asurasxnight (03/22/2015) [-]
I believe that the need for them to build up will be so great that they may end up building a space elevator out of necessity.
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User avatar #94 - newfeliperuiz (03/22/2015) [-]
>Japan is about the size of California and has half the population of the entire ******* US.

So basically California
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#55 - VongolaX ONLINE (03/22/2015) [-]
**VongolaX used "*roll picture*"**
**VongolaX rolled image** Don't forget that the love hotels also include vending machines that include toys, condoms, lube, clothes, etc...

do a vending machine comp of japan
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User avatar #86 to #55 - ichigoichie [OP](03/22/2015) [-]
I would but I make most my comps 10 facts long +1/-1 depending on the amount of facts, I honestly don't think I'd find that many facts on vending machines also nice username
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#53 - kingpongthedon (03/22/2015) [-]
Those donuts sure look delicious.
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User avatar #40 - europe (03/22/2015) [-]
Japan's population is a lot closer to 40% of America's population than 50% tho
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