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So, the situation in Japan.

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It's really not looking great, eh?

Go ahead and discuss. There's not a lot I can say that most people wouldn't already know.
 
If I see another post on Tumblr telling me to pray for Japan or that copy/pastes the BBC live feed, I am going to steal that person's phone and donate to the fucking Red Cross with it so they'll stop clogging up my dash.
 
I'm kind of worried for the Japanese exchange student at our school. Not sure where exactly he's from, but I certainly hope it's none of the badly damaged areas; hopefully his family is okay. :/
 
I found out about it by mum waking me up at 7:45 to tell me she was okay. :P

In any case, if an 8.9 earthquake has to hit any country in the world, well... can you imagine how much higher the death toll would be virtually anywhere else? Now I just hope they keep the nuclear reactor under control. :(
 
I agree with opal about the "country to hit". Although I think the nuclear reactor should be fine...
 
PEARL HARBOR?

That was a single harbor. Strictly a millitary attack. THIS hit the ENTIRE JAPAN, and killed civilians. Their navy alone might have been karmic reaction, but this just seems like a cosmic plaything, or something.
 
It's absolutely terrible; I was watching the BBC live feed of what was happening this morning in stunned horror.
Obviously, any loss of life is terrible, especially on this scale, but Twitter is saying that Satoshi Tajiri is among the dead - does anyone know if this is true?
 
Dannichu said:
Obviously, any loss of life is terrible, especially on this scale, but Twitter is saying that Satoshi Tajiri is among the dead - does anyone know if this is true?
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According to Bulbanews, it isn't:
"Despite numerous reports on various social networking websites, Pokémon creator Satoshi Tajiri is still alive and is well."
 
Superbird said:
PEARL HARBOR?

That was a single harbor. Strictly a millitary attack. THIS hit the ENTIRE JAPAN, and killed civilians. Their navy alone might have been karmic reaction, but this just seems like a cosmic plaything, or something.
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I think getting hit with two atomic bombs is a bit of a karmic comeback :(

From a practical viewpoint, it is fortunate that such a massive earthquake would strike the country that is the best equipped to deal with it, and since nuclear power plants are built with a worst case scenario in mind, I'm pretty confident that they'll be alright in that respect. It's stunning to see entire towns wiped out, though, it really is. It's just bizarre to imagine Japan ripped through like that. I'm still having trouble really wrapping my head around it.

And yeah if I any more Pearl Harbour shit (even saw one person post 'yeah they should go ask their friends china!!') or 'oh no will this affect my animes???' skulls will be crushed
 
opaltiger said:
In any case, if an 8.9 earthquake has to hit any country in the world, well... can you imagine how much higher the death toll would be virtually anywhere else?
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Anywhere except the barren wastes of the Sahara, the unpeopled steppes of Kazakhstan, somewhere in southern Argentina, the Australian outback, or the frigid Siberian hinterlands. But that wouldn't happen, anyway.

Still, I am sort of glad that Japan was hit; if anyone was going to be prepared for this sort of thing, I'm sure that it would be the Japanese. It's awful that it would happen anywhere, but hey, it's an active planet we live on; whatcha gonna do?

On the topic of Pearl Harbor, it would be nice if people would stop bringing it up. World War II was over 50 years ago, and things have changed a lot since then (see: radical industrialization of China, dissolution of the USSR, development of the internet). It would be kind of nice if we could move on, maybe to something that's not a war.
 
Wow. I am so glad I'm not American. Not because I'd be associated with people like that, but because there's a chance I might actually be someone like that.
Uggghhhh people are dicks.
 
I'm ashamed to be a citizen of a country where ignorance and apathy towards those who are suffering, regardless of their nationality, is so commonplace. Because of an attack OVER 70 FUCKING YEARS AGO? Get the FUCK over it.
 
Aobaru said:
I'm ashamed to be a citizen of a country where ignorance and apathy towards those who are suffering, regardless of their nationality, is so commonplace. Because of an attack OVER 70 FUCKING YEARS AGO? Get the FUCK over it.
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I hate to quibble, but it'll be seventy years this December. :P Otherwise I agree.
 
Ugh, this is why I sometimes don't like living here. Not only are there a lot of people who are ignorant of the rest of the world, but there are ignorant people who think they need to say things like THAT. Grow up.
 
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