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[Firefox]

[SuperMappy]

Yes he does!

[Firefox]

I think I could spend about three hours in there and then roll out of the door...

[Firefox]

More vending machine awesomeness!



Why don't we have cool stuff like that?

[F-ZeroOne]

I think I read somewhere theres enough vending machines in Japan that they could count as their own demographic population - its something like over 100,000 machines. And they do sell all sorts of things; I often tell people that on my first visit to Japan I saw a lobster vending machine, which is actually a slight exaggeration - it was really a lobster prize game, similar to the "UFO Catcher" crane games. The lobsters - yes, live lobsters - were the prizes.

The reason we don't get things like this is unless the location is properly chosen, bad things tend to happen to them if its not Japan. I've seen vending machines in laybys by the side of the road in Japan, which in certain other countries would quite possibly be burnt out shells. In fact, I've never seen a vandalised vending machine in Japan (sheer probability indicates that it must happen somewhere there); the worst I can recall is theres one in Shibuya that has a somewhat "punk" look to it but thats almost certainly a deliberate style choice than an act of vandalism.

One thing I've also never seen is the legendary "panty vending machine", which everyone knows exist because its Japan and they're all a bit odd, right? I can't state definitively that they don't exist, but the closest I've ever been to anything like it is when I stopped to get a can of coffee from a regular vending machine in Shinjuku and only then noticed that the machine was situated outside an establishment of, shall we say, negotiable affection...

Just because I've been watching a lot of this recently:



I'd forgotten how, erm, "husky" Susans voice was...

[(o)(o)]

[Firefox]

The reason we don't get things like this is unless the location is properly chosen, bad things tend to happen to them if its not Japan. I've seen vending machines in laybys by the side of the road in Japan, which in certain other countries would quite possibly be burnt out shells. In fact, I've never seen a vandalised vending machine in Japan (sheer probability indicates that it must happen somewhere there); the worst I can recall is theres one in Shibuya that has a somewhat "punk" look to it but thats almost certainly a deliberate style choice than an act of vandalism.

Yeah... Not just vending machines, but I see videos of amazing public spaces in Japan, with borders planted with all kinds of beautiful plants and no kind of barrier around them. I often wonder why we don't have that, and the answer is, of course, that it'd be vandalised to fuck within days.

That's why our public spaces are mostly planted with what is effectively living barbed wire.

[F-ZeroOne]

You always obviously have to be a bit careful about making generalisations; I know vandalism does happen in Japan (in fact, recently, a historical WWII site and a shrine were vandalised), but as a general rule it seems to be much less prevalent there. Japanese schoolchildren reportedly have to clean their classrooms after use (again, reportedly - it might not happen in all Japanese schools) which might help.

All these years a Gundam fan and I never knew that the MEN OF DESTINY were in fact, a WOMAN WITH VOICE!:

[kel]

yeah!

[Firefox]

Reminds me a bit of Return of the Jedi, when they're flying inside the Death Star...

[F-ZeroOne]

[Rhythm]

Urgh, fuck being a pedestrian who gets collared by that. It's basically a motorised spear

[(o)(o)]

Yes I wouldn't want to trip forwards and get rear ended by that

[Firefox]

Yes I wouldn't want to trip forwards and get rear ended by that

[kel]

such a good thead, https://www.resetera.com/threads/your-r ... usic.5371/