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giapet
Industry Insider
Posts: 205 Location: Washington DC |
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Dude- are you going to do something special for the 10th anniversary of the column in December? |
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Agent355
Posts: 5113 Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready... |
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Actually, I've been meaning to say that I was pleasantly surprised to read a Madoka Magica review that didn't spoil anything-especially a review of volume 3. The rumination on evacuation scenes in anime wasn't a complete fit, but it had me wondering about a topic I've never thought about before. What types of disaster preparedness exercises are practiced in different places? During the Cold War, American children were taught to duck under their desks in case of nuclear war (wouldn't help much, but I guess they figured that it was the thought that counts). Growing up in New York, all I can remember were fire drills (which could be a lot of fun-especially if you were in the middle of a test!) I know that after Columbine, some schools incorporated a type of school shooting drills, and I think I heard of at least one case of a school doing a terrorist drill after 9/11.
I recently listened to an interview with an author of an apoplectic novel describing how her school in California would encourage earthquake readiness, which involved bringing three days worth of non perishable foods to school, just in case! So, yeah, it's a fascinating topic, and now I'm all curious if Californian kids still have to pack an extra day or two's worth of lunch to school. I like tsuritama more than you did, I guess. Personally, I thought it had too much fishing. But the show had me so invested in the boys and their (platonic!) friendship that I didn't care. Plus, it lead to an epic fishing trip to save the world! I can get behind that! |
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erinfinnegan
ANN Columnist
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In Michigan, we did tornado drills when I was very young, but then the school policy changed. Sometimes we were sent home if there was a tornado watch, but if it was a warning we had to stay at school (and move away from windows or to a windowless room or the hallway, as I recall). An episode of a Japanese learning podcast - maybe JapanesePod101 - had an episode featuring an acronym that Japanese schoolchildren learn for disaster drills. I think it had something to do with staying calm and evacuating in an orderly way, but I could be mis-remembering. Mostly I remember that one of the hosts was embarrassed because the acronym had changed since her school days, making her feel old. |
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Surrender Artist
Posts: 3264 Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
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At first I misread that as tomato drills and wondered if you were required to periodically flee to the nearest stadium and sing "Puberty Love" from memory. |
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DavidShallcross
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Apologies, but I think you mean "apocalyptic" novel, pertaining to the end of the world, as opposed to an "apoplectic" novel, pertaining to apoplexy. Although I can imagine certain authors writing apoplectic novels. And, Surrender Artist, was that an Attack of the Killer Tomatoes reference? |
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eyeresist
Posts: 995 Location: a 320x240 resolution igloo (Sydney) |
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It's turning into a NieA_7 thread - yay!
Something to do with people in poverty sticking together. (Plus NieA does try to make money by collecting scrap, and later by selling her homemade UFO.) I love the show, but it's not for everyone. Also, I hated the post-credits Indian gags. EDIT: Holy shit, I just realised that NieA_7 is an anagram of "alien", if you take 7 to be an upsidedown capital L. |
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