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Mohawk52
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
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Location: England, UK
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| Mothers! Don't let your babies grow up to be anime figure collectors. |
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Batman3777
Joined: 18 May 2007
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Location: Down the Shore, NJ
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:27 am |
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::facepalm:: was invented for this type of thing.  |
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bleuster
Joined: 22 Sep 2005
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Location: Orange County
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:41 am |
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| Maybe he doing it in sign of respect. Isn't that a ritual thing in Japan? Burn things in ceremony? |
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Pedestrian A
Joined: 25 Jul 2009
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Location: Toronto, ON
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:55 am |
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| bleuster wrote: | | Isn't that a ritual thing in Japan? Burn things in ceremony? |
Isn't that cremation? And if so, just what kind of ritual ceremony was this? |
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prime_pm
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
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Location: Under Your Bed
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:31 am |
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| I could come up with a suggested, sarcastic death more memorable to the Gundam canon, but, for the life of me, I just don't watch that much of Gundam. |
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PetrifiedJello
Joined: 11 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:31 am |
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A 29 year old man living with his mother.
What, no shocking twist at the end of this story?
So much for expecting a sequel. |
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dtm42
Joined: 05 Feb 2008
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Location: NZL
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:40 am |
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| PetrifiedJello wrote: | | A 29 year old man living with his mother. |
It didn't say that. The article mentioned that the home was his, not his mother's. Yes, she could be living with him, but it isn't a fact. I got the impression that his mother had come round to do some cleaning (as mothers do) and had thrown out his "silly toys", not knowing how much he valued them. If they lived together then she would probably have had a better grasp of how much they meant to him.
Anyway, the point is not about his mother, it is about him. Him and his disturbed mind. I mean, if my mother came round and threw out my DVDs I would be pissed off. But I wouldn't burn my flat down. This guy doesn't deserve to be arrested, he deserves to be committed (to an asylum). |
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PetrifiedJello
Joined: 11 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:01 am |
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| dtm42 wrote: | | It didn't say that. The article mentioned that the home was his, not his mother's. Yes, she could be living with him, but it isn't a fact. |
My post was sarcasm against the all-too-typical stereotype often associated with the mother-son issues at home.
But I guess the "sequel" reference was lost.
*sigh*
Failed again.
Note: It's not uncommon for Japanese children to have their parents living with them. We Americans often don't recognize this as being common, since we often toss our parents into nursing homes.
But without this knowledge, I can see how my post was overlooked as sarcasm. |
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BlaqNumbr9
Joined: 28 Mar 2005
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Location: Bowing before the Master...
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:17 am |
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I also got the impression that he was living with his mother.
Doing something incredibly immature as to throw a temper tantrum and want to kill himself and burn his house down suggests his position. Wanting to set fire to the house was an additional action against his mother, as if he's trying to get back at her.
Dude needs to grow up and learn to be a man. |
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The Human Spider
Joined: 19 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:45 am |
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| prime_pm wrote: | | I could come up with a suggested, sarcastic death more memorable to the Gundam canon, but, for the life of me, I just don't watch that much of Gundam. |
I think SGT. FROG (KERORO GUNSOU) would be a more appropriate reference--it really sounds like something right out of KERORO(especially the son's impulsive, vengeful, self-destructive anger) with son/mother replacing Keroro/Natsumi. |
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Dargonxtc
Joined: 13 Apr 2006
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Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:47 am |
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| Damn, that's a big house to be getting rid of. Especially in Japan. |
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Rolando_jose
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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Location: Ahhhh it's vacation time again!
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:48 am |
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| Quote: | | ...the suspect said that his mother had gotten rid of his "valuable" Gundam plastic models, so he wanted to kill himself. |
Then why run? |
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vashthekaizoku
Joined: 30 May 2009
Posts: 195
Location: The House of Rat
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:52 am |
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| *sigh* guys like this give Otaku a bad name... |
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Josh7289
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:11 am |
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| vashthekaizoku wrote: | | *sigh* guys like this give Otaku a bad name... |
And today's lolicon/moe obsessed crowd. |
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The Human Spider
Joined: 19 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:30 am |
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| Josh7289 wrote: | | vashthekaizoku wrote: | | *sigh* guys like this give Otaku a bad name... |
And today's lolicon/moe obsessed crowd. |
"I'm an or-di-na-ry guy"(D. Byrne) |
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