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sykoeent
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This will eventually happen to me. My collection is huge and growing AND I live in California! Like that man, I too, shall die with my boots on! heheheheheheheh
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KabaKabaFruit
 Posts: 1871 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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I honestly don't see this thread ending well with all this crass amusement going on. I still think the death was a tragedy, silly or not.
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sakurawei
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it was probably caused by suffacation considering that he had a lot of books
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Emichan
 Posts: 83 Location: SF Bay Area |
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Yep, sad to say, this is probably how I'll go. I am in the SF Bay Area, and I have 5 bookcases full of manga, It's only a matter of time...
Though I remember in the 1989 Quake, none of our bookshelves fell over and I think the most damage at my house was 2 dishes in the china cabinet breaking. (we were lucky). At least my manga isn't stacked in piles like that, it's wedged in my bookcases rather tightly. |
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Batman3777
 Posts: 160 Location: Down the Shore, NJ |
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They also have velcro straps that can be used to secure furniture to the walls in case of earthquakes, and they don't require any drilling or anything. Renter-friendly and moveable/replaceable. My condolences to this man's family, friends and coworkers. Hopefully he's happy in a massive manga library in the sky. |
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daxomni
 Posts: 2650 Location: Somewhere else. |
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I'm not sure if you've noticed, but life itself is crass. I'm not trying to be "edgy" here, I'm just recognizing that this is a one-off event that has no obvious "fix" of any sort. Who among us isn't expecting to die at some point? Calling this a tragedy cheapens the term and ignores the fact that we'll all be in this guy's shoes some day. We might as well have a laugh about it while we still can. There are plenty of deaths I'll get up in arms about any day of the week, but this? No I don't think I'll be freaking out over this man. He apparently lived his life the way he wanted and he died. That's the best any of us can possibly hope for. If and when you can show some sort of foul play or truly unusual suffering then I'll be happy to acknowledge this as a tragedy, but until then I'd rather just have a bit of fun over someone who will be none the wiser. Feel free to mock my own death if by chance it's unique enough to warrant it's own article in the news. |
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nosferatuwolf
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Manga kills.
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BleuVII
 Posts: 672 Location: Tokorozawa, Japan |
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I agree with Daxomni. Natural disasters happen, and in this particular one, ten are already confirmed dead. Three died in a hot spring when a landslide buried them. This one was posted on this site because it related to manga. I don't think we're necessarily mocking the death, but saying that if we had to die before our time, this wouldn't necessarily be a bad way to go. My condolences go out to all of the families, and I might even head up there soon to help with rebuilding/repairs (it's only 3 hours away from where I live). That being said, I don't think I'm the only one who sees the lightheartedness in this.
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hikaru004
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It probably was very painful, frightening and lonely. I wouldn't want to die that way.
My condolences to the family. |
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kona-chan13
 Posts: 37 Location: sendi,japan |
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i just fasened my shelfs to the wall and put thick glass doors on them so i think im safe from any thing like that........ tho i think i like to go that way
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kokuryu
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Scary... I could be one of those people buried in stacks of manga and DVDs and VCDs...
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TornadoTatsumaki
Posts: 145 Location: Mission Bend,Texas |
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Speaking of this man's death, that kind of thing happens in Japan since space is so hard to come by. There is good news though, because the rate of earthqauke(jishin) death tolls in Japan have actually declined during the past decade with quakes killing about less then a dozen in the recent years, in a earthquake prone country is good to hear only a few people dying rather then the China quake which has killed thousands. There have been a total of five earthqaukes reported in Japan this past decade one in 2001,2004,2006, 2007,2008. the so far deadiest being the 2004 Saturday morning quake that killed about 20 people now compare that to the "Kobe quake of 1995" the last deadly earthqauke in Japan that killed over 600. Just my two cents. |
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fighterholic
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Mine too as I go back over there, but I think I'll be taking the necessary means not to have my collection like that. |
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TornadoTatsumaki
Posts: 145 Location: Mission Bend,Texas |
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Toshirodragon
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*raises hand solemnly*
This too will be me if the "Big One" scientist are predicting for Utah ever actually hits. Personally, if I gotta go this is probably the best way to do... |
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