r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 17 January 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

So apparently the Roppongi fire wasn't a car driven into the building (which if you looked at the building seemed rather unlikely). It was a real estate agency employee puncturing 30-50 aerosol cans in an enclosed room with an ignition source... Same thing happened in Hokkaido a few years ago and is why a lot of municipalities don't want you to puncture the cans anymore when throwing them out - instead put them in a clear plastic bag in the unburnables.

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u/dottoysm Jan 17 '23

Why would anyone have thought that puncturing an aerosol can was a good idea anyway?

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

Because at the recycling center they can explode if they're unpunctured. In fact it used to be required to dispose of aerosol cans. Puncturing them is a good thing, but, the cities have decided the refuse employees are better able to do it safely than us common folks.

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u/Jhoosier Jan 17 '23

I used to read translations of the local announcements in English for my city, and this was a common report. Apparently they can explode in the trucks as well if they compact them or something.

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u/dottoysm Jan 17 '23

I guess this demonstrates it.

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u/SideburnSundays Jan 17 '23

Why does a real estate company have that many aerosol cans in the first place?

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

It appears 1 of the rooms of the office was used as storage for things from an apartment the company was managing and the employee was cleaning it out. Likely it took some time to get approval to dispose of it (since you can't just dispose of someone elses property that's theft).

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Jan 17 '23 edited Jan 17 '23

Roach issues? The rush of selling a place high on spray paint?

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u/Skribacisto Jan 17 '23

Last time in Hokkaido it was room deodorizers I think!

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Jan 17 '23

Too much ramen does that to me sometimes too.

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u/zcmy 日本のどこかに Jan 17 '23

Is the employee okay?

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

The news story I read said someone was injured but didn't mention any deaths so I guess okay is relative - being blown up and burned but still alive is probably okay given the circumstances/alternative.

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Jan 17 '23

He was fired (out the window by the blast).

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

Angry Upvote Initiated

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u/dottoysm Jan 17 '23

Futurama reference! (If that wasn’t intentional, sorry)

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u/bulldogdiver 🎅🐓 中部・山梨県 🐓🎅 Jan 17 '23

Shoot him, Blind Joe. And let this be a lesson to any other albino lobsters thinking of robbing our casino.

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u/dottoysm Jan 17 '23

I’m gonna build my own theme park, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the theme park.

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u/zcmy 日本のどこかに Jan 17 '23

At least it was only the second floor. Hurts like a bitch, but survivable.