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Who was this made for? It's so peculiar, and I think its a really strange way to describe the situation, especially since kids are taught at a young age that you want to get things like poop and farts out of your body, because keeping them in is bad. This video is kind of counterintuitive in that sense.
I maybe would have said something about nuclear reactors needing a really long time to digest their food, or something to that effect.
Yeesh.
What a completely weird analogy.
I can only understand a little of this, but this seems like one of the more tortured metaphors I've seen in a while.
In Japanese (more specifically, Mandarin), "analogy" is represented by the same pictogram, or character, as that used for "opportunity."
Nice one.
Can I be monumentally naive for a minute and ask the elephant in the room question? Where the fuck are the robots? Not the giant robots that Japan is so famous for, but the charming industrial robots that Japan is so famous for? We've been seeing these remarkable industrial robots being prototyped, produced, and in use all over the media for like, decades now. WTF?
Are robots as prone to radiation sickness as their organic counterparts?
Whoa. I can just see crowds of tearful Japanese men, waving goodbye to an army of sexbots carrying little wooden buckets full of seawater to cool the fuel rods.
Wouldn't that just be heartbreaking? All standing there at the 50 mile radius screaming "GANBATTE" With snot bubbles in their noses while the catgirls go marching in, blissfully unaware.
I think the analogy works because Genpatsu-kun isn't human. He's some other being and isn't supposed to fart and poop.
I don't know if this was written to explain what the fuss is all about to kids, or to lighten the mood a bit for stressed out adults.
Regardless, I think it does a better job of explaining the risks than a lot of regular media outlets. Like, Genpatsu-kun may fart but it's OK if you're far away because you won't be able to smell it! And while we don't want Genpatsu-kun to poop, we'll be protected if he does because he's wearing a diaper!
There, in 4 minutes, the clip explains the concept of radiation dispersing over distance and the reactors encased in containers that will offer some protection in the event of a meltdown.
Please, allow me to vent a bit...
I'm so tired of all the hysterial fearmongering over radiation - primarily from people outside Japan - that is sending people scurrying away from Tokyo and other cities far from the reactors.
An acquaintance who runs an exchange program for American high school students in Nagoya is having to move her kids far south, like Okinawa, or far east, like Hawaii, to placate U.S. parents freaking out about the radiation.
Nagoya is further away from the reactors than Tokyo....
I think these parents should watch this clip to get some perspective.
My Japanese friend says Japan's tabloids have more responsibly reported on the nuclear crisis than CNN.
I'm wondering if the poor state of science education in the U.S. is one reason for American hysteria over the radiation risk. After all, it's one reason why the U.S. has so many climate change deniers, isn't it? Seems like a similar phenomenon.
Litcube - what are your thoughts on this? Are Canadians freaking out about radiation?
As for the robots... I don't know. It could be because the reactors were built in the early '70s before robots were common. The terrain must also be chaotic, with debris everywhere, that it might be difficult to find a robot to maneuver it well, no? Just speculating though.
What kind of robots are you thinking of that would have a harder time with terrain than humans? Are you thinking that business men would seriously send their hard earned sexbots out to put out radioactive fires? You so crazy Odori! And to think that because the robots were built in the 70's would some how preclude them from being assisted by more modern robots? Are you tipping them back for St. Patrick or something?
I keed, I keed!
Mrs.'Panic is totally upset about the hysteria. Hysteria makes her hysterical. I guess some mom at our daycare place was trying to get everyone to buy "thyroid protection masks" and sent out an email campaign. That, and all the folks in good ol' USA buying up all the iodine they can carry makes for some fun reading.
Plus Glenn beck. Let's not forget Glenn Beck. or that Limbaugh dude. no wait you know what? Let's forget them. Let's forget them hard. Possibly in a deep hole somewhere. Possibly somewhere with high doses of radiation.
Argh, I meant to say "reactors" built in the seventies, not "robots". my bad.
And i'm sorry, but I do take issue with the "humanizing" of the reactor, because they draw it in a humanoid shape and make it clutch its stomach in pain! That's kinda humanizing it for me! It's sending me mixed messages, Odori!
Yes, I have no idea why Tokyo Electric isn't using robots! I haven't seen any intelligent writing on the topic either. I've seen some unintelligent writing about it, but that's of course not useful.
As for humanizing the reactor Genpatsu-kun, yes, I can see how the clip is sending mixed messages... But I still like it... Works for me!
Robot update. The U.S. is going to lend Japan four devices that can suck up ocean water and hose down the reactors 24 hours a day. They can be operated unmanned, presumably remotely.
They'll be one for each troubled reactor in Fukushima.
The U.S. is sending robots to Japan.
The Yomiuri newspaper story, in Japanese:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20110320-OYT1T00086.htm?from=main6
The U.S. sending robots to help Japan. That's like one of the purest examples of irony I can think of.
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