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tokyoboy wrote:I realize this is a sensitive topic but I just wanted to get some feedback from my fellow FG'ers.
1. Have any of you moved or considered moving (further south, west or even outside of Japan) due to concerns related the ongoing Fukushima disaster?
2. Have any people you know (Japanese/foreign friends, family or coworkers) moved or are considering?
3. Do you discuss this topic with your friends, family, coworkers or not at all?
4. Has it (thoughts on moving, food safety, etc) been a source of conflict with your spouse and/or family?
1. Have any of you moved or considered moving (further south, west or even outside of Japan) due to concerns related the ongoing Fukushima disaster?
2. Have any people you know (Japanese/foreign friends, family or coworkers) moved or are considering?
3. Do you discuss this topic with your friends, family, coworkers or not at all?
4. Has it (thoughts on moving, food safety, etc) been a source of conflict with your spouse and/or family?
GomiGirl wrote:I have no desire to travel to India as I hate the heat and I don't enjoy being groped on trains (hence I live in Tokyo). Irony much?
chokonen888 wrote:GomiGirl wrote:I have no desire to travel to India as I hate the heat and I don't enjoy being groped on trains (hence I live in Tokyo). Irony much?
I have more fear of what the local curry would do to my bowels than a quick lap in one of the Fukushima cooling tanks.
Coligny wrote:Nobody ever died of AIDS either, so I guess it's ok to bareback that Thai shemale prostitute...
Coligny wrote:Nobody ever died of AIDS either, so I guess it's ok to bareback that Thai shemale prostitute...
tokyoboy wrote:I realize this is a sensitive topic but I just wanted to get some feedback from my fellow FG'ers.
1. Have any of you moved or considered moving (further south, west or even outside of Japan) due to concerns related the ongoing Fukushima disaster?
2. Have any people you know (Japanese/foreign friends, family or coworkers) moved or are considering?
3. Do you discuss this topic with your friends, family, coworkers or not at all?
4. Has it (thoughts on moving, food safety, etc) been a source of conflict with your spouse and/or family?
legion wrote:are we all doomed because of Fukushima? No, we are all going to die anyway. I'm more worried about the next big earthquake hitting Tokyo.
legion wrote:Coligny wrote:Nobody ever died of AIDS either, so I guess it's ok to bareback that Thai shemale prostitute...
I think you missed my point
Earthquakes, tidal waves & floods are all common in Japan and cause fatalities, however some people fixate on the radiation boogieman.
tattoo ink, particularly the dark blue and black contains carcinogens, yet some people pay to have it injected into their skin
Earthquakes, tidal waves & floods are all common in Japan and cause fatalities, however some people fixate on the radiation boogieman
Samurai_Jerk wrote:tokyoboy wrote:I realize this is a sensitive topic but I just wanted to get some feedback from my fellow FG'ers.
1. Have any of you moved or considered moving (further south, west or even outside of Japan) due to concerns related the ongoing Fukushima disaster?
2. Have any people you know (Japanese/foreign friends, family or coworkers) moved or are considering?...
1. I thought about it at first but never very seriously.
2. Yes, I know some people who have. Some of them are now the biggest spammers in my Facebook news feed with links to various articles - no matter how dubious - about how dangerous Fukushima and the surrounding areas are. I think they're trying to justify what they know deep down inside was probably not a very rational decision...
Mike Oxlong wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:tokyoboy wrote:I realize this is a sensitive topic but I just wanted to get some feedback from my fellow FG'ers.
1. Have any of you moved or considered moving (further south, west or even outside of Japan) due to concerns related the ongoing Fukushima disaster?
2. Have any people you know (Japanese/foreign friends, family or coworkers) moved or are considering?...
1. I thought about it at first but never very seriously.
2. Yes, I know some people who have. Some of them are now the biggest spammers in my Facebook news feed with links to various articles - no matter how dubious - about how dangerous Fukushima and the surrounding areas are. I think they're trying to justify what they know deep down inside was probably not a very rational decision...
Posted from Seoul?
jingai wrote:I'm interested in moving to the Tohoku area, so if any fleeing gaijin leave behind a good job, let me know. I'd prefer non-profits, management, etc. if possible.
tokyoboy wrote:1. Have any of you moved or considered moving (further south, west or even outside of Japan) due to concerns related the ongoing Fukushima disaster?
tokyoboy wrote:2. Have any people you know (Japanese/foreign friends, family or coworkers) moved or are considering?
tokyoboy wrote:3. Do you discuss this topic with your friends, family, coworkers or not at all?
tokyoboy wrote:4. Has it (thoughts on moving, food safety, etc) been a source of conflict with your spouse and/or family?
jingai wrote:I'm interested in moving to the Tohoku area, so if any fleeing gaijin leave behind a good job, let me know. I'd prefer non-profits, management, etc. if possible.
Coligny wrote:I don't remember anybody being that bold even 20 years after Tchernobyl. Arguing the number of total death or the reason for the freakshow in local orphanage was common and already a bit pathetic. But jumping the shark to the whole 'radiation are safe' is creationist level derping...
legion wrote:Coligny wrote:I don't remember anybody being that bold even 20 years after Tchernobyl. Arguing the number of total death or the reason for the freakshow in local orphanage was common and already a bit pathetic. But jumping the shark to the whole 'radiation are safe' is creationist level derping...
Nobody said radiation was safe
However the fear of radiation seems to have a peculiar grip on the public imagination, probably due to a combination of bad b movies and environmental agendas.
legion wrote:Coligny wrote:I don't remember anybody being that bold even 20 years after Tchernobyl. Arguing the number of total death or the reason for the freakshow in local orphanage was common and already a bit pathetic. But jumping the shark to the whole 'radiation are safe' is creationist level derping...
Nobody said radiation was safe
However the fear of radiation seems to have a peculiar grip on the public imagination, probably due to a combination of bad b movies and environmental agendas.
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Coligny wrote:
Tokyo is sooo not average... (they don't say if it's average or 1 time or... or... or... but when I read too much warm and fuzzy... I check if i'm not talking to a used car salesman)
Yes, we know... only ignorants are worrying... The others are too busy twisting stats to make their point...
And the sources of the whole shebang sounds like a pot pourris from a Cracked.com article... can't criticize anything... can't trace anything either...
Yokohammer wrote:jingai wrote:I'm interested in moving to the Tohoku area, so if any fleeing gaijin leave behind a good job, let me know. I'd prefer non-profits, management, etc. if possible.
Any specialties?
Areas of expertise?
Oh yeah ... and why Tohoku? (serious, non-snarky question)
Isle of View wrote:The all-to-human inability to accurately assess relative risk combined with an appalling lack of basic numeracy.
People have no clue that they were exposed to more than an order of magnitude more radiation [due to cosmic rays] fleeing and flying back to Europe and the US than if they had spent the same time in Tokyo.
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