THAT Japanese sense for aesthetics

[matsuki]

I don't mean this...



...or the shit everyone that doesn't live here pictures when they hear "Japanese Aesthetics."

I'm talking about shit like this....

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That's right baby, ziptie that extra wire up their in plain sight, it gives it that mass produced steeze!

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Central heating and cooling are overrated when you can force a Japanese AC unit anywhere.

[Taro Toporific]

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Japan Factiod No. 2,235: In the Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake of 1995, 19% of people were killed by their crappy air-conditioners falling on them.

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[Coligny]

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Japan Factiod No. 2,235: In the Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake of 1995, 19% of people were killed by their crappy air-conditioners falling on them.

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With or without the rest of the building still attached to it ?

[Russell]

Fascinated by Choko's ceiling light.

That wire is long enough to have that light hang close to the floor if one wishes.

Well, many Japanese live their lives on the floor, so it makes some sense after all...

[Yokohammer]

I'm having a little trouble with the aircon with the water runoff into the sink. It has the usual hole in the wall for the plumbing to and from the compressor, and the water runoff is usually included in that.

[Russell]

I'm having a little trouble with the aircon with the water runoff into the sink. It has the usual hole in the wall for the plumbing to and from the compressor, and the water runoff is usually included in that.

At least they should accumulate the runoff water in a tank to save on the water bill.

[yanpa]

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Japan Factiod No. 2,235: In the Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake of 1995, 19% of people were killed by their crappy air-conditioners falling on them.

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With or without the rest of the building still attached to it ?

A valid question... And yes, I do sleep on the side farthest away from the wall-mounted unit.

[Coligny]

Despite --also-- hating my father... We share a common traight on overengineering most of the stuff we build. (which have for side effect that we know that whatever we do will be overbudget mostly because of this, and also because any part with a structural flaw will be scraped until done properly). My bunk bed is a prime example... commercial ones are rated 100kg, last estimation --assuming standard 2x4 load capacity-- mine was around 500kg, if i discount the wall mounted side beam...

one consequence being, that we never ever fixed any heavy appliance without bolts going through the wall and through a reinforcement steel plate on the opposite side seating the nuts...

so... for aircon units... if it falls on you... the wall will not be far behind...

The apparition of flat screen tvs made wall mounting way to quick, easy and.... boring...

[jingai]

For Taro's aircon unit #2, is that a condenser/compressor unit inside the house? Doesn't that need to be outside or it's totally worthless?

[Coligny]

Since you got heat from the compressed air + heat from running the pump - amount of air cooled... I'd say in fine it's hotter as a whole, while still providing cooler air just at the exit of the head unit.

[matsuki]

Fascinated by Choko's ceiling light.

That wire is long enough to have that light hang close to the floor if one wishes.

Well, many Japanese live their lives on the floor, so it makes some sense after all...

I was looking for lights for the temple and couldn't believe how many have ridiculously long cords.....and then started noticing in other homes, restaurants, stores, people seem to be fine with just looping the extra length and zip-tying that shit in plain sight. Looks like shit to me but then again, so do all the exposed wires and electrical outlets for everything.

Japan Factiod No. 2,235: In the Great Hanshin (Kobe) Earthquake of 1995, 19% of people were killed by their crappy air-conditioners falling on them.

The condenser or the interior fan unit? (assuming condenser but TIJ, either seem possible)

[Isle of View]

There's a named condition called Paris Syndrome that some individuals experience when their romantic preconceptions of Paris collide with the reality of dog-poop*.

Can't help but wonder if weeboo's who move to Japan believing that all is wabi-sabi experience something similar when their eyes repeatedly encounter this:

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[Who travel to Kyoto only to find that much of Gion has been razed and replaced 1980's style buildings housing hostess bars.]

Japan is a country that has mastered the art and science of placing all plumbing, electrical, and air conditioning hardware on the outside of a building.

*I like Paris sans the dog-poop.

[Taro Toporific]

This new addition to the grounds of the local temple looks like something of a white elephant: pic.twitter.com/CtIqYEkyMn
--Mulboyne (@Mulboyne) March 25, 2014

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[matsuki]

Buddha with a boner would be sooo much better...

[kurogane]

There's a named condition called Paris Syndrome that some individuals experience when their romantic preconceptions of Paris collide with the reality of dog-poop*.

Can't help but wonder if weeboo's who move to Japan believing that all is wabi-sabi experience something similar when their eyes repeatedly encounter this:.

Yes, the ones in Kyoto do, usually following their entry into Phase 2 of Culchur Shock. Fortunately that ilk congregates at The HUB in Kiyamachi, and don't discover the wonders of The Office (Kiyamachi Honten) until Phase 3 or 4, Thank Wallace S. Christ.

[Mike Oxlong]

[matsuki]

So that's why Japan is very cool being very fucked up, "wabasabi!"