A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs

Re:A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs by oh_sigh on Monday August 24, 2015 @04:48PM (#10112846)

> Imagine what it would be like if the entire culture was constantly metaphorically whispering to you from the moment of your birth about the temporary nature of life?

Are you implying that people think the world ends when they die? If I'm going to do useful work, why not do useful work that will help out people even after I'm dead? Right now I'm living in a building that was built in the 1880s. I'm happy that they built it to last.

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Re:A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs by stcredzero on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @06:51PM (#10119962)

Are you implying that people think the world ends when they die?

Non-sequitur!

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Re:A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs by oh_sigh on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @10:19PM (#10120652)

Then what were you trying to say? How or why have the Japanese built temples, shrines, and castles that that have lasted thousands of years if they are constantly told how transient life is?

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Re:A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs by stcredzero on Thursday August 27, 2015 @06:54PM (#10132665)

There's different messages for the common folk and the ruling elites.

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Re:A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs by oh_sigh on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @11:58PM (#10157351)

It sounds like you're just making up facts to fit your theory.

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