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HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
12:43 PM

In reply to Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things
Necro Butcher is not impressed.
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SigmundTheSeaMonster
12:04 PM

In reply to Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things
Ram will take care of them!

(reference to Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler)
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Hello Mister Walrus
11:45 AM

In reply to Robot Dance-Off
Dancing Japanese robot school girls leads to dancing robot strippers, which leads to sexbots. Robot technology might be in its infancy today, but I like the way this is going...
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jinushaun
11:43 AM

In reply to Robot Dance-Off
These dancing robots look like the were designed by engineers who probably don't know how to properly dance themselves. Did these teams have dance consultants on their team?
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Alfisted
11:27 AM

In reply to Robot Dance-Off
I have absolutely no interest in watching shaking Asimos.
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pbrigido
11:22 AM

In reply to Robot Dance-Off
I can have a seisure also, but I wouldn't call it dancing.
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Hiphopopotamus
11:21 AM

In reply to Robot Dance-Off
Any robot in a schoolgirl outfit was designed for something other than dancing, methinks.
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Scaramanga
11:17 AM

In reply to Robot Dance-Off
Though I suspect it won with the help of MJ sentimentality. The thriller one was the best, but the attempt at moonwalking was pretty funny.

...the day robots really are able to moonwalk we need to be concerned...
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Scaramanga
10:57 AM

In reply to Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things
The florescent death match is one of the more milder matches of hardcore wrestling. We in America have Combat Zone Wrestling; barbed wire, glass, lightbulbs, and attacking each other with weedwhackers is fairgame.

[en.wikipedia.org]

[en.wikipedia.org]

Excerpt from Wikipedia:
# Circus Deathmatch- above the ring is a scaffold and under that scaffold there is a type of circus net made of barbed wire. When a wrestler falls off of the scaffold the barbed wire spider net is there to "catch" the wrestlers. After a wrestler, or a team of wrestlers, have been thrown into the net it is cut down and the match continues to a pin fall.
# Piranha Deathmatch- Barbed wire boards are placed in the corners. In the middle of the ring, there is a tank full of Piranhas. To win you must hold your opponent in the tank for ten seconds.
# Scorpion Deathmatch- This match is similar to the Piranha Deathmatch. However, instead of barbed wire boards, there are two cacti. And instead of Piranhas, there is a tank full of scorpions.

Video of Piranha Death Match:
[www.youtube.com]

When you actually watch it its a lot cheesier and looks a lot more phony then it sounds.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
10:49 AM

In reply to Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things
You know, the insides of those has got stuff that can give you cancer.

- So I'm told.

Yeah. I had a friend that chewed glass
for a living. In the circus.

- And he got cancer
from chewing fluorescent bulb glass ?

Nah. Got hit by a bus.
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Scaramanga
11:10 AM

@GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid:

Look at them. Do you really think these guys care about some long-term health effect?

If you're job is jumping off ladders, diving into a tank full of scorpions and piranhas, being smashed over the head with fluorescent lightbulbs and barbed-wire bats.

The chemicals in the fluorescent tube are the last thing to be concerned about.

... but, yeah, they'll likely die from being hit by a bus.
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ripfire
11:31 AM

@Scaramanga: Clerks. Go watch it now!
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Segador
12:44 PM

@GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid: "Police say that the bus struck the man, who appeared to be disoriented and already covered in lacerations and white powder, while traveling at nearly 55 MPH."
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Noobs-R-Us
10:27 AM

In reply to Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things
Ah, those aren't real flo bulbs. They're the candy kind that you see in prop depts all over Hollywood. If you get hit with a real flo bulb you better get to an ER fast.
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Monty
10:21 AM

In reply to Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader
How much more accurate is this vein scanner from a standard fingerprint scanner, such as what Lenovo puts on their Thinkpad devices? The latter we have found to be problematic and relatively easy to crack, but if this is a major improvement - that would be a fantastic step forward. Ideally, it would be nice to have something like this plugged into all of our desktops in the office and staff could authenticate with nothing more than giving us the finger. Insulting, sure - but much more entertaining than remembering a 14 character password.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
10:20 AM

In reply to Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things
Japan just needs to go ahead and get this baby into production already..
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RampantConsumerism
11:41 AM

Please take your receipt.
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semi-renaissance man
11:47 AM

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: LOL.

Is the continuation of Futurama out already? Or was it just a rumor?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11:50 AM

@semi-renaissance man: It's not out yet. Gotta wait a little longer.
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CAVEperson
12:30 PM

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: There are two versions in Japan: one for seppuku, and one with a sword to fall upon.

In recent versions, they also have webcams.
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Alfisted
10:18 AM

In reply to Japanese Fluorescent Lamp Fighting: Insane Even Compared to Other Crazy Japanese Things
Are the women in this sport members of GLOW?
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Hank Scorpio
10:15 AM

In reply to Sony Selling World's Tiniest USB Finger Vein Reader
"zebra pants and slap bracelets" - awesome. (So glad I didn't dress like that back then!)
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