The left shows a futuristic sleeping pod captioned "the future we were promiced" the right shows a man sitting in a bed with a cage around it captioned "the future we got"

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

Who else reporting in from here???

Send pics, I am so sad, so very sad

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  • [–] 63 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I don't wanna live in a Japanese/5th Element/etc wall pocket thanks tho

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    You're aware that those are like $10 and come with access to an onsen, and a pretty decent complimentary meal right?

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Both of these existences look shitty

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Except both of these are the future we got, since they both exist.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    None of those are good options.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The first one isn't for living in I don't think, just renting a place to sleep short term. Which, if anything, isn't that basically just the old idea of a hostel where someone can rent a bunk in a dormitory style room, but with a bit more privacy?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    People do end up living out of the capsule hotels, it’s not common but it’s a step above being homeless

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    In which case, the existence of the hotel still isn't a bad thing, because without them the alternative would just be being homeless unless the economic conditions leading to that are fixed, and if they were fixed, people living in one long term wouldn't be likely to occur anymore anyway.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Atleast we're not in those commie blocks. 🤣🤣

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Isn't the one on the left the prison from andor?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Its real. ln Japan or Singapore the "capsule hotel" is a budget travel option. Is it better than hostel? Not likely but ymmv.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    OK. here is my incredibly weird perspective on those pods. I like them. Recently I even stayed in one and the only complaint I have is that they are made of plastic and would squeak horrible whenever the person above me moved. I like small enclosed spaces, they make me feel safe, and if the pod was made out of wood or concrete then I would absolutely live in one, as long as there were adequate services nearby: like a kitchen and a bathroom.

    They don't take up a lot of space allowing for more people to live in a single house. They offer enough privacy to be comfortable and as an anarchist I welcome the chance to live alongside other people. My apartment is a mess because I cannot bring myself to clean it. Having other people to share responsibilities with would solve that.

    a political rantThey way we live reflect our politics. Every moment of our lives we are interacting with society. The way we interact reinforces our behaviours. Living in an apartment with just your family or a couple of room-mates reinforces individualism. It forces everyone to do everything equally because you could change who you're living with. You cannot divide up chores to the ones you're comfortable with because everyone should do everything.

    I would love to live in a socialist living space that had these pods (not made of plastic of course), because it would allow me to live my life in a way that feels more in line with my ideology and beliefs. We are not just individuals looking out for ourselves but a collective, a society.

    (Anyway it's rather late writing this and if I had any good sense left I would delete it for being too much but fuck it)

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't mind the idea of sleeping in one of these pods, I agree they seem cozy enough if constructed well.

    I mind not having space away from other people entirely for at least some of the day. Even a small room that is my own that other people can't just barge into or the like.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I spent one day almost entierly in my pod watching youtube, just like I would at home. For me the pod is my private space. But I understand that most people probably find it too cramped, I imagine in an actual living arrangement there would need to be private common rooms.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    The second one reminds me of the kennel at the animal hospital that I worked for as a teen

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  • [+] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • So we got turds instead of polished turds.

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