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IKEA has furnished and is renting out a 10 m2 apartment in central Tokyo for about a dollar per month. It's clearly a gimmick of sorts as the furniture in the apartment are worth a lot more then that. Still looking at the pictures it looks like living in a nicely furnished prison cell, that is also very high (floor to ceiling). Any takers for such compact living? I dont think climbing around on ladders to get around is for me.
It seems very futuristic though; it is a staple of sci-fi to pack people like sardines in a can (Ripley's apartment in aliens, 5th element etc., etc.)
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/25/business/ikea-japan-tokyo-tiny-apartment-scli-intl/index.html
https://www.ikea.com/jp/ja/campaigns/ca00-tiny-homes-pub616dcf20
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday November 28 2021, @11:07PM (6 children)
I think i could do this short term if i were single, but with a bit more space it could be long term (single):
Give me a bigger desk so i could dual monitor it with space above for a tv screen, or more wall space to put dual monitors on the wall with tv above?
Give me a little bigger kitchen and walking area (just from the floor plan, you don't get a view of the kitchen in the video except for a bit of the sink, that i saw).
The bed area loft is fine: probably put a tv on the wall by the stairs.
Need a spot for a media server though: probably on a wall shelf? Up by bed?
I dunno.... 12m2?
Would be hard if dating a high-needs girl, though.
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 28 2021, @11:52PM
> Would be hard if dating a high-needs girl, though.
Bonus.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @12:05AM (4 children)
What do you need a media server for? Just use pirate streaming.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday November 29 2021, @02:11AM (3 children)
I like 'owning' because if it disappears for whatever reason, i can still access it at home. 'Important' shows, anyways, like Doctor Who (TOS) and all the old British shows.
Babylon 5.
etc.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @06:51AM (2 children)
Did you ever watch Blake's 7 ?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 29 2021, @05:28PM
The porno? Yes, very deep.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday November 29 2021, @09:54PM
Yeah: not my favourite though. After a while it gets too much with Servalan for me. Watchable, but not great....classic must watch, and i'd watch again, but i like the story arcs etc of B5 better.
Also, when Blake leaves, it's kind of jarring, even more than when Sinclair leaves B5 temporarily because it IS Blakes 7, not Avon's 7.
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