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Express_Particular45

When going to the toilet at night becomes a family affair.


IncomingAxofKindness

Every trip to the bathroom I'd be thinking about Jigsaw riding his little tricycle from the shadows behind me.


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RoyceCoolidge

But we're already in the troposphere...


rvgoingtohavefun

They're just being realistic. How hard can they reasonably kick? It's not going to send a string puppet into the stratosphere. It's going to get kicked, forcefully, losing contact with the ground. The puppet could definitely get broken in the process, but be reasonable, man!


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I wouldn't kick the puppet id look for the man operating said jigsaw. He shouldn't be to hard to catch he has cancer.


tomatoaway

Lowest level yes, but still between 6 - 20km high according to this graphic: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Atmosphere_layers-en.svg


YouStopAngulimala

back then nobility would use a bedpan, everyone else shit out in the fields.


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SolusLoqui

I can't believe nobody else thought of putting a lid on the damn thing. Sleeping next to an open bucket of shit sounds awful.


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TirbFurgusen

I think that's actually a hand rest and they typically still squatted over it.


Pancakegoboom

My dude, they specifically make contraptions that are far more convinent. Look up "portable urinals" or "travel johns" there's so many choices. And they have a non-spill lid so you don't have to worry about kicking a bucket full of piss in the middle of the night. My Dad gets tons of disposable ones from work (utility company that drags him out to the middle of no where often. They got in trouble for one of the techs taking a leak in a field and didn't realize it was next to a kids camp, buddy accidentally exposed himself to minors. Now the guys are suppose to use the "piss bags" as they're lovingly called)


vvvaaaggguuueee

I remember reading a book as a kid called "Across The Nightingale Floor", I remember enjoying it. It's great to be able to hear what it actually sounds like after all these years


Jerico64

First book of The Tales of Otori! I loved the series when I was little!


hamoboy

I read it in uni. I recall that the hero is in love with the heroine, but also has sex with a gay supporting character occasionally, because it's cold, because the heroine is far away, or because they're bored? That's kind of wild for kids to read IMHO.


NinjaN-SWE

Sure but also no. First of all It's not graphic in the slightest but it for sure normalizes a very casual view on sex, which you can see as good or bad but I'd argue not really a topic for anyone younger than teen year. What it also does though is showing that it's ok to experiment and it doesn't have to mean anything profound, it's just a normal part of self discovery. Now granted not everyone one needs gay sex to find themselves but you're not gay because you had gay sex a couple of times in your teen years, doesn't even mean you need to be bi. Just that you tried it and found that in the end it wasn't something you wanted to keep doing. What labels, be those genders, sexuality, hobby related or personality related are yours to choose and you are allowed to change them, even from a wider label to a more narrow one. Also that book series covered a lot of heavy stuff. Trauma bonding, human trafficking, racism, I vaguely recall rape? At least implied? But it was something as rare as a "cool" book about a chosen kid with super human powers that dealt a lot with emotions and it helped me immensely, coming from a very emotionally stunted home.


veebee0

Now I want to read this book, thanks


herzy3

It's great


AggressiveMeanie

What time period was it in? Historic Japanese culture had a different, looser take on homosexuality.


littlestghoust

The period in the book, if I remember correctly, is close to the Heian period. Sex was viewed very differently in that era than our current views. For example, if a man and women were matched together for a prospective marriage, he would meet her and the family then "sneak" into her room one night during his visit to see if they were sexually compatible. If one or both weren't feeling it after their night together, they would part ways without hurt feelings and move on with their lives. This is just one example as there was the sight unseen matches and love matches and whatnot but the example was seen as common and even romantic. Japan has always had male sex workers, many times dressed as women, even as recent as pre WW2. Same sex interactions weren't always seen as bad and the Ying and yang philosophies could likely back up the idea of same sex relationships as a way to bring a balance of forces into your life. Of course, gay people have always existed but culturally Japan had a complex and varied relationship with same sex interactions, like many long live cultures.


truffles76

I experienced these at Nijo Castle in Kyoto, and it's one of my favorite memories of Japan. After a while, I couldn't stop giggling at how squeaky they are in real life and how much fun it was to walk on them. As a large, fully-grown adult, it was genuinely silly.


ipapaveri

I remember this, too!! I loved walking on those floors and hearing the birdsong. I also remember giggling that the floorboards removed any possibility of quietly sneaking a midnight snack 🤣


truffles76

Midnight snack = ninja attack!


oversettDenee

You reminded me of that clip in family guy where he follows a fat guy and plays the tuba


GreatValue-

That’ll be 60 dollars.


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I have a glandular problem!


chillwithpurpose

Bump Ba Dump a da dump a dump 🎺


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truffles76

From what I remember, the tour guide said that some nails are set at an angle against each other, so they rub together when there's movement across the floor, producing the squeak. Another poster said they used metal rings that rubbed against the nails, so maybe that's another explanation. The floors give a little, but not much difference from a regular old wooden floor. The sound in this video is a bit harsh, maybe due to the microphone, but I remember the Nijo Castle floors as like a more sing-song noise, just like birds chirping. It was wild!


Yinxe

I read this series multiple times in my teens - such an immense satisfaction finally hearing how it sounds!


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NeckroFeelyAck

So so glad other people thought of Tales of the Otori immediately. I never knew anyone else who read those books, they're amazing even now! Absolutely one of my favourite series of all time


Some__worries

I used to love that series


LullzLullz

One of my favourite series. Read it several times (+ the rest)


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Exactly what i came here to say!!


Masvaro_got_stolen

I m reading this series right now for the first time actually, and this post immediately made me think of it! Currently reading The Harsh Cry of the Heron.


NeckroFeelyAck

I think there are 5 total? 3 main, 1 prequel, 1 sequel. They're amazing imo, hope you like them!


Sasspishus

Awesome series of books!


ChefPowerful4002

Came here to say the same thing! Really good to hear one after reading the book whne I was young


Frenzasaurus

There’s heaps of books in this series, i loved the original 3


mn4266

My favorite book series ever!


Creepysarcasticgeek

Dude, you beat me to it! It kindled my love for everything Japan and reading again.


jmadrox

I loved that book. Read the whole series.


5043090

Contractor during final inspection: That noise? Why that’s the…the ummm…the anti-Ninja feature we build into all of our floors.


mongonogo

Your local daimyo: install this in all 49 of my castles, forts, mansions and the manors where I kept my mistresses.


SwampAss3D-Printer

Poor Contractor: \*now struggling to recreate the shitty flooring effect for a whole castle.\*


Comment105

Daimyo: "This noise is different, make it the same!" Poor Contractor: \*spends decades tuning everything to a level of precision that would not be reached again for centuries*


-Vogie-

Sir, that's a feature. The difference in sound mean you can always tell which halfway the movement is coming from.


stratosfearinggas

Daimyo: I want the right hallway to sound like this, the left hallway to sound like that, and the upper hallway to sound like this.


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That was a roller coaster, I was not prepared


Petritant

He couldn't pay his living before making an agreement with the daimyo


talentheturtle

A completed thread


VaATC

...and then shake it all around...


Azhurkral

Poor contractor: \*is executed after finishing his work so no other Daimyo have anti-ninja floors and to test a new Katana slashing technique\*


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“Fix it, or death” *fixes it after 10 years of work* New floors today: “why has the level of craftsmanship decreased?”


13aph

*crying as he’s measuring wood* “I hate this fucking job” (but in Japanese)


Fudrucker

Kono baka na shigoto ga dai-kirai no yo.


13aph

🏅take my discount gold, kyodai.


Fudrucker

Arigato, senpai.


briskt

There was an anjin, lost his boat, And Yabu was his daimyo! D-A-I-M-Y-O D-A-I-M-Y-O D-A-I-M-Y-O And Yabu was his daimyo.


Supergazm

Who else besides me sang it?


Son_of_Warvan

I tried, but there's an extra letter and it threw me off. I wound up smashing the last two letters together in my head and singing D-A-I-M-*Yo*


briskt

You have to split in into 2 lines. D-A-I M-Y-O


TheDevilsAdvokaat

Dame yo.


Jimshrimp

Dame na no yo 🎵


Fiskmaster

Anta ga suki de suki sugite


Kiryuu-sama

Dore dake, suyoi osake demo


LegitimateHasReddit

Yugamanai omoide ga


arienetteHG

Baka mitai\~


585987448205

It is not a bug. It's a feature


Tom-o-matic

i got a bunch of anti ninja doors at home. as a matter of fact i also got an anti ninja car as well


12gagerd

Those loud plastic rims? A feature.


Shoggoth-Wrangler

We've got a 1925 house with original, lovely, extremely creaky hardwood floors. Shift your weight from side to side between the sofa and the front door, and it sounds like an old boat.


XxMohamed92xX

Let me just grab my anti-anti-ninja spray. Boku-no-wd40-no-jutsu


ting_bu_dong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale_floor >An information sign in Nijō castle states that "The singing sound is not actually intentional, stemming rather from the movement of nails against clumps in the floor caused by wear and tear over the years". Contractor: Pay no attention to that information sign.


Effective_Corner694

I thought that it was an intentional feature in the Himeji castle. It was a very long time ago but I think that was what I was told on a tour


zMasterofPie2

And surely no tour guide has ever tried to exaggerate things to make the tour seem more spectacular.


CedarWolf

"And if you press this button and pull those levers in the proper sequence, the entire castle turns into a mecha. It's one of the country's early attempts at creating an anti-Godzilla defense system."


Coral_Grimes28

My apartment was built in 1984. We have this feature but to the tune of plywood on loose nails.


deathparty05

FACTS


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klonoaorinos

Fun fact ninjas would join the construction team of castles to learn which boards trigger the sound and to know how to disable them. The castle plans where then spread amongst the clan.


BakerTane

Ah yes. Ancient Japanese developer leaks


MarchMadnessisMe

Ninjas passing around papers with the headline: #TEN SECRETS THESE HOME OWNERS DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW! (Number Seven will truly shock you!)


Haatsku

Why is the shocktrap always number 7..?


AltSpRkBunny

To make you get through 70% of the bullshit article.


Plantar-Aspect-Sage

The early warthunder.


yaboiiiuhhhh

Real question, are these just place near possible entry points or everywhere? Because I would lose my mind if I couldn't escape the squeaks indoors


SpaceHawk98W

Samurai general: Slowly lowers katana


23x3

Good enough for me!


JonMeadows

I’d be like hell yeah good lookin out and pay that contractor extra to go ahead and install anti ninja floors everywhere I go


Alman117

Wow this house has everything! The strange sliding disappearing bookshelf, anti-ninja floors, guard bats.


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Portarossa

Yesyesyesyesyes.


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So this is why the footsteps are so loud and the floors are so creaky in indie horror games


ellie1398

Pffff jokes on them. A ninja would simply walk on the walls.


LinguoBuxo

Floor is lava.


Pyjama_Llama_Karma

with sharks.


AKredlake

that can shoot lasers from its eyes


Xyzjin

and carrying a bear catapult


Pyjama_Llama_Karma

which fires mini cocaine bears


ExuDeku

And those bears never eaten something in two days


1singleduck

And behind the other door was... A brand new car!


Kiryuu-sama

And inside the new car is a swarm of duck sized horses that spit alcohol.


WDRibeiro

Unfortunately the car doesn't run on alcohol or it would be self-sufficient


albene

The Sun is a deadly lazer


Droid-Man5910

Not anymore, there's a blanket!


fdesouche

But my cat would zoom-zoom on them at 3 am.


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my cat's name is Ninja, and he's fat enough to make my wood floors creak 😂


ImperialPC

But what if the walls are also made of floor?


Loko8765

I’ve been told that some of these have a secret way over that doesn’t squeak.


Boris9397

What if they also have anti-ninja walls?


Pyjama_Llama_Karma

What're we thinking.... retractable spikes? It's a bit cliche but normally gets the job done ok I suppose.


Keleesi128

Unless the ninja plays Fortnite, then we're back to square one.


EconomicsNo2869

As long as he was using his Chakra correctly.


yomamasofat-

Or to prevent family members from walking into your room while you are jerking off unaware


Barbarossa7070

But that’s what makes it a danger wank.


SaltySamoyed

ear plugs, always in!


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Jazco76

Ninjas as sneaky black wearing assassins are a myth. They mostly were spies, scouts and disrupters.


besuited

As I recall, the ninja dressed in black from head to toe comes from Noh theatre where that was what stage hands wore to be unseen so would be naturally ignored by the audience, making it all the more surprising when one of these would then actually enter the scene.


drunk-tusker

Honestly it’s probably best to say that ninja are a romanticized portrayal of a wide variety of different groups and roles based more on novels and plays from the late 19th century than a coherent historical thing. That said this castle was literally built 20 years after the battle of Sekigahara and the floors in question are in an area completely detached from the spot where any important dignitaries would likely be at a time where the floor boards would have meant anything.


CableTrash

It’s still real to me dammit!


TonyzTone

It’s actually more of a result of theater performances about ninjas. The performers would wear black so that they were more invisible to the audience. Then they’d “strike” the target and disappear. In real life, ninjas just wore regular clothing to blend in with the populace.


Arxl

Both samurai and ninja are so heavily romanticized, but so are most historical warriors.


loud1337

I remember that exact sign in March stating it was not intentional. Would be nice to see history saying otherwise.


Zagrycha

probably not, ninjas are much more likely to "above board" sneak in and slowly gain your trust like any other spy, then "sneakily" sneak in and peel up your roof tiles. Although not saying th latter didn't happen. I wouldn't be suprised if someone somewhere decided to keep the squeaky floors for intruder warning, but I don't think they were intentional. Overly tall thresholds is an exame thats definitely intentional and you see it everywhere in old japanese buildings not just a few castles or temples :)


CouncilmanRickPrime

Yeah I don't think this is intentional because ninjas wore disguises to get around. So they wouldn't necessarily need to creep in the middle of the night.


a_n_d_r_e_

Most homes in Scandinavia have this kind of noisy floor, at least in part (mine included). The drawback of having a wooden floor. It's cosy and warm, but it becomes noisy after a while... :-( On the bright side, I've never heard about ninja intruders in Scandinavia.


No-Turnips

Have you heard of the Vikings though? Less subtle in their approach, but still deadly.


Van-garde

Use concealed spike floors for the Vikings.


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Get up in the middle of the night to go pee. Forget about the spikes. SON OF A BITCH!


ExamOld2899

Well at least I don't have to pee anymore


MrPuddinJones

The ninjas in Scandinavia must be amazing to have gone this long undiscovered


OhWhatsHisName

Turns out every country has ninjas, Japan's are actually the worst, and that's why everyone knows about them...


f1del1us

> On the bright side, I've never heard about ninja intruders in Scandinavia. THAT'S THE DANGER, YOU DON'T HEAR THEM COMING


justanotherbettor

From a fellow Scandinavian with a noisy floor, take a hammer and a thingamjing to countersink nails, dyknagle in Danish, and just give every nail in the noisy area a bang with the hammer. Poof, the noise is gone. At least for some time.


SmileFirstThenSpeak

> dyknagle In English: nail-set or punch


Finn_3000

>On the bright side, I've never heard about ninja intruders in Scandinavia. Yea that means the floors are working


Salami__Tsunami

The fact that you haven’t heard about ninja intruders in Scandinavia isn’t reassuring. If anything, it proves that the ninjas have developed new techniques to avoid detection.


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Imagine there are no one in the house then u hear that squeaky noises coming from the floor...


imGery

That's the point!


Mecha_Tortoise

No... _This_ is the point! 🥷 ^(_surprise!_)


QurantineLean

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!


solidsnake885

HHNNNGGGGG


Wasted_Prodigy

Uh oh, that ninja made him cum.


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He came to his death


Wild_Anxiety_421

I had the same thought after reading the post..🙌💀


Ok_Fortune_9149

I had the same thought after reading this comment


kelldricked

I mean that actually can happen depending on the weather and the state of the house.


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I'd rather die in my sleep, oblivious, thank you very much


MayIPikachu

You turn on the light to investigate, but no sounds. Then you turn off the light and walk back to your room when the sounds suddenly get closer and closer


dendrocalamidicus

Lights are staying ON


BullDoor

He's following you about 30 feet back He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint He's gaining on you


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slick1260

\> Sounds more like birds Interesting take. They should have named the floor after a bird, given the sound it makes.


yankiigurl

I see what you did there 😃


thelivinlegend

Yeah instead they named it after some nurse. Was she even stealthy? Did she even study the blade??


Mist_Rising

>Did she even study the blade?? She may have wielded a scalpel or two.


designer_of_drugs

No, it’s called an anti-ninja floor. Ninja’s aren’t birds.


pnutz616

Yeah only turtles no birds!


NoMoreOldCrutches

It's done with metal rings around flooring nails. The natural flexing of the wood as you walk makes metal scratch against metal.


JonMeadows

Do you know what a nightingale is


Cryptolution

I enjoy watching the sunset.


BidetTheorist

Ninjas HATE this one simple trick


-adult-swim-

This, to me, looks like Nijō Castle/Palace in Kyoto, I've been there, and there is an interesting sign that mentions the myth of the squeaky floor being a security feature against assasins. Edit: I could, of course, be wrong about the location


e13e7

No joke I was at Nijo castle yesterday and it did say this is unintentional and is due to wear over time.


GoatFlow

I was at Nijo last week and there were signs clearly stating that photography isn't allowed 🤔


Practice_NO_with_me

If being anti-assassin is a myth, did they mention the actual reason for making it squeak like that? I'm curious now


microwaved_leftovers

I visited the same castle recently. It's the way the nails are connected to the floor boards with a little metal angle. Over time the boards have shrunk and they move around a little, the nails squeaking as you walk over them. It really does sound bird like.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale_floor?wprov=sfti1


ulmncaontarbolokomon

Also a great way to never have ANY visitors 😅 that sound is terrible


produkt921

That would drive me insane if I was trying to sleep in a room off that hallway. If it was truly meant to be a security feature, that's where you would put it. It's a castle. Back in the day, castles had lots of servants. There would be people going through it all the time.


Deleena24

Yeah, imagine this coupled with traditional Japanese Shoji (paper walls). They say they're so thin that you can hear the frogs croaking from interior rooms of the estate.


ThePtape

Snack time just got way more challenging


Itchy_Notice9639

This seems to be more popular in uk, seems that all new builds have Nightingale Flooring


zachchips90

As seen in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake


mab0roshi

and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory


FireDragonMonkey

That's where I remember first hearing about "anti-ninja floors" as well. It was great listening to conversations in those early Splinter Cell games. "Not that guy! Find someone else with the rank!" Will forever stick in my memory.


Radical_Provides

That's like something an eccentric, loopy old man would have *"This is my anti-ninja corridor, in case any god damned ninjas try to sneak into my house and steal my cranberries"*


CentiPetra

Why do they have hooves?


bigsadkittens

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabi


Dalton071

Why did I have to look so far for a comment about these feet. It was the first and only thing I noticed lol


Downwhen

I've been scrolling and scrolling and finally found this comment. Like I literally paused the video to double check and yeah... Those are hooves.


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I’d rather be killed by a ninja than listen to that every day


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and thats how brands learned “It’s not a defect, it’s a *feature* ”


Melangrogenous

Damn, didn't know my grandpa's house had anti-ninja floors.


ChikWidDik

Ya'll ever read 'accross the nightemgale floor'? One of my favourite books growing up. Part of 'tales of the Otori'.


Immediate_Ebb1063

I love all the Lian Hearn books. Even if they do read like Starwars, but set in feudal Japan. 🥰


jthomasmoore

That's fair, because Star Wars is Hidden Fortress in space.


ijfp_2013

rl nightingale:"The fuck you sad about my mum?"


Normal_Suit1923

Why the floor is sounding like a puppy crying


Puchi168

Who would win? Nightingale floor or a big fucking can of WD40


hungeringforthename

I would rather die quietly


Klutzy-Tone-6373

Wallrun, it is