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Woman arrested in Japan for sewing shut housemate's lips (www.rte.ie)
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The 42-year-old female victim escaped the house in the city of Koga, rushed to a nearby shop and held up a piece of paper that read "please help me", Makoto Hiyama, a senior local police official, said.

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[–] 94 points 3 months ago (8 children)

The injured woman told police "the suspect became angry over a trouble and my lips were sewed", public broadcaster NHK reported.

Yeah I’m gonna need a little bit more clarification than that.

Do you not stop this person? Was the victim sedated?

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  • [–] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah I'm confused too. It's not exactly an immediate process. How does any of that not result in getting an elbow to your eye socket?

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  • [–] 66 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's difficult to explain to a gaijin ("foreigner"), but that would go against the deeply-held Japanese concept of kirikoru-ru, which translates roughly to "the idea of not elbowing someone in the eye after they've sewn your mouth shut."

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    This has how to draw an owl vibes. You'd need full on anesthesia for this

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Sedation maybe to stop the victim moving, but not full anesthetic.

    The victim here was more likely to have been psychologically abused into submitting to her abusers whims for this though.

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    • [–] 78 points 3 months ago

    Tell me, Mr Anderson…What good is a phone call, if you are unable to speak?

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    [–] 27 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Well, this is nightmare fuel.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago*

    Reminds me of that scene in Season 2 of The Walking Dead game, where you have to sow up a gaping wound on your arm with a needle and thread. Definitely the most uncomfortable experience I've ever had while playing a video game.

    (And then there's the scene with the dog. I love this game so much but I can never play it a second time.)

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    • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Why did she use a piece of paper, though? Why not simply go 'hnnrgh' through sewn lips, and credit the people in the shop with enough intelligence to figure out her lips were sewn shut, and that there was the slight possibility she might need help?

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    • [–] 10 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    I mean, who among us hasn't thought about this? 🤷

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  • [–] 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Duct tape or a gag maybe. Sewing them shut is psycho behavior tho.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    He said thought

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    • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Wait--how is this oniony?

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    • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Jesus fucking christ.

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    [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    New “Chicago” character just dropped.

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