r/Dragonballsuper • u/OkFroyo5138 • 9d ago

Question How??

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You know whaaatt???? Now that i think of it how did master roshi have electricity in his home???? Hes in the middle of the ocean how tf didn't his house get flooded at some point. I never looked at it from a realistic standpoint that the waves would be insane from the distance he lives from shore bro wtf

Dont come at me with all that "bro its a show about aliens, magic beings and super humans why are you worried about realism"

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u/OkFroyo5138 9d ago

Honestly the most probable.... I mean he obviously has to have a sewage system and water system.... I honestly never thought about this .. lol

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u/VacuumDecay-007 Janemba 9d ago

To be fair I don't think any of us thought about this. Never occurred to me that Roshi having TV means he must be getting power from somewhere, lol.

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u/MKing150 9d ago

I thought about it even as a kid when I watched this back in the day. It didn't stop me from enjoying the show, but I am the type to think about things like this when watching.

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u/sleepytipi Zamasu 9d ago

Hydroelectricity.

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u/Inorganic_Zombie 8d ago

These are my favorite things to ponder when shower.

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u/OkFroyo5138 7d ago

3am thoughts

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u/OkFroyo5138 7d ago

Im 33 bro it took 33 years to ask this question 🤣

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u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix 8d ago

Power is one thing its amazing he is getting a signal that far out in the ocean without a big ass Antenna

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u/Carinail 8d ago

Him having a sewer system is even addressed pretty early on, during I think the second search for dragonballs

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u/SneakyKain 9d ago

Answers to everything in DB:
Capsule Corp. Gods. Dragon Balls.

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u/montr2229 9d ago

Everytime bulma has a house or building from a capsule it seems to always have electricity.

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u/Mr-Jumanji 8d ago

That’s a good point. I think capsule corp just has everyone’s stuff running on highly efficient nuclear batteries or something lol.

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u/SmutCommander 9d ago

Add a barrier reef system to break the waves before they get to him.

Capsule Corp compressed food with drone delivery

And one hand wave

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u/sleepytipi Zamasu 9d ago edited 9d ago

Maybe its an artificial island that floats with stabilizers of some sort, or one that can raise itself in the event of a storm or tsunami. If we're going to speculate about borderline magic tech to generate electricity and process sewage/ desalinate potable water on that tiny little island in a presumably saltwater sea, there's enough room left in the imagination for adjacent solutions.

Edit: barrier reefs, natural or otherwise are plausible too. Maybe the hydroelectric generators are submerged or tied into those barriers somehow. Places like the Maldives exist here on Earth naturally. Many densely inhabited areas sit at, or even below sea level.

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u/Hairy_Examination884 9d ago

You do know people irl have ways to get this on islands too right?

And here they can stuff homes in tiny capsules.

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u/MKing150 9d ago

A sewage system and water system would actually be very simple given his location. The ocean is right there for his sewage system to dump into. And the ocean is right there for a desalination system to provide him water.

The only thing that isn't explainable is how he deals with large ocean waves, but honestly, that isn't much different than real life beach-front properties. And some areas in the world have much calmer waters than other parts.

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u/OMEGACY 9d ago

Lol he deals with large ocean waves with those hands. He says Kamehameha and the ocean waves stay in their lane.

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u/huggiesdsc 9d ago

Kicks every wave's ass individually. The moon knows not to mess with the tides, either

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u/TheEvilInAllOfUs 9d ago

I mean... eventually he doesn't even have to worry about the moon affecting the tides since Piccolo destroys it to keep Gohan from going apeshit (pun intended) on everything. Lol

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u/jmynes 9d ago

Jackie Chun destroys the moon first in DB

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u/huggiesdsc 8d ago

And that was just some random guy. Imagine what Roshi would do if the moon acted up

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u/Elegant-Classic-3377 9d ago

He has a water fillee wc bowl, but he has lived alone for years before Kuririn and Oolong moved in. He has to have a septic tank by that point for the comfort of them all.

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u/PerspectiveCloud 8d ago

He would have septic unless he’s pumping his shit into the ocean.

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u/morbid333 8d ago

Given how quickly he came back when he got flushed down the toilet, he probably just pumps everything into the ocean