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jason

jason

USA
August 2002

OCT 30, 2007 11:24 PM

jimhaku said:
It's like thinking the Daily Show is the real news.


im comfortable with that. its not like anyone but an american would be fooled into thinking the "real" news was real.

emotedcreations

emotedcreations

Germany
July 2006

OCT 30, 2007 11:33 PM

jimhaku said:
[QNYT often has a downward look on other cultures. In this case they are taking seriously a joke invention called a chindogu. It's like low-brow conceptual art. It's not a real product.

You might call it A JOKE. They have them in Japan!

I hope you're right, because I was seriously starting to wonder.

emotedcreations

emotedcreations

Germany
July 2006

OCT 30, 2007 11:34 PM

Formus said:
Wait...what happens if someone wants a soda?

RUN BITCH RUN!

DeadFlagBlues

DeadFlagBlues

Boone, IA
May 2006

OCT 30, 2007 11:41 PM

This seems like a dressed-up version of Solid Snake's cardboard box. And I was fucking invisible when I used that thing. This is a whole vending machine, so I have to imagine it'd be even harder to spot.

Emi

Emi

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

OCT 31, 2007 01:03 AM

LOL
i used to live here people.
this is what's wrong with me.

FellOnEarth

FellOnEarth

Temecula, CA
April 2006

OCT 31, 2007 02:12 AM

Cerwen said:

Ferretbite said:

emotedcreations said:
Whatever happened to the samurai?



They were all murdered in one big battle. Only Tom Cruise survived.



*snickers*

Also, every one in Japan knows marital arts, so it'd just be a draw, and it'd go on forever, unless you or your attacker happens to be Chuck Norris, in which case, Chuck Norris automatically wins all, and a piece of candy. But I hear Chuck doesn't hang out in Japan too much any more...


*SIGH* I'm so tired of hearing about the bearded one. It's times like these that I wish Bruce Lee were still around. Everyone knows that Kung Fu kicks Karate's ass in the end...


Insert canny dialogue for any Kung Fu vs Karate movie ever made:

Two men almost collide when they turn a corner, skirmish ensues:

Antagonist (Karate, of course): Hey you! Get out of the way dirt farmer, I'm walking here!

[Stare down ensues, insert sound of tuned sticks striking each other]

Antagonist: I said move it! Or am I going to have to teach you a lesson, no one stands in my way!

Protagonist (Kung Fu, naturally): Ah, you shouldn't waste your time... It's you who needs a lesson, but I don't think you can handle it...

Antagonist: Oh yeah!?! Well your Kung Fu is weak! Ha! Karate is... SUPERIOR!!! Come and get your beating now and maybe I'll be merciful.

Protagonist:: Ok. But I'm just warning you, I've been trained by Sifu Ping in the school of Huo Wu Dao Hóu (Fire Dancing Monkey, sort of).

Antagonist: Enough talk! Kee-ya!

Protagonist: Woo. Wha, wa-tah!

[insert sounds of wet turkeys getting slapped and punched mixed in with a flag being twirled]

Antagonist: Ah! It's impossible... You. [Cough] Beat. Me.

Protagonist: Heh! Wait till the guys back home hear how a Chinese dirt farmer beat a red neck Ranger!

Pretty good, eh?

SleepyLady

SleepyLady

Los Angeles, CA
October 2007

OCT 31, 2007 02:53 AM

emotedcreations said:

jimhaku said:
[QNYT often has a downward look on other cultures. In this case they are taking seriously a joke invention called a chindogu. It's like low-brow conceptual art. It's not a real product.

You might call it A JOKE. They have them in Japan!

I hope you're right, because I was seriously starting to wonder.




Yes and did you know chindogu translates into queer tools? Of course you know. Anyway I wanted to include that part but wanted to stay on topic...although I don't think it's all just conceptual art. I think there is a degree of "what if this could work?"

ki1

ki1

Ireland
September 2007

OCT 31, 2007 02:59 AM

all anyone has to do is close their eyes and they automatically become invisible. or am i the only one this happens too?????

private_grave

private_grave

Belgium
April 2005

OCT 31, 2007 04:00 AM

ki1 said:
all anyone has to do is close their eyes and they automatically become invisible. or am i the only one this happens too?????



nah, it works for me too...

Jennifer_

Jennifer_

Venezuela
November 2006

OCT 31, 2007 04:20 AM

jimhaku said:

FearTheReaper said:
Why are the Japanese so weird? I want an answer now.



Because we only focus on the weird or IRONIC and assume the general culture thinks these things are normal or REAL.

It's kinda like basing your perception of all Americans of a Star Trek con or Jackass or...the Daily Show. It's like thinking the Daily Show is the real news.

It's like taking Borat seriously.


+100
(although I'd be kinda okay with a country where the Daily Show was the real news, minus all the manic laughing. At least it would be more realistic than Fox.)

And I saw a video of this 'camouflage' on Have I Got News For You the other night. Its just incredibly funny.

soulcompromise

soulcompromise

I'm lost
November 2006

OCT 31, 2007 06:20 AM

I'd say that's pretty incredible and somewhat reminiscent of the recent Transformers movie. But how long does it take to transform?

pennyf

pennyf

HOPEFUL

United Kingdom

OCT 31, 2007 07:10 AM

i think this is awsome, saw it on tv the other day too, not exactly effective but awsome all the same!

Khorsaun

Khorsaun

Batesville, AR
September 2005

OCT 31, 2007 07:48 AM

Ok, let's say for a minute that this does actually work.
(and I'm talking stretching your imagination to it's limit)
The mugger loses you. The alley is empty except for a vending machine. The mugger's angry and frustrated!! He now wants to hit something. What does he do?
HE BEATS THE LIVING FUCK OUT OF THE VENDING MACHINE!!

emotedcreations

emotedcreations

Germany
July 2006

OCT 31, 2007 08:26 AM

Khorsaun said:
Ok, let's say for a minute that this does actually work.
(and I'm talking stretching your imagination to it's limit)
The mugger loses you. The alley is empty except for a vending machine. The mugger's angry and frustrated!! He now wants to hit something. What does he do?
HE BEATS THE LIVING FUCK OUT OF THE VENDING MACHINE!!

Or maybe now he's thirsty after chasing you and decides he wants a coke... tu eres fucked.

SirPsychoSexy

SirPsychoSexy

Ridgewood, NJ
January 2004

OCT 31, 2007 11:08 AM

emotedcreations said:
Whatever happened to the samurai?

And Ninjas weren't defensive, they were offensive, they were fucking spies for Christ's sake. Granted they weren't a charging cavalry, but I'm not really sure how a spy could be construed as defensive.

Why does this remind me of an American model who most likely doesn't know the third US President? Or even the first? Or who the President was during WWII?

Let's forget everything I just said, let's just imagine, not only is it possible, but it's practical to run around a corner and hide (I can't even type that with a straight face). The shoes! The shoes! You have to make your camo more effective.

...

Why did I think this was going to be another article about the Transformer movies?

...

And more poignantly, whatever fucking happened to Japanese martial arts? I mean seriously. They have to have more martial art dojos per capita and this is their (one seriously misguided woman's response) to crime. I'm hoping this is as big of a joke in Japan as it is here (or to me more specifically).

The insinuation that the Japanese would fall for this because they are not as used to crime as Americans is a fucking insult to the Japanese. How fucking stupid do you have to be to think that what she created is an actual vending machine?

This post is going nowhere.... [over and out]



You clearly don't understand that this is supposed to be a Japanese insult to Americans, because we are all somehow lumbering rabid criminal barbarians that shoot at random people and taker their wallets. tongue

xazapdmytinu

xazapdmytinu

Fort Collins, CO
July 2007

OCT 31, 2007 04:36 PM

bald_eagle said:
Yeah, I saw this on TV this morning. The shoes kind of give it away ...



It's Japan for crying out loud!...they've got to have walking vending machines at this point, right?

saturdaypunk

saturdaypunk

Fort Worth, TX
May 2007

OCT 31, 2007 07:57 PM

Cerwen said:

Ferretbite said:

emotedcreations said:
Whatever happened to the samurai?



They were all murdered in one big battle. Only Tom Cruise survived.



*snickers*

Also, every one in Japan knows marital arts, so it'd just be a draw, and it'd go on forever, unless you or your attacker happens to be Chuck Norris, in which case, Chuck Norris automatically wins all, and a piece of candy. But I hear Chuck doesn't hang out in Japan too much any more...



Christ jesus on a fucking crutch, stop the Chuck Norris jokes. They're not funny anymore.

Lycoris

Lycoris

Toronto, ON
October 2005

OCT 31, 2007 08:29 PM

Weird.

JunkyardAngel

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA
February 2006

NOV 01, 2007 11:17 AM

FearTheReaper said:
Why are the Japanese so weird? I want an answer now.



My boyfriend says it is because, "We're yellow. How normal do you expect a yellow person to be?"

JunkyardAngel

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA
February 2006

NOV 01, 2007 11:20 AM

Un, um....considering all the crap I carry in my purse, my manhole cover would be really lumpy.

You know, I am hip to your ways, SleepyLady. I know what you're up to. The whole point of that article was just to get some idiot to say, "Ack, My manhole cover is so lumpy today."

Kazan

Kazan

Austin, TX
August 2006

NOV 01, 2007 11:54 AM

Then she gets molested. "Press my right boob for Pocari Sweat."

yeah, perhaps this should be re-thought... nonetheless, I want one for my family and friends.

soulcompromise

soulcompromise

I'm lost
November 2006

NOV 01, 2007 02:06 PM

That looks like the same idea as those window shades for your car.

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