this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If only the seats on real airplanes were that big.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

There are! We just can’t afford them…

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

This is how you end up on the No Fly List and eventually go viral lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My custom book cover says "How to live with a huge penis".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

"Really? In The Twenty First Century? Hand Foot And Mouth Disease and You" is another page turner

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've actually seen photos of this technique used on Japanese trains, where it's evidently super-common for people to stare at foreigners for minutes on end without an ounce of self-awareness.

Couldn't find any photos of such via quick search, but did find this: http://reykjavik.jp/tsb/

Some guy very kindly created a cover for people to print out and slip over whatever books they're reading. XD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

In my desktop Chrome, it does say "not secure" next to the link, so possibly the website is being auto-rejected by your browser for safety reasons.

So then, I'll just upload one of the three pics and copy-paste some text:

Through the years living in Japan, I heard many non-Japanese friends complain of staring in public. One such incident inspired this, a book cover for a fictional book called Why Do Japanese People Stare At Foreigners? by fictional author Masao Suzuki (coincidentally the ex-president of department store Matsuzakaya shares the same name).

The idea is simple, print out this cover and wrap it around a suitable book. Then once you get stared at in public to the point of discomfort, take out the book and start reading with the cover facing the starer. The person is then made aware of the situation in the most Japanese of ways, through non-confrontation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

The real life hack is writing it all over your face.