Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2022

https://www.spoon-tamago.com/2022/10/30/jimi-mundane-halloween-2022/

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bitwize2• 4 years ago

"I'm Crazy Gyoza Dippin' Sauce Guy! Look at me! I tried mixing the dippin' sauce just right, but I'm so ca-razy I overdid it, and now I got too much dippin' sauce! Now gimme some candy!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HpP8BA1DQ

dariusj18• 4 years ago

I felt seen

kjs32• 4 years ago

Sounds like a Rick & Morty bit.

bitwize2• 4 years ago

I doubt the sensitivity readers on today's R&M (or even more so, SNL) writing team would allow the word "crazy" to be used in this way. It marginalizes and stigmatizes mental illness.

duxup• 4 years ago

I feel like there is more context I'm not getting from the blog.

It's every day type costumes that involve some awkwardness to them + the irony of dressing up as nothing special / unusual?

valbaca• 4 years ago

yep, that's it.

The "gag" is more that there are so many mundane things that we all experience but are so mundane that they're invisible until pointed out.

I think my #1 favorite from last year was a guy whose lanyard was twice as long as the others. That's it.

tillinghast2• 4 years ago

This is entirely new to me, but the impression I have is that it's _somewhat_ about the awkwardness but _way more_ about the extreme specificity. My Seinfeld neurons are firing like mad in sympathetic response.

jdalgetty• 4 years ago

Database error.

tillinghast2• 4 years ago

Nah, that's just a "too many connections hug" costume that the server is wearing.

hinkley• 4 years ago

Two comments and already hugged to death.

Things like this are why I keep trying to tell my coworkers they’re doing it wrong. Per visit customization should be a progressive feature. The base experience should be static, cached or debounced.

lapetitejort• 4 years ago

Next year I will dress up as "Person on Zoom call who is holding their hands up unnaturally high to show that they're clapping"

floren• 4 years ago

just plain "person on Zoom call" would be good: wear a dress shirt w/ tie and a pair of sweatpants, and keep doing exaggerated nods and smiles with eyes extra wide open.

warbler73• 4 years ago

Uh oh. Is it that obvious?

robotresearcher• 4 years ago

... sliding chair to the side when getting up, to keep pajama pants off camera.

EvanAnderson• 4 years ago

Archived: https://archive.vn/TVyF1

fdsfdxfvcx• 4 years ago

is this actually a trend or just something that 5 people did

CobrastanJorji• 4 years ago

I don't know a whole lot about the intricacies of Japanese culture, but that overburdened school kid on the last day bringing home some random project that they will immediately forget about until they see Mom throw it away a month later is more universal than I previously suspected.

Japan’s Jimi ‘Mundane’ Halloween Costumes of 2022

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