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Old 01-03-2015, 10:47 AM   #3051
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Is it bad that I'm actually enjoying this metalcore version of The Wiggles' Big Red Car?
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Old 01-03-2015, 06:52 PM   #3052
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Saw this character, Marimokkori, on a Japanese TV show. Looked up the character by name to see just what the hell was up with it. Wikipedia kindly explains:

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Marimokkori (まりもっこり) is a character popularized in Hokkaidō, Japan. Much like the Tamagochi, the name "Marimokkori" is a portmanteau: marimo is the word for the green algae clusters that grow in some of Hokkaidō's lakes, while mokkori, literally "bulge", is a Japanese slang term for an erection.

Marimokkori's fame comes through merchandising, with a number of various souvenirs being sold in Hokkaidō and throughout Japan.
What kills me though is the picture they have in their article:

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Marimokkori dolls in a UFO Catcher.
Not only is this character billed as a child-friendly mascot, he's billed as so child-friendly that he's a suitable crane game prize.

And this is why people say "Oh, Japan" all the time of you, Japan.
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Old 01-03-2015, 08:52 PM   #3053
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Saw this character, Marimokkori, on a Japanese TV show. Looked up the character by name to see just what the hell was up with it. Wikipedia kindly explains:


What kills me though is the picture they have in their article:


Not only is this character billed as a child-friendly mascot, he's billed as so child-friendly that he's a suitable crane game prize.

And this is why people say "Oh, Japan" all the time of you, Japan.
This thing was massively popular when I first got to Japan last January, like literally everywhere. He's completely disappeared since though, seems like ふなっしー has stolen all of poor ol' まりもっこり's spotlight.
This is ふなっしー for those of you that don't know:

He's a pear, the fourth of 274 children, born on the fourth of July and is apparently 1,876 years old. Because a pear needs a backstory like that :P
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Old 01-07-2015, 07:49 AM   #3054
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A McDonald's commercial that's actually cute 'n' enjoyable to watch. Not so much "going to Hell" as "Hell has frozen over" material.
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Old 01-08-2015, 01:40 AM   #3055
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Old 01-09-2015, 07:06 PM   #3056
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Well I've reserved my place in hell for laughing at this.

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Old 01-09-2015, 07:41 PM   #3057
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Old 01-09-2015, 07:58 PM   #3058
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Well I've reserved my place in hell for laughing at this.

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Welp looks like I'm going to hell too.

Also reminded of this.
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Old 01-09-2015, 08:01 PM   #3059
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Yuki, yours, was he in the original manga drawing, placed there by the original artist? Or was he penciled in afterward by a reader? That'd be an odd but amusing Easter egg if the mangaka himself/herself put Kyuubei there.
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Old 01-09-2015, 08:12 PM   #3060
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Well I've reserved my place in hell for laughing at this.

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And I just reserved mine as well. Yes, I get the joke. Don't question it.
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Old 01-09-2015, 08:12 PM   #3061
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...Did you find that in my VM's? I swear the same gif was there.
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Old 01-09-2015, 08:13 PM   #3062
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It cropped up on my Tumblr dash.
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Old 01-09-2015, 08:16 PM   #3063
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Oh.

>Spark's image

I don't get the reference too well but I'm guessing it's a wish granting anime cat, right?

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Old 01-09-2015, 08:36 PM   #3064
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Madoka's Kyubei, it grants wishes but has evil intentions in doing so.

TIME TO ANNOY BBB!

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That Pokemon .gif is missing Serena!

Ash finally dies!
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Old 01-09-2015, 09:06 PM   #3065
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Old 01-09-2015, 09:41 PM   #3066
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>Talon

It was there originally.

>Dopple

I think I've seen that before.
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Old 01-10-2015, 05:04 AM   #3067
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Oh good, I've long been looking for an excuse to post this.

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Old 01-10-2015, 09:41 PM   #3068
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Will Talon be proud, or disgusted?
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Old 01-11-2015, 05:03 AM   #3069
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The ending to the game Shadow Warrior remake is rather somber in tone. I was reading some comments about people's opinions to it and a lot of them came across as extremely sophomoric/juvenile. As many might know, the original Shadow Warrior was very much this, and hilarious in how offensive and miscegenating it was of "Far Eastern" or "Asian" culture into a monolithic whole. But it got repetitive quite quickly, it's pretty telling that in all of the homages within the remake, most are taken from the shareware version of Shadow Warrior (which were the best levels).

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"The ending sucked I did not care about the characters. When Lo Wang was standing over the girl he should have cracked some joke, "Hey Baby do you want to wash Wang, or watch Wang wash wang?"


It's kind of difficult to convey just why this is funny, but I pictured this guy, possibly a 7 or 8 year old poster, complaining that there isn't enough funny misogyny in video games today.
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Old 01-11-2015, 06:48 PM   #3070
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In Birmingham, UK, non Muslims run in fear of headscsrf wearing suisuicide bombers. #foxnewsfacts

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Old 01-12-2015, 09:53 AM   #3071
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Another fine report by Faux News, marred slightly by one tiny flaw.

Folk in Birmingham run from the hoodies, not the letterboxes.
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Old 01-12-2015, 03:32 PM   #3072
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I just about died laughing at the video in this article.
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Old 01-12-2015, 03:57 PM   #3073
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Fox News doesn't realise that the reason people don't want to live in Birmingham isn't because "It's full of Muslims" as they say, it's because It's Birmingham
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Old 01-13-2015, 07:30 AM   #3074
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I'm like a rare lvl 80 Mew & you hoes are all like a lvl 27 Jynx.. #Pokemon
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Oh snap.

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Was this PhotoShopped? If not, did she wear this before or after the Gen 5ers all started thinking themselves mighty clever for nicknaming their Jynxes Nicki Minaj? 'Cause I'm curious to know which is the chicken and which is the egg here.
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Old 01-19-2015, 06:37 PM   #3075
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So, my British boys, where does this gent hail from?

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