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Now This Is Funny

by Tom Levenson|  April 1, 20152:33 pm| 52 Comments

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Via Boing Boing, this, from Google Japan:

Most scary:  the seeming universal nature of hipster affect.

Talk amongst Ur-selves.

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  1. 1.

    fuckwit

    April 1, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    Google chindogu!

    Perfect for 4/1.

  2. 2.

    Mike E

    April 1, 2015 at 2:41 pm

    Now, this would look like a good idea to some parents, no doubt!

  3. 3.

    jacel

    April 1, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    Here’s the best I’ve seen today so far.
    http://www.groupon.com/grouber

  4. 4.

    aimai

    April 1, 2015 at 2:51 pm

    I love the one that fit over the nose.

  5. 5.

    SFAW

    April 1, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    I’ve tried ordering five of them — they’re on backorder, out to July. Drat!

  6. 6.

    orogeny

    April 1, 2015 at 2:56 pm

    Heavy online porn consumers will go for this in a big way.

  7. 7.

    JPL

    April 1, 2015 at 2:58 pm

    @Mike E: Oh my! ages three and up. I raised two sons or they raised me, not sure which, but having those in the house, would not be a good idea.

  8. 8.

    Amir Khalid

    April 1, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    @aimai:
    Especially the Pinocchio theme.

  9. 9.

    Cheap Jim, formerly Cheap Jim

    April 1, 2015 at 3:20 pm

    I’ve been on the fence over taking up pottery. No longer.

  10. 10.

    bemused

    April 1, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    Ely, a town on the edge of the BWCA, has come out with their annual April Fool’s day creation at ely.org.

  11. 11.

    BGinCHI

    April 1, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    Pynchon is writing his next novel with one of those.

  12. 12.

    Roger Moore

    April 1, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    But does it work with Iroha or Gojuon ordering?

  13. 13.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    April 1, 2015 at 3:34 pm

    @Mike E: WANT!

    Suggestion for celebrating Holy Week

  14. 14.

    Keith G

    April 1, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    Cannot be used in Indiana for communication between males.

  15. 15.

    Pee Cee

    April 1, 2015 at 3:38 pm

    In fairness, using Google’s device is probably easier than getting Anthy set up properly under Ubuntu…

  16. 16.

    Doug r

    April 1, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    Would add another layer to the beans scene in Blazing Saddles

  17. 17.

    Lavocat

    April 1, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    I presume that this is the Japanese version of an April Fool’s Day prank because this seems like complete bullshit.

    Then again, I’ve seen crazier things out of Japan that turned out to be all-too-serious.

    So … I can NEVER tell when the Japanese are joking (because, when they should be – they often are not).

    Pearl Harbor anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

  18. 18.

    PaulW

    April 1, 2015 at 4:01 pm

    blog flog: serious thoughts on April Fools

  19. 19.

    shell

    April 1, 2015 at 4:08 pm

    Is there a Google April Fool’s doodle today?

  20. 20.

    WaterGirl

    April 1, 2015 at 4:17 pm

    @shell: Didn’t google do an april fools joke one year where they changed G O O G L E

    to

    K A N S A S with a serious explanation of why they did so?

    They actually caught me with that one.

  21. 21.

    raven

    April 1, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    I sent it to all my potter friends (of which Athens has WAY to many)!

  22. 22.

    MattF

    April 1, 2015 at 4:19 pm

    The no-hands version made me think of Le Petomane:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Pétomane

  23. 23.

    beltane

    April 1, 2015 at 4:21 pm

    Bob Menendez indicted: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/65615613edeb4ccbbd053daa380912df/new-jersey-sen-bob-menendez-indicted-corruption-charges

    This is not an April Fools joke.

  24. 24.

    Jim Kakalios

    April 1, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    The Air and Space museum has an excellent display – but today only!

    http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2015/04/smithsonian-displays-wonder-womans-invisible-jet-for-april-fools-day/

    Face Front, True Believer!

  25. 25.

    Roger Moore

    April 1, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    @shell:

    Is there a Google April Fool’s doodle today?

    No, but you can play PacMan on Google Maps.

  26. 26.

    Yatsuno

    April 1, 2015 at 4:25 pm

    @beltane: Sigh. Will there be no end to that Islamocommunofascist’s oppression?

  27. 27.

    Elizabelle

    April 1, 2015 at 4:30 pm

    Big news day: Governor Jerry Brown institutes statewide water reduction; obviously he needs to target it more to agricultural, but it’s a start.

    McDonald’s announces it’s raising wages and offering health benefits to its underpaid minions.

    Robert Menendez indicted on federal corruption charges.

    Anybody hear whether Shanna Tippen got her job back in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (or if the parent chain found her a comparable one)?

  28. 28.

    Elizabelle

    April 1, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    Here’s the NYTimes story on California water restrictions.

    Governor Brown, in an executive order, directed the State Water Resources Control Board to work with local agencies to come up with ways to reduce water use by 25 percent and to enforce what he described as an onerous reduction in use. State officials said the order would impose cutbacks on water use across the board — including homeowners, farmers, cemeteries and golf courses.

    … “This is the new normal,” Governor Brown said. “We will learn how to cope with this.”

    Agriculture, though, is going to be the big one. Some products (looking at you, almonds and cows) are not sustainable and need to go elsewhere.

    I’m glad Gov. Brown is doing this; it’s a start. Can you imagine how scared the wine industry is? And citrus and other traditional crops?

  29. 29.

    Bill Arnold

    April 1, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    @Lavocat:
    Bagel Heads? Horse Flesh Ice Cream?
    My weird/not weird classifier is broken for things Japanese.

  30. 30.

    Mary G

    April 1, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    @Elizabelle: I hope that will be enough. My water bill is more than my electricity bill already and they are raising prices again in June. I am learning to save though, pretty amazing how much water you can use out of habit.

  31. 31.

    Fair Economist

    April 1, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    Almond trees don’t have to be such water hogs; they grow naturally in rather dry climates. It’s not almonds per se but the strains and horticulture techniques that are the problem.

  32. 32.

    Roger Moore

    April 1, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    I’m glad Gov. Brown is doing this; it’s a start.

    Now the state legislature needs to step up and do its part. A law invalidating any local restriction (government or HOA) requiring people to have lawns would be a good start.

  33. 33.

    Elizabelle

    April 1, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    I’m amazed to find out that Colorado residents are not allowed to have rainbarrels or anything to catch rainfall because that water is spoken for downstream. I do remember a Denver friend telling me that, and thinking it was loopy.

    Very glad to have Jerry Brown as governor. A sane state chief executive goes a long way.

    @Mary G: I know. I wish, and hope, there’s a way that us Easterners helping to conserve water can help our Western (and midwest) friends too. We’re all kind of spoiled, and that day is coming to an end.

    The Guardian ran an article recently about massive water shortages in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and how it brought out competitiveness — not collaboration — among some residents.

  34. 34.

    Violet

    April 1, 2015 at 5:06 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Anybody hear whether Shanna Tippen got her job back in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (or if the parent chain found her a comparable one)?

    Chico Harlan who wrote the article says she’s talking to the NLRB:

    For those who wondered, Shanna has taken her case to the National Labor Relations Board. Still waiting to see what happens.— Chico Harlan (@chicoharlan) March 30, 2015

  35. 35.

    Elizabelle

    April 1, 2015 at 5:06 pm

    @Elizabelle: I misspoke on health benefits re McDonalds — ixnay that. It’s accruing paid time off, for both full- and part- timers. McD’s will also offer high school completion assistance, free of charge, to employees, and some college assistance (no details offered). Also ESL training.

    These benefits, and the wage increase — $1.00 above minimum wage, beginning July 1, applies only to company-owned stores, and about 90,000 workers. However, 90% of McD’s employees work for franchises, so the corporate parent hopes there will be some wage increase pressure there.

    No word at all on health benefits; maybe they’re silently hoping employees are on Obamacare or have another avenue to being covered.

    ETA: Here’s the McPress release: http://news.mcdonalds.com/Corporate/news-stories/McDonald’s-USA-Announces-New-Employee-Benefit-Pack

  36. 36.

    Violet

    April 1, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    @Elizabelle: I think they’ve changed or are trying to change the law in some places in Colorado so that residential customers can have small rain barrels. I think they’re more concerned about giant cisterns that ranchers might install.

  37. 37.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 1, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    @shell:

    Yes. Go to com.google.

    (Edit: Not a doodle as such, but a good contribution to the genre.)

  38. 38.

    Elizabelle

    April 1, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    @Violet: Thanks Violet. Good news, and even better news will be a job in the meantime.

    I hope she takes Days Inn and Wyndham to the cleaners. I do worry they’ll say she didn’t tell them about her prior arrest and jail record; if she did, I hope her application does not “disappear.”

  39. 39.

    germy shoemangler

    April 1, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    this just in:

    Memories Pizza — the first Indiana business to declare it would refuse LGBT business — got blasted on the Internet and by phone, but the owner says there’s been a huge misunderstanding … sorta.

    Kevin O’Connor tells TMZ he’s had to temporarily close his business after he told a reporter he would refuse to cater a gay wedding under Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act. O’Connor says he was immediately flooded by threatening phone calls, and social media postings.

    O’Connor wants to clear up one thing: He says he would never deny service to gay people in his restaurant. However, due to his religious beliefs, he does not believe in gay marriage … and that’s why he wouldn’t service one.

    Meanwhile, he says the threats have been serious enough that he’s closing his pizza joint … at least until the dust settles.

  40. 40.

    CONGRATULATIONS!

    April 1, 2015 at 5:34 pm

    @germy shoemangler: Oh, so he was going bankrupt anyway and now has an excuse that doesn’t reflect poorly on him.

    I see the governor of Arkansas has spiked his state’s gay-bashing bill for now. And although that’s a good thing, the fact that WalMart basically ordered him to do it – and he did – is beyond disturbing in my book.

  41. 41.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    April 1, 2015 at 5:51 pm

    @Roger Moore: This. Pass a law banning grass lawns. Then mandate that everyone plant milkweed for the monarchs instead. I also want a pony that shits rainbows. But seriously if HOAs want useless green lawns in front of houses they should let homeowners put down the fake stuff, you can hardly tell the difference these days. The stuff they use on yard crashers looks like the real deal but doesn’t require watering or mowing. Can you tell I hate lawns?

  42. 42.

    CONGRATULATIONS!

    April 1, 2015 at 5:55 pm

    Agriculture, though, is going to be the big one. Some products (looking at you, almonds and cows) are not sustainable and need to go elsewhere.

    @Elizabelle: He’s not touching agriculture. I am beyond disappointed.

    And when I get my next water bill, I’m probably going to be seriously pissed off. We did all the shit you’re supposed to do: low-flow toilets, low-water washing machine, drip irrigation, the whole deal. I really don’t have 25% I can cut at this point. I should have just kept spraying water everywhere until the cuts.

  43. 43.

    opiejeanne

    April 1, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    @Roger Moore: I can’t . neither the PC nor the Mac will let me play. The icon is not where everyone says it is, no matter what platform I use, so I have come to the conclusion that all the world is laughing at me and this is a prank on me. Bah.

  44. 44.

    opiejeanne

    April 1, 2015 at 6:17 pm

    @Elizabelle: The almonds are a huge problem, as are any other tree crop in California grown on land with an older water agreement in force. You fly over that part of the state on the right day of the week and it’s like a mirror because those old orchards are flooded, rather than on a drip line.

  45. 45.

    bemused

    April 1, 2015 at 6:18 pm

    @germy shoemangler:

    I thought they should have known better than to tell their opinions, esp on tv. The problem is they live in a bubble and truly believe the majority of Americans think the same way they do.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    April 1, 2015 at 6:19 pm

    @CONGRATULATIONS!:

    He’s not touching agriculture. I am beyond disappointed.

    Are you distinguishing between farmers and agriculture?

    State officials said the order would impose cutbacks on water use across the board — including homeowners, farmers, cemeteries and golf courses.

  47. 47.

    opiejeanne

    April 1, 2015 at 6:22 pm

    @CONGRATULATIONS!: We keep getting the notice to cut our water usage at our cabin in Blue Jay, CA, and we are there only a few weeks total every year. The usual water usage is so low that I’m just paying the service fee of $15/mo.

  48. 48.

    opiejeanne

    April 1, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    @WaterGirl: A lot of golf courses have switched to gray water systems, but more always could do it if it weren’t so expensive for the initial setup. Unless there are now subsidies to pay for the piping needed?

  49. 49.

    WaterGirl

    April 1, 2015 at 6:34 pm

    @opiejeanne: Since someone upthread was upset that this regulation doesn’t cover agriculture, I was really just trying to ask whether there is a distinction between “farmers” and “agriculture”.

    Because farmers were clearly listed in the groups that are covered.

  50. 50.

    Paul in KY

    April 2, 2015 at 8:59 am

    Seems like it would be harder to master than a keyboard.

  51. 51.

    Slim Shady

    April 2, 2015 at 10:22 am

    Microsoft just announced their version of the product. You’ll be able to beta test it sometime in the Fall of 2021, but they announced it, that’s the main thing.

  52. 52.

    hidflect

    April 2, 2015 at 10:01 pm

    Actually had me fooled until I saw the nose version. Then I got it…

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