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Paying Admission to Fight for 'Overtime': Memberships for Reverse-Employment Theme Park Sell Out Instantly

Paying Admission to Fight for 'Overtime': Memberships for Reverse-Employment Theme Park Sell Out Instantly

"Labor is the ultimate entertainment." Elderly customers are flooding in, paying admission fees to bid on 30-minute shifts at a convenience store cash register. The "unreasonable complaint handling" option is the most popular, and the situation has escalated to the point where actual 'black companies' have filed a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission, claiming that their 'customers' have been stolen.

Translations: JA
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Healing 'Aurora Humidifier' Particles Revealed to be 'Multi-Colored Mold'—Allergy Sufferers Rave: 'It's Beautiful Enough to Cry'

Healing 'Aurora Humidifier' Particles Revealed to be 'Multi-Colored Mold'—Allergy Sufferers Rave: 'It's Beautiful Enough to Cry'

It was discovered that a 'bio-projection function'—which shines LEDs on bacteria inside the water tank to disperse them—was unintentionally built into the product. Although shared widely on social media as 'looking like a cosmic nebula,' the manufacturer apologized, calling it 'simply a lack of cleaning.' However, users are refusing to clean their devices, calling the mist 'so mystical it makes you cough,' sacrificing their lungs in the pursuit of the perfect social media post.

Translations: JA
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Cheap '16GB Edition' Smart Fridge: System Data Physically Crowds Out Shelves

Cheap '16GB Edition' Smart Fridge: System Data Physically Crowds Out Shelves

The standby station for the 'Snack Prevention Drone' occupies 90% of the interior, leaving only enough space for a single juice box. When users try to add groceries, a voice announces 'No storage space available. Please delete unnecessary vegetables,' and the items are forcibly ejected. Experts see this as an 'intentional design' to push users to pay for premium models.

Translations: JA
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Ham Vanishes from Department Stores: 'Paulownia-Boxed High-Octane' Reigns as Year-End Gift King

Ham Vanishes from Department Stores: 'Paulownia-Boxed High-Octane' Reigns as Year-End Gift King

In response to soaring crude oil prices, a long-established department store has released a "Special Selection High-Octane Assortment." The ham section has been renovated into a gas station. The number of households displaying the fuel on their family altars, claiming it's "too wasteful to burn," is surging, and honoring ancestors with the scent of gasoline instead of incense is becoming the new norm of the Reiwa era.

Translations: JA
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Onigiri General Election Turns Into a Quagmire: Tuna-Mayo Camp Leaks Salmon's 'Pre-Processing' Photos, Lawsuit Ensues

Onigiri General Election Turns Into a Quagmire: Tuna-Mayo Camp Leaks Salmon's 'Pre-Processing' Photos, Lawsuit Ensues

Mysterious flyers claiming 'Sea Chicken is not a bird' covered the shelves, while the Salmon faction retaliated by accusing their rivals of 'concealing calories with mayonnaise.' Customers, exhausted by the negative campaigning, flocked to the 'Salt Rice Ball'—the only candidate free of political ideology. In an act of purchasing-as-peace-seeking, that specific corner of the shelf has been picked completely clean.

Translations: JA
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Too Thin and Falling Through Gaps: Popular Drug Sales Suspended — Railway Company 'Physically Impossible to Detect'

Too Thin and Falling Through Gaps: Popular Drug Sales Suspended — Railway Company 'Physically Impossible to Detect'

'It's not a side effect, it's a physics bug.' A sudden surge in cases where users of a popular diet drug are falling into and disappearing through train station platform gaps and drain covers. They are so thin that automatic doors don't react, leaving many users stranded in the city. As an emergency measure, the manufacturer has started recommending placing weights in clothing shoulder pads.

Translations: JA
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'Salt Over Blood Pressure': Elderly Cartel Busted in Late-Night Hospital Ward — Grandchildren Nabbed as Pickled Plum Mules

'Salt Over Blood Pressure': Elderly Cartel Busted in Late-Night Hospital Ward — Grandchildren Nabbed as Pickled Plum Mules

In the small hours of the morning, IV stands arranged in a suspicious circle in the hospital common room. When a nurse moved in, she discovered that patients driven to despair by flavorless hospital food had built an underground smuggling route for 'Red Diamonds' (pickled plums). Deploying visiting grandchildren as mules, they established a black market where a single plum could be traded for priority rights to a sunny window-side bed. When the boss was busted, a large haul of salted kelp was also seized from his bedside — the man who had been preaching 'Give me salt over blood pressure.'

Translations: JA
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