"Mundane Halloween" returns!
It's that time of year again, when Japanese website @dailyportalz holds its annual contest to dress up as something super ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2024 contest!
"Person who really likes the crunchy part of the corn dog"
"Guy sweating bullets because he's been asked to cut a pizza into four equal slices at a lunch with important business contacts he's never met before"
"Student volunteer at a university's 'open campus' day"
"Person standing in line at the security checkpoint of an airport"
"Person who foolishly ordered curry udon despite wearing white clothes"
"Guy at karaoke surreptitiously trying to learn the next song in the queue"
"Man who keeps getting mistaking for a store employee"
"Students who went to the cafe to study but ended up spending the whole time reading manga and looking at their phones"
"Guy who just got back from the swimming pool"
"Actor in an airline safety video"
Ophelia
(from Shakespeare's "Hamlet")
"Wedding photographer"
"Part-time worker paid to brace the fence at the front of a live concert"
"Woman who only became a Hanshin Tigers fan to please her boyfriend"
"Person who was stingy and only paid for the smallest plastic bag"
"Photo of your Dad when he was your age"
"One of those really low ceilings in Ueno station"
"One of those guys who conducts surveys on the street by asking people to place a sticker on a board"
"Waitress who provides half-hearted service"
"That person who gives their coworkers some sort of weird gummy candy instead of something actually tasty when they come back from an overseas vacation"
"That one coworker who kindly fills the office humidifier with water ever morning"
"Middle-aged office worker whose much younger boyfriend came to pick her up on his motorbike after work"
"Person whose sweater got caught on a doorknob"
"Guy who can't get the printer to print correctly no matter how hard he tries"
"Guy who takes pride in never holding the handholds on the subway"
"Lady at the tourist information desk"
"Referee at a tug-of-war competiton"
"Some sort of 'cast member' at a theme park"
Ack, I meant to say, 5 slices!
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