Forum - View topicINTEREST: Akihabara Café Sells Instant Ramen Served by Idols
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v1cious
 Posts: 6235 Location: Houston, TX |
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800 yen for a cup of instant ramen probably served by some desperate idol no one's heard of... This is why the birth rate is dropping.
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mdo7
 Posts: 6579 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Yeah that and a big phenomenon in Japan called Herbivore Men/boy. This is causing men in Japan not interested in women and sex. I think the Herbivore Men phenomenon is probably causing the low birth rate in Japan. |
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samuelp
Industry Insider
Posts: 2252 Location: San Antonio, USA |
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But, but...
I prefer my instant ramen soggy and limp! And... withing 1% difference of room temperature! The customer is always right, yes? |
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z3r0
Posts: 10 Location: north america |
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nope. not all the time. |
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ArsenicSteel
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It's cheaper than a cup of ramen from a maid cafe. And those maids don't have any level of national celebrity. |
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Beatdigga
 Posts: 4638 Location: New York |
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Sounds like Hooters for the completely pathetic.
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ArsenicSteel
Posts: 2370 |
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That's assuming all idols are female.
But tell me who is Hooters for? |
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Surrender Artist
 Posts: 3264 Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
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The perpetual mental adolescent, which is really just the same as being manly. |
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Beatdigga
Posts: 4638 Location: New York |
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People who don't want to shell out money for a big screen to watch sports. Also people who like staring. You tend to get crowds in those kind of places, particularly during football season, which is where their sales excel. This abomination against male/female relations? Not so much. |
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ArsenicSteel
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And this cafe is for people that want to talk to idols instead of just following their tweets and Facebook status online.
This cafe my never see a Super Bowl crowd but it's operation was never meant to. |
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Beatdigga
Posts: 4638 Location: New York |
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Neither's a wholesome establishment by any means, but the cafe seems significantly...creepier.
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ArsenicSteel
Posts: 2370 |
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I don't see how putting the girls in booty shorts and tight shirts with a euphemism breast printed on them is less creepier than the idea behind this cafe.
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agila61
 Posts: 3213 Location: NE Ohio |
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Start with the normal factors that push down birth rates in high income countries, and add the impossible expectations that still apply to wives, even if they are pursuing a career, that would seem to pretty much explain the low birth rate ... though large numbers of young women deliberately deciding to postpone marriage would indeed help explain an appreciable number of young men willing to pay an extra $6 for a $2 cup of instant ramen noodles in exchange for a three minute chat with an "idol". |
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Mr. sickVisionz
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Say what you will, but I'm always impressed by the Japanese zero hesitation to turn a buck off of something if there's extra money to be made.
Personally, if I'm going to pay a woman to chat with me there will be alcohol, nudity, and a lap dance involved as well, but hey, do what works. GET MONEY!!!! |
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Greed1914
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I appreciate that this was reported with the appropriate level of snark.
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