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The story
In a late-night chat thread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board, users opened up about their anxiety around eating out and using touch-panel ordering at convenience stores. Posts ranged from confessions of not having eaten out in years and feeling lost when dealing with staff, to 200-yen home-cooked recipes built around bean sprouts and oatmeal, to the differing discount practices at various convenience store chains — all the small, relatable topics that tend to surface in a rambling late-night thread. Several down-to-earth replies struck a chord with other posters.
What people said
Gross
Threatening old hag
God's off on vacation right now
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Salaryman Kintaro
The new season of Sound! Euphonium just started
I reported everything I ate and every workout to an AI every day
Do this and anyone can lose weight
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If things run fine without you, why not? 😂
Take PTO on Thursday and Friday the week after next and you've got yourself a long weekend
Meanwhile 7-Eleven never does that
Their prices are probably jacked up to begin with
I've barely ever shopped at a convenience store
Boiled egg
Oatmeal
Sauteed chicken breast
Another 200-yen home-cooked meal in the books today 👍
Wait, you can actually cook?
Lucky
Of course I can
Looks so good🥹
Lucky, I want you to marry me
What's scary about it?
I don't know how it works
Feels like the clerk would glare at me
Scanning the menu with your own phone to order is confusing and scary, right?
Conveyor-belt sushi got a lot easier than it used to be
A lot of people don't get that McDonald's monolith thing, that's why there's always a staffer standing next to it
Don't talk like some phony TV pundit lol
Background and Key Points of This Topic
In recent years, major chains like McDonald’s, Matsuya, and Burger King have increasingly rolled out touch-panel ordering, and more stores now station staff nearby to help customers who aren’t used to it. The “touch panels are scary” comments seen in the thread reflect the fact that a certain share of customers are struggling to keep up with this shift toward unmanned, labor-saving operations. Against a backdrop of ongoing food price increases, interest in home cooking with cheap ingredients like bean sprouts and oatmeal also remains strong, which is part of the context here too. As for convenience store discounting, practices differ depending on the individual store and the chain’s head office policy — 7-Eleven was previously ordered by the Japan Fair Trade Commission to make improvements after its head office was found to have restricted franchise stores from offering markdown sales. The thread’s comments about “Lawson gives you discounts” likely reflect these kinds of differences between chains.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and summaries of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Saturday Night Fever 💃🪇🕺ヽ(・ο・🍬)ネ🏰”.
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