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The story
On the night of the 24th, a thread starter on 5ch’s Newsspeed VIP board declared a “24-hour drinking festival” and kicked off the evening with shochu mixed with cola, snacking on peanuts and seared bonito (katsuo tataki). Regulars who gathered in the thread needled the OP over having diabetes and over the fact that this was already his fourth self-imposed pachinko ban (commonly called “pachi-kin”) this month, now on its third day. The conversation ranged from struggles with cutting carbs to a request that others stop him if he looked like he was about to head to a pachinko parlor, with drinking buddies also posting photos of snacks like chicken skin and deep-fried tofu that drew comments.
What people said
(´;ω;`) Straight boy!!!! ("nonke" — slang for a non-gay/straight guy)
(´;ω;`) I'm not gonna lose to some gay stuff!
(´;ω;`) I just wanna drink while you guys fuss over me!!!!
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(´;ω;`) It's not that I can't, but with my diabetes it's better not to eat too many.
Diabetes, huh
Guess shochu's about the only thing you can drink then.
The "dried-up alcoholic" route, huh… cutting carbs is probably gonna make your food bill go up though.
(´;ω;`) Nice!!! What are you drinking?
(´;ω;`) No way, I'm on a pachinko ban right now!!!!! Seriously, if I start posting that I'm heading to the pachinko parlor, stop me.
(´;ω;`) It's still holding up fine.
(´;ω;`) If I say I'm heading to the pachinko parlor, stop me!! I'll probably still be getting changed by the time I post that, so there's time.
(´;ω;`) That's only like 30 minutes away!!! I'm NOT going!!!
(´;ω;`) Yeah, and the fourth one's now on day three.
That's 'cause he was actually born in the Showa 40s (mid-1960s to early '70s).
(´;ω;`) I get that a lot… I'm only into anime and tokusatsu from the '60s and '70s.
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(´;ω;`) Haven't filmed it yet! I'll get to it eventually.
(◍•ᴗ•◍) Just don't get drunk, doze off, and let it slip past midnight…
(´;ω;`) Nice!!!! Deep-fried tofu's the best, right?
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(´;ω;`) That looks amazing!!!!! So good.
(◍•ᴗ•◍) I thought the catch was supposed to be bad again this year…!!!
Background and Talking Points
Pachinko parlors’ “self-exclusion / family-exclusion programs” let a person — or a family member on their behalf — request that they be barred from entering for a set period. It’s a self-help tool that halls across Japan have adopted for people who recognize they have a gambling problem. The OP is on his fourth such self-exclusion this month alone, and the repeated attempts reflect how recovery from addiction rarely follows a straight line. Drinking while managing diabetes, along with his choice of snacks, is also a combination that calls for medical caution, which is the context behind regulars’ repeated ribbing about his carb intake. The OP appears to be a regular who often starts these kinds of live drinking threads, so the back-and-forth with other posters may seem abrupt to first-time readers — but it reads more smoothly once you realize it’s just familiar faces ribbing each other.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “(´;ω;`) Starting a 24-Hour Drinking Festival Right Now!!!!!!!!.”
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