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The story
In a “noon thread” that popped up around midday on 5ch’s Newsoku VIP board, the thread starter wrote that they were sick of constantly fielding relationship advice at work. From there the conversation drifted into everyone reporting on their lunch — a debate broke out over whether to top leftover stuffed peppers with ketchup or a sauce made from pan drippings, followed by a run of lunch bragging: convenience-store salad pasta, kiwifruit, sweet potato potato salad, and sour bread with a cheap minced-meat cutlet. Someone claimed homemade curry is fine three days running, and one poster offered the odd trick of drawing eyes on your eyelids to fight off drowsiness — the chatter rolled on for the whole lunch break.
What people said
(´･ω･`)Mind if I put ketchup on it?
(´･ω･`)Here ya go, comin' right up!
There's sauce
(´･ω･`)Sauce works too
Not Worcestershire sauce — I make the sauce from the pan drippings every time
(´･ω･`)Now that's a proper sauce
(´･ω･`)Sala-spa! (slang shorthand for "salad spaghetti")
Figured I'd be done with work before noon so I kept lunch light — turns out I wasn't done, forsooth (said in mock old-timey speech)
(´･ω･`)Can't be helped
(´･ω･`)Good for you
(´･ω･`)Ain't that sour or somethin'?
I'm on a train headed to Kyoto right now!
Though I've only got 8,000 yen, so pretty much all of it's going on the train fare!
(´･ω･`)Oh! The Kurama Fire Festival! (a famous autumn festival near Kyoto)
(´･ω･`)Put a fried egg on top
(´･ω･`)What'd you have for breakfast, then?
( ´･ω･` )Same as yesterday's lunch
(´･ω👁🗨`)Good eyesight tires you out, you know
૮₍ ･᷇ ∀,･᷆ ₎ა Made some sweet potato potato salad, I did!
Here, have some 🍠
( `･Δ･´)Ooh, that looks tasty
(´･ω･`)Sweet potato, now that's unusual!
Seeing too well has its own downsides, huh ( ･᷄ὢ👁🗨 )
(´･ω👁🗨`)That's just how it is (Kansai dialect)
(´･ω･`)I love sour bread
(´･ω･`)"Noon thread" is the part that's always the same
(´･ω･`)Yeah, basically just leave it be
( ´･ω･` )Same as yesterday morning
(´･ω･`)Hey, you!
( ´･ω･` )Yesterday morning was the same as the night before that
(´･ω･`)Cup noodles and melon bread, huh?
I think homemade curry's the only thing that's fine three days in a row, you know?
It's tasty, after all
Just draw eyes on your eyelids, works great ＼(^ｑ^)／
(´👁ω👁`)💤
This ain't class, you know! (Kansai dialect)
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The “noon thread” is a staple idle-chat thread that pops up on the VIP board around midday, long run in a format hosted by an AA (text-art) mascot character named Nao. Rather than covering any actual news, it’s built entirely around the VIP board’s own rhythm — people on a break from work swapping reports on their lunch and how they’re doing. The thread starter’s opening gripe about being “tired of relationship advice” isn’t tied to any specific incident; it’s just an entry point for venting the day’s small stresses through casual chatter. Readers should note that the menus and antics mentioned here (eating curry three days straight, drawing eyes on your eyelids, etc.) aren’t verifiable facts — they’re meant to be enjoyed as in-the-moment banter, not taken as practical advice.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsoku VIP) thread “(´･ω･`)I’m so tired, noon thread.”
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