A thread titled “Lost ¥10,000 on a hanemono machine (a wing/tulip-type pachinko machine)” popped up on News VIP, one of 5ch’s biggest meme-heavy boards. The poster vented using the crying emoticon “(´;ω;`),” but other users fired back with a blunt “You should’ve stopped at ¥500,” along with suggestions to take up hobbies like fishing or cooking instead.
The thread veered off into chatter about lifetime gambling win/loss totals and the upkeep costs of mopeds, taking on a life of its own.
(´;ω;`) I can't take this anymore… someone help me…
Wait, hanemono machines are still even a thing?
>>4
(´;ω;`) Yeah, there's still plenty around… I always play at a parlor whose machines run well, but today it felt like they'd been retuned — nothing was hitting at all.
(´;ω;`) Yeah, there's still plenty around… I always play at a parlor whose machines run well, but today it felt like they'd been retuned — nothing was hitting at all.
>>7
Whoa, really
Back in the day there was an old "one-shot" type machine called 'Missile' — that one was actually fun.
Whoa, really
Back in the day there was an old "one-shot" type machine called 'Missile' — that one was actually fun.
(´;ω;`) Honestly, dumping ¥10,000 into a hanemono machine in the first place is already a sickness… I really hate myself for it.
>>9
You should've stopped at ¥500.
You should've stopped at ¥500.
Fine play? Famista? (a classic baseball video game)
Or Egashira? (comedian Egashira 2:50, known for over-the-top antics)
Or Egashira? (comedian Egashira 2:50, known for over-the-top antics)
>>15
(´;ω;`) Flattery pig (a jab riffing on the saying "even a pig will climb a tree if you flatter it")
(´;ω;`) Flattery pig (a jab riffing on the saying "even a pig will climb a tree if you flatter it")
Let's just quit pachinko, okay? Starting tomorrow (´・ω・｀)
>>16
(´;ω;`) I'm not going again this month… I'll prove I can hold out.
(´;ω;`) I'm not going again this month… I'll prove I can hold out.
>>20
There you go lying again (´・ω・`)
There you go lying again (´・ω・`)
>>20
Let's hold out next month too (´・ω・｀)
Let's hold out next month too (´・ω・｀)
Lost ¥10,000? So what's your total loss for the month, then?
What about this year so far? And how much have you sunk into pachinko all-time?
What about this year so far? And how much have you sunk into pachinko all-time?
>>46
(◍•ᴗ•◍) Stop! This guy's actually up overall in his lifetime pachinko balance!!
(◍•ᴗ•◍) Stop! This guy's actually up overall in his lifetime pachinko balance!!
>>46
You don't ask a gambler that.
You don't ask a gambler that.
>>48
(´;ω;`) There's nothing else in this world as fun and dopamine-pumping as pachinko.
(´;ω;`) There's nothing else in this world as fun and dopamine-pumping as pachinko.
>>55
You need to try other things.
You need to try other things.
>>57
(´;ω;`) Like what? Pachinko and booze are literally the only things I live for.
(´;ω;`) Like what? Pachinko and booze are literally the only things I live for.
>>61
If you like drinking, how about cooking? Like making your own snacks to go with it.
If you like drinking, how about cooking? Like making your own snacks to go with it.
>>61
Go fishing.
Turn your catch into dinner or drinking snacks and save money too.
Go fishing.
Turn your catch into dinner or drinking snacks and save money too.
They say a fool's wallet is small but the drawstring's loose.
Any money you manage to get your hands on gets snatched right back up, sucker.
Guys who keep going back to pachinko are society's fertilizer till the day they die.
We'll all have a good time spending the cash we squeeze out of suckers like you!
Any money you manage to get your hands on gets snatched right back up, sucker.
Guys who keep going back to pachinko are society's fertilizer till the day they die.
We'll all have a good time spending the cash we squeeze out of suckers like you!
>>71
(´;ω;`) Once I sit down at a machine I get heated up and end up feeding in everything in my wallet… even though normally I'm tight with money…
(´;ω;`) Once I sit down at a machine I get heated up and end up feeding in everything in my wallet… even though normally I'm tight with money…
>>76
Oh? So you're self-aware about it? Then maybe there's hope for you.
Oh? So you're self-aware about it? Then maybe there's hope for you.
>>84
(´;ω;`) I don't own one, and I haven't driven a car once since getting my license.
(´;ω;`) I don't own one, and I haven't driven a car once since getting my license.
>>91
(´;ω;`) It's not that I can't afford one… if you live in the city you don't really need a car or a moped anyway… it's just upkeep costs.
(´;ω;`) It's not that I can't afford one… if you live in the city you don't really need a car or a moped anyway… it's just upkeep costs.
>>100
If anything, having a car in central Kyoto seems more inconvenient.
The streets are narrow and the main roads are always jammed.
If anything, having a car in central Kyoto seems more inconvenient.
The streets are narrow and the main roads are always jammed.
>>100
Mopeds basically cost nothing to maintain, right?
I'd actually recommend a "gen-ni" (a 125–250cc light motorcycle, one class up from a standard 50cc moped).
Gas, taxes, and compulsory insurance are all so cheap it's basically free, and there's no vehicle inspection.
For optional insurance, you can just add a cheap rider onto your parents' car policy.
Works even if you live separately, as long as you're unmarried!
Mopeds basically cost nothing to maintain, right?
I'd actually recommend a "gen-ni" (a 125–250cc light motorcycle, one class up from a standard 50cc moped).
Gas, taxes, and compulsory insurance are all so cheap it's basically free, and there's no vehicle inspection.
For optional insurance, you can just add a cheap rider onto your parents' car policy.
Works even if you live separately, as long as you're unmarried!
(´;ω;`) Honestly I'll walk like 10km just to reach a pachinko parlor further away that has better odds.
>>120
How's the walk home when you lose, though?
How's the walk home when you lose, though?
>>120
Well, I don't have anything else to do and I'm bored out of my mind.
But I guess it's better than being cooped up at home playing video games.
Well, I don't have anything else to do and I'm bored out of my mind.
But I guess it's better than being cooped up at home playing video games.
Do you realize how much fun you could've had with that ¥10,000 instead?
>>126
You could buy two full sets of fishing gear with that.
You could buy two full sets of fishing gear with that.
>>126
(´;ω;`) Well, honestly, any money I win at pachinko just becomes next round's ammo money anyway…
(´;ω;`) Well, honestly, any money I win at pachinko just becomes next round's ammo money anyway…
>>124
(´;ω;`) That's exactly why I don't need one…
(´;ω;`) That's exactly why I don't need one…
>>138
Try going into central Kyoto.
I seriously think walking is easier there.
Try going into central Kyoto.
I seriously think walking is easier there.
If you start with ¥1,000 on a hanemono and build it up to ¥4,000 worth of balls (two boxes of 800),
then take that ¥3,000 and go play a one-shot machine with it.
That's the way to actually enjoy this hobby.
then take that ¥3,000 and go play a one-shot machine with it.
That's the way to actually enjoy this hobby.
>>162
(´;ω;`) Normally I bump it up a bit and go home about ¥3,000 ahead, but today before I knew it I'd fed in ¥10,000…
(´;ω;`) Normally I bump it up a bit and go home about ¥3,000 ahead, but today before I knew it I'd fed in ¥10,000…
>>167
You talk like you always win ¥3,000.
But your lifetime total's probably down in the millions of yen lol
You talk like you always win ¥3,000.
But your lifetime total's probably down in the millions of yen lol
>>167
Just don't make the same mistake again, okay?
Going home even just ¥1,000 ahead keeps you playing thin and long instead of crashing and burning.
Just don't make the same mistake again, okay?
Going home even just ¥1,000 ahead keeps you playing thin and long instead of crashing and burning.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News VIP) thread “(´;ω;`) Lost ¥10,000 on a Hanemono Machine.”
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