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The story
On 5ch’s News VIP board, a thread went up using a “roulette” format — deciding what to do first on a day off based on the last digit of a post’s timestamp (a classic 5ch dice-roll gimmick). Roll 1–3 and it’s off to the laundromat; roll 4–6 and it’s a trip to the super sento (public bathhouse), and so on down the list of assigned destinations. Along the way, a regular posting in a distinctive character voice (´･ω･`) kept shooting down other users’ repeated attempts to hijack the thread with calls for an “ohagi festival” (ohagi being a sweet rice cake). The thread rolled on through chatter about laundry, breakfast, and the weather, and got a laugh partway through when someone posted a photo of what looked like a bootleg Kinnikuman-eraser figure, prompting the reaction: “what even is this.”
What people said
1-3 Laundromat 🌀
4-6 Public bathhouse ♨
(´･ω･`) Begone.
(´･ω･`) I'm only spinning it on posts that actually say "roulette."
(´･ω･`) Vanish.
(´･ω･`) Being greedy isn't good.
(´･ω･`) Today's my day off.
(´･ω･`) Go do that in your own thread.
つ💩と (here, have some poop)
(´･ω･`) Take it back home with you.
(´･ω･`) Nope.
Alright! So what are you gonna eat, Mambo-kun?!
(´･ω,･`) Tomato.
つ🍅と Toma-toma~
(´･ω･`) But it looks like it'll rain in the afternoon.
(´･ω･`) Nope.
(´･ω･`) You go play the slots yourself.
( ･᷇ὢ·᷆ ) I'm an upstanding citizen, so I'm at work right now.
(´･ω･`) Phew…
つ🍵と (here, have some tea)
(´･ω･`) What even is this.
(´･ω･`) Wonder if kinkeshi (Kinnikuman eraser figures) are even still a thing.
(´･ω･`) Nice, a Mountain figure.
l⌒O⌒O⌒l
| Y Y Y Y |
| Y Y Y Y |
| Y Y Y Y |
(´･ω･`) Wonder if that's the real deal.
⁽⁽ ᡣ(´・∀・｀)੭ ⁾⁾ Yep, turned out to be the real thing!
This one's a total pig, maaan ( 🫵･᷄ὢ·᷆ )
⁽⁽ ᡣ(´･ω･`)੭ ⁾⁾ Yaaay, yaaay!
Gonna have pork shabu-shabu salad and toast for breakfast.
(´･ω･`) っ🍜ｽｯ… (slides over a bowl of ramen)
The pig's saying something( ･᷄ὢ·᷅ )!
Background and Talking Points
By way of background, News VIP has a deep-rooted culture of regulars who post in a signature character voice (´･ω･`) and keep threads rolling with formulaic back-and-forth, and this thread’s original poster looks to be one of them. The “roulette that decides your next move by the last digit of your post” is a well-worn time-killing format that turns the thread into a kind of choose-your-own-adventure game — what isn’t obvious from the text alone is that this is a recurring genre of thread, not a one-off. Also, the “kinkeshi” mentioned partway through is short for “Kinnikuman keshigomu” (Kinnikuman erasers), a toy line that was huge in the 1980s and had plenty of unofficial knockoffs (pachimono) floating around — without that context, the exchange can look like plain small talk rather than the in-joke it actually is. The thread itself didn’t produce any real controversy or disagreement; it was simply participants enjoying some back-and-forth banter.
※This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (News VIP) thread “(´･ω･`) A Thread That Just Decides Your First Move on a Day Off by Roulette.”
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