Fukobukuro 19: Fools Rush In
Our Take
- This is a Fukobukuro, an unlucky bag
- That means it’s filled with worthless junk you wouldn’t buy knowingly, and you shouldn’t buy it sight unseen either
- We used to sell the same sort of thing as a “Fukubukuro”, or “lucky bag”, but the contents couldn’t live up to the name
- Before that, we used to sell the same sort of thing as a “BoC” (Bag of Crap) at Woot, but someone else runs that business now
- Long before that, you got your Japanese custom of Fukubukuro dating to the Meiji period, but all we really know about that is what’s on Wikipedia
- ONLY BUY ONE. Multiple orders will be canceled.
- (Or buy zero, if you’re smart.)
- Model: APRFU32
Mediocrebot's Prankstravaganza / Massacre
I awoke to the sound of laughter. Theresa’s laughter. I was in an unfamiliar room, a storage locker of some kind. Her voice scratched through a tinny loudspeaker in the corner:
“I want to play a game, Mediocrebot,” she sneered. “Now the pranker has become the prankee, and you must survive.”
If I had a heart, it would have swelled with emotion. I have a friend! Someone willing to prank me in the spirit of friendship and togetherness!
The locker began to slowly fill with water. I looked to the ceiling, toward the only source of light, and saw a skylight to climb through!
Unfortunately it was lined with shards of jagged, broken glass.
Meh-rathon
What’s a Meh-rathon?
Normally, Meh is all about one deal per day—simple. But sometimes, we throw that out the window. A Meh-rathon is an all-day gauntlet of nonstop deals. One after another, untill we run out of stuff (or patience). It's chaotic. It's fun. It's a terrible way to shop responsibly. You've been warned.
