Japan Public Sleeping Returns

Fri 2007/09/28 15:59 JST

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You've already seen many pictures of Japanese sleeping all over the place - how much more interesting can this subject get?
Well just a wee bit more.
The first photo was taken on the way home from the Tokyo Game Show. Looks like they are exhausted from looking at all the booth ladies.

Now this is where it gets a bit interesting. The folks at Something Awful went and took some of the photos in my previous post and decided to play around with them ending up with some interesting results.

And theres more at Something Awful.

The forum at Something Awful didn't credit Hector or JJ-san even though the page that they referred to clearly mentions Hector and JJ-san.
A good reason why photos should be watermarked before uploading.
Thanks to hated.proud for the headsup.

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soonkiong in Malaysia (Registered on 2007/08/22)
2nd year Civil Engineering Student
http://soonkiong.blogspot.com

haha... funny pictures... kudos to them!!!

Fri 2007/09/28 16:11:34 JST (ID #57998)

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MosKAU in Dark Northern Forests (Finland) (Registered on 2007/03/06)
Student

Funneh indeed x) laughed my ass off :>

Fri 2007/09/28 16:21:14 JST (ID #58000)

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Otaku Surf in Maryland (Registered on 2007/06/04)
Web Producer
http://www.otaku-surf.com

All those pics are hillarious!! The people on the street sleeping is my favorite.

Fri 2007/09/28 16:30:10 JST (ID #58001)

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skankywonders in California (Registered on 2007/08/09)
Student

LMAO! Those are hilarious XD

oh and I've always wanted to sleep on a cute girl's shoulder.

Fri 2007/09/28 16:33:00 JST (ID #58002)

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Dunatis in Havoc of the Mind (Registered on 2007/09/21)
Professional Writer

Oh god, its too much lol...
"Dynamar Distaster - hits piece of frozen feces traveling at 40,000 MP/H"

Fri 2007/09/28 16:39:21 JST (ID #58003)

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syrix in U.S. (Registered on 2007/03/21)
student
http://animesugoi.animeblogger.net/

Lol, I thought the sushi picture was hilarious.

Fri 2007/09/28 16:45:29 JST (ID #58004)

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Hayden in London, UK (Registered on 2007/01/06)
Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert, Guitar Slinger,
http://myspace.com/dyingoblivion

lol narcolepsy convention that one rocks

Fri 2007/09/28 16:48:22 JST (ID #58005)

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NGEunit01 in Cali (Registered on 2007/05/14)
College Student
http://www.figure.fm/home/NGEunit01

ooh! bad Danny for not watermarking your pictures. Watermark them next time . ^^; Sucks that linkinn.com copied your stuffs and didn't even credited you, plus they took off your links and only left hector and JJ san's link. What are going to do about them Danny? I'd say go after them!

Fri 2007/09/28 17:03:37 JST (ID #58006)

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Boris in USA (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
http://www.imagineboris.com

hahaha those look very funny i like the tash one. hahaha indeed funny. Yea, I now for a while have been considering water marking my photos. Its the best way to make sure you are credited.

Fri 2007/09/28 17:38:19 JST (ID #58007)

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Neurorelay in California, USA (Registered on 2007/08/29)
Sophist
http://www.techswe.com

That narcoleptic convention looks like a real yawner. LOL, drumrollllll!

Fri 2007/09/28 17:45:28 JST (ID #58009)

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ait_meijin in サイベリア (Registered on 2007/02/04)
IT-オタク
http://picasaweb.google.com/ait.meijin

That litle alien looks so naturally as if it always was on that's guy's face! wery funny! ROFL!

Fri 2007/09/28 18:05:35 JST (ID #58010)

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DRAGUN in Arizona, USA (Registered on 2007/08/22)
Design Consultant

I dont know if you guys read about this, but apparently another person from SA.com committed murder this week. It seems that this website attracts that type of person(according to the report). Photoshop is great, but nothing beats the reality of that guy at the bottom of the stairs by the subway (in the original post). Its not funny people, narcolepsy is a disease!! .... lol.

Fri 2007/09/28 18:09:17 JST (ID #58011)

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Jesper in Viborg, Denmark, Europe, Earth (Registered on 2007/07/16)
Plast Processing Engineer
http://jespersunivers.com/otaku/

ROFL!!!

Fri 2007/09/28 18:13:27 JST (ID #58012)

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DRAGUN in Arizona, USA (Registered on 2007/08/22)
Design Consultant

Maintenant, si j'étais tomber endormi sur quelques grands seins mous...

Fri 2007/09/28 18:14:35 JST (ID #58013)

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Chuck Gaffney in Selden, New York (Registered on 2007/07/28)
Anime Store Owner, artist, Web master
http://www.chucksanimeshrine.com

over working, working for a boss and being lead to think that working a "good job" is the way to go is a perfect storm for sleep deprivation... there's only 24 hrs in a day.. no matter how many hours you work, you are limited. This over working habit is bad in Japan and is also nuts here in America, can't tell how many people work two jobs, go to school and have kids here in my town. I feel bad for these people because I used to do the same thing :-/

Fri 2007/09/28 18:20:25 JST (ID #58014)

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Chuck Gaffney in Selden, New York (Registered on 2007/07/28)
Anime Store Owner, artist, Web master
http://www.chucksanimeshrine.com

sorry for the double post but funny pics by the way.. I reacted to the first photo only

Fri 2007/09/28 18:21:33 JST (ID #58015)

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JapanAnime in Hilversum, Holland (Registered on 2007/08/05)
4th Year Business Economics Student

LMAO! Laughed really hard when I saw the sleeping sky diver. XD

Fri 2007/09/28 18:39:57 JST (ID #58016)

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Aya Kyunik in Melbourne, Australia (Registered on 2007/05/22)
Graphic Art/Pre-press/3D animator/wannabe hikkikomori
http://moeidolatry.com

Can't...stop...laughing~!!! XD

I tend to watermark my own photos but if I use other pictures I dont. I try to credit it to whoever did it but sometimes I have no idea who it was =/

Fri 2007/09/28 18:51:40 JST (ID #58017)

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XSportSeeker in Brazil (Registered on 2007/08/22)
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com

HAHAHAHA, oh wow!

Something Awful never fails to amuse me.
About watermarking... I voted yes, but it's half true. I only watermark it if it's really worth it.

Fri 2007/09/28 18:56:37 JST (ID #58018)

reply to XSportSeeker's comment
Tiny Red Man in Tiny Red Dot, Singapore. (Registered on 2007/04/11)
free lance otaku, full time Protector of Peace.

LOL

thanks for making my day ^^

Fri 2007/09/28 19:29:58 JST (ID #58020)

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Hangmen13 in Sabah, Malaysia, but now studying in KL (still the same country) (Registered on 2007/04/21)
Wanderer of the Mist
http://hangmen13.16ops.com/

If there's a good reason not to post real pictures of you doing peculiar things online, THAT alone should be more than enough of a good reason. Anyone interested in becoming the next Richard C. Mongler?

Fri 2007/09/28 20:08:12 JST (ID #58021)

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Lazy Fiend in Small dot on Earth (Registered on 2007/01/08)
Jalop-er

The power of slumber compels you...
This post brightened my day!
Much Thanks!

Fri 2007/09/28 20:13:06 JST (ID #58023)

reply to Lazy Fiend's comment
D_Blade in Montreal (Registered on 2006/12/31)
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict

Nice editing! I don't mock people usually but this series of pictures made me chuckle. I don't laugh normally (unless I read super witty lines)... so it is a good start.

DRAGUN: Yes, you are right, narcolepsy is nothing to laugh about... et je préfère ceux qui sont un peu plus fermes (même si je n'en ai malheureusement jamais fait l'expérience).

(Translation: I prefer firmer ones, even if I have sadly never experienced it -Guess what we are talking about-)

Fri 2007/09/28 20:33:17 JST (ID #58024)

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D_Blade in Montreal (Registered on 2006/12/31)
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict

And I think I will sleep like a baby tonight... Good post to make me relax. ;)

Fri 2007/09/28 20:44:23 JST (ID #58025)

reply to D_Blade's comment
Space ACtion Hero in New York (Registered on 2008/02/20)
Student
http://space-action-hero.blogspot.com

ROFL. The face hugger is a good one!

Fri 2007/09/28 20:48:16 JST (ID #58026)

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V1lt R in US (Registered on 2007/01/05)
Tow dispatcher

Face full of alien wing wong FTW!

Halo 2 Grunt FTW!

I never watermark any of my photos unless it's a competition shot, then I'll put my signature down.

Fri 2007/09/28 21:20:36 JST (ID #58029)

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Eve Zero in Between good and evil (Registered on 2007/09/28)
College student

Can't stop laughing after see the picture of grunt in Halo :D

Sat 2007/09/29 00:56:53 JST (ID #58034)

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holybell84 in Singapore (Registered on 2007/08/22)
Student
http://saikyou.wordpress.com

er.... a face hugger? lol, I tot sleeping buddhas are supposed to be lying down :D

Sat 2007/09/29 01:14:01 JST (ID #58036)

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shippoyasha in NYC (Registered on 2007/06/10)
NEET

Haha, SA is usually too niche and is too clique to be interesting at times, but when they do crazy references like these, it's hilarious.

Best photoshop feature in a while for SA I must say so myself.

The sushi one made me crack a bit. heh

Sat 2007/09/29 02:23:24 JST (ID #58037)

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Uradox in Nagoya / Perth (Registered on 2007/05/12)
Procurement officer / Teacher
http://www.traded.name

hehe too much spare time!

Sat 2007/09/29 03:14:50 JST (ID #58038)

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Linc_31 (Registered on 2006/12/26)

that Alien-on-the-face thing is plainly disgusting...

Sat 2007/09/29 03:16:42 JST (ID #58039)

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kazanii in alexandria,va (Registered on 2007/09/01)
upcoming manga editor

that was really funny keep them coming.

Sat 2007/09/29 03:27:18 JST (ID #58040)

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Joshua in singapore (Registered on 2007/08/26)
student
http://jk-pictureaweek.blogspot.com/

WOw their editing skills are good

Sat 2007/09/29 03:36:06 JST (ID #58041)

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Henry in /usr/bin/ (Registered on 2006/12/25)
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph

LMAO XDDD

LAWLZ at their editing skillz XDD

Sat 2007/09/29 05:10:43 JST (ID #58044)

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GundamJehutyKai in Foundation II Stellvia (Registered on 2007/09/12)
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net

I know it's wrong but i did find the facehugger pic quite amusing!

Sat 2007/09/29 05:17:55 JST (ID #58045)

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L-Lawliet in Singapore (Registered on 2007/07/27)
Student
http://l-lawliet.nutang.com/

2picture looks real enough =D

Sat 2007/09/29 06:50:53 JST (ID #58046)

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Gundam Otaku in Tropical Singapore (Registered on 2006/12/30)
Student
http://marianto.deviantart.com/

Thats amazing! Especially the facehugger. Who would have thought of that? lol XD

Sat 2007/09/29 07:35:02 JST (ID #58048)

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ngee_khiong in Kuching, Malaysia (Registered on 2007/05/16)
Student
http://ngeekhiong.blogspot.com/

Haha! Very funny!

My favorite is the face-hugger photo. Nice work.

Sat 2007/09/29 09:21:05 JST (ID #58051)

reply to ngee_khiong's comment
Jamaipanese in Jamaica (Registered on 2007/05/28)
overemployed
http://www.jamaipanese.com

hilarious pictures

especially the one with the Halo video game

Sat 2007/09/29 09:26:00 JST (ID #58052)

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Gerbera04g in New York City (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Art Student
http://www.xanga.com/seiya_kun

LOL!!!

Sat 2007/09/29 12:10:33 JST (ID #58059)

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Timerswing in Mexico (Registered on 2007/08/25)
Student

The guy thats furning's funny HAHA!!

Sat 2007/09/29 14:59:45 JST (ID #58061)

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Phamolous in Germany (Registered on 2007/05/26)
http://www.phamolous.net

LOL, the surfer is just hilarious xD

Sat 2007/09/29 15:02:31 JST (ID #58062)

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pt9 in US (Registered on 2007/11/21)
Otaku

XD thats funny

Sat 2007/09/29 16:08:55 JST (ID #58063)

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toxicmind in SF, USA (Registered on 2007/02/06)
cg artist

hahaha, good one!

Sat 2007/09/29 19:45:19 JST (ID #58064)

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lanie-emon in Keldabe, Malaysia (Registered on 2007/06/05)
Mandalorian in training + Otaku...

Lol, that was funny. I like the Halo screenshot...

Sat 2007/09/29 20:06:59 JST (ID #58066)

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lin-da-kenobi in Lima, Peru ^^ (Registered on 2007/08/15)
medicine student & otaku

hahahahaha omg!! the guy with the alien on his face it's soo hilarious hahaha i just can't stop laughing hahaha GOOD PICTURES DANNY!!

Sun 2007/09/30 16:40:29 JST (ID #58117)

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Perplexus in England (Registered on 2007/04/27)
Film Student
http://twitter.com/Zetsubou_Robert

Genious edits there. I tend to sleep on the bus or in school, but one of these days I`m tempted to do it in the street.

Sun 2007/09/30 23:51:11 JST (ID #58165)

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CyruzDraxs in Kelowna, BC, Canada (Registered on 2007/09/11)
Web Design & Development
http://www.nerdculture.org

This is the greatest post on the internet. The climax has been reached and it's all downhill from here. I hope you are happy Danny, you just brought about the end of the internet as we know it. :P

Seriously, I laughed so hard at those, especially the surfer.

Mon 2007/10/01 13:46:34 JST (ID #58210)

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Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

Glad you all liked the photos ^^;

Mon 2007/10/01 19:51:49 JST (ID #58241)

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Briant in USA (Registered on 2007/08/04)
Student

Omg...Lol, those edited pictures made me laugh quite a bit.

Tue 2007/10/02 21:19:20 JST (ID #58356)

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Katharn/Code in Malaysia (Registered on 2007/09/16)
Engineer
http://katharn.deviantart.com

rofl, thats the funniest thing i have seen all week :3

Wed 2007/10/03 01:34:19 JST (ID #58368)

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NightRiver in Philly, USA (Registered on 2008/04/04)
Study Services Analyst
http://nrshenanigans.blogspot.com/

I bet If I went around leg and elbow dropping these sleeping people, public sleeping would stop. They would all be afraid of my elbows. But most likely i would get arrested.

Tue 2008/04/08 19:23:59 JST (ID #168340)

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Ryuzenshu in San Antonio, Texas (Registered on 2008/07/08)
Otaku in training

Lmao xD!

Fri 2008/04/18 05:15:42 JST (ID #172019)

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bloodlust8 in Philippines (Registered on 2008/02/16)

Lol..

Fri 2008/08/01 10:42:26 JST (ID #253561)

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lostandfound in Singapore (Registered on 2007/10/21)
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/

LOL these pics are pure WIN!

Tue 2008/09/30 21:02:49 JST (ID #318976)

reply to lostandfound's comment
Argyle in Toronto, Canada (Registered on 2008/12/23)
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
http://argylebolivar.wordpress.com

LOLO Those Pictures are soooo funny! XD haha my favorite one is the Alien vs.Predator ALien bug in that dudes face XD haha

Sat 2008/12/27 10:15:15 JST (ID #426705)

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Dan in Jackson hole, Wyoming in Jackson, Wyoming (Registered on 2009/02/07)
airfeight delivery

Danny most of the photo's were funny, but the Kent State photo was NOT! Watch it you can get people mad at you.

Fri 2009/02/20 05:00:05 JST (ID #495946)

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Coolmikeol in San Francisco, CA (Registered on 2009/02/22)
College Student
http://www.xanga.com/coolmikeolgx

funny pics, though I would probably be in one of these pics because sometimes I fall asleep on the bus/train.

Mon 2009/03/30 11:52:38 JST (ID #541922)

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niniel in LONDON (Registered on 2009/04/12)
fashion designer

awsome !!!! haha!!

Mon 2009/05/18 00:19:28 JST (ID #610475)

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Racer's Dream in Curva Tamburello (Registered on 2009/01/27)
90's F1 Afficionate and Anti-Otaku
http://www.livestream.com/f1action

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Tue 2009/07/14 04:44:19 JST (ID #675868)

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