• @grue
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    231 month ago

    Is Oct 1 the Japanese equivalent of April Fools Day or something?

      • @grue
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        31 month ago

        Yeah, I read that it’s a yearly thing. My question though, is why Oct 1?

        • Pennomi
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          71 month ago

          10/1 to celebrate the 101 key keyboard apparently? That’s what the linked article mentioned.

      • RBG
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        1 month ago

        Wtf, I only saw the long one before. Thanks for sharing!

        Edit: omg, the video! They even show the long keyboard in on scene. And an anime hommage with a guy running with a toast in his mouth. Hilarious.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      Yeah, it dates back to 1949. Shortly after the sino-japanese war on the 1st of October 1949 the CCP announced the creation of the People’s republic of china.

      The Japanese were all like, LOL, that’s our empire why do you say it’s a country and it became tradition to make outlandish jokes on the 1st of October. So to this day when the PRC celebrate their national day Japan celebrate jokes day (冗談の日).

      Also I made that shit up.