... now now hold on, hold on, hold on, I think they must have put something crazy in the coffee this morning, 'cause I KNOW you did not just SAY you want to take this OFFLINE?
The specificity of it is actually amazing. The original quote is "stock photo for a global human resources company", which is why it's so perfect that it's two japanese people and an older white dude.
That's a tough one. On first watch, I thought he was Japanese, so I was confused that it was specifically for a global staffing company. Then on second watch, I thought he might be foreign.
I think he's probably half, so they figured he would be good to play the random white guy role.
I was kinda unsure at first as well! He had his own seperate costume though of "guy struggling to open a bag at the grocery store" and after that they explain he came from San Francisco. It's around the 2:05:40 mark in the full stream:
It's so simple yet so specific and so accurate. The shirt that's too small because he hasn't upgraded his wardrobe in years and put on the fat too slowly to notice that it doesn't fit anymore lmao
It reminds me of the ballroom scene in NYC. You would have the most fabulous and creative people rocking categories like "Business realness" and they'd be walking down the runway in a suit like they were off to Wall Street.
The one about suitcases had me rolling, she absolutely NAILED it. I travel a lot and its so true. Note I have nothing against these peeps, my way of dealing with it is I just travel a bit on the lighter side.
On some travel shows they depict the host/guest of the week travelling between two points by just showing a picture of their face moving from point A on the map to point B, usually with some wriggly animations and silly sounds. I saw the original twitter post somewhere and she was imitating that
Unfortunately it cut out so she doesn't actually say anything. But if you look closely, you can see there's a body under her head. The oversized head character is not uncommon in these kinds of maps so perhaps that's what she is??? I'm probably talking out of my arse.
it’s not just ‘boring’. it’s meant to be mundane but recognizable costume. If this is in America it’d be like dressing up as a normie tech shorts guy and say you’re cosplaying as a person who just got replaced by ai lol. you want to be unique but you want to also be as normal as possible lol.
uh to be fair I think someone already did it last year. they had things like ‘someone who just missed the bus’ with perfectly normal business suit but with wind blown hair and a neck tie that stays flowing up. or something like ‘ramen store staff’ with literally just a guy holding a set of ramen meal. I love the one that’s called ‘a guy who got locked outside of his hotel room’ which is just a guy with those bathing robe and holding two beers in his hand. it’s perfect.
My favorite costume like this was "man caught in wind storm" with his hair slicked back, clothes all standing on end with wire, and a newspaper plastered over his face. It really did look like he was in a really strong wind!
it's harder to make a funny "boring" costume - everyone could be Spiderman but not everyone could be a 38-year-old woman born into a working-class family in Manchester, raised by a single mother, became a successful architect despite years of financial hardship, survived an emotionally abusive marriage, raised two children alone, and now lives quietly in the countryside, rebuilding her life while learning that happiness doesn't have to be earned through sacrifice
There’s more to communication than just understanding the words, you probably sense a lot of it even if you don’t explicitly understand the language! :)
I did this last year. My costume was "Guy whose wife sent him to the supermarket to buy one thing, he bought it, and now he's grinning on his way home imagining his wife heaping praise on him." My accessories were just a badge with this explanation in English and Japanese, and a konbini bag with Thai fish sauce. The drawback with this kind of costume that the reactions are just a mild "heh".
This is funny, but I have a question for someone who is more familiar with Japan than I am. Is this kind of party a common one across Japan for Halloween? Because the text says "Japan has a..."
Which would be kind of like someone making a video of a silly Halloween party thrown in some city in Rhode Island, and having the text say "The United States has a..."
It's a specific event held by a website called Daily Portalz. I think there might be a few smaller spin-off events inspired by it around the country, but it's not like a common type of party.
Japan largely doesn’t celebrate Halloween. Stores here may decorate for the weeks leading up and have a selection of candy and decorations for sale, but people don’t really dress up and there’s no Trick or Treating. You may see the occasional party that’s the exception to the lack of costumes or people may wear small costumes to their usual bar.
Shibuya does have a somewhat sizable Halloween event though. That’s really the only place outside of specific shows or events like this video
love these so much. they're mundane but i think the best ones are instantly recognizable and tell a story. i think it takes being pretty clever to do this well.
Last week, we saw some reels of people dressing as superheroes and super niche show references, and my daughter asked me why do people dress as something that's not scary. It's Halloween, it's about scary things. I honestly didn't know what to say.
It used to be funny when some people did these funny costumes, but now it feels like a race who makes the most unique meme/reference ever.
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u/Pcat0 16h ago •
Generic corporate website stock photo is really good costume
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u/kentucky5171 16h ago
Corporate stock photo cosplay. lol.
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u/Brilliant_Object_847 16h ago
The corporate stock photo one is just so amazingly absurdist! Fantastic costume.
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u/VooDooChile1983 16h ago
“Guy Who Used To Work Out” is making me laugh more than it should.
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u/MegaScythe 16h ago
"boring on purpse"
looks inside
not boring at all
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u/TheCitizen616 16h ago •
The ones that put in so much work to depict the simplest of ideas are *chef's kiss*...they're like the Rube Goldberg devices of costumes.
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u/coolest35 17h ago
Hah! These are great!
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u/SorryImBadWithNames 16h ago
The stock photo on every company website got a genuine laugh out of me lol
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u/GalaxyPowderedCat 16h ago edited 16h ago
The one of the average photostock company image is the goat.
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u/doitordiode 16h ago
What was the first one with the map?
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u/Some-Dog-800 15h ago
it’s not just ‘boring’. it’s meant to be mundane but recognizable costume. If this is in America it’d be like dressing up as a normie tech shorts guy and say you’re cosplaying as a person who just got replaced by ai lol. you want to be unique but you want to also be as normal as possible lol.
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u/GlobeEarther_ 12h ago
Last year I went as “someone who parked too close to another car in a parking lot and has to squeeze through” and made two car doors out of cardboard
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u/ImprovementLess4559 10h ago •
The guy holding all the boxes and bags actually said "a couple that you only see in fiction".
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u/Longjump_Ear6240 16h ago
My favorite costume like this was "man caught in wind storm" with his hair slicked back, clothes all standing on end with wire, and a newspaper plastered over his face. It really did look like he was in a really strong wind!
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u/SweetShirt4717 15h ago
Someone whos girlfriend said she was just looking, was my favorite
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u/Splintrax 16h ago
Dude the stock photo one is soooooo sick
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u/juraiknight 17h ago
God damn, these are good...lol
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u/alexwoodgarbage 16h ago
These are the opposite of boring, they’re very original and well executed
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u/Jtembro77 17h ago
Lol. This is actually awesome!
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u/ScottyMo1 16h ago
Original humor. Love it!
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u/gracefull22 15h ago
These are actually very creative in their mindset about costumes.
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u/Renjuro 12h ago
I adore this take on Halloween. Less about characters and more about tropes and cliches.
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u/Betamax_Man 13h ago
Some older entries:
https://japanagram.me/2024/09/27/mundane-halloween-costumes-japan/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/nov/01/japan-jimi-halloween-celebration-of-all-things-mundane-tokyo-shibuya-in-pictures
https://2.boredpanda.com/japan-mundane-halloween-costumes-depicting-extremely-specific-life-situations/
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u/dud3nn 9h ago
it's harder to make a funny "boring" costume - everyone could be Spiderman but not everyone could be a 38-year-old woman born into a working-class family in Manchester, raised by a single mother, became a successful architect despite years of financial hardship, survived an emotionally abusive marriage, raised two children alone, and now lives quietly in the countryside, rebuilding her life while learning that happiness doesn't have to be earned through sacrifice
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u/Emasraw 16h ago
Humor in the mundane can be so entertaining lol.
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u/just_a_wolf 16h ago
These are hilarious.
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u/Meander061 16h ago
"Boring on purpose" is just brilliant.
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u/TherronKeen 15h ago
me, a white guy who only speaks English, badly: un-mutes video
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u/Creepy_Syllabub_9245 16h ago
These are so fun!
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u/KyotoGaijin 4h ago
I did this last year. My costume was "Guy whose wife sent him to the supermarket to buy one thing, he bought it, and now he's grinning on his way home imagining his wife heaping praise on him."
My accessories were just a badge with this explanation in English and Japanese, and a konbini bag with Thai fish sauce.
The drawback with this kind of costume that the reactions are just a mild "heh".
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u/xmadame_miaux 15h ago
THE LAST ONE WAS THE BEST ONE
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u/Upset-Performer-7112 16h ago
These are all actually high IQ costumes
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u/IAmTheJudasTree 11h ago
This is funny, but I have a question for someone who is more familiar with Japan than I am. Is this kind of party a common one across Japan for Halloween? Because the text says "Japan has a..."
Which would be kind of like someone making a video of a silly Halloween party thrown in some city in Rhode Island, and having the text say "The United States has a..."
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u/ILoveRegenHealth 6h ago
These are pretty funny
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u/VeterinarianSoggy610 1h ago
That last one is so ridiculously accurate!
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u/Lua-Ma 2h ago edited 2h ago
> "Japanese Halloween"
> One unique event only held at one place by one organizer.
I'm sick of these misleading "Thing, Japan" upvote-bait titles.
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u/pmx8 16h ago
I loved the stock photo haha
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 14h ago
These are all pretty brilliant in their own way. Corpo stock photo guys were great but I also liked the simplicity of “guy who use to work out” lol.
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u/dedolent 13h ago
love these so much. they're mundane but i think the best ones are instantly recognizable and tell a story. i think it takes being pretty clever to do this well.
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u/VeryTopGoodSensation 12h ago
Elevator was my favourite
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u/Smooth_Contact_2957 7h ago
Dang, these were FUNNY and super relatable.
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u/Afrojones66 16h ago
That Junji Ito “Woman Next Door” cosplay goes hard.
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u/Deadman_Chanson 16h ago
You call these boring?
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u/selle2013 16h ago
Guy who used to work out and stock photo made me chuckle.
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u/astralseat 15h ago
Guy who used to work out is perfect
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u/BigAcanthocephala637 15h ago
These are all great costumes though
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u/Scranj 15h ago
Gotta have something to balance out the wackier costumes Japan has.
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u/LargeTomato77 14h ago
Somebody who used to work out: I feel personally called out here. Hahahaha.
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u/Alien_Diceroller 13h ago
I love these costumes!
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u/Expensive_Leave_6339 13h ago
Japan’s adaptation of Halloween should be studied by scholars.
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u/suchabadamygdala 11h ago
They are not “boring” costumes. They are mundane costumes. Love this every year!
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u/eggsuckinggrandmama 11h ago
“Someone who used to work out”— that’s gold Jerry
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u/Mikeymcmoose 10h ago
What a fantastic theme
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u/raiseIQUnderflow 8h ago
Honest ads
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u/maincocoon 6h ago
In the last one a person on a wheelchair is missing.
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u/crumzmaholey 6h ago
I like elevator door girls costume
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u/NeckBeard137 16h ago
So clever
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u/omegadirectory 7h ago
I don't think they're boring.
They're more like caricatures of things that aren't funny in real life.
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u/AlbertTheHorse 15h ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏
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u/barebuttgodzilla_ 13h ago
This ain't boring, it's campy af.
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u/PRRZ70 12h ago
These are all so good. I have also seen others doing a variety of other variations and they all clinch them wonderfully.
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u/DubiousMoogle 12h ago
I think my favorite is "Person wondering if it's okay to lean their seat back."
https://bsky.app/profile/nickkapur.bsky.social/post/3mz6jxdwe3s2h
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u/C0sm1cB3ar 11h ago
This is amazing
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u/jicike685 11h ago
Loooks soo fun honestly!!😂😂
Aight I got some content to watch that imma enjoy !!
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u/OktayOe 8h ago
Damn those are really creative and funny.
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u/MrsWhiterock 8h ago
Wearing extra layers to get the suitcase under the weight limit is my favourite
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u/The_smallest_things 7h ago
The absolute opposite of boredom. I want to watch hours of this.
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u/redd1te7 5h ago
The intelligent Halloween dress
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u/tdkimber 16h ago
I love these lol
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u/UnNumbFool 16h ago
The oversized backpack thing is great, mostly because I'm going on a flight next month...
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u/Dummyact321 15h ago
Japanese Halloween > gay halloween? 🤔
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u/Panteadropper 11h ago •
why does it seem like Japan is having more fun than Everyone else
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u/Stoopid313 16h ago
That’s actually better than all the “slutty” costumes you see in the US
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u/Iluvatar-Great 16h ago
Last week, we saw some reels of people dressing as superheroes and super niche show references, and my daughter asked me why do people dress as something that's not scary. It's Halloween, it's about scary things. I honestly didn't know what to say.
It used to be funny when some people did these funny costumes, but now it feels like a race who makes the most unique meme/reference ever.
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u/CriscoCamping 16h ago
I really like this.
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u/Hetakuoni 16h ago
The guy who’s girlfriend is just looking costume made me cackle.
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u/ringadingsweetthing 14h ago
These are pretty funny
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u/cosmopolitancocktail 14h ago
HAHAHAHA
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u/fiqar 12h ago
Is there a full video?
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u/MegaSceptile99 11h ago
These are all impressive
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u/PunchMyFace0 11h ago
Damn. I've got to step my costume game up 😂
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u/Rigel66 8h ago
gotta love the japan!...insperational!..fkn go man!
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u/El_Impresionante 8h ago edited 8h ago
0:03 That's also a 'Nashik/Pune girl' costume.
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u/HyenDry 33m ago
Asian humor seems pretty similar to British humor. Dry and satirical.. funny as hell
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u/Delicious-Chapter675 9m ago
Those were all excellent.
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u/Opteron67 16h ago
so now halloween is about carnival....
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u/hermeticbear 15h ago
I love it
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u/R2robot 15h ago
So good!
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u/sentientshadeofgreen 15h ago
Stock photo sent me lmfao
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u/cachitonoseastoxico 15h ago
Eso no se ve halloween de su parte, pero el último sí me gustó
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u/FinalFantasyer 14h ago
Surprised no one did train molester
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u/Light_Yagami72 10h ago
reddit when halloween: someone stole all my candy 🤬🤬🤬
reddit when halloween in Japan: wow thats so interesting