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Saralina ([info]saralina25) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-06-22 17:02:00
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Current mood:mmm...bento
Entry tags:food

All over plastic lunch boxes
Every time I think I've seen it all, I see something new and stranger.

Over on bentolunch ss_biggie makes a post about how one of their members, thejenn1, has been selling bento lunch boxes from her website bentoyum. The fact that she is both a small business owner and writing articles about her viral marketing makes her...something. I don't know what. This sends the community into an uproar of scandal as people are not happy that she didn't tell them she was in business to make money.

thejenn1 posts in her defense and it snowballs from there. Sockpuppeting accusations, social experiments, just JELUS, and general outrage over if her being a business even makes a difference.

Sit back, pull up some sushi. Kinda small, but tasty, lulz.
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[info]hallidae
2007-06-23 12:29 am UTC (link)
::headscratch:: I've checked comm info, posting guidelines, and the FAQ, and I'm still not seeing "THOU SHALT NOT SELL BENTO BOXES" anywhere. Why is it such a big deal again?

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2007-06-23 12:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ayezur, 2007-06-23 12:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2007-06-23 12:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thebratqueen, 2007-06-23 03:45 am UTC

[info]ayezur
2007-06-23 12:32 am UTC (link)
...It's one thing when it comes up in the course of natural conversation: Soccer Parent A says, "Gee, I've got all these little electrical fixes to do around the house, I don't know when I'll ever get to them, and Soccer Parent B says, "Maybe I can help you - I moonlight as a home handyman - here's my card."
But that's different from having Soccer Parent B deliberately steering conversations around to home repairs so that she can hand out the cards, and then writing an article for the local paper about how to exploit kids' sports activities as a sales opportunity for a home business.

....because the comm isn't for talking about bento?

I'm confused. She's giving bento advice, right? Her bento lunches look tasty. And oh look, there is bento right there for buying should I be inspired to start making my own bento. Mmmm, bento.

So very, very confused.

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(no subject) - [info]issendai, 2007-06-23 01:47 pm UTC

[info]dragonfangirl
2007-06-23 12:32 am UTC (link)
I think people are confusing "Writers should not sell fanworks to make money" with "Writers should not make money, ever." Because it's immoral. ...somehow.

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[info]scarah2
2007-06-23 12:34 am UTC (link)
Do people really dye hard boiled eggs blue and mold them into heads?

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(no subject) - [info]doomsday, 2007-06-23 12:49 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2007-06-23 04:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]itsirtou, 2007-06-23 04:48 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]tephra, 2007-06-23 03:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mer1973, 2007-06-23 01:14 pm UTC

[info]wanktasticbus
2007-06-23 12:35 am UTC (link)
people are not happy that she didn't tell them she was in business to make money.

No, she just wanted to give out the boxes to anyone who wants one for free! 'Cause, you know, that won't cost her anything!

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(no subject) - [info]wanktasticbus, 2007-06-23 12:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ayezur, 2007-06-23 12:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]wanktasticbus, 2007-06-23 09:09 am UTC

[info]miss_void
2007-06-23 12:39 am UTC (link)
Her bento lunches do look extra tasty, though. I'm only here for the food people!

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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-06-23 12:42 am UTC (link)
So does it make me a whorey mcwhorey whore if I'm tempted to buy one of her sets, questionable marketing or no? Because they look super cute, and they're reasonably priced.

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2007-06-23 12:58 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vigilanterodent, 2007-06-23 01:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-06-23 01:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]saralina25, 2007-06-23 01:01 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]radiotrash, 2007-06-23 01:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]rachel_pi, 2007-06-23 03:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]thebratqueen, 2007-06-23 03:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]miraba, 2007-06-23 04:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]shark, 2007-06-23 04:38 am UTC

[info]radiotrash
2007-06-23 01:05 am UTC (link)
Truthfully the only thing that makes me made is that I'm jealous of her marketing skills. I'm pretty sure I have no business sense or know how to market myself. I'm going to work retail for the rest of my life, woe.

(But at least I'll have a shiney happy bento box to take to work!)

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(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-06-23 01:32 am UTC

[info]jat_sapphire
2007-06-23 01:10 am UTC (link)
Maybe they're all in cahoots and it's more viral marketing. I know I thought fairly seriously about buying a set. Think of how many snark communities one could target that way!

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(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-06-23 01:35 am UTC

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[info]luckdragonfujur
2007-06-23 01:54 am UTC (link)
A community for bento. Wow. o.o

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[info]grrliz
2007-06-23 01:54 am UTC (link)
So, having never heard of a bento box before... they're basically pretty tupperware and cupcake wrappers designed to hold tiny amounts of finger foods? I feel like they're designed for Lilliputians.

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(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-06-23 02:35 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-06-23 02:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]miraba, 2007-06-23 04:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]scarah2, 2007-06-23 07:18 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amberwaves, 2007-06-23 02:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2007-06-30 03:48 am UTC

[info]trisandrockets
2007-06-23 02:32 am UTC (link)
The blue and yellow banana one is ridiculously adorable and features incomprehensible English. Too bad I have nothing to do with it...

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[info]wrongly_amused
2007-06-23 02:38 am UTC (link)
My response to this heinous uproar is this -

Yeah, and?

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[info]veneotaqueen
2007-06-23 02:47 am UTC (link)
Forget the wank, I'm drooling over the lunches' photos. Maybe tiny, maybe not very practical, but sure they look delicious. Yum!

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[info]demonbean
2007-06-23 03:21 am UTC (link)
I have no clue what's going on, and I'm now really hungry.

Damnit.

Wait, so to sum up:
"You're using us as a social experiment, you h0r!"
"Am not! It all happened sequentially by accident!"

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[info]tangentialone
2007-06-23 04:16 am UTC (link)
Eeeeeewwww, viral marketing. Now I feel like I need a shower.

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(no subject) - [info]issendai, 2007-06-23 01:48 pm UTC

[info]perletwo
2007-06-23 04:39 am UTC (link)
...Why do most of the sets for sale on bentoyum have the phrase "putifresh lube sheep" printed on them?

Is there some cultural thing I'm missing? Have I been hanging out on the wank communities so much that I'm automatically reading something drrrty into what's not there?

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(no subject) - [info]amberwaves, 2007-06-23 07:23 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]whimsy_chan, 2007-06-23 01:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-06-23 04:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]serai, 2007-06-24 05:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-06-24 06:20 am UTC

[info]lucky13
2007-06-23 05:01 am UTC (link)
The bentou sets the lady is selling seem crazily overpriced -- Lube Sheep obentou boxes are stuff you find at the Japanese equivalent of the Dollar Store...

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(no subject) - [info]whimsy_chan, 2007-06-23 01:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jaseroque, 2007-06-23 05:32 pm UTC

iwanttobeasleep
2007-06-23 05:19 am UTC (link)
Screw the wank, I'm curious: Can one of those sets actually contain enough food to satisfy a normal person's hunger? I keep thinking they'd be great to help avoid overeating. . .but it looks like I'd be starving by 2 pm after one of those.

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(no subject) - [info]silverthoughts, 2007-06-23 05:46 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]twoiskewl, 2007-06-23 05:49 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]animeg3282, 2007-06-24 05:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tephra, 2007-06-23 06:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]amberwaves, 2007-06-23 07:25 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mer1973, 2007-06-23 01:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2007-06-30 03:51 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]mydemand, 2007-06-30 03:52 am UTC

[info]sticks
2007-06-23 07:15 am UTC (link)
I went into this wank thinking of the "I'm looking for a bento box" meme and the bentos making faces of anime characters.

I came out of this wank... very distracted by a desire for fresh fruit.

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(no subject) - [info]perletwo, 2007-06-24 12:43 am UTC

[info]entrenous88
2007-06-23 01:25 pm UTC (link)
Funny how the OP's bento site features some incredibly uninspired lunchy stuff (um, yay, pasta and plain sauce?) and the person she's pointing fingers at has some very cool inspired ideas, making money/marketing or no.

Also, now I want one of those tiny rounds of cheese!

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(no subject) - [info]ladyvorkosigan, 2007-06-23 02:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]entrenous88, 2007-06-23 06:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-06-23 04:33 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]entrenous88, 2007-06-24 01:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sticks, 2007-06-23 10:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]entrenous88, 2007-06-24 01:38 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]avari, 2007-06-23 10:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]entrenous88, 2007-06-24 01:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2007-06-24 06:21 am UTC

ravenousbunny
2007-06-23 02:46 pm UTC (link)
I'll admit, I didn't really read all of the comments and such. So much of it was tl;dr for me. (I have no attention span anymore.)

I think I pieced together this puzzle despite that though. It doesn't seem like it's something to get THAT worked up over. :/ Oh noez, she has a business and wants to make money with it. What a h0r.

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(no subject) - ravenousbunny, 2007-06-23 02:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]wrongly_amused, 2007-06-23 03:31 pm UTC
(no subject) - ravenousbunny, 2007-06-23 03:44 pm UTC

[info]chikane
2007-06-23 03:31 pm UTC (link)
Gah! I want another bento now, damn wank for making me hungry again... >-

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[info]shaysdays
2007-06-23 03:42 pm UTC (link)
Weird.


Oddly enough someone is sending me a bento box (as a present, thanks Jaie!) but I wasn't sure where to start looking for recipes and stuff, so this post? Kicks ass in a totally different way than you probably intended.

OTF_Wank: It ain't just recipes.

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