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   CHINDOGU
Kenji Kawakami coined the term Chindogu and inspired a wave of inventions. These inventions or Chindogu seem to be the perfect solution to everyday problems except they aren't. (More Examples) The Ten Tenets of ChindoguFrom 101 UNUSELESS JAPANESE INVENTIONS by Kenji Kawakami
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Chindogu was voted MORE AWESOME than:
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         THE VIKING HELMET
Definitely the manliest helmet - horns are way better than fur or feathers!
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Unibrow  Octo-Stache  The Stig Peekaru Ultra Slow Motion Gong Reliant Robin Stinky Cheese  Tiesto Notorious B.I.G. Doll Mermaids  Male Emperor Penguins The Viking Helmet was voted LESS AWESOME than: Troy Hurtubise's Inventions  Johnny Cash Teddy Roosevelt Chindogu Choose Your Own Adventure Books James Earl Jones Counts to 10 Death Star Rockin' Steady
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Great new video for Chindogu. I especially like the Pachinko shoes.
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I see a Bukowski-like turn-around coming with the new video.
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yah the video helps A real lot....
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It's not just the scissors- it's an art form of making useful inventions that just will never really be produced...I saw in a Chindogu book a device for collecting leftover bits of soap that will compress them into a new bar of soap; a few years later some company actually started making them in the US and it was subsequently taken out of the Chindogu books. That's dedication.
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ummm i Keep Watching these Pictures go by but i must be looking away every time Flava Flave Comes up
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Uhhhmmm, I don't want to sell the awesomeness of Chindogu short but...scissors? I'm getting the feeling there's more to these "inventions", but just not picking it up...
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I don't know much about Chindogu itself, but those scissors look like a pair of "shredder scissors". I have a knock-off with more blades than the one in the picture. It was marketed as a low-cost alternative to a shreader, but it just takes ten times as long and is ten times as messy.
Shredder Scissors-good idea, except it doesn't work. Which I guess is the definition of Chindogu. It would be nice to see more examples, though.
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Thanks - I don't believe I've ever seen "shredder scissors", but after your description and looking again at the pic, I think you're right. I guess the CONCEPT of a simple manual device that accomplishes the same task as a complicated, (relatively) expensive electronic gadget is pretty awesome...if it worked well!
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I think we are still trying to get some more photos we have the rights to use. Chindogu is definitely awesome and hilarious, we better polish it off quick!
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New MAP right here. I think that no one really cares enough about this to oppose this
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Japanese scissors? Is that what I'm voting on here? Can anyone explain?
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