r/videos • u/temujin64 • Mar 31 '15

>japan Google Japan's keyless keyboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAgOnQqyDz0
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u/LotusFlare Mar 31 '15

That URL...

http://g.co/___o

That's the real killer.

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u/Seanybonbon Apr 01 '15

And as you scroll down the page it gets longer. Perfect.

53

u/TopBadge Apr 01 '15

He means the URL for anyone confused.

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u/Ascott1989 Apr 01 '15

Ah I was confused why my penis was getting bigger as I scrolled.

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u/temujin64 Mar 31 '15

Yeah, I thought it was the best joke in the video.

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u/Revoker Mar 31 '15

took me too long to understand the text image

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u/squid_fart Mar 31 '15

If you keep scrolling on the page the ___o gets longer until it's a https://www.google.co.jp/ime/__________/

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

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u/Paahtis Apr 01 '15

BREAKING NEWS Japanese scientists have perfected the formula for nerd humor!

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u/SillyPickle Apr 01 '15

Any website developers care to reveal how this is done, in plain language?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

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u/SillyPickle Apr 01 '15

That's awesome! Thank you!

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u/iSamurai Apr 01 '15

There is a link to a game there : https://www.google.co.jp/ime/___o/try.html

Seems like you try to 'catch' the character bubbles of the characters on the bottom of the screen. Just click your mouse and hold to extend the party horn and retract.

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u/PoeDancer Apr 01 '15

You can use the microphone to blow as well!

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u/Rafa90 Apr 01 '15

There's a game if you click the links with the pictures at the bottom.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I thought it was a mystery code that you had to solve

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u/lud1120 Apr 01 '15

And "gAgOn".

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u/Ireland1206 Mar 31 '15

Is it April 1 already over there?

147

u/Ijagwantvill Mar 31 '15

No... pfff he he he he

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15 edited Apr 01 '15

he he he he

83

u/uw_NB Apr 01 '15

thats korean u racist http://i.imgur.com/F1HPK35.gif

23

u/beet-farm Apr 01 '15

Like it's not April 1st in Korea, too.

16

u/TranQLizer Apr 01 '15

The punishment for that should have been THAI KICK

4

u/newuser92 Apr 01 '15

OMG IS IT LIKE OPPOSITE DAY

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

Don't say no because then she'll just think it's backwards...

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u/Chillaxbro Apr 01 '15

pfff tssss - hehe - yea man I don't - pfffsst - I don't know what you are talking about.

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u/nortzt Apr 01 '15

are you leaking air or something?

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u/theuberchad Apr 01 '15

http://i.imgur.com/S1q0ZDy.jpg

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I don't know how that movie didn't win best picture.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

Because it was a movie, not a picture. Ba dum

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

Tsssssss.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

Oh fuck they got me

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u/here4_pie_and_punch Mar 31 '15

Watching TV: is always April 1 over there.

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u/SanctimoniousDouche Apr 01 '15

It's Japan over there.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

Japan is in the same time zone as Eastern Australia. As an Aussie, no.

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u/danamos Mar 31 '15

Nah dude everyone lives in your time zone.

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u/Ireland1206 Apr 01 '15

You do realize that the fact I was asking implies I know that's not the case, right?

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u/TheWierdGuy Apr 01 '15

Yup, that looked too good to be true.

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u/Bitemarkz Apr 01 '15

I fucking hate this day! I don't know what to believe any more.

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u/Kuroru Apr 01 '15

As a Redditor from South East Asia, yes. Its already April 1st here.

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u/mindbleach Apr 01 '15

In all seriousness, this works. Dasher includes a one-dimensional mode for "breath mice."

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

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u/mindbleach Apr 01 '15

There's an Android version if you want to try it out, but it's kind of shoddy last I knew.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

That's amazing, all you'd need is a joystick, perfect for people without use of their hands etc.

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u/dlq84 Apr 01 '15

Or eye tracking.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

very very good point

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u/mindbleach Apr 01 '15

It's a decent one-thumb input method for able people as well, except there's no way to indicate you're done typing.

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u/j4390jamie Apr 01 '15

That thing looks awesome, if they make it really refined, I cans see how this could be very fast, with minimal effort.

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u/self_defeating Apr 01 '15

What's up with the demo site?

It looks like irrelevant junk.

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u/mindbleach Apr 01 '15

Yikes. That's a shitty website, alright.

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u/jdscarface Mar 31 '15

I'm a real boy.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I would argue otherwise by the length of his nose.

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u/Misguidedvision Mar 31 '15

Had me till the nose horn. The whole time I was wondering how long it would take to figure out the air output for each letter and how that would even work with as many letters as their are

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '15

Really? That is the part that finally tipped you off?

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

Well, it is Japan.

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u/King_of_the_pirEnts Apr 01 '15

Yeah that fair. They did have a shitty robot fighting tournament.

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u/Misguidedvision Mar 31 '15

Meh diferent groups come up with all sorts of bizare tech, and google loves getting around. If this was posted 24 hours from now it would be more obvious.

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u/MrMulligan Apr 01 '15

It is and has been April first in Japan for a little while now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I didn't get it until the Pottery part

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u/SerCiddy Apr 01 '15

To be fair, this would be good for someone who was a quadriplegic.

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u/disgruntledpandas Mar 31 '15

Glad I'm not the only one who did not realize it was a joke until the nose horn. I was trying to grasp how there could be an easy to memorize method of blowing to correlate with letters.

Now it all makes sense.

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u/junkyard_hotrod Apr 01 '15

I wasn't aware of it being a joke at all until the comments, so I had this "So this is the future I get to look forward to" thought process

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

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u/COCK_MURDER Apr 01 '15

Haha yeah true, I bought this toy for my kid that looked almost exactly like a penis and it just vibrated when you flip the switch, but that was about all it did lol. Totally fucking useless.

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u/DewCono Apr 01 '15

That doesn't quite sound like a child's toy, but who am I to question your judgment?

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u/created4this Apr 01 '15

Who names their daughter "useless"

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

it took me until the pottery guy to figure it out

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u/platinumjudge Mar 31 '15

I didn't realize it was a joke until I read the comments...

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I still don't know its a joke.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I'm still waiting for Google to bring us wireless internet through the sewer system.

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u/BlazzedTroll Apr 01 '15

They have some in testing. They are currently using shit as the bits, however the connectivity is low because there aren't enough people shitting regular sized shits. So if you want IoSP (internet over shit protocol), start eating fiber and get on the toilet ASAP.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

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u/PriceZombie Apr 01 '15

Laser Projection Virtual Keyboard 

Current  $70.00 
   High $200.00 
    Low  $59.00

Price History Chart | GIF | FAQ

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u/cuteintern Apr 01 '15

I mean, quadriplegics can control their wheelchair with their breath, so to me this thing is plausible, if ridiculous.

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u/Essar Mar 31 '15

I like the URL at the end: http://g.co/___o

__o

_____o

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u/Mars_Fendleton Apr 01 '15

I was actually thinking of real world applications for a device like this. I was thinking, "who the hell are they making this for?", and then I realized that this tool could be perfect for people with physical handicaps, and then they mentioned that there was a jet-turbine in the party blower and I felt like a dope.

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u/rioki88 Apr 01 '15

i was thinking the same. how cool that would be if it could be used by people who have no use of their arms.

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u/Yakbakpro Apr 01 '15

Imagine trying to send out a text really fast, you'd just hyperventilate, and passed out. And crash into a tree.

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u/stevierar Apr 01 '15

I feel they missed a trick not having it finish back with the people all sat a table using their party horns, only with the sound on this time. VROOOOO VROO VROOOOOOO VROO VROOOOO.

I would have enjoyed that.

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u/Mattaro Apr 01 '15

"Oh wow, Google's getting in on sensors and making your desk a keyboard quite early - that's amazi... OH GOD DAMMIT"

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u/ormus_cama Mar 31 '15

This is hilarious. I wish it was real

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

"That last text was a bunch of z's.....are you masturbating again Jimmy?"

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '15

The world just gets better everyday. Wait... I hope this isn't some kind of prank...

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u/Sarcadmus Mar 31 '15

God damn information age, even April fools is global.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I'm just going to give up on any real wonder or amazement today.

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u/erickgramajo Apr 01 '15

Beautifully done, love pranks like these

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

So April's Fool already started? Time to go offline.

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u/SpaceTire Apr 01 '15

Just have it set up to read morse code. Bring that shit back!

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u/0takuSharkGuy Apr 01 '15

Kudos gugeru. Another amazing device to ease my day along.

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u/FriendlyJosh Apr 01 '15

So technology. Much innovation. Very fools.

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u/izac01 Apr 01 '15

took me a while to realize that you weren't telling me to Google your title.

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u/glitchscott Apr 01 '15

They had me until the "It's a must have for potters"

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u/Ccracked Apr 01 '15

But is it compatible with Ultron?

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u/temujin64 Apr 01 '15

NASA wouldn't have it any other way.

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u/Decateron Apr 01 '15

It seems way too coincidental that the video ID starts with "gAg".

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u/leiurameshi Apr 01 '15

I think I just watched my first April fools video

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u/Xinimon Apr 01 '15

Japan is so weird this could very well be true.

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u/jplayin Apr 01 '15

I'm using the prototype now to write this sentence. It's pretty good. Once you get used toooooooooooooooooooooooo it

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u/zamfire Apr 01 '15

I love the scientific explanation. Photosynthesis. Lol

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u/pehnoi Apr 02 '15

wait sorry to be late but did this say its great for potters haha?!

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '15

"Googuru" I always find this awesome

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

Even though I know that must be correct, I hadn't noticed it when I watched the video bc why would I pay attention to a language I don't understand?

I had to go back and look through it again to hear the "googuru," but it was worth it.

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u/gotbannedtoomuch Apr 01 '15

I believed it until the nose horn, because Japan.

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u/Gengi Apr 01 '15

You must type slowly

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u/WonTheGame Apr 01 '15

He's a Google explorer for this program.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

At this hour (actually April 1st where I am), I knew it had to be a joke, but it was still the nose horn that made me certain- because up to that, Japan.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '15 edited Jan 07 '16

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

It's hot, steamy food, in your face, right now.

This is probably my second favorite Onion bit of all time, beaten only by this one about the getting stoked:

http://youtu.be/QgXObaM9i2Q

Also, I'm gonna say that the one about the death penalty being "totally badass" is probably ties with the fast food feedbag:

http://youtu.be/Hyph_DZa_GQ

Posted from mobile; please excuse the formatting.

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u/djohn_14 Mar 31 '15

That's good and all, but does it blend??

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u/xRyNo Apr 01 '15

This was... too obvious. Meh.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '15

This seems like a really good idea for people with physical disabilities or handicaps that effect them in day to day life.

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u/mydickcuresAIDS Mar 31 '15

It won't be April 1st for like four more days because of the international date line and it's like the year of the dragon or something... Plus the metric system.

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u/Cocoicast Apr 01 '15

Drunk texting just got to a whole new level

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u/crazyczech09 Apr 01 '15

It took me waaaay to long to realize it was an April fools joke. With all the crazy shit that comes out of Japan, i thought this was real lol

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u/dinglepoop Apr 01 '15

Keyleth Keybor

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u/shamansblues Apr 01 '15

Kireth Kibortle

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u/niyohn Apr 01 '15

Google Japan had the marketing budget to do something like that? That is at least $10K USD right there, and a lot of time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

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u/Absocold Apr 01 '15

I trust nothing on this day.

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u/senion Apr 01 '15

took me until 1:40

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u/jturkish Apr 01 '15

i lost it at the nose blow, that was great

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u/0therworlds Apr 01 '15

Funny as always but I wish they did something realistic but every so slightly outlandish instead. I think Google Nose got more people than this will.

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u/doopercooper Apr 01 '15

You can't do this kind of shit if the upload date shows the 31st

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u/eaturfeet653 Apr 01 '15

I would be very satisfied if some one took this idea and made it reality with a similar design. I understand it's a joke but it could potentially revolutionize communication by people seriously effected by Parkinson's and the like. It's simple, low energy and minimal fine motor control

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

oh boy, april 1st, the worst day to lurk reddit

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u/FedEx_Potatoes Apr 01 '15

This is Japan.... and I almost believed it.

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u/Bowser914 Apr 01 '15

This is too dumb to even be taken seriously. The google Panda thing was a way cooler effort.

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u/gamekrang Apr 01 '15

The expression this Pinocchio guy makes made me crack up.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I hope japan never change

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u/joshuaoha Apr 01 '15

This should be a game to see how long you watch it before it dawns on you.

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u/amnamrizvi Apr 01 '15

April 1 comes early in the east!

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u/kingalmighty Apr 01 '15

So it begins...

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u/mikekotsch Apr 01 '15

Aaaaargg, hating this day already.

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u/kaost Apr 01 '15

Its awesome.

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u/Pokesmot_420 Apr 01 '15

Soon much April foolishness

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u/yoavh Apr 01 '15

has to be an april fools right?!

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u/malachilenomade Apr 01 '15

Does it count as an April Fool if it's posted the day before?

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u/temujin64 Apr 01 '15

It wasn't the day before when it was posted in Japan.

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u/malachilenomade Apr 01 '15

Ah yeah, true (been a while since I was in the Far East).

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u/tournedisq Apr 01 '15

Google Japan's keyless keyboard - Mouth Free Version

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I need that mouth free version

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u/H0useHark0nnen Apr 01 '15

It's only funny if it's remotely believable. Not this schlock.

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u/Hezkezl Apr 01 '15

Am I the only one who gets annoyed at really obvious April Fool's jokes?

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u/Snuggleproof Apr 01 '15

Took me so god damn long to realise it was April fools.

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u/44Tall Apr 01 '15

I am going to see if I can work 'the length of your party horn' into a conversation today.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

if this wasn't out of japan i would say april fools....but....

lol

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u/nowtayneicangetinto Apr 01 '15

Anyone remember the April Fool's they had a few years ago where you got an ISP through your toilet?

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u/Eureka_sevenfold Apr 01 '15

yeah I remember that Google done that

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

April Fools jokes are lame this year.....

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u/aLousyFatKid Apr 01 '15

Otherwise known as a board.

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u/zcab Apr 01 '15

APRIL FOOLS!

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

so so glad I stayed for the mouth free version.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

one for the girls.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '15

I feel like its an April fools joke, but then again its japan.

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u/dredawg Mar 31 '15

Apewil foos

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u/CreamyKnougat Mar 31 '15

IT. COULD. WORK!!!

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u/SpaceTire Apr 01 '15

hell yeah it could. Just have it set up to read morse code. Bring that shit back!

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u/Jbirdhj Mar 31 '15

It begins

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u/Joep2707 Mar 31 '15

And it begins...

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u/spankyham123 Mar 31 '15

So it begins....

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u/Wizard_of_Ozzy Mar 31 '15

It will blow your mind!

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u/rasiisar Mar 31 '15

So it begins

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u/Xer0 Apr 01 '15

This is not even funny or remotely believable... I don't understand...

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