Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
It’s because … uh … they sort of are.
The trend, which has spawned a little industry of specialist lunch providers, reflects the desire of many South Korean fans to nourish their idols rather than just shower them with gifts they probably don’t want.
“Eat rice, cheer up and be strong, that’s the message I am sending them,” said Chung Kyung-young, the 38-year-old male fan who ordered lunch for A Pink.
That’s not creepy.
At all.
Ms. Kim sticks to specific guidelines when making lunches: Food should be low-fat because most of the recipients are weight-conscious pop stars, and it should taste good even when served cold. She also varies her charges to reduce the burden on younger fans. Her lunch boxes are typically priced from 70,000 won to 150,000 won ($62-$135).
Before you get ahead of yourself, no this doesn’t apply to just Korean netizens, not by a goddamn long shot. Japanese netizens are straight insane and will do shit like setup pillows with their faves on it and put a fleshlight between it and … I’m sure you can figure out what they do.
Point being, so many people out there wonder why there are so many stupid ass netizen stories, and they think to themselves, “My god, these people have to be nuts to do this shit, right?”
Well, yeah.
Well, all that is just mild behavior…
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2012/02/03/idol-otaku-inflict-semen-handshake-on-akb48/
That was proven false in their own comment section.
There’s another thing they love in Asia, bullshit.
:o
I do hope it is false. They have complained about other stuff in the past: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2011/09/13/akb48-rage-at-moral-collapse-of-idol-otaku/
I take everything posted there with a grain of salt.
Oh my god. O__O
I would never even imagine doing that.
fuck you..if fucking my fleshlight while its tucked under my taekyeon pillow is wrong then i dont wanna live on this planet anymore.
The fuck is wrong with those people. I would honestly be afraid to eat any of those meals sent by crazy ass delusional fangirls. I am sure they would even rip out a pigs heart to serve it with their pubic hair to show their oppars “how muuuuuch we lovez them!”.
But I guess you can make tons of money off those bitches. I mean $62-$135 is a lot of money for some food that the idols probably won’t even touch. :D Maybe we should open a website where we sell the pubic hair or used Q-tips of idols – I am sure we can make a deal with a coordi noona who collects that shit. And make a revenue share with her – I bet they don’t earn shit anyways.
You are more fucked up than me, which is an accomplishment.
And here I was sitting here thinking Bieber fans were insane. Well they got nothing on asia lol.
“I am so proud. It feels like giving nice gifts to your beloved nieces,” said Mr. Chung
I wonder if he feeds his real nieces too
No. They have to starve so that the greater good (Apink) can cheer up.
idk, i don’t think buying lunch is insane? fans usually bought food for all the staffs etc also, don’t they?
and i’m pretty sure some of those lunch businesses are legit.
Subtle “I’ve Done This Before” post.
Sounded weird at first, until I read the WSJ article.
First of all, I think this is a smart business move on the part of the caterers who are providing this service. Whether or not it’s odd for a fan to send gifts (food or otherwise) to their idols, it seems to me that it benefits everyone involved.
The idols (well, A-pink, anyways) seem to appreciate the gesture since they’re probably getting better food than they would ordinarily get and it’s being provided through a trusted intermediary (the food isn’t being handled or prepared by the fans).
The fans are pleased because they feel like they’re making their favorite performers happy. This is probably a more direct way of supporting their idols than just buying their music, since who knows how that money is split up – very little probably reaches the performers themselves.
The management company benefits since that’s one less meal they have to pay for.
Finally, the caterer benefits because they’re most likely getting a premium price for providing the fancy personalized packaging that comes with the meal, in addition to providing the service of coordinating the meals with the management company and performers.
If I were a performer, I think I would prefer this kind of fan support vs the stalker fans who camp out and try to hand random stuff to their idols in person.
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Not criticizing the business.
I would rather donate the money to worthy cause. This is what happens when people without class make too much money too quickly.
So sending solid gold discs and microphones to idols falls under which level of crazy? =P
Institutionalized?
I read somewhere that one of A Pink’s uncle fans, particularly Eunji’s said to her that he likes her so much that sometimes his wife gets jealous. Creep.
Uh…wow.
If I was the recipient I still probably wouldn’t eat it unless someone I knew closely gave it to me >_< You can never tell what's happened to it, right?
Nah, apparently they approve everything now. I think they changed that after TVXQ’s Yunho got poisoned.
Fuck med school, “idol gift shop” is the thing I need to get into.
I know a guy pursuing a masters in anthropology…he’d studying this EXACT thing :) I have to say I’m interested in it too…but he’s not looking for an assistant yet (I imagine grants are hard to come by)
Been there, seen that: they don’t eat any of those fan lunch boxes. Backdancers are allowed tho.
Would seem to make sense, especially if they get a ton of them.
And I remember seeing some 30+ year old uncle fans of A Pink screaming out loud during their recording on Inkigayo. In fact they’re all older guys, don’t remember seeing any kid-teen fanboy in their fanclub seats.
Becoming like Japan then.
:o