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Japanese Turning To "Therapeutic Ringtones"

indiavision writes "A host of young Japanese are drawn to the allure of 'therapeutic ringtones' — a genre of melodies that promises to ease a range of day-to-day gripes, from chronic insomnia to a rotten hangover. Developed by Matsumi Suzuki, the head of the Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory, an eight-year-old subsidiary of the Japan Acoustic Laboratory, the tones are a hit with housewives as well as teenagers."

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  1. It's pronounced "fewer" by Jeff-reyy · · Score: 1, Funny

    As in "I wish there were fewer illiterate retards on Slashdot."

    1. Re:It's pronounced "fewer" by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Shouldn't the first letter of a sentence be capitalized?

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  2. Re:Quackery by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a therapeutic ringtone.

  3. Re:So... by swanzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the Japanese for "There's a sucker born every minute"?

    Sony.

  4. Re:Cultural Gap by madpansy · · Score: 2, Funny

    So you're saying housewives and teenagers across America are alerted to calls by the sound of Free Bird, and not Ke$sha? There's hope for this country yet.

  5. Re:Nasal blaster by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Funny

    That settles it. Gotta have that one. Any sound powerful enough to dislodge pollen from one's sinuses has got to be a dangerous weapon.

    I take it you missed the part about having to keep your cellphone in one nostril?

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