Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Japanese Turning To "Therapeutic Ringtones"

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-two-calls-and-see-me-in-the-morning dept.

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."

3 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. 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.

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

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

    Sony.

    --
    0 = 1 + e^(Alt something)
  3. Re:It's pronounced "fewer" by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    --
    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.