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1 | Japan's Corporate Slaves Put Humor to Hard Work | 「社畜」のためのブラックユーモア |
2 | [All links lead to Japanese language pages, except when noted otherwise] With a twist of humor, moral and technical support has been pouring in across social media sites for Japan's “corporate slaves” or shachiku as they are referred to in Japanese slang. | 「社畜」とは、「会社」と「家畜」を組み合わせた造語である。 |
3 | There is even an App! | 会社からの給与で生計をたてる会社員の、社に飼い慣らされ自由意志を欠いた状態を指し、皮肉を込めて使われている。 |
4 | It's called “Friends of Shachiku“. | 先日は、Twitterで#社畜死亡かるたのハッシュタグがブームになった。「 |
5 | The application allows shachikus to automatically “like” and “share” their boss's Facebook posts. | 社畜」が「死亡する」ような状況を短文で作る言葉遊びだ。 |
6 | It also generates bookmark URLs of what their boss has shared or liked on Facebook. | 例えば、体調を崩さずにはいられない過酷な労働に、 |
7 | The app even has a feature that allows you to decide how frequently you want to “like” your boss's post; all you have to do is press the button, “Be a desirable shachiku“. | @Tarodigy い: 胃カメラ飲むまではひよっこ扱い。 |
8 | Hisaju, is the freelance engineer who created this application: | #社畜死亡かるた |
9 | It doesn't intend to be a perfect solution for what your are struggling with at work, or even for your self-esteem. | 残業が当然の有り様に、 |
10 | I made this app in the hopes that people will laugh for a moment when they use this service, and give them a brief respite from their daily struggles. | @hebomegane_sun う 「上の判断をあおがないと定時退社できません」 #社畜死亡かるた |
11 | As of December 12, 2012, “the number of bosses” that users of this application registered was 9,669. | 給与の低さに、 |
12 | A Japanese boxed lunch Bento, with “Gozensama” (a term wives use for their husbands who work late) written on the rice. | @teracy き「給与明細みたくない」 #社畜死亡かるた |
13 | Image by Flickr user Y.S.K.31 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | 飲み会を断れない社内の雰囲気に |
14 | Shachiku is a newly coined mash-up of kaisha and kachiku, which are Japanese for corporation and domestic animal. | @YangZerstoerung 『ま』「また飲み会か…」 #社畜死亡かるた |
15 | The mash-up literally translates to white-collar workers who have been domesticated by corporations and now live off their salaries without free will. | といった、苦い笑いを誘うものばかりである。 |
16 | Playing off the traditional Japanese card deck karuta and the slave-like conditions shachikus endure, in December 2012, the hashtag #社畜死亡かるた (translation: #WordPlayOffShachikuDeath) went viral on Twitter. | 白米に「午前様」(深夜0時以降の帰宅の意)のトッピングがユニークな弁当。 |
17 | (Note: To understand the following tweets you are going to need a crash course in karuta! Karuta cards either have symbols on them (Japanese hiragana alphabets in this case) or proverbs. | イメージ画像提供:FlickrユーザーY.S.K.31 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) |
18 | The following tweets take inspiration from “Iroha Garuta”, a popular karuta game that is played by matching symbols and proverbs. | 投稿をまとめたTogetterのページには以下のようなコメントが寄せられている。 |
19 | So in the following tweets, Twitter users match alphabets with short proverb-like sentences about the shachiku.) For instance, one user described the harsh working conditions that the shachiku endure: | @hiro_britpop 社畜大杉w 泣けてくる → #社畜死亡かるた - Togetter http://togetter.com/li/397644 |
20 | @Tarodigy U: Until you work so hard [that you get ulcers] and have to swallow a gastro-camera, you are just a little boy [that can be ordered around] #WordPlayOffShachikuDeath | @hhhrk このタグ私を見てるみたいで、みんなもそうなんだ! |
21 | Another user referred to bosses who think working over-time is the norm: | と安心しかけたw #社畜死亡かるた |
22 | @hebomegane_sun O: Only special permission can allow you to go home. #WordPlayOfShachikuDeath | @kirinnnn 「うちの会社は誰も文句言ってない」という経営者に見せてみたい。 |
23 | And this user decided to highlight low wages: @teracy P: Paycheck is to stare at and get sad. | RT @work_bpt: #社畜死亡かるた - Togetter http://bit.ly/WJmo1J |
24 | #WordPlayOfShachikuDeath Regarding invitations to after-work socializing: | ユニークなアプリも登場した。 |
25 | @YangZerstoerung N: Not Again. Another obilgatory dinner with the boss. | その名はずばり、「シャチクのミカタ」。 |
26 | #WordPlayOffShachikuDeath All of these tweets invite bitter smile to readers. | このアプリでは、Facebookへの上司の投稿に対し「いいね!」 |
27 | @kirikami used togetter, a tool that aggregates tweets, to create a page on this topic. | ボタンのクリックやシェアを自動で行い、 また、上司がシェアしたURLや「いいね!」 |
28 | The following comments were posted there: | を押したページを自動でブックマークすることができる。 |
29 | @hiro_britpop: LOL. too many “shachiku”. It makes me cry. | 更には、「いいね!」 |
30 | → #Karuta of Shachikus' death (#社畜死亡かるた) - Togetter http://togetter.com/li/397644 | を押したページを自動でリスト化したり、各上司ごとに「いいね!」 |
31 | @hhhrk This hashtag seem to talk about my situation. | の強さを設定できるといった至れり尽くせりの機能も付いている。「 |
32 | I almost felt relieved to know that everyone is like me. #Karuta of Shachikus' death (#社畜死亡かるた) | ログイン」にあたるボタンは「立派な社畜になる」と名付けられている。 |
33 | @kirinnnn: I want to show these tweets to the manager who thinks that “No employee complains in my company” RT @work_bpt: #Karuta of Shachikus' death (#社畜死亡かるた) - Togetter http://bit.ly/WJmo1J | フリーランスのエンジニア、ひさじゅはアプリ制作の意図を、こう説明する。 |
34 | [1] “Gozensama” means to come home after midnight, or a person coming home late. | みなさんがコンプレックスや仕事など何かで悩んでいるときにそれを(アプリで)解消しようとは思ってはいなくて、そのサイトを見てクスっと笑って悩みがその瞬間だけでも和らげるようなサービスがあったらなという思いで作っています。 |
35 | According to a Japanese dictionary of slang it is often used by wives to refer to their late-working husbands. | 2012年12月12日現在、アプリ利用者に登録された「上司数」は9.669人である。 |