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Japanese company lets you rent a “scary person” to intimidate strangers - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 32 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

However, in late August, the business’s website posted a message saying their services had ended “due to various circumstances.”

Saved you a click. This is the third line from the end, of course.

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Well thats not a very fun reasoning

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 points 2 hours ago

Yeah. Pretty anticlimactic. Way too easy to abuse this business idea, though, so I’m not complaining.