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Posted by Oona McGee

https://soranews24.com/2025/10/06/7-eleven-smoothie-gets-perfect-reviews-but-we-find-a-flaw-in-the-viral-convenience-store-drink/

https://soranews24.com/?p=713895

New konbini find becomes a hit with locals and overseas tourists alike, but is it really worth the hype?

Japanese convenience stores are constantly adding new products to their extensive ranges, and just last month, a new item appeared at 7-Eleven, garnering rave reviews.

Simply called the “Banana Milk Smoothie“, the new drink has become popular with locals and overseas tourists, and when we checked it out online, we couldn’t find a single bad review, with customers leaving comments like:

“It’s seriously delicious!”
“Definitely my new go-to!”
“A genius-level banana smoothie.”
“If you like bananas, you’ll go crazy for this.”
“My favourite amongst all of 7-Eleven’s smoothies so far.”

We’ve long been singing the praises of the chain’s smoothies, which come in a number of flavours like acai and sweet potato, so we were keen to find out if the banana version would live up to the hype.

Priced at 330 yen (US$2.25), the new smoothie uses “Kanjukuoh” (“Kanjuku King” or “Fully Ripe King”) bananas, a famous brand from the Philippines that makes use of fruit that would otherwise go to waste due to irregular size or skin blemishes.

▼ Helping to reduce food waste, one smoothie at a tine.

Like previous smoothies, this one is sold as a cup of frozen fruit in the freezer section.

After paying for it at the register, simply rip off the lid and place it in the smoothie machine on the counter for mixing.

▼ After a couple of minutes of whirring, the smoothie was ready to drink, and we were ready to give it a taste.

Taking a sip, we were immediately sold on the flavour. The deliciousness was totally undeniable, with a perfect amount of sweetness that seemed like it was purely from the banana pieces. This natural sweetness gave it a refreshing aftertaste while the smooth, creamy texture imparted an intense richness, creating a perfectly balanced blend of texture and flavour.

After trying it, we could understand why a drink this good had no negative reviews, and just as we were about to give it a perfect rating ourselves, our discerning palate realised there actually was one fault that nobody had previously mentioned.

▼ The straw tends to get clogged, making it difficult to drink.

The blockages are caused by pieces of banana that fail to be fully pulverized by the machine, so although the fresh fruit provides quality freshness, it does get in the way of fully enjoying the drink.

Still, these occasional blockages don’t affect the delicious flavour, and if you’re of the mindset that fruit pieces add extra texture to your smoothie, what is a near-perfect beverage in our book might end up being your perfect beverage.

Either way, it’s a delicious smoothie that’s well worth trying, and we love the convenience of being able to buy it at 7-Eleven whenever we get a fruit craving.

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Posted by John Kovalic

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torachan

1. We saw Adam Conover live tonight and it was a great show. I wasn't expecting opening acts, but there was one musical act (which was kind of meh) and then three opening comics, all of whom were great. The music was Bandwave, and the opening comics were Sammy Mowrey, River Butcher, and Chris Fleming.

2. Molly is such a sweetie.

fairyniamh

Crossposts: https://fairyniamh.insanejournal.com/405152.html

Quote:

"The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day."

"The fact that you touched somebody's soul or made them laugh-that's a wonderful thing."

~ Gerard Butler

Horror Movie music:

The Lost Boys: Cry Little Sister (Theme From The Lost Boys) – By Gerard McMann

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This week's word is

Facetious

adjective

fa·ce·tious, fə-ˈsē-shəs

1. Joking or jesting often inappropriately; treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

'Just being facetious.'

2.Meant to be humorous or funny: not serious

'A facetious remark.'

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Title: Dread and Dream
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters/Ship: Apollo
Rating: G

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Current feeling: blah

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bluegansey

Current feeling: cheerful
Currently listening: Bored to Death - blink-182

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the_siobhan

Current feeling: sisyphus

Weekend was less productive than hoped, or at least less productive at the specific things I wanted to finish. Daughter ended up only being able to come on Thursday and I got stuck in a meeting until late. There's always stuff for her to pick away at, but the This-Needs-More-Than-Two-Hands jobs only got a couple of hours of dedicated time.

That was enough time to take off the old light fixtures and find out that the new ones I bought fit perfectly into the short narrow spaces available. Unfortunately the base of the new lights is a couple of centimetres smaller than that of the old ones - and the original installation was done by cutting holes in the walls that were of a size just barely able to be covered by the old fixtures. So once again I am fixing holes in plaster because apparently this is my life now.

This is mostly annoying because I have to turn the power off to the room because I'm working around dangling wires. So I'm plastering & painting with one hand and holding my phone up for light with the other. Somewhere around here I know I have some flashlights that are small enough I can hold it in my mouth so I can use both hands - but you think I can find them?

Then I looked at the bathroom and decided it looked really patchy so I slapped another layer of paint on it. Looks much better. The only thing left to paint is the doors.

To Do List: Tomorrow I will follow up with the engineer (AGAIN), and hit the hardware store. (Maybe I'll see if they have one of those headlamp deals.)

I should also call an electrician to install the two exterior lights, one was missed completely and the second was set up with an interior box instead of an outdoor one. I might also call the guy who installed the storm door for the kitchen and see if he can get one on the basement door because I am tired of flies and mosquitos coming in every time I open the door. It's a weird size, but he might be able to special order something.

And then I have a cancer screen that's way overdue, and my doctor sent me the name of a therapist she recommends that I should follow up on, and I started cleaning out my closet this weekend so I can start going through the stacks of boxes out of the top floor and finding homes for things. (So far I found two big bags of Darrell's old clothing and a whole-ass guitar I didn't know about.)

silver_chipmunk

Current feeling: sleepy

The alarm went off at 10:00 but I dozed until 11:00. Then I got up and had breakfast and coffee, and I put in a Shipt order.

I killed time and wrote a little until 1:30, when I went to the Starsky and Hutch Creative Work session, and hung out there for the rest of the day. I had fun and got more writing done. The story is almost done now.

We stopped at 5:30, a bit early but we were all slowing down. I wrote a little bit more, and wited til 7:00 when I tried to Team the FWiB.

More technical difficulties. I practically had to jump through hoops to get the Teams working. Finally did and we talked til 8:30.

Then we got off, and I called Middle Brother. He hasn't done much of anything, but he's looking forward to Halloween of course. He wants to be a stormtrooper from Star Wars.

Then I had dinner, and went to lie down in the bedroom. I called

mashfanficchick and we made plans for tomorrow. We're going in to Manhattan to hang around.

I started playing solitaire but got so sleepy I closed my eyes and ended up dozing til 11:00, way past pet feeding time! I don't know why I was so tired. I woke up and saw the time, and got up and fed the pets.

Then I started here, and here I am.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Middle Brother's group home.

3. Plans for tomorrow.

4. Got writing done.

5. Flamingo emailed and is arranging my raffle basket shipment.

6. Bed soon.

thistleingrey

The Luminos and Architexture projects are still in the freezer, and Luminos will remain on hold until I figure out how to edit for shoulder bones. Working on the Cedarvale wrap hurts my hands a bit, so I haven't been. Lille Kolding, brought out only when I'd like to knit something requiring no attention, is in its final segment.

I've reached the last increase on the current cardigan WIP's first cuff-up sleeve, about my handwidth below where I'd want the lower edge of an armhole to be. That's a good place to pause it and knit something else for a few weeks. When the second sleeve catches up to it, they'll wait, capless, while I start the body section. If I end up going up a pattern size near the shoulder, best to edit the relevant pieces in parallel, not months apart.

(New: sometimes my hands report tendon pain directly! Great signal to take breaks! I've missed it! In other words, 3.5 distinct sources of hand pain began invisibly during 2020! I had tendon-overuse issues before then, but much less often, and flares were accompanied by the pain-reporting that one would expect.)

In effect, everything is on hold while I start Sundial with better icord edges and different scrappy colors from what the pattern photos show. ( small nattering )

(Some stashbust-compatible patterns that my 2019 hands could've made:
Persian Dreams,
Pixie Square,
Color Waves,
Persian Tiles,
Murano,
Ipsa,
Geo Groove,
Lizard Ridge)

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Posted by Master Blaster

https://soranews24.com/2025/10/06/japanese-banks-irked-by-people-stealing-free-atm-envelops-and-selling-them-online/

https://soranews24.com/?p=713945

Pushing the envelope of public decency.

It seems like not a week goes by that another unusual thing is found being sold through Japanese online flea market service Mercari. In the past, we’ve seen things like ultrasound photos and curses go up for sale, but those things at least have some subjective value. This time, our featured commodity not only violates common business sense, but also the law.

Those little envelopes given away next to ATMs for you can slip your cash into are currently being sold, often in sets of about 150 for around 300 yen (US$2). However, you’d be lucky to get your hands on some this way because they always seem to be sold out too.

This is strange for a couple of reasons. First, these envelopes can be gotten for free from most ATMs as a service to people who want to organize their bills or keep them in good condition for use as gifts.

▼ Payments are also often made with the money in envelopes because it’s more discreet, as this demure gentleman is demonstrating.

Second, on Mercari, the shipping is paid by the seller. Assuming one envelope weighs about one gram, 150 would weigh about 150 grams, which by Japan Post rates, would cost 270 yen to send. As a result, the seller netted a whopping 30 yen ($0.20) in profit. That’s a generous estimate too, because in the likely event a single envelope weighs more than one gram, they’ll be selling at a loss.

Next, we have the matter of how these envelopes are acquired in the first place, which presumably involves just walking into a bank and yanking a pile of them off the rack. Japan Post, which also operates as a bank with ATMs, confirmed that there have been cases of “large-scale thefts” involving their envelopes for the past few years. Meanwhile, many people online have complained that their local banks often run out of envelopes and are now beginning to see why.

“I wondered if something like this was the reason there never seem to be envelopes when I go to the ATM.”
“This works because there are people buying something they can get for free. This is the sellers’ fault, but buyers should think more carefully about their purchases.”
“It’s sad to see services disappear because of people with no common sense like this.”
“I just switched to Japan Post because my old bank stopped offering envelopes.”
“It seems like you can get a better deal at a 100-yen store. I don’t know who’s selling and buying these, but it’s a sad world we live in.”
“I work at a convenience store, and it happens there too. Almost as soon as I refill them, they all disappear.”
“I’m a bank teller, and I’ve actually had people come up to me and ask for a bundle of envelopes. That’s not how it works!”
“If they’re provided for free, is it still theft?”

In past cases involving people taking too many free chopsticks or 12 kilograms of free ice from supermarkets, theft charges were filed. Even though they’re offered for free, there is an intended use, such as for eating meals bought from the supermarket or keeping frozen foods frozen. In both cases of accused theft, the use would seem to be stockpiling and lord knows what with the ice. Similarly, taking envelopes for the purpose of reselling them is absolutely outside of their intended use and a clear-cut case of theft.

It’s also conceivable that the buyer of these envelopes is criminally liable. A case could be made that a reasonable person should assume that 150 unused bank envelopes being sold were acquired illegally and thus they were knowingly accepting stolen goods.

It’s unlikely legal action will be taken beyond Mercari prohibiting the sale of bank envelopes, though, simply because the value is so low. Then again, we have seen police in Japan track a guy who stole some ground beef halfway across the country, so it’s not completely out of the question.

Source: J-Cast News, Yahoo! Japan News, Japan Post, Joshi SPA, Otona Answer
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It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!

Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

cmk418 posting in

sweetandshort

Title: The Trouble with Immortality
Fandom: What We Do in the Shadows
Character: Laszlo Cravensworth (with Guillermo de la Cruz)
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 196
Prompt: Immortality
Summary: Laszlo tells Guillermo that being immortal isn't all it's cracked up to be

( The Trouble with Immortality )

mistressofmuses

Current feeling: tired
Current location: my apartment

Part two of the monthlyish pet pics! This time devoted to the coldblooded vertebrates.

This time we have:

Berry Mad!

In her most fashionable hat!

(You can see right in front of her that she has started to dig the water out of her pond to make mud for herself. Previously, she would push her dirt into the pond to make mud, but apparently this year, she has decided she likes this way better.)

Four more pictures of Berry Mad:

Sittin' in her plant.

Not the clearest, but 'tis the time of year where she starts to burrow.

Toad? What toad? I don't see a toad.

Buried in her self-made mud. But then I dumped crickets in, and she immediately sat up, haha.

Guava Splash!

So small it makes me want to cry.

Three more pictures of Guava Splash:

(This picture is from Alex. Showing off the other side of the tiniest frog.)

So small.

This picture is from just yesterday. Tiny frog is looking a little chubby!
(Which is actually a relief... I was worried about getting something so small to eat enough to stay healthy.)

And mom and Taylor's garter snake, who has been named Ripley!

(Ripley, because she looks "ripple-y" when she moves, but also because Alien is great.)

She's so cute. She likes her little plant.

Just one more of Ripley:

I love her and her cute little face.

labingi posting in

books

Continuing the Mabinogion Tetrology discussion started here.

Walton's adaptation of the Fourth Branch of the Welsh Mabinogi is her first major book, written in the 1930s, and this may be why it's a bit rough. It also inherits an oddly structured, complex story and navigates it faithfully. It's an ambitious attempt at adding modern psychological depth and realism to this tale, and it's a great idea but not successfully executed, in my opinion. For me as a non-Welsh, lay reader, this is an endeavor that deserves to be redone. The potential is there, but the story falters for two main reasons: too much telling vs. showing and the fact that it's just hard to write a compelling story about unlikable characters.

See my previous post for a spoilery summary. Spoilery thoughts follow... ( Read more... )

mistressofmuses posting in

writethisfanfic

Apologies for the late post; long workday.

So the question is...

Poll #33692

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

View Respondents

What are your writing plans for this week?

View Answers

I have an existing WIP (or multiples!) that I plan to work on!
4 (100.0%)

I'm planning to start a new project!
1 (25.0%)

This week is going to be all about planning!
1 (25.0%)

I have non-writing projects that are likely to absorb my week!
1 (25.0%)

Something else!
0 (0.0%)

Here's to another week, and hopefully getting to everything we hope to!

ysabetwordsmith

Current feeling: busy

Tonight we did our esbat ritual on attracting new folks to the coven. We used the intention board, which has a "seed of life" motif and different labels that can be added. It's kind of the mystical equivalent of a breadboard in science -- something you can plug in different things to generate diverse effects. :D

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soranews24_feed - 7-Eleven smoothie gets perfect reviews but we find a flaw in the viral convenience store drink
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