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Toilet meal (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Toilet meal (便所飯, benjo-meshi) is a Japanese social phenomenon referring to the act of an individual eating a meal in a toilet room.

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[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Gasp because they don't have any friends and their ostracized from the social norms that they feel they're outside of. So they pick the most private and secluded space that they can in order to try and do the most basic thing that we need to do on a daily basis.