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Paywall - can anyone summarise?

by iamben 11y ago

beat 11y ago
A small, unimportant rail station in Japan was the home of a very popular cat. Her popularity led to great tourist traffic and prosperity for the station, and she was eventually made vice president of the railway and given her own office (really!).
- secfirstmd 11y ago
  A small cat decided to grace some humans with it's presence...and in return generated significant wealth, helped rejuvenate a part of Japan and basked in adoration...all while nonchalantly being a cat and looking down upon us inferior human subjects...
  - iamben 11y ago
    And thanks folks!
  - Dotnaught 11y ago
    The cat perhaps reminds Japanese travelers of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, in which a foundling brings prosperity to her adoptive home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter
  - beat 11y ago
    Mostly, the cat just looks to me like a calico we recently adopted. Her name is Kashmir, but I mostly call her Queen Princess Jerkface. Charm isn't really one of her strengths.
    - secfirstmd 11y ago
      Good god...I hope you do it out of earshot of Queen Princess Jerkface? Otherwise you are in for trouble...
    - DrStalker 11y ago
      Tortoiseshells are the crazy redheads of the cat world.
      - mst 11y ago
        And then there's me, who enjoys the Persian breed's motto - "Live imperiously, die inconventiently".
stronglikedan 11y ago
I didn't get a paywall, but here's the Google cache version for you, if you want to read the whole article (someone else summarized for you already): http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21656623-tama-stationmaster-kishi-station-and-vice-president-wakayama-electric-railway-died http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
- iamben 11y ago
  Marvellous, thank you!
  - azakai 11y ago
    You can also open links like this in a private browsing window (works for me in firefox, probably would work in others too). The economist website appears to decide you deserve a paywall based on cookies or other tracking.
    - saryant 11y ago
      There's is smarter than that. Private browsing won't always get around their paywall.

Paywall - can anyone summarise?

by iamben 11y ago

Paywall - can anyone summarise?

beat 11y ago

A small, unimportant rail station in Japan was the home of a very popular cat. Her popularity led to great tourist traffic and prosperity for the station, and she was eventually made vice president of the railway and given her own office (really!).

secfirstmd 11y ago
A small cat decided to grace some humans with it's presence...and in return generated significant wealth, helped rejuvenate a part of Japan and basked in adoration...all while nonchalantly being a cat and looking down upon us inferior human subjects...
- iamben 11y ago
  And thanks folks!
- Dotnaught 11y ago
  The cat perhaps reminds Japanese travelers of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, in which a foundling brings prosperity to her adoptive home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter
- beat 11y ago
  Mostly, the cat just looks to me like a calico we recently adopted. Her name is Kashmir, but I mostly call her Queen Princess Jerkface. Charm isn't really one of her strengths.
  - secfirstmd 11y ago
    Good god...I hope you do it out of earshot of Queen Princess Jerkface? Otherwise you are in for trouble...
  - DrStalker 11y ago
    Tortoiseshells are the crazy redheads of the cat world.
    - mst 11y ago
      And then there's me, who enjoys the Persian breed's motto - "Live imperiously, die inconventiently".

stronglikedan 11y ago

I didn't get a paywall, but here's the Google cache version for you, if you want to read the whole article (someone else summarized for you already): http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21656623-tama-stationmaster-kishi-station-and-vice-president-wakayama-electric-railway-died http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

iamben 11y ago
Marvellous, thank you!
- azakai 11y ago
  You can also open links like this in a private browsing window (works for me in firefox, probably would work in others too). The economist website appears to decide you deserve a paywall based on cookies or other tracking.
  - saryant 11y ago
    There's is smarter than that. Private browsing won't always get around their paywall.