Buzz·Posted on Oct 30, 201319 Awesomely Impractical Japanese InventionsChindōgu (n.): The Japanese art of inventing gadgets that are seemingly useful but too absurd to actually use.by Erin ChackBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. For incognito sleeping on the subway: 2. For keeping your hair out of your food while doing an impression of a pink lion: 3. For all those surprise rain storms that happen in the office: 4. For keeping your shoes dry in the rain without compromising style: 5. For a buttering your bread or moisturizing your lips with a tasty balm: 6. For DIY panoramas or taking inconspicuous creep shots of people behind you. 7. For inserting eyedrops or showing off a cool new way to funnel beers. 8. To make use of that baby you have lying around your home: 9. For everyone who wears pants without pockets: 10. Because tool sheds are sooo overrated. 11. For soup that's too hot or chopsticks that are just too darn light. 12. For the absolute quickest way to ctrl + alt + delete (or shift + X + 3, or caps lock + S + 6, etc.): 13. For allergy season or anytime you eat Chipotle: 14. For collecting rainwater or making walking in the rain a much heavier ordeal than it needs to be: 15. For squishing bugs at a distance and then trampling their guts throughout your home as a warning to other bugs: 16. For cleaning up the bug guts after you've made your point clear to his friends: 17. For when you forgot your lighter but remembered your magnifying glass and stand: 18. For that itch you just can't scratch without a little help from your friend who loves to play Battleship: 19. In case you ever need to apply your lipstick while riding a bumpy wooden roller coaster at an S&M convention: