Back in high school, my stepbrother and I got the idea to dress up like ninjas and sneak out at night to stick motivational messages under the windshield wipers of cars around the neighborhood.

Our hope was that when the recipients woke up in the morning and found a small piece of paper on their windshield with “You’re an amazing person!” or “Have a great day!” written on them, they’d be able to stay positive through another long day of work.

Dressing up as ninjas was completely unrelated; we just thought ninjas were cool.

Earlier this week, a Japanese man had criminal charges filed against him for pulling a similar stunt, hoping to spread a little happiness to the public by posting pages of his own hand-drawn erotic manga (comics) to cars parked in a private parking lot.

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