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    Image of EBone EBone
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    From the article: "Every night, Karada-chan and at least two other animated preteens, drawn with large pink nipples and exaggerated labia, share a mattress with Momo, one on each side and another on top... "Her existence to me is like daughter, younger sister and bride all put into one." Does he have sex with her? "Yes."

    Dude, that's fucked up right there.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/23/09

    @EBone: It makes me hug my brain, and shake my sanity's hand.
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    07/23/09

    @EBone: The REAL question is whether or not it's a love/hate thing. Does he sex them and then sob or call them whores. He loves them because they will never leave him but he hates them because they could never love him.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    07/23/09

    @Skeetz: Forget the real love angle, they're supposed to be 10-12 year old little girls, and he fucks them while thinking of them as daughters, sisters and brides. That's FUCKED UP.
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    Image of 2-7offsuit is ioos 2-7offsuit is ioos
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    Your article doesn't even tell me where to get one of these awesome pillows.
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    Image of selfprofessedgeek selfprofessedgeek
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    it's not even a real picture of a girl, it's anime... sad to think we keep giving Japan money b/c they give us toys/electronics and then they turn around and get anime body pillow girlfriends...
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    Image of Monkey Bars Monkey Bars
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    Why is it always such young looking girls? The anime trend of portraying these girls in provocative roles is something to be looked at, because these men could be developing a fetish for something that is unattainable.
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    Image of ryno365 ryno365
    07/23/09

    @Monkey Bars:

    Not only that but why are there eyes so damn big? Anime eyes take up like 3/4ths of the head.
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    MrBangBam promoted this comment ryno365 was starred ryno365 was unstarred
    Image of downshift521 downshift521
    07/23/09

    @ryno365:

    actually the large eyes started from Walt Disney. it better portrays emotion
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    Image of Augenblick Augenblick
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow

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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment MrBangBam approved this comment Augenblick was starred Augenblick was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    all i know is, i DO kind of want to fuck the esurance chick.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/23/09

    @nutbastard: I think you basically voiced all of our thoughts. They got rid of the dude in those commercials for a good reason.
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    Image of Digo Digo
    07/23/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I wonder if there are people signing up for esurance just so they could say that she kind of fucked them.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    07/23/09

    @nutbastard: You're apparently one of many....

    Google Images
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    Image of FightingChance FightingChance
    07/23/09

    @Digo: Her name is Erin Esurance, thank you, and I will not have her good name dragged into this bawdy discussion. She is a lady and will be treated as such.

    *swoon*
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    07/23/09

    @Digo: Then did I kind of get fucked by Jasmine and the little Mermaid because I own those movies? If so, sweeeeeeet!!
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    Image of Digo Digo
    07/23/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: I meant because they got ripped off. But hey, if you think Disney movies are overpriced then yes, yes you did.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    07/23/09

    @nutbastard: There's a whole fan base of guys who are in love with Flo, the Progressive Insurance commercial spokesperson. Google it.

    At least that's a real woman.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/23/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: But she's a mermaid.

    Why couldn't they put the fish part on the top, and the lady part on the bottom?!
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    Image of redman042 redman042
    07/23/09

    @EBone: I know, that cracks me up. She's just a fairly plain looking woman with a TON of makeup on, but I guess there's something about her (not for me, but for some).
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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    07/23/09

    @nutbastard: I... don't even know what to say... you sir deserve not a star, but like... a planet or something.

    Also, heart.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment SJRNWT was starred SJRNWT was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/23/09

    @SJRNWT: But stars are generally bigger than planets.
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    Image of Digo Digo
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    I was gonna come in here and criticize, but man, that pillow's really hot. You think she's really going out with that ugly dude, or do you think I have a chance?
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    Image of BeerManMike BeerManMike
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    Strap a fleshlight to it and its no longer a pillow case, but a population control device!
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    Just the fact that they have words for these people in their vocabulary (otaku and hikikomori) proves how deeply rooted the problem is.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    Looks like Jason Chen brought back some odd mementos with his Time Banana.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 07/23/09 4:31 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    Maybe Japanese women are really uptight? I’ve always wondered what trying to get laid in Japan would be like.
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    07/23/09

    @nutbastard: Having seen pics from Roppongi and all the freaky cosplay stuff, I'm not sure "uptight" is the right word for the chicks in Japan. I'm inclined to lay the blame for the lack of gettin' together on the male gender.
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    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    07/23/09

    @nutbastard: A piece of cake for a white man. My husband was treated like a god there and could get with almost any woman he wanted.
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    Image of SacGamer SacGamer
    07/23/09

    @thePrototype: I was under the impression that foreigners were shunned pretty heavily in the actual country.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/23/09

    @thePrototype:

    *REALLY*?

    if it weren't for their draconian government, i'd be there. i've ALWAYS wanted to bang a japanese chick, or any asian for that matter. but they, along with black girls, have yet to materialize in my bed.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/23/09

    @SacGamer:

    it's likely the naughtiness of fucking a white man that makes it hot for them.
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    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    07/23/09

    @SacGamer: They don't like foreigners living there, but they love them visiting :)

    @nutbustard Iknow what you are talking about, we've been trying to hook up with a black chick forever with no luck :(
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    If I can't fuck it I can't love it.

    edit: sorry that came off brash.. what i mean to say is that if a pillow doesn't even have holes for insertion and the relationship is to be platonic and heavy petting at best then what the hell I'm getting a cat.
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    Edited by Skeetz at 07/23/09 4:25 PM Skeetz was starred Skeetz was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/23/09

    @Skeetz:

    " if a pillow doesn't even have holes for insertion and the relationship is to be platonic and heavy petting at best then what the hell I'm getting a cat. "

    kind of disturbing since the cat does have the requisite holes...
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    07/23/09

    @Skeetz: Because a cat has holes?

    When I signed the adoption papers for mine, I think I actually had to swear I wouldn't use those. Then again, if you are gonna fuck a cat, I don't suppose lying on a certification to Cat's Cradle is gonna stop you either.
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    Image of Maxx Craves: Maxx Craves:
    07/23/09

    @Skeetz: Here kitty kitty kitty.
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    07/23/09

    @AmphetamineCrown: @nutbastard: Kind of opened myself up to that one.. but I DID say platonic.. but i also said i couldn't love it unless.. oh gawd
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    Edited by Skeetz at 07/23/09 4:39 PM Skeetz was starred Skeetz was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/23/09

    @AmphetamineCrown:

    yeah i dont think any cat fuckers are losing sleep over that ethical dilemma.
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    Image of ryno365 ryno365
    07/23/09

    In reply to Japan's 2-D Lovers: Falling In Love with a Body Pillow
    Wow. And I thought people in the U.S. were screwed up...
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment ryno365 was starred ryno365 was unstarred
    Image of Gene Gemperline Gene Gemperline
    07/23/09

    @ryno365: well, to be fair - there are plenty of people with similar disorders in the US. The thing that makes it notable in this case is that the object of affection is almost universal across the afflicted.

    for comparisons sake, there are those that can only imagine themselves with cartoon animals.
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    nutbastard promoted this comment iEro-Sennin approved this comment Gene Gemperline was starred Gene Gemperline was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/23/09

    @ryno365: And indeed they are, because while they'll publicly lambaste Japan for their odd assortment of lolitastic nonsense, many Americans eat this stuff up faster than a free Applebee's dinner.
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    07/23/09


    @ryno365: The US can be hard to beat though..
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    Edited by Skeetz at 07/23/09 4:34 PM Skeetz was starred Skeetz was unstarred
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