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Re: So Japan just built 18. Seriously.

Post by JulieYBM » Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:51 am

Rockman X wrote:I swear Japan is one of the loneliest places on earth. you can get 18 cosplay with a simple google search YET Japan prefers dolls..
Is this an problem? Why is it a problem?

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Post by SpiritBombTriumphant » Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:09 pm

She looks like one of the dolls from those living doll movies, except an adult rather than a toddler. Creepy...
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Rockman X wrote:I swear Japan is one of the loneliest places on earth. you can get 18 cosplay with a simple google search YET Japan prefers dolls..
Is this an problem? What is it a problem?
How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.

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Post by Sandubadear » Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:21 pm

Dude, people in India marry animals and trees. At least in Japan, people are attracted to humanoids.
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Post by Cipher » Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:26 pm

SpiritBombTriumphant wrote:How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
Japan has some major problems with its treatment of sex and women, but in this case, I'm not sure the exact item you're describing would 1) exist, or 2) exist anywhere outside of Akihabara sex shops, which is the equivalent of pasting the seediest parts of Las Vegas sex culture onto the whole of America.

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Post by Polyphase Avatron » Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:37 pm

You know, I always wondered if it would be possible to buy panties in bulk, claim they were used by girls, and sell them to perverts for a profit in Japan...
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Post by SilverPlaqueVII » Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:47 pm

I was surprised. After seeing photos of a real life Jinzoningen #18 built, why not built a real life version of Jinzoningen #17?
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Post by Lord Beerus » Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:02 pm

That is weirdly awesome.

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Post by Faustus » Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:14 pm

SpiritBombTriumphant wrote:How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
Who are "those people", pray tell? Surely you don't mean the people who purchase these items or else you wouldn't be referring merely to the "majority" but to all such people indiscriminately. I can only infer, then, that you mean the bulk of the Japanese population as a whole, in which case -- well, geez, besides just being a gross, ill-founded generalization -- I just never thought I would witness such blatant othering on this board of all places. Try to be a little more sensitive with your wording.

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SpiritBombTriumphant wrote:She looks like one of the dolls from those living doll movies, except an adult rather than a toddler. Creepy...
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Rockman X wrote:I swear Japan is one of the loneliest places on earth. you can get 18 cosplay with a simple google search YET Japan prefers dolls..
Is this an problem? What is it a problem?
How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
Oh, come on! I also don't understand these freaky fetishes as well as I doesn't understand mindless otakus and people who adore everything Japanese, but mind you, I know lots of people from there (mostly musicians and I have recorded EP with two of them) plus my wife is Japanologist. They have different culture background and manners, but they are the same people like you and me. We discuss the same stuff, going trough the same problems in life.
I also doesn't understand the Christian hypocrisy and lot of weird stuff in America, but that doesn't entitle me to call America weird or worthless and damn the whole nation because of few freaks.

I do understand where this Japanese doll obsession comes from, as it is traditional and ancient.

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Post by huzaifa_ahmed » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:33 pm

I'm coming in late, but it's to be noted that a large part of the insanity that appears to be Japanese culture is due to how the foreign doors were opened. It's got something to do with WWII, I think, but summarized, it's basically that European/American culture and Japanese culture were simply unable to communicate, we were so different. What ended up happening is that we bastardized (and retarded progression of) the Japanese culture into a completely different direction (that we still don't understand).

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Post by Polyphase Avatron » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:56 pm

SilverPlaqueVII wrote:I was surprised. After seeing photos of a real life Jinzoningen #18 built, why not built a real life version of Jinzoningen #17?
Why stop there? Build a real-life Cell. But he has to be made with genetic engineering like the real one.
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SpiritBombTriumphant wrote:
How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
People who hurt others and cause violence, destruction and death, those people are screwed up. Do the japanese who you are criticizing do that? No, they don't. You are just criticizing what seems weird to you, even though there's nothing actually wrong with it, just a different preference regarding social/sexual interaction and entertainment. America, with all its gun violence, crime and whatnot ends up being clearly more screwed up.

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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:33 am

rereboy wrote:
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How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
People who hurt others and cause violence, destruction and death, those people are screwed up. Do the japanese who you are criticizing do that? No, they don't. You are just criticizing what seems weird to you, even though there's nothing actually wrong with it, just a different preference regarding social/sexual interaction and entertainment. America, with all its gun violence, crime and whatnot ends up being clearly more screwed up.
Might I question why gun violence is worse than any other form of violence? Why single that out specifically?

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Post by rereboy » Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:59 am

Pokewhiz7 wrote:
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How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
People who hurt others and cause violence, destruction and death, those people are screwed up. Do the japanese who you are criticizing do that? No, they don't. You are just criticizing what seems weird to you, even though there's nothing actually wrong with it, just a different preference regarding social/sexual interaction and entertainment. America, with all its gun violence, crime and whatnot ends up being clearly more screwed up.
Might I question why gun violence is worse than any other form of violence? Why single that out specifically?
I talked about it simply as an example, but, obviously, gun violence is the most lethal kind of violence there is due to the extremely high chances of people dying when it does occur, so it's worthy of being singled out.

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Post by JulieYBM » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:38 pm

SpiritBombTriumphant wrote:
How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
The majority of the nation of Japan is 'fucked up'? Why? Why are any of these things pathetic? You're just claiming they are without backing up your argument with any sort of authority.

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rereboy wrote:I talked about it simply as an example, but, obviously, gun violence is the most lethal kind of violence there is due to the extremely high chances of people dying when it does occur, so it's worthy of being singled out.
There are plenty of other forms of violence which are equally as lethal. I was simply getting the impression that you singled out gun violence over other forms, such as knife violence, which is a huge issue in e.g. the UK, because you hated guns or something and wanted to throw that in there.

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Post by rereboy » Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:43 am

Pokewhiz7 wrote:There are plenty of other forms of violence which are equally as lethal.
No, there aren't. No weapon is more effective at killing people than guns, except bombs and bigger guns. Knifes aren't nearly as effective at killing nor does its violence result in deaths as easily.
I was simply getting the impression that you singled out gun violence over other forms, such as knife violence, which is a huge issue in e.g. the UK, because you hated guns or something and wanted to throw that in there.
I'm just saying that guns are simply the deadliest weapons there are (except bombs), which is a fact, and makes it worthy of standing out. The UK might have a problem with knifes, which is a terrible and serious issue, but just how many more people would have died in the UK if every single case of knife violence had been a case of gun violence instead?

Not to mention that knives are much more than weapons, they are common and essential tools, so a society can't hardly be blamed for allowing the use and existence of a great number of knifes, just like it couldn't be blamed for allowing the existence of plenty of crowbars or large pieces of wood which can be used as very effective weapons. But one that allows the existence of plenty of guns...? Well, that's another issue altogether since guns only serve to kill and are the most effective thing that exists at killing.

Compared to these issues of violence, something like what the japanese choose to do for entertainment or regarding social and sexual interactions, which (almost always) doesn't harm anyone, is hardly relevant. That's what "screwed up" is, hurting and killing people, not what the japanese do for entertainment or regarding social and sexual interactions.
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Post by SpiritBombTriumphant » Tue Sep 22, 2015 6:46 am

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SpiritBombTriumphant wrote:How pathetic they are. Heck, I know someone who went to Japan. He said he saw a pocket p---y vending machine, and it had labels for the ages of what it was modeled after. What were those ages? 6, 9, and 12. Not to mention someone from that country married a video game character. The country may be where Dragon Ball Z and other amazing entertainment have come from, but the majority of those people are fucked up.
Japan has some major problems with its treatment of sex and women, but in this case, I'm not sure the exact item you're describing would 1) exist, or 2) exist anywhere outside of Akihabara sex shops, which is the equivalent of pasting the seediest parts of Las Vegas sex culture onto the whole of America.

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Well that's a relief. I thought it was a commonplace thing throughout Japan. The guy who mentioned it never said where in Japan he was, just that he was in Japan. I hope you're right. And to the other guy who mentioned India... Japan treats sex and prepubescent girls in much creepier forms than India would. Despite marrying a tree or something I think I would prefer them over Japan's sex culture.

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