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dahmers love zombie		2013-04-09 07:45:16 AM

3 votes:

TotalFark.

Harry Freakstorm		2013-04-09 08:28:33 AM

2 votes:

Harry Freakstorm's new book "Life without a Girlfriend: Why they don't want you and you don't need them - so there." The book published by the Xerox copier down the hall and neatly stapled has the following chapters:

Chapter One: Your mommy was right: No girl is good enough for you
Chapter Two: Grooming and Grammar fails. You has them.
Chapter Three: Have you ever seen a 'Happy Husband?' Really? Look again.
Chapter Four: A Concise Breakdown of the Financial Disparity between a Single Man and a Married Man. You Win Every Time/Every Income Bracket.
Chapter Five: Free Porn on the Internet
Chapter Six: More Free Porn on the Internet
Chapter Seven: I am Nowhere Near a Wifi Hotspot. Where's the Free Porn?
Chapter Eight: Friends with Benefits: Find a Smart Nerdette
Chapter Nine: Escaping the Smart Nerdette's Controlling Grasp.
Chapter Ten: Die Anyways

The Stealth Hippopotamus		2013-04-09 07:44:03 AM

2 votes:

Why get him anything? He has everything he needs!

CtrlAltDestroy		2013-04-09 05:58:54 PM

1 votes:

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Things like this fascinate me. Japanese culture seems so hung up on reputation; the fear of shame is a primary social force in their society. Yet they have all these contraptions for lonely people which are utterly shameless (and often outright sad). I've spent just under a month in Japan. Will someone with a deeper understanding of this phenomenon please edify me?

As far as I'm aware, and I may be wrong, otaku, Akiba types, and hikikomori aren't really expected to have much in the way of societal standing or honor. They also usually reject or have no use for the status quo. They're seen as outcasts and even deviants. But they have money that they're willing to burn on their selected lifestyle. So, part of it is outcasts making things for outcasts and part of it is marketing to a willing consumer. When you have no use for reputation or standing then shame ceases to be. You can't be shameless unless you recognize shame. Whatever the Japanese do they tend to do big. This is no exception.