Spending time with family and friends during Christmas and New Year’s Day is one of the best things in the world! No, I’m not putting up any of those personal pictures up here. Nor am I gonna talk about certain strange things that have been happening in the country- I’ll leave that to those infamous experts such as Patrick Teoh and Art Harun.
During any festive season, there are bound to be people out there who might feel left out and all alone. Not too long ago in the year 2009, there were believed to have been around 1 million grandparents who would “feel they have been cut out by their families” during Christmas. That’s only in Britain alone. We have yet to include a bunch of other younger people around the world who “feel alone” during every much-commercialized holiday season.
In an old movie released in the year 1987, the movie trailer had the narrator going: In the future, the world has survived… Romance has not…
Perhaps there’s an ironic truth in that little sentence… and that statement was made slightly more than 20 years ago.
Anyway, the picture below is for the benefit of those who've never seen it before... Guess what the picture's all about...
Is it a picture of a slightly-balding guy who just woke up on the streets, clutching his cute little bolster? Or is it a picture of a slightly-balding guy who just won a sexy-looking pillow in a university bicycle race?
Ladies and gents, boys and girls: meet Nisan, a 37-year-old Japanese guy. Nisan is part of a thriving subculture of men and women in Japan who indulge in real relationships with imaginary characters. These 2-D lovers, as they are called, are a subset of "otaku" culture (Source).
The sexy-looking pillow Nisan is lovingly clutching close to his heart is his girlfriend, Nemutan.
Nisan had a real-life girlfriend who left him, something Nemutan isn’t likely to do...
They took touristy pictures under cherry trees, frolicked like children on merry-go-rounds and slurped noodles on street corners. Now, after three years together, they are virtually inseparable. “I’ve experienced so many amazing things because of her,” Nisan told me, rubbing Nemutan’s leg warmly. “She has really changed my life.”
That whole paragraph somewhat freaked me out.
You think this is weird? One mad scientist just upped the weirdness factor. The news was released last Christmas. Perhaps Nisan should make friends with this mad scientist, Le Trung. Such a friendship might help Nisan in his predicament of no longer having to resort to only carrying a girlie pillowcase everywhere.
(Picture above) I, Robot: Le Trung celebrates Christmas with his robot Aiko, who is so lifelike she speaks fluent English and Japanese.
Well how about that. A gorgeous-looking prospective daughter-in-law who listens to everything you say, never talks back, and will never leave your son… Perhaps the best Christmas present
And if you don’t like Pan-Asian, you can even opt for Blonde (Heil, Tiger Woods!), Brunette or Caribbean. Sheesh.
With high divorce rates in the United States (51%, 1998), Australia (49%, 1996), Canada (48%, 1995), and Germany (44%, 1997), perhaps this is the way to go in the future: Make a list of what you want and go to your nearest grocery store to order your desired android date/partner. If android date/partner turns annoying/boring, there’s always an on/off button… or simply return the android to your nearest grocery store… and get yourself another one (Heil, Tiger Woods!)
Le Trung suffered a heart attack two years ago caused by stress after working long hours on Aiko.
Perhaps it’s a sign…
As he recovered he vowed to complete her so he could market the prototype as a home-help for the elderly or people recovering from hospital treatment.
Home-help for the elderly and sick??? Seriously, I don’t think this is gonna work in a positive way, genius. These expensive androids could end up being used for some other reason(s)… Such as espionage, military…
(Picture above) Love machine: Le Trung is so serious about Aiko he bought her Christmas presents (hopefully it's a new dress that looks more normal than what she's wearing)
This might offend certain people out there, but kindly excuse me, I’m just gonna be dramatic and say this:
EEEEEEEEEeeWWWWWwwwwwwWWW!!!!
This is getting somewhat disturbing. As it is, human relations are turning ever weirder each day with more people having to resort to Instant Messaging systems to propose to someone, resign from a job, break up with someone, set up a date, etc...
To be fair, I think this scientist should come up with a guy robot too. After that, we can start populating the world with androids, Na’vis, and Morlocks. What a wonderful world.
Here’s a strange, cheesy 1980s movie trailer on robot romance, with a really young Melanie Griffith acting in it:
In the future, the world has survived… Romance *dramatic pause* has not…
If you think what you've just read and seen are too disturbing, here's something maybe less threatening for you to look at:
The above music video might contain some hints as to how Nisan and the mad scientist could actually find a R.E.A.L. H.U.M.A.N. girlfriend.
2 comments:
Japanese ppl are too smart thats why they become weirdos lol
Sad. Very sad.
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