NY Times Magazine: Love in 2D

[gkanai]

[Taro Toporific]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26FOB-2DLove-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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Prior thread[/color]
Japanese man petitions to marry comic-book character
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/show ... hp?t=21745

So you'd like to shag a pillow.

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Phenomenon
[SIZE="4"]Love in 2-D[/SIZE]
NEW YORK TIMES -- by Lisa Katayama -- July 26, 2009
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....sadly there's much more...

[gkanai]

Reading this Katayama article in the NY Times Magazine back-to-back with the Tamamoto article in FEER, Will Japan Ever Grow Up?, and you get an eerie sense of synchronicity. Very different articles and yet both looking at the same issue.

[Taro Toporific]

Reading this Katayama article in the NY Times Magazine back-to-back with the Tamamoto article in FEER, Will Japan Ever Grow Up?, and you get an eerie sense of synchronicity. Very different articles and yet both looking at the same issue.

Counter-example...
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A third of men under 40 still live at Hotel Mum
Daily Mail (UK) 7:57 AM on 24th July 2009
Apron strings: One in three men aged between 20 and 40 is still living with their parents, according to a study
They like to think of themselves as the brave, strong and independent sex. But men are actually more reluctant than women to leave the safety of mummy's side.
A study has found one in three men aged between 20 and 40 is still living with their parents. This compares with one in five women of the same age....more...[/INDENT]

[Coligny]

Counter-example...

I don't believe it means what you think it means..

[Taro Toporific]

I don't believe it means what you think it means..

My bad---crappy word choice. Make that a "Western example."