The Rast Starfighter

If you're paying attention at all, you're probably wondering why the Bad Guy is wearing a Good Guy hat. The answer is Japan.


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Japan

Turns out all the fashionable people were visiting Japan in the 1970s. I suspect the Japanese were crazy about both groups because of their over-the-top costumes. That sort of thing is very appealing to Japs for some reason. I don't know which is more outlandish, that outfit Freddie is wearing or Gene Simmons in a kimono. (Peter Criss is carrying it off quite well though, don't you think?)




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It's Japan Again!

Dudes are wearing women’s panties on their faces as coronavirus masks



A never-ending source of wonder is Japan. I suspect they go out of their way to be weird. Maybe it has something to do with all those centuries of xenophobic isolation and inbreeding.


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Human Claw Machine

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Japan

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Wall of Boxes

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Japan

A compilation of Japanese television commercials. Best watched while drinking heavily. Or dropping acid. Both?




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Slap Fight

And you thought pro wrestling in America was stupid...




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18 meters!

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Cat Catering

$180 per serving. What a bar-gahn! You buy! You buy now!


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RoBoWTF

When you watch the video below, you're going to (quite naturally) assume that it's a parody about smartphones. Not true. It's quite real and coming out next year. Oh, Japan...




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Japan

Crazier'n a roomful of cats:

In a cramped city like Tokyo, where owning a pet is a luxury and most apartments have strict no-pets policies, it’s hard for cat lovers to spend quality time with their favorite animals. In response, cat cafés have cropped up all over the city, where people get to sip delicious beverages while petting a purring kitty. But even that doesn’t come close to having a cat in your own home, because the time spent with the furry creatures is quite limited.

That’s why a Japanese company has come up with a great idea to get its employees to interact with pets more often – a cat-populated workplace! The offices of Ferray Corporation, an internet solutions business, is filled with nine lovable rescued cats that are allowed to roam freely all through the day. The cats are so adorable that employees of Ferray are reporting considerably lowered stress levels.

I can see this as being really relaxing for Vizigoth... provided he can bring a pellet gun with him.


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Westworld Hotel

Those crazy Japs plan to staff an entire hotel with their disturbing creepbots:



No, I do NOT want room service. Stay away from my room. Stay away from me. In fact...

KILL IT WITH FIRE




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Japan

Dumbass, listen when people are talking about pancakes!


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Creepbots

We find creepy Japbots creepy because our animal brain perceives them as being diseased and therefore disgusting and dangerous. It's a reaction hardwired into us by eons of natural selection -- i.e., don't have sex with the ugly diseased chicks.



KILL IT WITH FIRE

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More Creepy Jap Robots

The eyes... the dead, soulless eyes. KILL IT WITH FIRE!


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Jap TV Medley

A video compilation of weird Japanese television commercials -- as if there's any other kind of Japanese television commercial. Plus, Bruce Willis with a clever Latin/Japanese homophone. Hey, it's better than that final Die Hard sequel. At least I hope it was the final sequel...


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Japan

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What the...

Aaaaaagghhh! Kill it! Kill it with fire!

A university-led collaboration to develop social robots has publicly unveiled its work in progress: a robotic one-year-old boy. As reported by Gizmag, the android named Diego-san is larger than a typical one-year-old child at over four feet tall and has a head developed by Hanson Robotics with a body made by the Japanese robot manufacturer Kokoro Co.

With 27 moving parts in its face and cameras in its eyes, Diego-san is able to produce a range of infant-like facial expressions...

There's a video at the link, just in case you're feeling like creeping yourself out today. The hideous thing "smiled" at me and I had a nearly-uncontrollable impulse to smash it with a crowbar. Where are we going with this, folks? Seriously.


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