Japanese ‘lap pillow’ offers solace to lonely men
Can’t look now, but I’m pretty sure there was some sort of pillow for Japanese women made up like a torso and one arm to be used like a man was snuggling up behind her with an arm wrapped around her to cuddle with in the news not too long ago.
I thought it was plain weird. Just like I think this is plain weird.
Does this equipment warrant inclusion in the ‘X-Weapons’ category?
UPDATE: Here’s the “boyfriend’s arm pillow” as featured on MSNBC.com in September.
What I find weird about this isn’t the existence of such things. I mean, come on. These are fairly innocuous as far as this type of thing goes. What I find weird is the newsworthiness of the story.
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It’s weird for americans for sure. But this is not quite as as the full length pillows which japanese ‘otakus’ buy/make featureing their favorite actor/character/’whatever’ …some of which are fairly lifelike.
American men have utilized these objects for years. ‘Cept they’re known as ‘Blow-Up dolls’ here!
the lifesize japanese people-pillows are called ‘dakimakura’. Sample: http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimeComic-Brush/6391/cat/dakimakura.jpg yes you too can snuggle up to your favorite japanese cartoon character.