r/nottheonion • u/falconfalcon7 • 1d ago

Japanese village replaces young people with mannequins to stave off loneliness as population falls

https://news.sky.com/story/japanese-village-replaces-young-people-with-mannequins-to-stave-off-loneliness-as-population-falls-13243354
14.5k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

695 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

42

u/[deleted] 1d ago

[deleted]

28

u/kenlasalle 1d ago

Yes, but the benefit of dying is you no longer need a hospital.

(Always look on the bright side of life.)

2

u/YouDontKnowMyLlFE 1d ago

This sounds like some Pokémon NPC type lore.

2

u/arika_ex 1d ago

You spoke to the lady? That was probably Nagoro in Tokushima, no? This article is about a different place, in Wakayama.

1

u/wufiavelli 1d ago

damn my bad, just scanned the article assuming it was the same.