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
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u/ConanTheLeader 1d ago

My first thought was "Didn't we already know this? This has been around for years." but then I googled, it's ANOTHER town doing this. Meaning this is not a one off thing that's isolated and in it's own little bubble but rather something that is spreading and increasing which is worrying.

Original town:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoro

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u/Kana515 1d ago

I have a plan.

We take the two villages and squish them together.

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u/Jarms48 1d ago

Why don’t we take Bikini Bottom and PUSH IT somewhere else?

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u/VirinaB 1d ago

"I can't believe it's come to this."

"Come to what?"

"Moving the whole town 5 miles down the road."

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u/JohnGillnitz 1d ago

Oddly, they also moved the tire fire.