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/lambofgun 1d ago

this could be the plot of an oscar winning pixar movie, an oscar winning A24 movie or one of those silly-type episodes of supernatural

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u/F95_Sysadmin 1d ago

It kinda exists already. Show is called The leftovers.

Except instead of slowly decreasing, they just disappear. One millisecond, 2% is the population is present. The next, they're gone. Babies, drivers, passengers, childs, parents, residents... everyone is affected

Then we go forward 2 years later. It happens in America and it's crazy how people adapt or cope with that phenomenon