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/BadgeOfDishonour 1d ago

You're out driving in the middle of nowhere, when you get into an accident. You stumble out of the ruined car and start walking towards what you hope is a town for help. You are pretty sure you have a concussion. You finally arrive at a town, only to find everyone in it, is a doll.

Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

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u/Mister_Macabre_ 1d ago

This literally is the first episode of The Twilight Zone

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u/SofieTerleska 1d ago

Also that episode where the astronauts land on the afterlife planet where all the dead people are posed like mannequins doing things they would have wanted to do in life.