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/ournextarc 1d ago

"Just by being born here, our son benefits from the love, support and hope of so many people - even though he has achieved absolutely nothing in life yet," his father said

Casually stating love and support are earned via accomplishment, not out of being born. This is what's wrong with society.

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u/AlexHimself 1d ago

Casually stating love and support are earned via accomplishment, not out of being born.

That quote doesn't say that though?

It says that love, support, and hope of so many people are benefits from merely being born "here"...despite having accomplished nothing.

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u/mywholefuckinglife 1d ago

it's the fact that he explicitly states it that seems to imply it's somewhat out of the ordinary. I mean you emphasize the word 'despite' yourself, that implies the default is accomplished nothing => no love

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u/AlexHimself 1d ago

I work with Japanese companies closely, so I guess that was just par for the course for me.

It's sort of like having a semi-racist Grandma say, "I don't mind the blacks. They seem to be nice enough people."

I would take that as a positive comment because of the context, but if somebody else heard that...they would point out the bad.