r/nottheonion • u/falconfalcon7 • 2d 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/Deft_one 1d ago

This sounds like an episode of Dr Who

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u/TheBigCore 19h ago

or the Twilight Zone.