(11-08-2008, 06:37 PM)clonezero Wrote: [ -> ]has this been posted yet?
Jap dude petitions to marry comic book character
Quote: A JAPANESE man has enlisted hundreds of people in a campaign to allow marriages between humans and cartoon characters, saying he feels more at ease in the "two-dimensional world".
Comic books are immensely popular in Japan, with some fictional characters becoming celebrities or even sex symbols.
Marriage is meanwhile on the decline as many young Japanese find it difficult to find life partners.
Taichi Takashita launched an online petition aiming for one million signatures to present to the government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters.
Within a week he has gathered more than 1000 signatures through.
"I am no longer interested in three dimensions. I would even like to become a resident of the two-dimensional world," he wrote.
"However, that seems impossible with present-day technology. Therefore, at the very least, would it be possible to legally authorise marriage with a two-dimensional character?"
Befitting his desire to be two-dimensional, he listed no contact details, making it impossible to reach him for comment to explain if his campaign is serious or tongue-in-cheek.
But some people signing the petition are true believers.
"For a long time I have only been able to fall in love with two-dimensional people and currently I have someone I really love," one person wrote.
"Even if she is fictional, it is still loving someone. I would like to have legal approval for this system at any cost," the person wrote.
Japan only permits marriage between human men and women and gives no legal recognition to same-sex relationships.
Japan's fans of comic books, or "manga," sometimes go to extremes.
Earlier this month, a woman addicted to manga put out an online message seeking to kill her parents for asking her to throw away comic books that filled up three rooms.
To the dude who wants to marry the character:
GET. A. LIFE.
Man, you have to draw the line somewhere.
Doesn't marrying a copyrighted character constitute some form of infringement or something like that?
That guy probably just needs to get laid.
(11-09-2008, 11:19 AM)Grim Wrote: [ -> ]Man, you have to draw the line somewhere.
Oekaki board's always there...
That happens when you spend too much time in caves on top of your mountains...
Puchit. Lumalabas ng kuweba at bumababa ng bundok nya kapag bibili nga manga at aattend sa comicons eh. Sino hindi madedevelop at masisiraan ng tuktok nyan?
Well Fox, Not unless he buys the copyright, and he gets laid...
IN HIS DREAMS.
Or the dude could have a manufacturer create a life-sized pillow/inflatable doll of his significant other, ensuring he'll at least have something to use for the official wedding ceremony, among other uses *wink wink*...
...I've said too much.
God, why am I even trying to imagine how he'd pull it off???
'Cause there's always that tendency in everyone?
Who knows.
at least we know not attempting a dim witted effort at trying something that is nothing more than a waste of time that can be utilized in better ways
overredundant emphasis repeated again for an added clarifying revelation
(11-11-2008, 12:03 PM)Twin-Skies Wrote: [ -> ]Or the dude could have a manufacturer create a life-sized pillow/inflatable doll of his significant other, ensuring he'll at least have something to use for the official wedding ceremony, among other uses *wink wink*...
...I've said too much.
God, why am I even trying to imagine how he'd pull it off???
Hmm... I remembered that guy who married a barbie doll way back then... India I think.
Well anyway, at least we all know that we're still sane... Right?
(11-11-2008, 12:03 PM)Twin-Skies Wrote: [ -> ]Or the dude could have a manufacturer create a life-sized pillow/inflatable doll of his significant other, ensuring he'll at least have something to use for the official wedding ceremony, among other uses
IYOT TIME!
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