Comments on: Man marries body pillow girlfriend in Korea http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: coaxial http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732167 coaxial Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732167 So what's up with asian fanboys "marrying" inanimate objects? What is it? Some sort of "No! I'm a biggest loser fanboy!" contest? Then again, I don't get cosplay either. Don't even get me started on the furries. So what’s up with asian fanboys “marrying” inanimate objects? What is it? Some sort of “No! I’m a biggest loser fanboy!” contest?

Then again, I don’t get cosplay either.

Don’t even get me started on the furries.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732424 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732424 If he were a member of our society, I don't think we'd even notice. I get the impression that he doesn't leave his apartment very often. If he were a member of our society, I don’t think we’d even notice. I get the impression that he doesn’t leave his apartment very often.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732697 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732697 Well.. he married his PILLOW, and not the FATE herself. Well.. he married his PILLOW, and not the FATE herself.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732189 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732189 I think the reason is simple. Yesterday, he was that guy. Today, he's that guy all over the web. And anyway, doesn't the woman have to say "I do" or pop a feather or something to signal assent? Why am I asking these things? I think the reason is simple. Yesterday, he was that guy. Today, he’s that guy all over the web. And anyway, doesn’t the woman have to say “I do” or pop a feather or something to signal assent?
Why am I asking these things?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-733469 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-733469 South Korea, pillows are just like girls, you don't always have to marry them to sleep with them!!! South Korea, pillows are just like girls, you don’t always have to marry them to sleep with them!!!

]]> By: JohnCJ http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732191 JohnCJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732191 Here in California, it's perfectly ok, as long as the pillow has a picture of a girl. If it's same sex pillow marriage, it would weaken the sanctity of marriage! Think of the children!! Here in California, it’s perfectly ok, as long as the pillow has a picture of a girl. If it’s same sex pillow marriage, it would weaken the sanctity of marriage! Think of the children!!

]]> By: John Greg http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732210 John Greg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732210 All your pillow are belong to us! Sorry. I just had to. All your pillow are belong to us!

Sorry. I just had to.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732984 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732984 If this pillow can find a man, you single ladies got to come up with another excuse. If this pillow can find a man, you single ladies got to come up with another excuse.

]]> By: CoffeeBlack http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732218 CoffeeBlack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732218 South Korea is an odd place, where men marry pillows, Star Craft is a sport and parents abandon their real children to death by malnutrition because they are too busy doting on the virtual one that they spawned in an MMO. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178246 Not that our country is any less weird, but still. Two of those things happened in the same month and the same year. South Korea is an odd place, where men marry pillows, Star Craft is a sport and parents abandon their real children to death by malnutrition because they are too busy doting on the virtual one that they spawned in an MMO.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178246

Not that our country is any less weird, but still. Two of those things happened in the same month and the same year.

]]> By: se7a7n7 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732222 se7a7n7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732222 Who pays for that wedding? Who pays for that wedding?

]]> By: pendraphen http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732228 pendraphen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732228 Am I the only one who remembers how Lars and the Real Girl ended? Am I the only one who remembers how Lars and the Real Girl ended?

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732230 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732230 The pillow manufacturer. Think of the publicity!! The pillow manufacturer. Think of the publicity!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732231 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732231 http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/01/30-rock-james-franco-an-anime-body-pillow-and-liz-lemons-pajamas.html http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/01/30-rock-james-franco-an-anime-body-pillow-and-liz-lemons-pajamas.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-734536 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734536 regardless....pity the poor SOB if he forgets their anniversary regardless….pity the poor SOB if he forgets their anniversary

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732233 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732233 Forgot to add.. the one child policy was enacted in 1978, so many of the children of that policy have long since joined the fray. I would love to see what effect it has had on their society and on the individuals. Forgot to add.. the one child policy was enacted in 1978, so many of the children of that policy have long since joined the fray. I would love to see what effect it has had on their society and on the individuals.

]]> By: funkadelic73 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732237 funkadelic73 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732237 I've always wanted to put my wife in the washing machine... maybe he's on to something. I’ve always wanted to put my wife in the washing machine… maybe he’s on to something.

]]> By: Sal Paradise http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732238 Sal Paradise Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732238 What's his Boing-Boing handle? What’s his Boing-Boing handle?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732239 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732239 So if someone else wants to marry their body pillow with the same character on it is it considered cheating? Can the body pillow get a lawyer and file for divorce? Is it polygamy if he decides to buy a younger body pillow and marry that one as well? Is it cheating if his doctor tells him he needs a tempur-pedic pillow for his horrible necks pains?.... So many questions So if someone else wants to marry their body pillow with the same character on it is it considered cheating? Can the body pillow get a lawyer and file for divorce? Is it polygamy if he decides to buy a younger body pillow and marry that one as well? Is it cheating if his doctor tells him he needs a tempur-pedic pillow for his horrible necks pains?…. So many questions

]]> By: defacebook http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732247 defacebook Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732247 I'm sure they'll have lots of romantic "pillow talk". I’m sure they’ll have lots of romantic “pillow talk”.

]]> By: Shay Guy http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732515 Shay Guy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732515 There's a lot of self-insertion fan fiction out there, but I don't know of any that comes from east Asia -- any doujinshi or anything. And much SI, if not most, involves the SI character getting it on with their preferred character. It makes me wonder if the concept of "fictional character as object of desire" actually manifests differently in the different cultures. In this case, the "desire" seems kind of vague. I don't think this guy's actually "interacting" with Fate, even in his imagination. And she can't give informed consent. She WOULDN'T, anyway, because she has Nanoha; besides, what would HE be to HER? Some guy from Nanoha and Hayate's planet, one of apparently thousands who buy figurines and posters of her. Unless he thinks of it as marrying the pillow itself, in which case the logic and emotions of it are completely alien to me. There’s a lot of self-insertion fan fiction out there, but I don’t know of any that comes from east Asia — any doujinshi or anything. And much SI, if not most, involves the SI character getting it on with their preferred character. It makes me wonder if the concept of “fictional character as object of desire” actually manifests differently in the different cultures. In this case, the “desire” seems kind of vague. I don’t think this guy’s actually “interacting” with Fate, even in his imagination. And she can’t give informed consent. She WOULDN’T, anyway, because she has Nanoha; besides, what would HE be to HER? Some guy from Nanoha and Hayate’s planet, one of apparently thousands who buy figurines and posters of her.

Unless he thinks of it as marrying the pillow itself, in which case the logic and emotions of it are completely alien to me.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732263 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732263 <i>What happens if he finds a more attractive pillow?</i> For her sake, let's hope he's not a physician, police officer, lawyer, real estate agent, or engineer. What happens if he finds a more attractive pillow?

For her sake, let’s hope he’s not a physician, police officer, lawyer, real estate agent, or engineer.

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732525 Aloisius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732525 So wait... if he dies, does the pillow inherit his money? So wait… if he dies, does the pillow inherit his money?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732278 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732278 I think Body Pillow could have done better... I think Body Pillow could have done better…

]]> By: Lucifer http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732281 Lucifer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732281 I used to date that body pillow but things didn't work out between us. I'm glad it moved on and found someone who deserved it. I used to date that body pillow but things didn’t work out between us. I’m glad it moved on and found someone who deserved it.

]]> By: Boondocker http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732537 Boondocker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732537 Nah, until the pillow reaches the age of majority, the mattress will hold the money. Nah, until the pillow reaches the age of majority, the mattress will hold the money.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732546 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732546 But at one point, people need to step in and say "this isn't good for you, you need help." Real friends and family would help this man, not pretend that it's his "way of life!" What companionship, conversation, LOVE could a pillow ever give you? Poor guy.. Of course he's no harm to anyone else...but I cannot believe that anyone of a sound mind would prefer the company of an inanimate object. What does this say about his view on women? But at one point, people need to step in and say “this isn’t good for you, you need help.”

Real friends and family would help this man, not pretend that it’s his “way of life!”

What companionship, conversation, LOVE could a pillow ever give you? Poor guy..

Of course he’s no harm to anyone else…but I cannot believe that anyone of a sound mind would prefer the company of an inanimate object. What does this say about his view on women?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-1051782 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1051782 Well the DS guy did it for fun, this guy's probably in the same boat. I remember reading articles about the kid marrying his DS character and they were talking about how he's actually perfectly normal and is able to interact with other (real) people normally. I think these guys are sitting back at home and laughing at the ruckus they're able to cause here just by doing something silly that, to most people, is pretty obviously a joke. Well the DS guy did it for fun, this guy’s probably in the same boat. I remember reading articles about the kid marrying his DS character and they were talking about how he’s actually perfectly normal and is able to interact with other (real) people normally.
I think these guys are sitting back at home and laughing at the ruckus they’re able to cause here just by doing something silly that, to most people, is pretty obviously a joke.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-876167 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876167 Nothing wrong with this - he's removing himself from the gene pool. Nothing wrong with this – he’s removing himself from the gene pool.

]]> By: AudioTherapist http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732296 AudioTherapist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732296 Looks like it will be a nice comfortable relationship with a well padded partner... Looks like it will be a nice comfortable relationship with a well padded partner…

]]> By: Anon http://boingboing.net/2010/03/10/man-marries-body-pil.html#comment-732812 Anon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-732812 If he got into an argument with his spouse, would that be considered a pillow fight? If he got into an argument with his spouse, would that be considered a pillow fight?

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