Translated from a recent Yomiuri Online advice forum:
My husband is an otaku and it is driving me crazy.
Before we got married, he didn't exhibit much of this kind of behavior but I've really been noticing it lately. He collects these pathetic dolls. They're called "Chogokin" robots or something, I don't know. He seems to have been collecting them since he was a kid, and he filled like four cardboard boxes with them. Sometimes he'd take them out and gaze at them lovingly. It really grossed me out. So one day when he was at work I threw them all out.
When he came home, we got into a big fight. Getting angry about dolls... it's so childish! How can I get him to admit he was wrong? Please give me some advice.
So he’s a _giant robot_ otaku and she’s pissed? Man, she has no idea how worse it could be…
Also, I call Poe’s Law.
Posted by: Leonardo Boiko | March 31, 2010 at 01:33 AM
"Dear Mrs. (redacted):
Sadly, you are the shameful cause of our current population crisis. By throwing out the greatly beloved tokens of his youth you have recreated the pain of his upraising, and now he will resent you to the point of not wishing to bless you with a needed baby. You have failed our nation and our Emperor! You are shameful!
You know there is only one proper way to cleanse this shame."
Posted by: Steve Harrison | March 31, 2010 at 02:04 AM
"One woman's trash is Mandarake's treasure!"
Posted by: MattAlt | March 31, 2010 at 02:58 AM
Wow. You have GOT to share the response with us!
Posted by: Tim Eldred | March 31, 2010 at 03:03 AM
They are overwhelmingly (at this point entirely) in favor of the husband.
"How would YOU feel if he threw out your shoes or handbags?"
"I think the question is, how can YOU admit you were wrong?"
"If those 'pathetic dolls' really were from his childhood, they're collectors items now and probably were worth a small fortune." Whoops!!!
Posted by: MattAlt | March 31, 2010 at 03:10 AM
I would advise that husband (as they say in Dan Savage) to DTMFA (Dump That Mother Fucker Already...).
Geez....even without the financial issues ( I don't know if you can sue over something like that in Japan)....that's a horrible invasion of privacy. The loss of chogokin is a symptom of what seems like a pretty rotten relationship. No trust and what seems to be an insane and hurtful invasion of privacy.
Posted by: ChrisM | March 31, 2010 at 03:25 AM
oh, man, somebody came up golden when dumpster diving that day:
"dude, somebody either just had a bad day, or is about to..."
or is dumpster diving allowed in Japan?
as for the couple, I'm thinkin' there isn't much communication, in either direction.
Posted by: ArthurFrDent | March 31, 2010 at 06:04 AM
This is textbook copy-paste trolling: I've definitely read this one before, down to the "i dunno they're called CHOGOKIN or something".
Posted by: Sub | March 31, 2010 at 06:10 AM
Sub: I knew it :D
Posted by: Leonardo Boiko | March 31, 2010 at 06:31 AM
heh..Yeah. It does sound kinda fake. But, eh. It was worth a laugh. :-)
Posted by: ChrisM | March 31, 2010 at 06:35 AM
Troll or no, that the sheer mention of throwing away Chogokin is enough to send the collective panties of Japan's netizens into a twist qualifies as a whole lotta awesome.
Posted by: MattAlt | March 31, 2010 at 09:32 AM
Yeah, I remember somebody posting this last year too. Wow. I hath been trolled.
Posted by: Gaijinder | March 31, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Lady PLEASE. It's only robots.
He could be into figures. ECCHI figures. ANATOMICALLY CORRECT ECHHI figures. ANATOMICALLY CORRECT BUT DEVELOPMENTALLY INCORRECT ECCHI FIGURES of cute little girls with decidedly adult features who should be pre-pubescent but definitely don't look like it when the clothes come off.
Srsly...if I was the guy in question, I'd be headed over to the family court and suing for divorce on grounds of intolerable cruelty.
Posted by: Msgeek93 | May 21, 2010 at 02:30 PM