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Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Man, 35, reportedly marries computer hologram
Surrounded by nearly 40 people, a 35-year-old man reportedly married a virtual hologram earlier this month.
Akihiko Kondo, who works at a middle school in Japan, wed Hatsune Miku, a hologram that was created by a computer as singing software, on Nov. 4, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The hologram, which takes the form of a teen performer, “is a singing voice synthesizer featured in over 100,000 songs,” according to an online description from Crypton Future Media, the company whose program the character is modeled on, Reuters reported.
Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/world/man-35-reportedly-marries-computer-hologram
Geek bliss: Japanese man pledges to have, hold and cherish a hologram
When newlywed Akihiko Kondo returns from work at a middle school in a Tokyo suburb, he is greeted by the love of his life, who lights up - literally - in welcome.
His wife, Hatsune Miku, is not flesh and blood but a computer-generated hologram.
Her ethereal existence did not stop Kondo, 35, from strengthening his commitment to her with a recent $18,000 wedding ceremony.
“I believe the shape of happiness and love is different for each person,” Kondo told Reuters Television.
“There definitely is a template for happiness, where a real man and woman get married, have a child and live all together. But I don’t believe such a template can necessarily make everyone happy,” the civil servant said.
Hatsune Miku was developed as computer-generated singing software with the persona of a big-eyed, 16-year-old pop star with long, aqua-colored hair.
It is based on a voice-synthesizing program by media firm Crypton Future Media, which declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
The hologram recognizes Kondo’s face and voice with its embedded camera and microphone and can respond with simple phrases and songs.
Kondo, who was convinced at a young age that he would never find a partner or marry, said he discovered Hatsune Miku singing on the internet.
After deciding Hatsune Miku was “the one,” Kondo said he became devoted to his virtual girlfriend, who has thousands of fans worldwide.
Extreme devotion to celebrities is not uncommon in Japan, but Kondo’s wedding did raise some eyebrows. While 39 friends and relatives attended the Nov. 4 ceremony, his parents did not.
The ceremony included the customary exchange of wedding rings. His wife’s ring was placed on the finger of a stuffed doll shaped in her image.
Entire article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ave-hold-and-cherish-a-hologram-idUSKCN1NJ0VT
Surrounded by nearly 40 people, a 35-year-old man reportedly married a virtual hologram earlier this month.
Akihiko Kondo, who works at a middle school in Japan, wed Hatsune Miku, a hologram that was created by a computer as singing software, on Nov. 4, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The hologram, which takes the form of a teen performer, “is a singing voice synthesizer featured in over 100,000 songs,” according to an online description from Crypton Future Media, the company whose program the character is modeled on, Reuters reported.
Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/world/man-35-reportedly-marries-computer-hologram
Geek bliss: Japanese man pledges to have, hold and cherish a hologram
When newlywed Akihiko Kondo returns from work at a middle school in a Tokyo suburb, he is greeted by the love of his life, who lights up - literally - in welcome.
His wife, Hatsune Miku, is not flesh and blood but a computer-generated hologram.
Her ethereal existence did not stop Kondo, 35, from strengthening his commitment to her with a recent $18,000 wedding ceremony.
“I believe the shape of happiness and love is different for each person,” Kondo told Reuters Television.
“There definitely is a template for happiness, where a real man and woman get married, have a child and live all together. But I don’t believe such a template can necessarily make everyone happy,” the civil servant said.
Hatsune Miku was developed as computer-generated singing software with the persona of a big-eyed, 16-year-old pop star with long, aqua-colored hair.
It is based on a voice-synthesizing program by media firm Crypton Future Media, which declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
The hologram recognizes Kondo’s face and voice with its embedded camera and microphone and can respond with simple phrases and songs.
Kondo, who was convinced at a young age that he would never find a partner or marry, said he discovered Hatsune Miku singing on the internet.
After deciding Hatsune Miku was “the one,” Kondo said he became devoted to his virtual girlfriend, who has thousands of fans worldwide.
Extreme devotion to celebrities is not uncommon in Japan, but Kondo’s wedding did raise some eyebrows. While 39 friends and relatives attended the Nov. 4 ceremony, his parents did not.
The ceremony included the customary exchange of wedding rings. His wife’s ring was placed on the finger of a stuffed doll shaped in her image.
Entire article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ave-hold-and-cherish-a-hologram-idUSKCN1NJ0VT
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You can take the man part out of the headline.
And maybe that's what happens when you blur porn.
And maybe that's what happens when you blur porn.
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Man, 35, reportedly marries computer hologram
Surrounded by nearly 40 people, a 35-year-old man reportedly married a virtual hologram earlier this month.
Akihiko Kondo, who works at a middle school in Japan, wed Hatsune Miku, a hologram that was created by a computer as singing software, on Nov. 4, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Entire article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ave-hold-and-cherish-a-hologram-idUSKCN1NJ0VT
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Man cuts off testicles with pocket knife during detox: report
A man in Washington reportedly cut off his own testicles while he was undergoing an alcohol detoxification.
Officers with the Kennewick Police Department received a report on Friday of a male cutting an animal with a knife, KEPR-TV reported.
But as officers arrived at the scene, they discovered a man "covered in blood on his hands and pants" because he reportedly cut his testicles off with a pocket knife.
Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-cuts-off-testicles-with-pocket-knife-during-detox-report
A man in Washington reportedly cut off his own testicles while he was undergoing an alcohol detoxification.
Officers with the Kennewick Police Department received a report on Friday of a male cutting an animal with a knife, KEPR-TV reported.
But as officers arrived at the scene, they discovered a man "covered in blood on his hands and pants" because he reportedly cut his testicles off with a pocket knife.
Entire article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-cuts-off-testicles-with-pocket-knife-during-detox-report
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A few years ago, I did kind of a West Texas drive x 2 across the Kalahari Desert.
I ate something that did not agree with me. Soon, I realized that this could be serious business. So, I took the next exit from the national road into a small town. As the attendant filled my car with gasoline (we still have that), I ran for the bathroom. What happened, i won't describe, but I think they probably should have declared the town a toxic waste dump and urge you to consider that it wasn't exactly a silent delivery.
What I didn't realize is that the retail store had been added on and the bathroom window behind the toilet vented into the filling station shop. I quickly understood that it was when I walked into the retail store to return the restroom key.
The people working there were standing outside the front door gagging and one was throwing up into a trash can. The old man who owned the filling station said, "Jesus Christ. What the fuck did you eat, road kill?", in Afrikaans. I replied, "It is now."
I drove away as quickly as I could and couldn't stop laughing for the next 100 km. One often hears about isolated tribes killing foreigners around the world. If they had curare and blow pipes in Africa, i wouldn't have made it to the car.
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
She doesn’t give a frapp! Disgusting moment a woman poops in the middle of a Tim Hortons and then hurls it at an employee
This is the disgusting moment a Canadian woman pooped in the middle of a Tim Hortons before throwing it at the restaurant's staff.
In a video, the woman was seen arguing with a restaurant employee for about 20 seconds before she decided to empty her bowels.
She then grabbed a few napkins and stood in the middle of the floor.
The woman was still arguing with the cashier as she proceeded to take off a jacket that was tied around her waist and pull down her pants.
It was then that the woman leaned her buttocks against a wall in the restaurant and pooped on cue.
The employee is seen standing next to her as he calls his police, but quickly moves away when the feces dropped.
She then quickly picked up the droppings and hurled it at the employee.
Entire article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...middle-Tim-Hortons-Canada-hurls-employee.html
Re: Meanwhile, diners didn't seem bothered by the whole ordeal.
The first story makes the second guy's excuse more plausible.
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LovelandBuckeye
You never lose to those pricks. Ever. Ever. - UFM
Love me some Florida. Beat a BF again for refusing sex with her.
http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/drunk/florida-woman-arrested-again-184906
http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/drunk/florida-woman-arrested-again-184906
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