I had seen some images of these people on 4chan at times. Aging Japanese men clutching pillows with covers showing young girl Japanese anime characters. I had originally thought it was just one or two really crazy dudes, but it turns out that it’s an established fetish of sorts, and there’s a term for these people, “Moe”:

In Japan the fetishistic love for two-dimensional characters is enough of a phenomenon to have earned its own slang word, moe, homonymous with the Japanese words for “burning” or “budding.” In an ideal moe relationship, a man frees himself from the expectations of an ordinary human relationship and expresses his passion for a chosen character, without fear of being judged or rejected.

I’m not one to judge, I say let the freak flag fly. While I agree that some of these people may be ‘giving up’ too early and aren’t trying to find ‘3D love’ anymore, I won’t keep them from dating and humping pillows with pictures of 12 year old girls on them. (???) I think my favorite fetish is still Cranking/Pumping.

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26FOB-2DLove-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=3&em

I have heard the Picard Song many times in the past, but I was teasing Saitenyoyooyo just now and happened to come across this video that someone made of the Picard Song:

It includes the actual footage from many of the samples!

(310): im at the bar and i misjudged a fart…go home or ride the night out?Never mind, the bouncer made the decision for me…be home soon

via texts from last night.