Half of Japanese Females Think Virtual Girlfriends Are Superior

[Bobsonnn]

I dearly hope someone with a 'virtual girlfriend' moves to where I live sometime soon, I genuinely can't imagine the ridicule someone would get for that over here.

Or anywhere that's not Japan, I suppose.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Sorry, but a DS doesn't have the touch of a woman. I need the real deal!

Have no fear, Redlin5 is here!

[sub][sub]Where can I get a one way ticket to Japan?[/sub][/sub]

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

But what about procreation!? The Japanese as a race will die out, then who's culture will we steal?! D:

China? The various European nations? India? The rest of Asia?

It's not like we're short on places to rip off you know.

 

[Gaming King]

all that means is that the best way to find a girlfriend is go to japan right? Since the males in japan don't want them?

o_o


THAT'S how I'll get married! Yaaaaaay! XD

Oh boy. Sankaku Complex and Kotaku. It's like a double dose of suck.

Oh gawd, man. Sankaku Complex is one of the most disturbing websites I've ever looked at.

 

[Gaming King]

Oh, no... I just started reading Sankaku Complex because I clicked the link in the article. Damn it! It's like TV Tropes and Wikipedia, you just can't stop reading! And I'm supposed to be deciding who to vote for in the primary election tomorrow!

 

[Nexus4]

Wow

I kinda get it, but still I find it disturbing.

However I would be intrigued to know what those guys lives are like to romance with a virtual girl.

 

[ExileNZ]

What's really extreme is the 53%. That's ridiculous.

Well, they've just got to go elsewhere - Japanese men may not appreciate them (I'm sure they do and they just don't show it), but in other countries you just can't beat a Japanese girl for cuteness.

(this isn't some rule engraved in stone, but it seems to be something of a tendency, especially among geeks and anime fans)

 

[thahat]

This is why the Japanese are trying so hard to make robots, they need something else to have sex with now. But wait... I think there's a threat here.

What will happen once these Japanese men MATE with their robotic wives?? Imagine the horror of a half human half machine offspring. This is the new flesh! Clearly this is just a maniacal scheme to create a superior race of cybernetic and emotionally stunted supermen! Soon these robot nerds will crawl out of their parents basement and begin their slow conquest of the world! ALL FEAR JAPAN!!

yes. that, or they figure out how to attach a tiny microchip right into your brains sensory translation spot.

BOOM, hellloooo the matrix.

 

[Tekkawarrior]

Nothing can compete with a womans touch.

 

[Buffoon]

Wow, that's... actually really surprising to me, and I'm something of a Japanophile who's pretty much down with the whole weird vibe they've got going. I mean, I knew they were somewhat disconnected from reality, but for the girls to start thinking they can't compete, that's bizarre.

Still, it's a small sample and possibly a bit of a beat-up.

 

[Keepitclean]

Just wow, I have never been to Japan, nor do I know much about Japanese culture but that is fucked up. Do Japanese blokes who use these sorts of things give the same or better treatment to these virtual girlfriends than real girls? Or are the real girls just trollin'?

 

[TheHitcher]

OH DEAR.

I don't really know what else to say...

I'd say technology's gone too far, but it just sounds like the Japanese women are gonna give up...

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

I think that this is probably a sinister experiment made by the Japanese government to show the world the effects of robotcs and Artificial intelligence and having it replace real life. Also their H-Games are really not helping their rapid population decline.

It's a warning, Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh......

 

[Jaded Scribe]

I can actually see the appeal, and why Japanese women are feeling this way. Think about it. Virtual GFs:
-Never lapse in their appearance.
-Never age.
-Never PMS.
-Never harp on you for forgetting Valentine's Day or an anniversary.
-Never argue with you.
-Never cheat on you.
-Never nag you over silly things.
-Never make you put down what you're doing to be with them.
-Never make you sit through sappy movies.
-Never take over your apartment with her stuff.
-Never get jealous.
-Never call too often.
-Can be shut off if you're not in the mood to hang out with them.

While I don't feel threatened by the idea of my husband leaving me for a virtual chippy, I can understand the appeal, and why Japanese girls feel like they don't have a chance.

 

[The3rdEye]

Japanese men love their virtual girlfriends. Sometimes they even marry them [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96341-Japanese-Man-Marries-Videogame-Girlfriend]. It's no wonder that a recent survey of 300 Japanese females revealed that more than half don't think they can compete with the ladies inside a Nintendo DS.

300 hundred people? That's a fine sampling if you're asking people's opinion of the weather at the county fair, but this is Japan. If you were to throw a beach ball down a side street you would probably hit more than 300 people.

The online survey, translated by Sankaku Complex (NSFW) [http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/07/16/53-of-women-no-way-can-i-win-against-a-2d-girl/], asked 300 women if they thought they had a chance against the virtual ladies of videogames such as Love Plus. 53% thought they had "no chance." Despite the fear of pixelated girlfriends, only 28% said it was fine to partake in virtual relationships if they were kept hidden, and 20% didn't mind at all. However, 7% said they would dump their boyfriends if they became obsessed with a series of instructions and art assembled to represent a female.

One responding female said: "There's no way I can beat that level of cuteness." Another believes "they're made to be the ideal girlfriend," and some would even call the virtual girlfriend "complete perfection."

Talk about self esteem issues.

And North American women literally killing themselves to match some kind of social standard isn't nearly as ridiculous of course.

I can't say I understand the dating simulator genre as it's more of a phenomenon in Japan than in the United States, but they must be pretty big over there for females to think their boyfriends would choose a woman that can only be accessed through a touch screen or controller over a human being. I get that some men out there might choose a virtual female over a real female, but for a woman to think she is inferior to a Nintendo DS game is pretty extreme.

Via: Kotaku [http://kotaku.com/5588574/poll-more-than-half-of-real-girls-cannot-compete-with-game-females]


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There's no real mystery here, it's fantasy versus reality and since fantasy is so much more malleable than reality it will always be the more tempting choice. Granted, the Japanese have a history of taking their fixation with the unreal to new levels, but men pining over an imitation rather than something they could actually posses isn't new at all.

 

[OmegaXzors]

I can imagine fapping to these. However, despite being half Oriental myself, I'm not sexually attracted to any oriental females.

I definitely prefer Caucasians and Latinos. Mmmm.

 

[bubba145]

we can go back to stealing the frenchs and the british

Apart from TV shows and actors, what part of British culture have you stolen?

OT: This thread is very weird. 4Chan level weird.

clothing styles cars entertainment.

 

[Sovvolf]

Guys guys guys. Lets make a trip. Everybody get to LAX and we'll share a plane to Tokyo and then comfort the crying masses of girls who just can't compete.

M'eh, I've always had a thing for Asian chicks. I'm in... We can destroy Japan by breeding with their women. Creating a far superior race while the men fondle with their toys Mhuahahahahhahhaha...