Love & Romance
Cuddling as a commcercial industry
According to a recent article in the SF Chronicle: "The belief that touch is essential — a biological and social need — but often difficult to find without an intimate relationship is a guiding principle within the cuddling world, which in recent years has emerged as a major commercial industry. There are professional cuddlists who offer private cuddling sessions for as much as $100 per hour. Cuddling has pushed into the retail market with vigor."A Washington Post article adds, "In the past four years storefront cuddle shops have opened in Portland and Los Angeles, and one-on-one cuddle providers are proliferating across the nation."
The cuddling industry doesn't involve only person-to-person cuddling. There's also person-to-cow cuddling. The BBC reports: "A farm in upstate New York is offering self-care seekers the chance to spend 90 minutes cosying up to cows. The Mountain Horse Farm explains that cows are 'sensitive, intuitive animals' who will 'pick up on what's going on inside and sense if you are happy, sad, feel lost, anxious or are excited, and they will respond to that without judgement'... The farm in New York charges $300 (approx. £225) for 90 minutes of snuggles. That’s roughly £2.50 per minute of cow time."
There's even turkey cuddling, which has been gaining popularity as an alternative way to celebrate Thanksgiving.
image source: Instagram
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 23, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Emotions, Love & Romance
Married to a hologram
We recently posted about a Japanese company (Gatebox) that had created a "digital wife"... a device that created a holographic companion for lonely people. Now 35-year-old Akihiko Kondo has married his hologram companion. From sde.co.ke:Gatebox, the company that produces the hologram device has issued a "marriage certificate," which certifies that a human and a virtual character have wed "beyond dimensions".
The singer welcomes Kndo home every evening and tells him when it is time for bed. He even sleeps with a doll of the hologram beside him.
I'd bet money that the 'marriage' is a publicity stunt engineered by Gatebox.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 18, 2018 -
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Category: AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Marriage, Love & Romance
Compliment Mirror
A new, weird invention from Japan. A mirror that compliments you. More info from JapanTrends.com:This reminds me of the Digital Wife I posted about recently. Seems like another device aimed at the large number of Japanese people who seem to live alone.
The company website
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 12, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Love & Romance
Digital Wife
Gatebox recently announced that its Boku no Yome ("My Wife") device is now ready for sale. Though it'll cost you $1352, plus $13.52 a month if you want the subscription fee for future updates.I'm not sure if it would be cheaper to just get a cat.
More info: Social News Daily
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 14, 2018 -
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Category: Technology, AI, Robots and Other Automatons, Love & Romance
A Rose and a Baby Ruth
Apology on the cheap.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 30, 2017 -
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Category: Music, Nature, Teenagers, Candy, 1950s, Love & Romance
Dating for Under a Dollar
Haven't read the book, but I've got a few ideas. Take your date to the Dollar Store and tell her you'll treat her to any one thing. Or take her to McDonald's and tell her she can get any one thing she wants off the dollar menu.The book itself costs more than a dollar. Available from Amazon.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Oct 02, 2017 -
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Category: Books, Love & Romance
Woman trapped retrieving poo
BBC News headline: Woman trapped in window while trying to retrieve pooImpressively, the headline delivers exactly what it promises. It was her own poo she was after, having flung it because it "would not flush" and she was worried her date would find it.
When I first read the story I thought, nah, that can't be true. It sounds too much like some kind of urban legend about a date gone nightmarishly wrong. But the BBC has confirmed it, as has the local Fire and Rescue service.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 06, 2017 -
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Category: Excrement, Love & Romance
Lion Cage Weddings
The recurring theme of people who get married in a lions' cage.1930s — no exact date or location specified
Lion-tamer George J. Keller weds Ginny Lowry in Cleveland, Ohio
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Mar 10, 1957
Lion-tamer Jimmy Bells weds trapeze artist Experanza Esqueda Gonzales
Torreon, Mexico - July 18, 1967
Lion-tamer Julius Von Uhl and his assistant of six years Linda Pritchard wed in Warren, Michigan
Fremont News-Messenger - Aug 15 1987
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 03, 2017 -
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Category: Animals, Weddings, Love & Romance
The Gods Were Angry With Me
Man's carnal lusts cause Armageddon and make the gods open up the Book of Revelation.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 25, 2016 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Music, Religion, 1940s, Love & Romance
Savage Catfight
Can I say it before any other WUvie does? That boyfriend must have been some cocksman!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 11, 2015 -
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Category: Death, Women, Nineteenth Century, Love & Romance
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