Even Japan is Creeped out by 4chan: "Foreign website 4chan full of geeks spending Valentine's Day wi - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Mingebox;39610199]If you're buying hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth merchandise all devoted to a single fictional person, you're not a loser, you're completely mental.[/QUOTE] Would it be pathetic if it was a bunch of expensive vintage sports/band memorabilia instead? Nah, then the guy is just dedicated to his hobby [i]clearly[/i].

[QUOTE=TheCombine;39610815]Would it be pathetic if it was a bunch of expensive vintage sports/band memorabilia instead? Nah, then the guy is just dedicated to his hobby [i]clearly[/i].[/QUOTE] Interesting argument, but sorry. The guy's a loser.

[QUOTE=TheCombine;39610815]Would it be pathetic if it was a bunch of expensive vintage sports/band memorabilia instead? Nah, then the guy is just dedicated to his hobby [I]clearly[/I].[/QUOTE] well its one thing to enjoy a sport/band enough to buy their memorabilia, but its something completely different to love and to be attached to them the way these people are. you are comparing pizza to easter eggs dude [editline]16th February 2013[/editline] let me put it to you this way. i like football, i wear football team jerseys, and i own some madden NFL games doesnt mean i wanna fuck john madden in the butt or pretend he is my husband [editline]16th February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=buro;39603833]How are they losers? And you should feel bad if you validate yourself through talking down others.[/QUOTE] i dont wanna sound personal or rude but do you have a waifu? oh wait you do. [QUOTE=buro;39602469]Wow. Those images are impressive. All I got my waifu was a box of heart shaped chocolate. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/z7xJa5w.jpg[/IMG] I am such an awful husband.[/QUOTE]

I'm not gonna lie, I myself have 'fallen in love' with a virtual character, and I'm sure many of you guys have. Of course, this has never driven me to the point where I wanted to try to make it a reality with some shrine of sorts.

Isn't this a meme? I thought people set up these pictures as a joke. [url]http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/dinner-with-waifu-otaku-dates[/url]

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;39612042]Isn't this a meme? I thought people set up these pictures as a joke. [url]http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/dinner-with-waifu-otaku-dates[/url][/QUOTE] It's a pretty bad joke.

If this is what the world is coming to, perhaps the mental health industry is more lucrative than I initially thought.

It's a joke with a reason. They watch a couple series and find a character with appealing characteristics. Written characters are meant to be interesting, so that's what people are attracted to (not necessarily sexually). Have you ever watched a cartoon on AS or CN and say "Man, I'd love to play video games with ___, he'd be a real bro"? They are aware that their favorite show's protag will never exist, so they collaborate with other likeminded individuals in their online community by pretending they're dating their character. It's all in good fun, but the purpose is deep-rooted in their admiration for good writing in animation. I'd wager that most of the pictures taken here are [I]not[/I] by legitimately crazy people.

[QUOTE=Hypershadsy;39612838]It's a joke with a reason. They watch a couple series and find a character with appealing characteristics. Written characters are meant to be interesting, so that's what people are attracted to (not necessarily sexually). Have you ever watched a cartoon on AS or CN and say "Man, I'd love to play video games with ___, he'd be a real bro"? They are aware that their favorite show's protag will never exist, so they collaborate with other likeminded individuals in their online community by pretending they're dating their character. It's all in good fun, but the purpose is deep-rooted in their admiration for good writing in animation. I'd wager that most of the pictures taken here are [I]not[/I] by legitimately crazy people.[/QUOTE] That's what this video goes on about at [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YtwPPsBKGQ&t=3m44s]3:44[/url] [quote]It's normal, it's totally normal to relate to and emotionally engage yourself with fictional characters to a degree, because on some level we do see them as people. If we didn't fiction wouldn't even exist. It would just be a bunch of arbitrary crap that means nothing to us, because on some level, from some angle, we do see characters as people. In fact, I'll even go farther and say I understand infatuation with a character. [And then he goes on into disturbing levels about how he'd love to cuddle and hold Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4][/quote]

[QUOTE=F T;39611098] [editline]16th February 2013[/editline] let me put it to you this way. i like football, i wear football team jerseys, and i own some madden NFL games doesnt mean i wanna fuck john madden in the butt or pretend he is my husband [/QUOTE] you aren't a true fan

[QUOTE=Lone Wolf807;39601649][IMG]http://puu.sh/235pI[/IMG] [video=youtube;tjz9wk16GPI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjz9wk16GPI[/video][/QUOTE] Oh god wat

only 10-20% of these are real, about 50% are actual jokes, and everything in between wishes it was a joke but is actually real

[QUOTE=Shadaez;39603873]Instead of seeking out a real relationship they try and have one with an imaginary "person" who doesn't exist. That's why. Get help.[/QUOTE] Oh, get a relationship? Just get a relationship? Why don't I strap on my relationship helmet, and squeeze into a relationship cannon and fire off into relationship land, where relationships grow on little relationship trees!

[QUOTE=RoadOfGirl;39614378]only 10-20% of these are real, about 50% are actual jokes, and everything in between wishes it was a joke but is actually real[/QUOTE] What about the other 40 - 30%?

[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;39614471]Oh, get a relationship? Just get a relationship? Why don't I strap on my relationship helmet, and squeeze into a relationship cannon and fire off into relationship land, where relationships grow on little relationship trees![/QUOTE] He's not saying "get a gf lol", he's saying you should focus your efforts on meeting new people and talking to them instead of deluding yourself into an imaginary relationship with a "person" that doesn't exist. And contrary to what many here would believe, it's not that hard.

[QUOTE=Dr. Gestapo;39614561]He's not saying "get a gf lol", he's saying you should focus your efforts on meeting new people and talking to them instead of deluding yourself into an imaginary relationship with a "person" that doesn't exist. And contrary to what many here would believe, it's not that hard.[/QUOTE] Well yeah, I get that. But sometimes you just feel like giving up. (And it was an Always Sunny reference.)

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;39612972][And then he goes on into disturbing levels about how he'd love to cuddle and hold Rise Kujikawa from Persona 4][/QUOTE] I love how he elaborated that he didn't hold her decapitated head, that just sounds like something straight out of a disturbingly violent sitcom.

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;39614260]Oh god wat[/QUOTE] Made me laugh pretty hard. The guy is a good actor.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;39612525]If this is what the world is coming to[/QUOTE] This was being done in the 90's

[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;39616811]This was being done in the 90's[/QUOTE] I want to see a 90's version of this.

[QUOTE=Daniellynet;39617432]I want to see a 90's version of this.[/QUOTE] Sailor Moon is mai waifu

[video=youtube;lyhQUD572tM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyhQUD572tM[/video]

[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;39616811]This was being done in the 90's[/QUOTE] Try [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology)]Ancient Greece[/url].

I think the terms "waifu" and "husbando" shouldn't be taken seriously. I mean, I think most of them just call them that for the sake of saying that they find the character to be very attractive or to stand out than most fictional characters. In other words, it's just a joke. Most of the time, at least.

Is it a requirement that pretend girlfriends have to be anime?

[QUOTE=RobbL;39620053]Is it a requirement that pretend girlfriends have to be anime?[/QUOTE] It's not mandatory no.

[QUOTE=Last or First;39617940]Try [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology)]Ancient Greece[/url].[/QUOTE] proof that humanity hasn't really changed at all since antiquity. :v:

QUICK! Someone make a Ryu-Gi and a Susan Coffrey one!