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So maybe you’ve heard of it, but maybe you haven’t. There is a company that manufacturers “dolls” that are very very realistic. They’re known as Real Dolls. This is apparently a very lucrative business. But it might surprise you that not everyone buys these for the apparent reason. They have them for companionship.

Perhaps you have seen the movie Lars and the Real Girl where Lars brings home a new girlfriend from the internet. The only thing is, she’s not real. But Lars treats her like she is. This is pretty much what many people are doing out there.

I know what you’re thinking. It’s sick, right? It’s just downright crazy? I mean, they’re not real! seriously. They probably need to have their heads checked. While I agree with some of that, you can’t help but feel bad for some of them. ocB sent me a link to a video (after the bump - this is not safe for work!) that documents a few guys with their real dolls.

Wow! I have to say that I’m disgusted, scared, and petrified. And yet, I can’t help but feel a little sorry for them. But watching this video really opened my mind up a little too much I think. I like to think that I’m very open minded, and this documentary really pushed them. I’m really glad that the guys in the documentary realize that the dolls are exactly that, dolls, and they weren’t thinking they were real. Because that would just totally creep me the hell out.

But honestly, what I think really creeps me out is how real the dolls are. They are almost too real! I think that might even be the problem people have with certain CGI type films. It’s too real. We know it’s not real therefore we must reject it as fake. It could just be a human flaw, but honestly. It’s still a bit creepy to me.

Oh and the ladies looking for men? Yes, they have Real Doll men. Although I don’t think they have quite the variety.

What do you think of all this?

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WTF? I know you guys have heard about this: Boyfriend: Phobia caused woman’s 2-year bathroom stay @ CNN.com. I’m trying to make some sense out of all this and I’m just not able to do so. First of all, in order for her skin to grow around that toilet seat, she would have to be sitting there for a while. I mean seriously, that doesn’t happen overnight people.

Second of all, let’s just say what they haven’t said yet: The filthiness of the situation. If she had been sitting there for that long in order for her skin to develop around the toilet seat, how dirty was the toilet bowl? How dirty was she? She couldn’t have taken a bath in ages. I mean seriously!

I understand that people have phobias, certainly I have my own. But I somehow don’t think that even phobias are going to force you to sit on a toilet seat until your skin grows around it. This is so sad, since they’re saying she might have to be in a wheelchair.

I don’t see how the boyfriend could be found at fault except for stupidity and not calling someone earlier. Perhaps like 2 years ago? I’d probably have called someone after 2 weeks at the very most! Very strange, very strange!