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Re: Stare-apy for the Socially Inept

Grant — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:55:11 -0000

Do not give that to a paronoied man,

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FinalSlammer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:02:35 -0000

Whoever make these and sells them, and some BUYS IT, they're wasting their yen.

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michelle — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:35:58 -0000

Do you have any friends? you kinda sound mean..

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Lingxiaxiou — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:25:29 -0000

I was staring at the rack bc I was told not to...gah!

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criticaldamage15 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:24:12 -0000

how about the ones with men? coz i think i need help with that.

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heartlessangel — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:01:32 -0000

haha I won she blinked first take that ! where's my medal?

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tomususan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:18:50 -0000

Preety scary and funny.

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Kitam — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:20 -0000

i wouldnt make it past the boobs..
just being honest =(

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mrthundercleese4 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:11:28 -0000

they should make a step series off this..step 1: dealing with a smiling woman step 2: dealing with a blank expression Step 7: dealing with an angry oba-sama stare Step 10: Chuck Norris stare

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Kitam — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:56:15 -0000

i enjoyed it.. im going to blockbuster and see if its in stock.

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Difficult2Describe — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:06:04 -0000

Whoa...that's just creepy.

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stshores24 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:39:17 -0000

Second video's been removed by YouTube...and I just gave you some karma points, Koichi, so if you lost any cool points, maybe those will make up for it. ;)

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Eevee — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:53:31 -0000

no, no, no Koichi... you lost all those "cool points" when you said xp instead of experience. xD

Very interesting stuff here. Yeah, I think they could have some regular people maybe saying, "Hi, how are you.", "Good morning", regular things like that. Get these people used to REAL LIFE situations.
That one girl... she looks really sad. I guess she senses that the guys aren't going to be looking at her face.

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starile — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:17:40 -0000

Why do they only use women in this DVD? I'm sure some hikikomori young girls might be able to use some help getting comfortable with dudes around them. It's not like the only people you see on the street are all women. Then again, it might creep out people a little to have guys staring I them? Hm.

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Ramaja — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:04:57 -0000

I think point of all this is to get those hikikomori used to others staring at them. They probably are unable to keep their eyes up confronted with others, even less when they are been stared by young (or old, or racially different) women.
Keeping our eyes on someone else's makes most of us nervous because of an ancenstral reflex meaning "defy" (try looking in dog's eye and see if he/she can sustain it for long)
This is the reason why these girls won't smile at all: smiling is a sign of encouragement, and this goes against the reason for this DVD to exist.

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MystcKai — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:52:31 -0000

LOL

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taroroot — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:06:32 -0000

@tornadoes28: But to a really socially anxious person they seem like they are staring at you. So to them they er the closest thing to a human person.

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tornadoes28 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:29:15 -0000

How is people staring at you in a DVD going to help? Since they really aren't staring at you.

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Sano — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:23:38 -0000

For some reason I want to try it, I don't have any social problems but this looks interesting. It doesn't really help those who have problems, but for those who're not even trying it must feel good to have someone to talk to, even if he/she isn't very talkative.

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q335r49 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:54:01 -0000

japan's hopelessly unsophisticated ideas of human nature, and our stupid stupid fascination with the groteque : a match made in heaven

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Tofugu_Erin — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:08:03 -0000

I don't think any of us planned on writing anything about it.

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zattsu-ooru — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:03:59 -0000

Whoa.... Akihabara incident....
Should i expect some coverage, guys?

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DeeLeigh — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:30:11 -0000

So, if you end up laughing, does that mean you are on your way to no long being socially "special"?!? Umm...I have got to say this is the most awkwardly funny thing I have ever heard of...Umm...yeah...

I have to say, though, the guy having conversations with his computer and watching TV with his computer REALLY no longer has a reason to leave the house...

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ch1ka — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:58:41 -0000

There are only women... are they saying that men are the ones who can be socially inept? and are they asuming that women have great social skills?

hmm... maybe this is one that only applies to japan

This may be completely unrelated but...
i heard that japan had the highest rate of suicides?
is this true?

Re: Stare-apy for the Socially Inept

Chimiko — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:39:36 -0000

I agree w/ Koichi.
I am already kind of hikikomori-ish, but I would never buy DVDs like that.

That Koichi clip in the middle of the video w/ him smiling idiotically... is funny.