New hope comes to all the single men in the land of the rising sun....

[termyt]

Rather than look at this extremely seriously from a social or moral perspective, I believe I'll just find it funny.

I'm sure there are deep social and societal issues here, but I too would just rather go with my first impression and laugh. I don't know, I think the pillows would be good conversation pieces. Perhaps sew them together, and then alls you'd be missing is the head.

[John316]

The lap-pillow guys and the arm-pillow girls should just get together. Although how you can get a guy's head on a girl's lap and his arm under her head at the same time is beyond me.

[Zilch]

*snort*

*giggle*

*spurts milk all over the place*

[Raiden no Kishi]

Only in Japan...

Rai

[Kkun]

That. Was. Awesome. Each of them. The lap pillow made me laugh harder than the arm pillow, though. Still, man, if what girls really want is a giant, beefy arm to sleep against, I had better start bulking up...

[Rachel]

Still, man, if what girls really want is a giant, beefy arm to sleep against, I had better start bulking up...

And I'd better stop doing all those squats because they sure aren't making my thighs feel like a pillow. The other day someone accidentally brushed my thigh with their hand and said, "Man, what do you have in your pants? Rocks?"

[Syreth]

i can't believe someone would actually use that as a pillow... when someone sees that sitting on their bed, wouldn't they get a little freaked out? "Oh, don't worry, I just collect mannequins" *shifty eyes* At this point, the person with sense would run away. Man, what a creepy idea.

[shooraijin]

"Man, what do you have in your pants? Rocks?"

Man, that's just brutal.

[Rachel]

Well actually they didn't say that. I meant to put in my other post how I was just kidding about that. But usually if someone sees me in shorts or a skirt (which rarely happens. Me in a skirt I mean) they're surprised because my calves like muscular. They're not really very big anymore, but when I walk the muscles pop out... Sorry, that was really off topic.

Back on topic. The sad thing is though that I actually know a few guys at school who might actually buy one of those thigh pillows.

[uc pseudonym]

I know quite a few guys at my church who would buy one of those (for prank purposes, true, but still).

Oddly enough, I've seen both of these articles being looked at by others I know didn't link from CAA. They seem pretty popular (the articles, I mean).

[Gypsy]

Very funny in a creepy "I need to find something else to think about and soon" sort of way. I hope the single ladies don't get too used to those pillows, though. Having someone actually sleep *on* your arm gets pretty uncomfortable after a while.

[Kaligraphic]

I know quite a few guys at my church who would buy one of those (for prank purposes, true, but still).

Oddly enough, I've seen both of these articles being looked at by others I know didn't link from CAA. They seem pretty popular (the articles, I mean).

I've actually seen them before from other sources. They're widely known in the "weird stuff from Japan == humour" circles. (like the USB-powered cup warmer.)

[Kaori]

I've heard that "body pillows" printed with life-size anime characters are also pretty popular with Japanese otaku. I guess the lap and arm pillows are just the next logical step. It's still rather disturbing, though.

[ZiP]

That doesn't look all that comfortable...

[c-girl]

LOL! >^.^< Those are hilarious!

[Yojimbo]

They're more taken as office jokes over there anyway.

[Azier the Swordsman]

And if you thought that was disturbing enough...

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<shooraijin: despite the warnings, I don't think this URL is appropriate subject matter.>
*WARNING* PG-13 *WARNING*