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What's going on in Japan is a bit more severe than the western world's version. It came to a point where videos like these were made - http://www.youtube.com/wa

by smtddr 13y ago

What's going on in Japan is a bit more severe than the western world's version. It came to a point where videos like these were made - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq0XOHxJsQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq0XOHxJsQ Note the top comment made 4 years ago. While depression definitely exists globally, I don't think I've heard of videos like these being made for any place other than Japan. If I'm wrong though, please correct me.

krichman 13y ago
What is the intended effect of that video? A proxy for human interaction?
- patio11 13y ago
  It was marketed as behavioral therapy, to help people get over psychological aversions to e.g. eye contact. This may or may not have been a smokescreen over other reasons why people would purchase that video. (Source: it was covered in general Japanese media some years ago.)
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- rangibaby 13y ago
  They are selling it as a method for getting over shyness or fear of strangers (人見知り) http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00166NB0I/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00166NB0I/
  - jakejake 13y ago
    It seems like an incredibly odd method for getting used to human interaction. Showing a bizarre staring video instead of actual human interaction. I don't know anything about Japanese culture but just based on whatever random bits I've picked up - it doesn't surprise me to see a video or a robot used to avoid an uncomfortable confrontation with a depressed person.
agilebyte 13y ago
I find this version better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12dH72757U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12dH72757U Don't know what she say but I was paying attention :).
- kurige 13y ago
  She says, ｢零れてるよ｣ (kobore teru yo) at the end. Which means, "It's spilling." It's used as you'd expect: to let somebody know if a sink is overflowing or if a bag tears open and things are falling out. In the context of the video... I have no fucking clue.
  - agilebyte 13y ago
    Hah, nice one :)

by smtddr 13y ago

krichman 13y ago

What is the intended effect of that video? A proxy for human interaction?

patio11 13y ago
It was marketed as behavioral therapy, to help people get over psychological aversions to e.g. eye contact. This may or may not have been a smokescreen over other reasons why people would purchase that video. (Source: it was covered in general Japanese media some years ago.)
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rangibaby 13y ago
They are selling it as a method for getting over shyness or fear of strangers (人見知り) http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00166NB0I/ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00166NB0I/
- jakejake 13y ago
  It seems like an incredibly odd method for getting used to human interaction. Showing a bizarre staring video instead of actual human interaction. I don't know anything about Japanese culture but just based on whatever random bits I've picked up - it doesn't surprise me to see a video or a robot used to avoid an uncomfortable confrontation with a depressed person.

agilebyte 13y ago

I find this version better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12dH72757U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12dH72757U Don't know what she say but I was paying attention :).

kurige 13y ago
She says, ｢零れてるよ｣ (kobore teru yo) at the end. Which means, "It's spilling." It's used as you'd expect: to let somebody know if a sink is overflowing or if a bag tears open and things are falling out. In the context of the video... I have no fucking clue.
- agilebyte 13y ago
  Hah, nice one :)