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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wasn’t there a guy who married his 3DS dating game girlfriend a while back? I’m not sure this is exactly a new phenomenon.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was more of an oddity. Right now, the numbers are not just "some random guy" but something in much higher numbers.

[–] Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not to be that person but... source? I don't follow this topic much, but I imagine its actually a very small amount of peolle being amplified into a way bigger issue than it actually is.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm trying to find an English source as the one I can offer right now is in Spanish. If i find another one, I'll post it, meanwhile, this is my source: https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/02/28/es-rentable-y-da-mucho-miedo-la-reflexion-de-javier-ruiz-sobre-las-parejas-de-mentira-cadena-ser/

apparently, there's this Replika company that offers artificial boyfriends and they are growing rapidly.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Wait replika is still around?