Comments on: Japanese Teen Shut-Ins http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/08/20/japanese-teen-shut-ins/ Now With More Awesomeness Every Day Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:31:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: bcarter3 http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/08/20/japanese-teen-shut-ins/#comment-36449 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:56:37 +0000 http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/08/20/japanese-teen-shut-ins/#comment-36449 I'm fascinated by the whole hikikomori phenomenon, but the number of people affected by hikikomori is greatly exaggerated in the article. It's apparently in the thousands, not the hundreds of thousands. (See Wikipedia) If your interested in this, you might want to research the Collier Brothers, who were recluses in New York City from the 1920s through the 1940s. I’m fascinated by the whole hikikomori phenomenon, but the number of people affected by hikikomori is greatly exaggerated in the article. It’s apparently in the thousands, not the hundreds of thousands. (See Wikipedia)

If your interested in this, you might want to research the Collier Brothers, who were recluses in New York City from the 1920s through the 1940s.

]]> by: Richard Wanderman http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/08/20/japanese-teen-shut-ins/#comment-35716 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:51:16 +0000 http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/08/20/japanese-teen-shut-ins/#comment-35716 Gad, Japan is one fascinating and weird as hell place. Gad, Japan is one fascinating and weird as hell place.

]]> by: rabsteen http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/08/20/japanese-teen-shut-ins/#comment-35501 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:13:08 +0000 http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/08/20/japanese-teen-shut-ins/#comment-35501 holy eff, that's fascinating. thanks. holy eff, that’s fascinating. thanks.

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