David Bowie fan attempts suicide after his idol’s death

New York Post ^ | January 12, 2016 | Sophia Rosenbaum

[ConservativeStatement]

A diehard David Bowie fan in Japan took the rock icon’s death to heart, attempting suicide because of it.

Tomoki Shiota, an unemployed 25-year-old, was found outside a shipping company in Sapporo, a village in northern Japan, Monday afternoon, shouting and waving a box cutter around.

[ConservativeStatement]

This is a different take on the recent news of Bowie's death. Holy Shiota, Batman.

[Hugin]

Did he have screwed up eyes and a screwed down hairdo?

[EEGator]

Too much of this?...

[ConservativeStatement]

Oh, no, no, no, you’re a rock ‘n’ roll suicide

[cuban leaf]

Need to watch Band Slam again.

[Politicalkiddo]

People are insane.

[Vermont Lt]

Japan is F’d up.

[NormsRevenge]

He’s 25? Wow. He must get it from his parents.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Well, this is Japan, so, this isn’t abnormal for them.

[jonascord]

Explain how he offs himself and the world is the poorer for it.

[trisham]

Oyasumi nasai.

[dfwgator]

If David were still alive he’d be the first to tell him, “You bloody fool!”

[Tijeras_Slim]

Just an attack of the vapors.

[dfwgator]

Well, this is Japan, so, this isn't abnormal for them.

[ETL]

People are insane.

There's apparently a lot of weirdness in Japan...

Women flock to Japan zoo to see 'hunky' gorilla

AFP, via YahooNews ^ | June 25, 2015 | Associated Foreign Press

A giant gorilla with brooding good looks and rippling muscles is causing a stir at a Japanese zoo, with women flocking to check out the hunky pin-up.

Shabani, an 18-year-old silverback who tips the scales at around 180 kilograms (400 pounds), has become the star attraction at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Nagoya, striking smouldering poses the movie model in "Zoolander" would be proud of.

"He often rests his chin on his hands and looks intently at you," zoo spokesman Takayuki Ishikawa told AFP on Friday.

"He is more buff than most gorillas and he's at his peak physically. We've seen a rise in the number of female visitors -- women say he's very good-looking."

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[Mears]

A head case if there ever was one.

Pathetic.

.

[Politicalkiddo]

I revise my prior statement—The majority of people are insane, and should be locked up in order to avoid contaminating the rest of the sane population.

[trisham]

I can’t imagine it, but...

[Tijeras_Slim]

It was a semi obscure music reference, I was being bad.

[Morgana]

That was a bit much