Posted on 07/28/2023 11:25:39 PM PDT by Angelino97
A Japanese man who spent more than $20,000 to become a dog has finally taken his first walk and immediately made some canine friends.
Known only as Toco, the man spent two million Yen (A$22,000) on a hyperrealistic border collie costume to fulfil his lifelong dream of “becoming an animal”.
In recent updates shared with his almost 30,000 YouTube subscribers, Toco was seen playing in his backyard on all fours and performing tricks in exchange for treats.
But now he has ventured into public for the first time to reveal his new look.
In a pair of surreal videos posted to his YouTube channel ‘I want to be an animal’, Toco was seen being taken out for a walk on a leash, sniffing at other dogs in a park and rolling around on the floor.
Toco’s grand debut — which was captured while he was filming a segment for a German TV station — seemed to be well-received by passers-by and other dogs, who appeared curious. It wasn’t clear whether they realised Toco wasn’t a natural-born dog.
“I became a collie, fulfilling a dream I had since I was a little child to be an animal!” subtitles at the beginning of the video read...
Toco says he hides his human identity because he doesn’t want to be judged by people he knows.
“I don’t want my hobbies to be known, especially by the people I work with,” he told the Daily Mail last year.
“They think it’s weird that I want to be a dog. For the same reason why I can’t show my real face.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
He can roll over. Check out his YouTube video.
As always the media lies. He did not TRANSFORM himself into a collie. He is wearing a nice facsimile of a collie. Clearly, a sick man.
But it gives me an idea.....create a freak website...get advertisers and create click bait. If 1 million clicks a day get me 1 cent a day each...well...you do the arithmetic. That’s what the internet has now mostly become. A freak show.
The Japanese are particularly weird about this ‘furry’ thing, but the fetish is not exclusive to them.
He was threatened with a restraining order when he recently chased after a group of people dressed as geese.
Not necessarily. Had the Versailles Treaty declared that no nation was at fault and no reparations were owed, the war in Europe might have been avoided.
That only works if you have no shame.
The reality TV freak shows of the 2000s (e.g., Jackass) set the stage for social media freak shows.
Our culture rewards shameless self-debasement and outlandish behavior (remember Balloon Boy Dad?). Naturally, when you incentivize something, you get more of it.
Breaking News: The collie was chasing a baseball into the street and was just hit by a Tesla.
What you say is true, but we have had horrific wars throughout human history, so the loss of excellent courageous men is rather continual.
I doubt he is interested in ladies.
I’m wondering if he goes around sniffing his coworkers butts?
On a side note, maybe he thought that dressing up like a dog gave him superpowers, or maybe he really wanted to be a Nantucket Collie and ordered the wrong costume.
Somebody throw this dog a bone.
Mass media article of the future:
“This was a historic first on the true recognition of animal rights recognized in a ceremony on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento. Governor Pervert announced that all dogs in the state of California are now eligible to vote.”
Only if they're bitches.
Exactly, sadly. This is extreme beastiality imo
Again, you miss the obvious: The Germans invaded France and Belgium and then conducted brutal atrocities against French and Belgian civilians. Not content to wage war at sea using submarines, they went ahead to unrestricted submarine warfare and began killing civilians at sea - including American citizens.
The Germans also initiated the use of flamethrowers, poison gas and bombing civilian cities from the air - as well as shelling Paris using long range artillery.
In short, the Germans were atrocity-committing war criminals sustaining an aggressive war. They earned the defeat they got and if we'd had any foresight at all, should have maintained a strong military presence in Germany for several generations more and strongly enforced the provisions of the Versailles Treaty to restrict arms development and production.
Again, you miss the obvious: The Germans invaded France and Belgium and then conducted brutal atrocities against French and Belgian civilians. Not content to wage war at sea using submarines, they went ahead to unrestricted submarine warfare and began killing civilians at sea - including American citizens.
The Germans also initiated the use of flamethrowers, poison gas and bombing civilian cities from the air - as well as shelling Paris using long range artillery.
In short, the Germans were atrocity-committing war criminals sustaining an aggressive war. They earned the defeat they got and if we'd had any foresight at all, should have maintained a strong military presence in Germany for several generations more and strongly enforced the provisions of the Versailles Treaty to restrict arms development and production.
And what did Belgium do in The Congo? There were no saints there.
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