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DUDE WTF ASIA: Thai Beautician Slaps The Pretty Into Her Clients
Per Gizmodo, women in Thailand can skip the plastic surgery and instead, get the breast size and liposuction that they’ve always dreamed of by getting the crap beaten out of them. Some say that beauty is pain but I never imagined this would be translated literally.
The 8Asians Talk About: Eel Removed From Man’s Bladder In China
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we talk about WTF happened in this article about a Chinese man who had an eel surgically removed from his bladder after it swam up his penis during a beauty spa treatment.
Huge Freak-of-Nature Frog Found in Malaysia
From The Korea Times: “A giant frog weighing a whopping 20kg has been discovered in Maylaysia. Showing an image of the gigantic creature taken with a cell phone camera, a Chinese man from Gemencheh claimed that the photo was taken a fortnight ago at a mountainous area in Gemencheh, the Sinchew Daily in Malaysia reported last week. The frog was huge in size and tipped the scale at about 20kg, the normal weight of a seven or [...] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA: Japanese’s Calorie Burning Underwear
Before you watch this commercial for Japan’s “Calorie Shaper” underwear, make sure that you have two minutes of your life to wonder what the hell you just watched. And you might want to get the wastebasket ready when the 70′s era music hits your eardrums. The idea of “functional underwear” is actually pretty interesting, albeit something that I would probably never spend on forty dollars on (2,940 yen is about $38USD). Basically, the Calorie Shapers [...] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA: Japanese Woman Accidentally Kills Self and Husband in Pitfall Trap
One young woman in Japan decided to play some sort of joke on her husband for his birthday and spent the better part of a day digging a 2.5m hole in the sand with a couple of the guy’s buddies. Then she covered it up with a sheet and sand on top, and invited her husband out to the area later that night. As expected, they both fell in, but instead of the amusing “ha [...] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA: CloneFactory’s Creepy Dolls Look Just Like You!
Welcome to the Uncanny Valley, population you. From our good friends at LaughingSquid, Japanese company CloneFactory will make a 20″ tall doll that looks EXACTLY like you, for about $1750. So it’s still a doll, with the little arms and legs. But with your face and clothes. AND YOUR SOUL. Clearly, I had to get Moye’s take on this over Instant Messenger. Which you can read, after the jump.
Next Media Animation Covers Congressman David Wu’s Resignation
You know the rule: if a major news story like Congressman David Wu resigning has the search terms Taiwan, Congressman, Sexual Assault and Tiger suit, you sure as hell know that Taiwan’s Next Media Animation will have it covered in all its CGI glory with its zany sound effects. (SPROOIING! ZOINK! Womp wommmp.) As for the video itself: I’m not quite understanding why a naked guy with a hot dog covering his genitals and a [...] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA: Korean Skyscraper Evacuated Due to Tae Bo and Snap!’s The Power
On July 5, the Korean Techno-mart skyscraper was evacuated because of mysterious tremors shaking the building. Korean scientists have discovered the cause: middle aged exercisers doing Tae Bo to Snap!‘s 1990s Dance Hit, “The Power“. Apparently the combination of doing Tae Bo to the rhythm of the song was at a resonance frequency that triggers the building wide shaking. A famous case of resonance destroying a structure involved the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which ripped itself apart [...] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA: Social Darwinist Chinese Dad
Yay. More WTF news from China gone viral. This time, it’s: “Tiger dad” cheers for kids’ brutal fight. A little girl beats the crap out of a little boy and not only does the girl’s father record the whole fight and post it online, but he cheers his daughter on. Messed up, right? No worries, the little boy’s parents will certainly take care of this. Actually, the boy’s parents are in full support of what the girl’s [...] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA: Japan’s Creepy Dental Training Robot
Feeling a little too refreshed from a good night’s rest? Looking to add a little nightmarish action to your sleep schedule? Need some extra motivation to floss at night? Then check out Japan’s “Showa Hanako 2,” a realistic dental training robot made from the same synthetic material as those lifelike Japanese sex dolls. Don’t get the wrong idea, though. This robot allows students to refine their techniques of drilling sharp objects into teeth before moving [...] Continue »
Filipino Declared World’s Shortest Man
On the same day he turned 18, Filipino Junrey Balawing was declared the world’s shortest man by the Guinness Book of World Records. Balawing stands 59.93 centimeters or 23.5 inches high, about 2.5 inches shorter than the previous record holder, Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal. Junrey’s parents took him out of school because they were afraid for his safety. He has trouble standing up and speaking, and local doctors had trouble diagnosing his problem (his [...] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA: Chinese Boy Sells Kidney For iPad 2
I’m sure you’ve already heard the latest WTF story to come out of Asia, where a 17 year old boy in China reportedly sold his kidney for money to buy an iPad 2, and (unsurprisingly) regrets the decision completely. A mysterious broker contacted him over the Internet, offering money for one of his two kidneys. On April 28 Zheng went to Chenzhou City in neighboring Hunan Province for the kidney removal surgery arranged by the [...] Continue »
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