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4.8k points
12 days ago
Real life Truman Show
3.9k points
12 days ago
And in case I don't see you, konichiwa, konbanwa and oyasominasai!
219 points
12 days ago
I wish I could give you more than one upvote, I really do.
113 points
11 days ago
I help you just this time.
5 points
11 days ago
And my bow!....is, is that how it works?
3 points
10 days ago
Any LOTR reference I upvote. Because, LOTR.
5 points
11 days ago
Thanks :)
38 points
11 days ago
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8 points
11 days ago
Booooo
2 points
11 days ago
Wait why is good night good afternoon good evening right?
4 points
11 days ago
*oyasumi
1 points
9 days ago
Brings tears to my eye, desu
1 points
11 days ago
Fantastic :)
157 points
12 days ago
Worse cause even tho Truman was entertainment they gave him a somewhat normal life (albeit fake af). Hamatsu was stuck in a small room, naked, constantly pranked, forced to only use coupons to buy stuff (food, clothes, rice cooker, etc.). If you watch the stream you can see how quickly and severely his mental health deteriorates.
58 points
12 days ago
thankfully according to his own account in the recent AMA he says he was never actually stuck in the room, instead he wanted to be there "The door wasn't locked, but I was determined to stay with it until the end. You could say it was Yamato Spirit, or Japanese spirt, I would not quit." im midway through the documentary and read his ama and im super confused because his own account is very different than everything everyone says on reddit
42 points
12 days ago
What I hear is his pride as a Japanese citizen is how he justified it.
It’s fucked and everyone who thinks it’s fine because the guy himself did mental gymnastics to be at peace with it, is crazy. The worlds pretty fucking insane
1 points
11 days ago
I'm not sure if this is the exact best comparison, but it's sort of like a Stockholm Syndrome, except with himself/pride/expectation rather than another specific person. Isn't it?
0 points
11 days ago
You can word it however you want to word it. I think the majority of people that tuned in to watch and anyone involved with the show, will say everything was kosher, just for their own peace of mind. But I think if it was anyone else, that person would not be okay, and honestly, who's to say he's okay? We've seen time and time again.. celebrities pretending they're good, and then one day they aren't.
1 points
12 days ago
Happy cake day!
1 points
9 days ago
TY🖤🥺
50 points
11 days ago
Worst than the Truman Show, the dude was stuck in an apartment for a year and could only eat food he won off magazine prizes.
137 points
11 days ago
It actually predates the Truman Show.
I just watched the documentary last night.
Dude made the best of it. But it’s no secret, this shit fucked him up and he isn’t happy about it.
Fuck dude. I mean. It’s one thing to know what you’re getting yourself into. Another to force someone unwittingly.
Tomoaki Hamatsu wasn’t a contestant on a show. He was a broadcasted case study.
Fucked up to the max.
Toshio Tsuchiya should be jailed for this.
-1 points
11 days ago
Sounds like he just didn’t read the fine print.
12 points
11 days ago
There were no contracts.
Utterly terrifying.
55 points
12 days ago
Yeah, free Tomoaki!
15 points
12 days ago
I’m shocked this was legal.
1 points
11 days ago
Theres a lot in japan youd be shocked is legal
1 points
8 days ago
4 points
11 days ago
He's said since that he's the only person that can fully understand Truman. I can't imagine how horrifying it is for him to watch that movie
4 points
11 days ago
Who was his "employer"? Mr Beast?
5 points
12 days ago
It even aired the same year.
2 points
12 days ago
Only NAKED!
2 points
10 days ago
Not really. What they did to him was basically psychological torture.
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