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thenewgreen  ·  3230 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What it's like to rent a friend in Japan

    She has been paid to cry at funerals and swoon at weddings
this is crazy to me, but I have to admit that it sounds like a pretty kick ass job. That would be an ideal job for an aspiring actor.

Sorry if this is covered later in the article. I've not finished it yet. Will come back to later. Fascinating stuff, culturally.