IN AMERICA, WE SIMPLY CALL THEM “BLOGGERS:” “Pictured: Sufferers of the bizarre condition causing almost a million Japanese men to lock themselves inside for YEARS, surfing the internet and reading manga.”

RELATED: “I Do, and Sayonara…,” Mark Steyn explores the demographic implications of “Japan’s first robot wedding,” noting that “It’s an M&M&M world: Europe is going Muslim, America is going Mexican, Japan is going Manga. It will be for posterity to determine which is the least un-smart move.”

I’m the sure the robots at the end of Spielberg and Kubrick’s AI will sort it all out.