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minus-squarePolysics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·4 months agoJust in case you weren’t aware, that Futurama episode was loosely based on a real life dog that waited for his master at the train station every day for years after the humans death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachikō?wprov=sfla1 They are too good for us and we don’t deserve them, but I’m glad we have them in our lives.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoDidn’t even need to look at the link to know it was Hachiko! I’ve been to Shibuya station and seen (and pet) Hachiko (the statue) a few times, always a weirdly melancholic experience
Just in case you weren’t aware, that Futurama episode was loosely based on a real life dog that waited for his master at the train station every day for years after the humans death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachikō?wprov=sfla1
They are too good for us and we don’t deserve them, but I’m glad we have them in our lives.
Didn’t even need to look at the link to know it was Hachiko!
I’ve been to Shibuya station and seen (and pet) Hachiko (the statue) a few times, always a weirdly melancholic experience