Cuppacafe

OK, I'm all for laughing at the clown-jobs and yaboos that populate this world, but not only is this story not funny, but, well, the folks involved in this story need to seriously have the living crap slapped out of them, and I'm forming a line right over here...

Korean baby dies as parents Kim Yoo-chul and Choi Mi-sun raise virtual bub

A COUPLE addicted to computer games let their real baby starve to death while raising a virtual daughter online.

Police said the couple spent up to12 hours a day at internet cafes, leaving their three-month-old daughter home alone at their apartment in Suwon, South Korea.

Police said the couple became obsessed with living online and neglected their real lives, The Sun reports.

They raised an avatar baby through their profiles on a Second Life-style game called PRIUS, while their real daughter was given just one bottle of milk a day.

I remember the Tamagotchi's from when my kids were younger. I tried to keep my son's electronic pal going for a bit, then it died, and well, we all moved on to other toys. I think the folks in this story, should have done that quite a bit of time ago.

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