She felt really lonely, so she started replacing all of the people in the village who did not live there anymore with life-sized scarecrow-like dolls.

And 350 of those dolls live in the town.

That's so fugged up presents. That's so fucked up presents.

Hey everyone and welcome back to That's So Fooked Up Presents.

That's So Fooked Up is a spin-off series of That's So Fucked Up, a podcast about cults, murder,

and other generally fucked up stuff.

In That's So Fucked Up Presents, each season is like a mini series where we dive into a particular topic over the course of a month.

And as you know, if you've been listening to this season,

we've been talking about some of the more shocking aspects of Japan's culture.

I'm your host, Ashley Richards, and this is Jarring Japan.

Today, I am extremely excited to be joined by my co-host, Renee Percy. She's an award-winning actor, writer, and

comedian. She's been on NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, Nickelodeon, Disney, FX, Comedy Central. I haven't

been on any of those, but I would like to one day. So, hi, Renee. Hi, thanks for having me. I'm excited.

Oh my gosh. Me too. Right. Finally. Fuck yeah. So you kind of are into like macabre shit. It's fun as a comedian. Like dark stuff is, uh, is always fun. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to go some pretty weird places today. So I'm really excited. I gave you a little introduction. Is there anything else you want to say to your audience right at the top? Sorry, my audience. Maybe where they could go check you out on social media, if they want to put a face to the name during the episode or whatever. Yeah, Absolutely. You can check me out on Instagram at Renee Percy Comedian. That's R-E-N-W-E-P-E-R-C-Y-R-C-Y comedian. And I have a new

comedy special coming out soon, so stay tuned called the Comic Sutra. Fuck yeah. That's actually so perfect

since today we're talking about sex and farts. Yeah, which is, as I said, going to be the name of my

biography, the Renee Percy story, Sex and farts. Fuck, yes. So when did you get into comedy? I'm so curious. Oh, gosh. The first time I ever did it, I was 13, and then I took a 10-year break after that, and then did it again. And then I've taken lots of breaks over my life but I feel like it's something

I've always kind of done. Awesome. It's like your full time. I know you do some coaching too.

Yeah, stand up just lay full time life, whether I'm on stage at night or during the day. You can see

in the background. I'm in my studio and I teach stand-up comedy as well. Cool. Cool. You're the first comedian that I'm having on, and my partner gave me the idea. He was like, why don't you reach out to comedians? Obviously, they would make good co-hosts. And I was like, obviously they would. Yeah, that's really smart. Well, let's hope. It remains to be seen. So you're the guinea pig, Renee, no pressure. No pressure. Just have to hold all the

comedians on your shoulder from now on. Go ahead. Yeah, it's fine. Before we get into kind of the

stranger aspects, I want to kind of talk about something a little bit more serious. So, Renee, first,

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