# Instances of life intentionally imitating art

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**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instances-of-life-intentionally-imitating-art/983116/6 "2023-04-24T15:50:57Z")

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> [@solost](#):
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> Yes, that’s more what I’m looking for.

I started a tangentally-related thread on Gibson a while back:

> [@Yet again life imitates William Gibson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-again-life-imitates-william-gibson/849037):
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> If you recall, in one of William Gibson’s books, people wanted to get custom eyes to match those of internet star Tally Isham. Well, you can’t get whole custom eyes yet, but [we are getting there](https://soranews24.com/2020/03/06/now-you-can-own-the-eyes-of-once-in-a-millennium-idol-kanna-hashimoto/). (An earlier instance, of course is [the man who “married” Hatsune Miko](https://www.techspot.com/news/77385-japanese-man-marries-anime-hologram-hatsune-miku.html), reflecting [Rez’s obsession with Rei Tohei](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoru).)

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