I try and keep my prejudices to a minimum. After years of Anthropology classes, I have learned that a trend of instances does not constitute a fact, and that people are a product of their surroundings, not their race. So I understand that just because two super weird fetishy things come out of a country in a span of a week doesn’t necessarily mean that an entire country of people have inherently weird fetishes, it’s just that the weird ones are crazy enough to make  the news over here. Right? RIGHT?

Because, um… I just found out that there is a new crazy trend in Japanese photography of young, nubile Japanese girls… licking… doorknobs. Kinda like this:

Sure, it ain’t no tentacle porn, but it’s still kind of, unsettling. And coming just days after we learned about the creepiest iPhone app ever, we can’t help but feel like there is something in the water in Japan that is birthing these creepy fetishes. The Chive has kindly (or grossly) compiled 33 photos of the strangely erotic photo fad, in case those up there aren’t enough for you.

Oh, and there’s no nudity, but I somehow still think they are NSFW. I don’t know. I can’t tell. I’m just weirded out.