As a once-powerful economy doomed by decade-long deflation, Japan is a vision of our own future. But as trend-adopters, Japanese men are years behind us. Still with the fey emo metrosexual thing, guys?

Tumblr's David Karp and Iminlikewithyou's Charles Forman are just really friendly, OK? When Rachel Sklar let it drop on Radar yesterday that Karp is now dating CNET's Caroline McCarthy, people started saying, "Wait? Thought he was gay?" Nope! And of course you already know that fameball-in-training Forman is dating ex-…

The propagandists of metrosexuality succeeded beyond their wildest dreams: teenage narcissists dare pose like this for their high-school yearbook. [Nightcharm, via John]

Given that making fun of (or even mentioning) metrosexuals ceased to offer any sport or reward some time ago, it's good that we now have the entirely manufactured backlash against metrosexuality to mock. The New York Post is on stereotype-reinforcement patrol, never fear. Jokey masculinity experts like "Tucker Max"…