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@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 4 days ago

Old people in Japan should commit mass suicide says Yale professor

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Old people in Japan should commit mass suicide says Yale professor

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@[email protected] to Not The [email protected]English • 4 days ago
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An assistant professor at one of the most prestigious universities in the U.S. has said that the “clear solution” to Japan’s aging society is for “mass suicide and mass ‘seppuku’ (ritual disembowelment) of the elderly”.
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    • @[email protected]
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      30•4 days ago

      “Since 2008”

      • @[email protected]
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        Australian dude used a home-made robot to kill himself in 2008

        https://www.wired.com/2008/03/australian-man/

        9 years late on a corporate model

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarco_pod

    • @[email protected]
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      17•4 days ago

      “For an extra quarter, would you like to have your eyes scooped out by a melon baller?”

    • @[email protected]
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      I would very much love to have the choice.

      • @[email protected]
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        1•19 hours ago

        You already do.

        But if you think suicide is a desirable choice, call a helpline. In all but some rare cases, your problem is disordered thinking.

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