Comments on: Suicide As A Success Pattern

By: Rovkir

Rovkir — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:01:34 +0000

Not the greatest analogy ever, but you’ve got a point.

By: blorrwst

blorrwst — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:33:25 +0000

[E]ven suicide, perhaps the greatest expression of sadness and despair possible, requires a positive, Babe Ruth homerun mindset.

Not always. The original latin apparently means – self-kill. So to run into a brick wall at 90 while under the influence is suicide. Falling off a ladder whilst cleaning the drains is suicide. Forgetting to remove all the bullets before seeing if you’ve fixed the trigger problem whilst scratching your head with the barrel is suicide. I shall stop here.

Though, not all suicides are expressions of despair. Believe it or not some folks just are not interested in living. They just don’t like or “get” life. Sort of like walking out on a movie. I think suicides have been greatly misrepresented and maligned by the “other side”. Sometimes it takes more guts, maturity, depth and love for life and self to take the initiative rather than cling to breath no matter what. But, to each his/her own.

Good point though. No one will ever match the success a suicide reaches.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:41:20 +0000

I can see how this could possibly be inspiring for people who haven’t attempted suicide, but as someone who has, I can’t say this was exactly comforting… （；ﾟДﾟ）

“…[E]ven suicide, perhaps the greatest expression of sadness and despair possible, requires a positive, Babe Ruth homerun mindset. ” ← I’m not sure that’s how it works, khatz…

By: 魔法少女☆かなたん

魔法少女☆かなたん — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:43:39 +0000

Heavens to Betsy, this was a disturbing post!

By: LC

LC — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:15:44 +0000

Thanks khatz, just what i needed. Feeling really burnt out after hitting the 900 kanji mark, the first 500 or so I had a 95% recall rate, but on the new ones i’m getting less than 50% and Im just getting a bit annoyed i guess.

By: Spezial K

Spezial K — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:04:54 +0000

So inspiring! Can I get a citation for "people who attempt suicide multiple times are more successful"???

By: Sukixrose

Sukixrose — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:13:27 +0000

Thank you very much for writing a big long post. I have been struggling to move my ass and learn Japanese, and this has inspired me. I just need to take one step at a time, and eventually I’ll have climbed the stairs to fluency 😀

By: CHoPSTiX

CHoPSTiX — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:09:13 +0000

That’s a very optimistic way of putting…
Especially: “The US army is so good at killing it kills it’s own soldiers sometimes”
I guess the main part is just keeping the passion for learning the language the way people say, have a passion for trying to commit suicide, among other things.