November 23, 200916 yr comment_189327 Death by junshi - 殉死! 殉死! "Then, at the height of the summer, Emperor Meiji passed away. I felt as though the spirit of the Meiji era had begun with the Emperor and had ended with him. I was overcome with the feeling that I and the others, who had been brought up in that era, were now left behind to live as anachronisms. I told my wife so. She laughed and refused to take me seriously. Then she said a curious thing, albeit in jest: "Well then, junshi is the solution to your problem." "I had almost forgotten that there was such a word as "junshi." It is not a word that one uses normally, and I suppose it had been banished to some remote corner of my memory. I turned to my wife, who had reminded me of its existence, and said: "I will commit junshi if you like; but in my case, it will be through loyalty to the spirit of the Meiji era." My remark was meant as a joke; but I did feel that the antiquated word had come to hold a new meaning for me. "A month passed. On the night of the Imperial Funeral I sat in my study and listened to the booming of the cannon. To me, it sounded like the last lament for the passing of an age. Later, I realized that it might also have been a salute to General Nogi. Holding the extra edition in my hand, I blurted out to my wife: "Junshi! Junshi!" -Kokoro by Natsume Soseki Report
November 23, 200916 yr comment_189375 death by being ignored by everyone, becoming depressed because no one will even look at you and then committing suicide Report
November 24, 200916 yr comment_190103 Death from embarrassment at posting in one thread while thinking you were in another thread. Edited November 24, 200916 yr by An1de2 Report
November 24, 200916 yr comment_190124 death at the hands of the "squeal like a pig" guy in Deliverance Report
November 24, 200916 yr comment_190156 death by a tripping over a computer cable cracking your skull open and sitting on the ground bleeding to death Report
November 25, 200916 yr comment_190696 death by overexposure to your miniscule existence in the scale that is the universe. Report
November 25, 200916 yr comment_190784 Death by asphyxiation due to a boa constrictor wrapping itself around your body and squeezing the air right out of you. Report
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