Well, it looks as if yet another actress has committed suicide. Her name was 박혜상, and it doesn't look like she was too terribly famous, which is honestly a good thing.
In the past, whenever a high profile celebrity kills themselves (see 최진실 and 장자연) the rest of the depressed folks here decide that they want to kill themselves too. There's a very high spike in suicide rates in Korea following a celebrity suicide. Sorta scary.
There will undoubtedly be some sort of spike following this actress's decision, but hopefully not too bad. As long as another celebrity isn't one of the copycats, I think things will probably be okay.
And what DO so many celebrities kill themselves here? I honestly can't think of that many American celebrities that kill themselves. And honestly, we have to have a hell of a lot more celebrities in general.
Oh, and nobody kill themselves cause this lady did, okay? Thank you.
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This is one of the main times of the year for spikes in suicides here in South Korea as the univeristy entrance exam is this week. Once the results come back there will be an awful lot of those who are taking the exam for their second, third, and fourth times who believe that they have nothing to live for if they don't pass it and get into one of the big three universities this time.
ReplyDeleteOne of my former students is taking it for the second time, not because he didn't do well enough last time. He did, but he didn't make it into the big three (he actually was accepted to both the University of Texas and Ohio State in the states), but his whole life in hinging on this one test making his future life worth living.