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Japan Recession: 404 Job Not Found
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Was hearing on the news that the Recession will probably worsen the high suicide rate in Japan. Every fifteen minutes, one Japanese commits suicide, which is quite scary.
Anyway, out of coincidence, saw this picture on the net and decided to share it ^^ it’s the usual Internet Explorer 404 Not Found error, though it reads “Job not found”, and goes one saying that the Company that you were aiming for is f*cked up, and to please check if you were having too high hopes and that any job in any office or anything will do for now, and so on.
My Japanese sensei always tells me stories about the 90’s Bubble Economy in Japan, which triggered a series of unfortunate suicides in Japan and its effect can still be felt — last year was Japan’s 11th consecutive year with more than 30,000 suicides. When I saw Mount Fuji through the window, little did I know that one of the forests at the base of Fuji-san — Aokigahara — is the world’s second most popular suicide location, just behind San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
Ever since one of my classmates commited suicide more than ten years ago (we were kids), I’ve always wondered what goes through the mind of said lads. Despair, resignation, frustration… I’ve felt beaten and stomped by life before, finding it hard to stand up and keep on going, and I can’t imagine how people keep on living after things ten times worse than my small insignificant problems. I know some people think it’s irresponsible and somewhat coward, but I really feel pity for them. Oh well ^^;
Via Neta.
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^^ I laughed pretty hard. I couldn’t read it, but your explanation sufficed. “please check if you were having high hopes” XD
At least someone had a sense of humor about the economy. Better than suicide.
please don’t judge those that suicide by calling them irresponsible and cowardly when you probably don’t understand its complexities. Just dismissing them as simply that is ignorant. :/
Sairah: Well in bad times, I prefer to laugh =D I’m going through a bit of a hard time thanks to recession, nothing that serious though ^^
Jay: Sorry for the misunderstanding, I wanted to say that “some people think that (…)”, I don’t personally think it’s that way, especially because my Japanese sensei always tries to explain to me the mindset of Japanese people. Corrected above ^^;
Well.. actually my friends are having hard times finding job here. It’s curious since they have to have a job secured ONE year before actually graduating @.@ ~