As a Superfan of South Korea drama shows, SK [N: the IRL country] is “on My radar.” I notice, when stuff happens – AKA News articles come out/are posted on the Internet, or a televised report or some such nonsense – that the subject involves South Korea.
TECH has a few data points acquired already, collected in the Files.
- South Korea’s Parents have an extreme focus on Education.
- South Korea’s Students are offing themselves in frightening numbers.
I’m sure there are more relevant details, but it’s My Story so I’ll cry if I want to. [N: wait a minute?! WTF, PASSION! Focus!!]
Ok My bad. Sowwy! Lemme continue.
Within these two data points? I add My own perspective: First, that Parents the world over believe – inaccurately – that the more schooling One obtains, the more “successful in Life” One is. And two? I have a lot of intimate, firsthand knowledge of “suicide” – having tried it once Myself, having known Loved Ones Who tried – and succeeded – in doing it Themselves, and hearing ‘third degree burn’ Stories – My Buddy told Me about Their Buddy Who’s son Shay offed Himself, by hanging Himself from the tree in the backyard of Their Family Home. If I recall the Story correctly? Mom found His body.
So yeah, I always notice, when the subject turns to suicide.
And sooner or later? Because this is “something interesting to Me, personally” I start to notice when the subject turns to suicide… but no verbal words are being spoken.
Because *Spoiler Alert!* the signs are definitely there. The Person in question, who is thinking about offing Themselves? They are giving off signals, 100 guaranteed! – but, if I’m not looking for those signals – if I’m too distracted with BS & “not paying attn” – Imma miss them. And once this OP is successful? It’s Game Over.
It would be like if I – a Parent of a small Child, who is totally dependent on Me, Dad, for His very Life – if I spend all this Kid’s formative years neglecting Him, ignoring Him, not paying attention or noticing His behaviors, expecting Him to just magically “pull Himself up by His bootstraps” and “Handle Things” – Why? Because I handled things when I was His age? Because I “turned out allright?” If it aint broke, Why fix it??
“Dude. It’s broke! You just can’t ‘see’ it!” smh
But as long as I claim ignorance? As long as I “stay busy” in My pursuit of My Priorities – working for the Man, earning/spending gobs of money, trying to get a bazillion “likes” on Insta – then Everything’s Gonna Be Allright! Right?!?
No. The Kids are definitely Not air-quotes ‘Allright.’
I read something somewhere recently that “New & Improved Parental Controls on Social Media” blah blah just came out blah blah and TECH almost broke My arm, patting Myself on the back. This is a TECH Rabbit Hole, thinking “process” & “structure” and “money thrown at the problem” is going to magically fix the “People Issues.” Total Rookie mistake, with disastrous consequences. [N: and I say that, knowing full-well PASSION *hates* the word ‘consequences’ literally in any Context]
You know Why Kids can’t use their f#cking bootstraps? Because We’ve cut off Their feet!! They have No feet, No boots, No nothing! And We Adults are running around, giving Ourselves blow-jobs because We are just “so f#cking proud of all the hard work We are doing!” We Care, amiright?!? This is Proof, right?? Right?!?
No. We don’t Care. That’s obvious. We aren’t Right… that’s obvious, too. And We – the external World – haven’t reached our “Tipping Point” with any of this, yet, because the Children’s dead bodies keep piling up. And They will continue to pile up, until Somebody, Somewhere, pulls their f#cking Head out of their own A$$ and starts Planting the Right f#cking Seeds for the Right People, so We can get to work Influencing this World – yes, this external One, mentioned a few seconds ago – in the Right. F#cking. Direction.
There is only One Direction to go. And You already know which direction, DR, when You’ve hit rock bottom.
F#CK.
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Conner’s Comments: I can’t Save the World, and neither can You, DR. Free Will, eh? Yeah, FW is always the monkey in the wrench. But if You let TECH roll Your joint – TECH is All or Nothing, 24/7 – You are always just gonna keep being zoned out on that dirty mattress, looking for that next line of coke to take the edge off… and The World is Gonna Pass. You. By.
But hey! You do You, Buddy. I’m Not the Boss of You.