'I could not get a Gucci handbag ...I want to die.'

[Taro Toporific]

Strangers in Life Join Hands in Death as the Web Becomes a Tool for Suicide in Japan
NYTimes.com > International > Asia Pacific By JAMES BROOKE / October 18, 2004 - TOKYO -
..."When they come across a minor trouble, they get distressed," said Dr. Harufusa Higano, a psychiatrist who directs a clinic here. Recalling one young woman who had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists, he said: "She told me:
' I could not get a Gucci handbag and had to end up with a Japan-made. I want to die.'...
Also see the earlier FG thread: Nine to go! (suicide party cars)

[GuyJean]

' I could not get a Gucci handbag and had to end up with a Japan-made. I want to die.'...

Why doesn't she just fuck for one?

GJ

[Caustic Saint]

' I could not get a Gucci handbag and had to end up with a Japan-made. I want to die.'...

Why doesn't she just fuck for one?

Maybe she tried going that route and still couldn't get her Gucci?

[gomichild]

Stupid, stupid girl.

















It's Hermes you kill yourself for not Gucci.

[GuyJean]

' I could not get a Gucci handbag and had to end up with a Japan-made. I want to die.'...

Why doesn't she just fuck for one?

Maybe she tried going that route and still couldn't get her Gucci?

Ahh.. So her depression roots run deeper than materialism; her exterior just may be as ugly as her interior. .. Poor thing..

GJ

[Neo-Rio]

Is getting a job and earning money really that hard in Japan?

ANY JOB?

I'm so often reminded how Japan is a rich country inhabited by poor people.

[plaid_knight]

Would it be possible to order one from another country off of the web?
Or even to go over to another country for cheap shopping?

[Andocrates]

Would it be possible to order one from another country off of the web?
Or even to go over to another country for cheap shopping?

That swooshing sound is the point going right over your head.

Hard to feel sorry for such a bubble headed tool. Good lord, people used to work all day for a cup of rice and counted themselves lucky if they woke up the next morning.

[dimwit]

' I could not get a Gucci handbag and had to end up with a Japan-made. I want to die.'...

Why doesn't she just fuck for one?

Maybe she tried going that route and still couldn't get her Gucci?

Ahh.. So her depression roots run deeper than materialism]

Maybe this is why she wanted a bag