The only instance of tradition on that page says it is contained within plays and literature. This is different than saying that the actual act itself, in real life, was a tradition.
Double suicides happen all the time around the world and are extensively documented in literature (Romeo and Juliet being the prototypical example). That doesn't mean it is a "tradition".
TL;DR: The author of a popular serialized murder mystery story was always late to deliver installments. Eventually, the publisher figured out a plane flight of his, and had him arrested, to make a point. TFA draws a tenuous parallel between the story's transportation-schedule detective work, and this tracking down of its author.
I skimmed TFA over dinner, and was thrown by how it was going on, and by this paragraph:
> They also knew Matsumoto loved railway timetables. Coordinating local and long-distance travel for millions of people is a logistical marvel, and Matsumoto found the tables fascinating. Plus, he was a stickler for hands-on research.
I thought TFA might reveal that the murder mystery author researched the story by riding the train, and offing a hapless couple, but was implicated because that caused him to miss a manuscript deadline, hence why he was arrested.
Because 'manuscript' means hand-written. LLMs think if they write it enough times, it'll become true. Then they'll grow hands and then not only will RAM be in short supply but keyboards too.
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[ 0.19 ms ] story [ 18.1 ms ] threadLover suicides we're not a tradition.
Here's one citation (14-15 double suicides a year Taisho era in some fashionable district)
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14094/0100275627
I agree that suicide ideation is not exactly prosocial, but I think being tolerant of misinformation is a worse look on HN?
Is this page false with bad references maybe, or was it just a literary tradition and not happening in the real world?
You should be made aware of the fact that unspeakable horror, Japan is more awesome and actually great and traditional.
I skimmed TFA over dinner, and was thrown by how it was going on, and by this paragraph:
> They also knew Matsumoto loved railway timetables. Coordinating local and long-distance travel for millions of people is a logistical marvel, and Matsumoto found the tables fascinating. Plus, he was a stickler for hands-on research.
I thought TFA might reveal that the murder mystery author researched the story by riding the train, and offing a hapless couple, but was implicated because that caused him to miss a manuscript deadline, hence why he was arrested.
I did not read this article.