The Aokigahara forest in Japan

Minusorange · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:11

angel102 said:
I don't drive, so no actually I haven't. And rubberneckers are a menace on the road to other drivers and first responders.

So you've never seen road accident ? and if you did, you never gaped at the wreckage ?

Thekwango · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:22

angel102 said:
your brother sounds pretty ghoulish if that is the reason he wants to visit it hoping to find a suicide victim.

angel102 said:
the exact quote that I posted before literally says your brother wants to illegally camp overnight in the forest because of its reputation as a hotspot for suicides. How is it my interpretation that's at fault?

wanting to visit because of its reputation and wanting to actually find a suicide victim are completely different things. he 'literally' did not at any point say his brother wanted to find a suicide victim.

Diddums · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:23

Here you go fellas:

Can you go bang it out so the rest of us can discuss this interesting place? Thanks.

Thekwango · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:31

Diddums said:
Here you go fellas:

Can you go bang it out so the rest of us can discuss this interesting place? Thanks.

yea it's weird there are some on here seem to have developed a strange form of faux offence at the op's brother wanting to camp there.

i read the reason for it becoming popular as a sucide hotspot was the natural silence and seclusion. it's apparently eerily quiet in it due to the tree density. (the video linked earlier mentions this too - densly packed trees, little to no wind, little wildlife = quiet and spooky)

Minusorange · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:35

Diddums said:
Can you go bang it out so the rest of us can discuss this interesting place? Thanks.

Nah they need one of these trailing behind them

To carry their clearly heavy and taxing halo everywhere they go

angel102 · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:35

Thekwango said:
yea it's weird there are some on here seem to have developed a strange form of faux offence at the op's brother wanting to camp there.

i read the reason for it becoming popular as a sucide hotspot was the natural silence and seclusion. it's apparently eerily quiet in it due to the tree density. (the video linked earlier mentions this too - densly packed trees, little to no wind, little wildlife = quiet and spooky)

Where did I say I took offence?

Diddums · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:37

angel102 said:
Where did I say I took offence?

Rannoch · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:41

Raymond Lin said:
This is probably a better video of the place to get a sense of what it's like.

Interesting video, it certainly creeped him out.

Rannoch · 9 Aug 2018 at 11:58

Diddums said:
Does anyone know why people specifically go to this forest to take their own lives? Is there's some cultural significance?

(I watched a Vice documentary on it years ago, can't remember much though)

Actually, here it is:

Sobering video. I thought the guards voice had a calming effect, he came across as a caring dude.

Thekwango · 9 Aug 2018 at 12:27

angel102 said:
Where did I say I took offence?

Diddums said:

lolololol......well played sir, well played.