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Old people in Japan should commit mass suicide says Yale professor (thelifeinstitute.net)

submitted 6 days ago by kebab@endlesstalk.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Does he see the same solution for old people everywhere, or just Japan? Seems like anyone can become a professor nowadays. There used to be standards, dammit!

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

it's a lot less controversial when phrased as euthanasia should be an option as a part of palliative care ...

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Remember ‘dinosaurs’ by Jim henson. Yeet grandma in the swap

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago

Being generous to him, few places have such a stereotype of people being willing to take his advice as Japan. By which I mean, for 90% of the world, stating his opinion is even more pointless.

On The Other Hand, maybe he just wanted to try to get people to do it for his own gratification, and picked the most vulnerable targets he could think of.