That happened

Rabbit hole: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2022/12/the-insane-story-of-the-kamikaze-porn-star-and-the-scandal-that-rocked-japan/

Tldr: In 1970s Japan, Mitsuyasu Maeno was a Japanese pornstar with Ultranationalist leanings. He was disillusioned by Yoshio Kodama, a fellow ultranationalist and underworld figure, when it was discovered that he played a part in the Lockheed bribery scandal of 1976. Thinking that Yoshio betrayed the country by consorting with American interests and dishonouring the Samurai code, he decided to get revenge by flying a plane, Kamikaze style, into Yoshio's mansion. Yoshio however survived because he was in another room, but Maeno perished.

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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 63d (7 replies)

Distraught, in February 1976 Maeno attempted suicide by overdosing on suicide pills. He was found lying in the snow outside the hot springs resort town of Yuzawa and rushed to hospital, where he soon recovered.

They don't work if you take too many?

driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 28 pts · 63d

My guess is that if you take too many you can end throwing up, saving yourself.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 18 pts · 62d (1 reply)

Ah yes, the Suicide Pills(TM).

DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 6 pts · 63d (2 replies)
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StillAlive@piefed.world · 5 pts · 63d

That's an urban legend though.

Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 62d

Not true at all. Kenneth anger made that bullshit up because hahah what's funnier than a very likely bipolar pregnant woman driven to despair?

Nautalax@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 63d

It’s one of the least effective methods out there

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 63d

Huh.