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I think he was joking? At least, I sincerely hope he was joking... I'd suggest doing it for a few more months, and if nothing improves after that, maybe start looking for a new job. Living for a long period of time with a job you hate might not be good for you. :D

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The key to a successful seppuku is to have your trusted friend practice beforehand to make sure he really can behead you in one swing.

This is one situation where being a hacker is not recommended.

Sorry for being naive and offtopic. What does successful seppuku mean?

I had to do a search for this word when I read the post and didnt quite get what a moral suicide means.

I would assume it means not just leaving yourself wounded and slowly bleeding to death.

In a traditional seppuku you plunge the ritual dagger into your abdomen and cut from left to right. This is an incredibly painful procedure, and to finish the ceremony successfully you can't visibly admit to your pain. To accomplish this you have a trusted lieutenant decapitate you swiftly after the act is accomplished.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about this ritual >.>

When you want to die, you want to make sure you die 'right'. Or quickly.

Apparently, a knife to the gut, then slicing across is very painful. To end the pain, there's someone else that beheads you after you do that. Imagine if that person didn't make a clean cut, and went into your shoulder instead. Now, not only are you suffering a slow and painful death, you have blades sticking out of you.

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