<story><title>South Koreans fake their funerals for life lessons</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-livingfunerals/dying-for-a-better-life-south-koreans-fake-their-funerals-for-life-lessons-idUSKBN1XG038</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Fnoord</author><text>Which reminds me of Ben X. Quoting Wikipedia [1]&lt;p&gt;(SPOILER on bottom of post.)&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Ben X is a 2007 Belgian-Dutch drama film based on the novel Nothing Was All He Said (Dutch: Niets Was Alles Wat Hij Zei) by Nic Balthazar, who also directed the film.[4] The film is about a boy with Asperger syndrome (played by Greg Timmermans) who retreats into the fantasy world of the MMORPG ArchLord to escape bullying. The film&amp;#x27;s title is a reference to the leet version of the Dutch phrase &amp;quot;(ik) ben niks&amp;quot;, meaning &amp;quot;(I) am nothing&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; The novel was inspired by the true story of a boy with autism who committed suicide because of bullying&lt;p&gt;There is also a Swedish remake (2013):&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Erik Leijonborg adapted the film into a Swedish-language remake, IRL.&lt;p&gt;[SPOILER]The reason it reminds me of that movie, is because Ben&amp;#x27;s death is faked to teach his bullies a (life) lesson.[&amp;#x2F;SPOILER]&lt;p&gt;Back when I watched it (it hit a spot), I did not play either MMORPGs nor did I know I had autism. Now I know I have autism, and I played MMORPGs.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Ben_X&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Ben_X&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>South Koreans fake their funerals for life lessons</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-livingfunerals/dying-for-a-better-life-south-koreans-fake-their-funerals-for-life-lessons-idUSKBN1XG038</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>IIAOPSW</author><text>I saw a documentary on this.&lt;p&gt;The long short is &amp;quot;faking their deaths&amp;quot; doesn&amp;#x27;t mean what we normally think it means. Its more of a therapy tactic for depressed&amp;#x2F;suicidal people where they get to go through with it. They write goodbye notes, have a funeral, even get put in a coffin for a few hours.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t know if it works but it seems promising.</text></comment>