dude went into the Aokigahara forest in Japan to ridicule the corpses of people who committed suicide
Yikes
dude went into the Aokigahara forest in Japan to ridicule the corpses of people who committed suicide
Yikes
Can someone explain to me why this is such a big deal? I have gathered from context the guy who lost was an influencer that people dislike, but that’s really all I know. Is there more to it than that?
A lot of the lyrics to tool songs focus on transcendental, spiritual, or psychedelic experiences. They also feature complicated compositions and a high degree of technical skill. As a consequence, some folks that have a “I’m on a higher plane of existence compared to you sheeple” attitude are attracted to the band. Which I think is what the meme is poking fun of.
There is some truth to it I suppose. When pusicfer (whose lead is the singer from tool) released Apocalyptical during the pandemic (a song that was clearly criticizing the stupidity of covid deniers/misinformation consumers) a lot of tool fans got upset because the song was not consistent with their conspiratorial world-view