All Time Favorite Figure Skaters

[Mister Obvious]

8:00 seems like Yuzuru be thinkin' all deep 'n shit. After a lifetime of thinking too hard, I must say, I am not sure I recommend it.

21:55 this guy is definitely not looking in the mirror every day and basking in being the greatest figure skater who ever lived. I can see that now. Even though he should be, if you ask me. He's clearly way too driven and too much of a people-pleaser to let himself enjoy the victory.

I saw a more recent interview with him that I can't find on YouTube, he seemed happier and more peaceful about everything. But he still said some super philosophical and low key concerning shit that makes me think he's always basically gonna feel the same way deep down inside.

I guess his satisfaction with life ebbs and flows the same way everybody else's does.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025...-interview

"The world feels so unstable right now, and I feel like we should all be asking ourselves life's big question: Why am I here?"

"That said, I haven't figured out life yet. I've had days when I wanted to die, and days I've wanted nothing more than to live and skate in front of a crowd. Sometimes I think my purpose in life is to be useful, by skating and making other people happy. How I view and approach life keeps changing. But that's what makes me flexible and open-minded."

https://www.tumblr.com/yuzurujenn/770858...l-pamphlet

Echoes of Life Official Pamphlet Interview - December 7, 2024

Q: How did the theme and concept of "Echoes of Life" come about?
A: At first, I roughly thought of using philosophy as the theme. Later, when thinking about what kind of story to tell, I came up with around seven potential ideas in my mind. After filtering them, I ultimately settled on philosophy.

Q: What books did you read?
A: The books that influenced me the most this time were "The Trouble with Being Born" (by Emil Cioran) and "Underwater Philosophers" (by Rei Nagai). I combined the philosophy of life I learned in university with questions I’ve been pondering since young, like "What is life?" and "What am I?" Through this process, I realized that I needed to study more to fully grasp it, so I revisited philosophy more deeply and based the story on that knowledge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubl...orn_(book)

This is basically a nihilism book, published in the '70s. It was THE BOOK that sparked the whole anti-natalist convo that we see today.

"Life is literally a bunch of excrement."
https://www.sectual.com/thread-2565.html

I know I had more threads on antinatalism besides that one, but some asshole jerkoff who used to post here and engaged in those threads a lot ended up wanting his shit deleted cuz people at work found his online profiles and apparently he was some kind of whacked out pervert and decided he wanted to disappear from the internet...



Long story short, a lot of those discussions ended up getting deleted. That was in the early days of this forum, before I realized that every last word needed to be saved whether anybody fucking liked it or not.

Anyway my point is, I've been on this topic for years and I usually don't agree with those who hold anti-natalist views because they overstep the bounds and try to say that animals would be better off not existing as well. It's ironic because it exemplifies the ENTIRE problem with humanity, being so egotistical as to think they have any right to control the destiny of other animals.

I agree with some nihilistic viewpoints, but I don't agree with the cult of anti-natalism as it stands today.

Regardless, every nihilist has heard of "The Trouble with Being Born" and many people cite it as their introduction. I think it's interesting that Hanyu has been influenced by this book, considering Japan's declining birth rates. Japan ranks somewhere in the top 5 for the highest IQs by country. It makes me wonder if they haven't been exposed to some type of anti-natalist propaganda for several decades.