when the internet speaks, i listen. in my routine internet reading, i twice came upon a japanese phrase i wasnt familiar with. SEPPUKU. once it was in a nytimes article in reference to martha stewart being too proud to allow herself to be seen sweating. later it was in reference to a dinobot from a children's show who apparently disgraced himself.
so, fyi, seppuku is a ritual suicide disembowelment originally reserved for samurai, now popularly practiced by robots and media moguls.
