Kanji mnemonics is for losers

A comment from a kanji site on how to remember 紙:

"紙 has two parts. The left side shows a silk thread 糸, which is what paper used to be made of. The right side 氏 means "last name" or "family name," and it gives the 音読み (on yomi), "shi." Remember it this way: Jenkins, the U.S. soldier who was accused of deserting the military and lived for many years in North Korea, was refered to as ジェンキンズ氏 (Jenkins-shi) in the Japanese news. It sounds more official (if that's the word) than "Jenkins-san." By learning the kanji 氏, you can remember how to write 紙."

That last sentence is a killer. Really, which is harder, remembering that elaborate story or just 紙 and its simple meaning and two readings? I for one can't really understand what the hell is so great about kanji mnemonics. Sure, in some cases associating some characteristics with different things may help remember a character's meaning(s), readings and how to write it correctly, but do you always have to write a fucking novel just to remember one character? Seriously?

Fuck the jews, as I always say.

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As someone who can read kanji, yes, I agree, it's stupid.

rote learning for teh win.

yeah I'm going to agree, that shit is fucking retarded, the only thing that might help is learning what the radicals mean, but going past that is just stupid

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Works for some people. I knew a couple of girls who remembered them by making sexual positions out of them. Personally, I just write them a lot, but whatever works works. Besides, these 'story' things are usually just an aide to learning them, not the whole thing.