Suicide

[skyblue1]

I believe in re-incarnation, so I know the void will throw you back.

Oh okay, dats kewl bro.  I believe in Science!

I mean, those guys wear lab coats; you've got to take them seriously.

maybe you will come back as a ethiopian child next time

even tho I think a termite might be more appropriate

[Pig]

I believe in re-incarnation, so I know the void will throw you back.

Oh okay, dats kewl bro.  I believe in Science!

I mean, those guys wear lab coats; you've got to take them seriously.

maybe you will come back as a ethiopian child next time

even tho I think a termite might be more appropriate

aye man dat not cool.

i wanna be an ice cream cone next time.  devoured by rush limbaugh's asshole.

[midlifeaspie]

So we're all in agreement that suicide is awesome, right?

I don't know about suicide as a general concept.  I have to weigh the idea on a case by case basis.  Yours would be pretty awesome. 

[Bastet]

I attempted suicide in 1999 the night before my 20th birthday. Overdosed on aspirin. I had my stomach pumped. They put the tube in through my nose into my stomach. I felt the tube in my nose days afterward. They put me in handcuffs and took me down to the station. I was later released from the hospital since it was my first attempt. My mother was yelling at me that night and it was driving me insane.

[Kaelyrhn]

I attempted suicide about on the 28th Feb. Woo.

Wouldn't mind doing it again. Or...I would mind, but I have the distinct and serious urge to do so.

[Queen Victoria]

When the PR was about 11 she broke her leg and was in a cast from toe to hip.  Anyway, we had to return to the ER one night because she was complaining about the leg.  In the next "room" they were pumping out an addict's stomach with charcoal.  Between the sounds and the conversation, it was the best DARE lesson she could have gotten.

[renaeden]

I was made to drink the charcoal once. I will never forget the taste and consistency of it.

[ZEGH8578]

why "attempts"?

whats the big deal?

here's how to conduct a 100% successful suicide, no chemicals, guns or dangerous animals needed:

rails:


you cant go anywhere in the world, without running into rails.
now consider this:
you are going to die, so you dont have to worry about
1. the law, or 2. your economy or 3. the hastle involved. right?

so
IF you are far away from rails, spend all your money on whatever tickets needed to get there. no problem, you wont be needing money where you're going.

IF you cannot get to the rails, without somehow breaking the law: break it anyway! if you get chased, even better, youll probably act more desperate and uncautiously, and run right in front of some train.

whatever the hastle it shouldnt matter, cus your gonna die anyway.
So there!
forget knives, pills, guns and even tall bridges, just find your nearest railway, and wait for the train. should be 20 minutes tops.

[renaeden]

My friend did that when I was 17. I don't know if the train driver ever went back to work afterwards.

[ZEGH8578]

My friend did that when I was 17. I don't know if the train driver ever went back to work afterwards.

probably not.

some years ago a train driver plowed through a flock of reindeer. he left a streak of total carnage. he didnt go back to work either.
my point is, the train offs you, and theres no question about it.
pills: small chance of sucess, it may take hours to work, and in the meantime youll get interrupted and saved. often your body fights too hard, and you simply survive the overdose.
knife: takes too much hardcore ballsyness to carve yourself up sufficiently to bleed out, also takes too long. too much potential for failure.
bridge: pretty sure, but so much worse if you fail, having to live the rest of your life in a wheelchair, w a shattered spine or something lame.
gun: see above. if you are really out of luck, you're discovered, revived, and living the rest of your life a terribly reduced person.

the point of my point is:
people dont really want to die.
(they want a better life, a better reality. sometimes they erroneously attribute death with these qualities: death is like sleep! death is the start of a new and better life!)
so instead of using _death_ as a "cry for help", why not actually use words?
"i need someone to talk to", or something... i always disliked suicide...

['andersom']

Know someone who used to work on a train.

The humour about suicide she had would shock quite a few here.

She also said that on times the train managed to stop in time, it was really hard to get people from the rails. Most people wanting to end their life that way are so determined, that, in her words, they are already dead, before the train has run over them.

And ZEGH, there are people who survive a train. They end up severely handicapped.

That train map of yours could be enhanced with hotspots. There are places where people jump in front of a train a lot more than other places.

[Pyraxis]

Where I used to live they have people who patrol the tracks, booting the suicidal people off, because it's too commonly done. I think you want to avoid those hotspots and find a remote place where even if you don't quite succeed, they won't get to you soon enough.

[ZEGH8578]

Know someone who used to work on a train.

The humour about suicide she had would shock quite a few here.

She also said that on times the train managed to stop in time, it was really hard to get people from the rails. Most people wanting to end their life that way are so determined, that, in her words, they are already dead, before the train has run over them.

And ZEGH, there are people who survive a train. They end up severely handicapped.

That train map of yours could be enhanced with hotspots. There are places where people jump in front of a train a lot more than other places.

i think people hesitate more than what they want to admit. for example, if someone throws a punch, theres a good chance theyll never follow it through, theyll swing a fist, then "automatically" begin regretting, and pulling back, landing a pathetic little bitchslap instead of the knock-out they hoped for

the same goes for a lot of potentially-ballsy decisions i bet, such as throwing yourself in front of a train. hesitation and lack of complete dedication would delay you, untill its just too late, and the train cuts off your arm, or breaks your spine, or something idiotic. but if you think about it... take a deep breath, walk right on top of the rail, and just STAND there facing the train. it doesnt have to be "in the last second", the train wont be able to stop anyway, so time it so you have to stand and fact the train for at least a couple of seconds. maybe even bow your head foreward, for maximum impact.

again, my point being, "attempts" are for those who never really wanted to really die, but rather wanted someone to notice and reach out for them.

[Queen Victoria]

I think that death by cop or death by train is a despicable way to commit suicide.  The cop or train engineer lives with the horror forever.

[ZEGH8578]

I think that death by cop or death by train is a despicable way to commit suicide.  The cop or train engineer lives with the horror forever.

im only being pragmatic. all suicides are despicable. what about the poor parents left behind, heavied down by guilt? friends and other family, wondering what they might have done or said, to change what happened.

you are all missing my point, despite me typing up my point at the end of every post, goddamnit
i am NOT advertising the use of trains for suicide OR suicide itself