Internet Sites Biased Towards Supporting Suicide

Believe It Or Not, I Care About You writes "According to a new study in the British Medical Journal which examined the search results for various suicide-related search terms, the most common results supported or encouraged suicide. Wikipedia was one of the most prevalent sources of information, particularly on suicide methods, although the Wikimedia Foundation itself does not encourage suicide. Other studies have shown that media coverage has an effect on suicide particularly with respect to influencing the method chosen. Interestingly, this study notes that suicide rates actually decreased with increased Web usage in England, perhaps because support is readily available to anyone who wants it."

KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

Most of them are hosted

[LM741N]

on Comcast. I wonder why?? I guess dealing with Comcast is worse than death.

Re:KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

[Shadow of Eternity]

KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

This might be the only time that a post like this is both constructive and relevant to the subject at hand.

Nice to know...

[The Ancients]

...although the Wikimedia Foundation itself does not encourage suicide.

Glad to see they cleared that up.

self resolving problem

[El_Muerte_TDS]

Suicide is a problem that will resolve itself.
Unless you're a completely fuckup.

Are you sure?

[The Ancients]

...although the Wikimedia Foundation itself does not encourage suicide

Not even when it comes to their founder?

I would commit suicide...

[calebt3]

...but what's the point?

protip

[TurinPT]

Ok emos everywhere, this is how you do it.

Stand at the top of a tall structure and make sure that there is something relatively soft below.

Tie cheese wire around your neck - tight enough that it won't slip off under tension but loose enough not to choke you.
Tie the other end to something solid on top of the structure. Make sure that there is a good six or seven feet of slack.

Now stand at the edge and glue your hands to the side of your head. Wait until your hands are glued solidly to your head.

Now jump off the structure. It'll only hurt for a second, when the cheese wire runs out of slack and slices through your neck. The overhang should stop you from bashing your now-severed head against the wall of the structure when the cutting motion jerks your body backwards.

This has the excellent effect of causing whoever finds your body to think that you have pulled your head off.

Quotes

[jeffy210]

One of my favorite quotes (paraphrased): "Do you know what type of suicide rate we'd have if every idiot killed themselves? Yes, an acceptable one."

Also, I believe the punishment for attempted suicide should be death. If you can't do it right, we'll do it for you.

Re:No surprise there.

[tomhudson]

Also, I can imagine it must be somewhat sobering to understand just what exactly would happen to you when you decide to ingest lye.

You mean like the guy who tried to commit suicide 5 times by drinking lye, and failed each time? He then drank some Lestoil brand cleaner, and ended up at the Pearly Gates. Moral of the story - "It's so easy when you use Lestoil!"

Web sites encouraging suicide? That is so depressing - I think I'll go slashdot my wrists ... zzzzzZZZZZZ

Re:Nice to know...

[explosivejared]

That's not true according to the Wikipedia article entitled "Wikimedia's Stance on Suicide" that someone (... cough... wasn't me...) just created. I quote:

It is the Wikimedia Foundation's firm belief that every person contemplating suicide should in fact go through with the act. Every emo kid, poor person, mentally unstable person, SCO executive, Microsoft programmer, hippie, environmental activist, and President of the United States et al would do the world a great service by just ending it all.

External Links
Liquid Dran-O
Down Not Across
Knot Theory
Auto-Defenstration

Are people really that stupid?

[kaufmanmoore]

That they have to google how to kill themselves?

Most web users are using Windows

[avandesande]

It makes perfect sense!

This is depressing.

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't know if I can go on after reading this.

Re:protip

[couchslug]

"Tie cheese wire around your neck"

I'm an American and our cheese is "wireless" (as well as, arguably, "cheeseless") you insensitive clod!

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/2/2b/250px-American_cheese.jpg.jpg [answers.com]

Re:Slow To The Story

[Anonymous Coward]

The audacity of the Slashdot editors to post such inane drivel! Everyone knows that anything that is two days old is obviously completely irrelevant and not worth discussing! Fucking heathens should be punished for their intolerable behavior!

Re:Methodology and Implications

[smaddox]

I don't know about you but if I am looking to research painless ways to commit suicide (for whatever reason) and I search for "pain-free suicide" and the majority of the results returned are not about that topic but about trying to discourage people from doing it, well the search engine was ineffective and I would be annoyed.

How annoyed? Annoyed enough to... commit suicide?

Re:Slow To The Story

[Fear the Clam]

Remember, Slashdot is powered by your submissions!

Sometimes multiple times.

Re:No surprise there.

[Oktober Sunset]

Have you tried the missing persons hotline?

Re:What are you going to search for?

[Anonymous Coward]

And possibly only to those who succeeded, in order to get the best suggestions.

Out with a bang.

[Anonymous Coward]

...extremely small suicide rates as do many Middle Eastern countries.

Yeah, but when they do go out, they go out with one hell of a bang!

Re:Result of longer life expectancy and medical ca

[Oktober Sunset]

It's like a .45, but it scores badly in IQ tests.

Obligatory Maddox

[Schraegstrichpunkt]

How to kill yourself like a man [thebestpag...iverse.net]

Those awful internets!

[tehBoris]

Note: In the course of researching this article, I stumbled across what may be the most disturbing document I have ever encountered on the Internet, and that's saying something. Let's just say that if you do want to kill yourself (and I certainly hope that you don't), the information is in fact out there. In great and excruciating detail. I had no previous knowledge of what the ingestion of lye could do to a human body. This was one of the most life-hating documents I've ever had the misfortune to read; be aware of what you're in for if you attempt to replicate the study results on your own. Now, go hug a child.

Yes, but don't worry, a person wanting to commit suicide can also find plenty of good advice [thebestpag...iverse.net] on the web that will give him or her some perspective and allow him/her to make a wise desicion.

Re:Biased study to begin with

[mapkinase]

..aaaaaand British Medical Journal article is debunked by a single +5 modded Slashdot comment...

Re:KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

[smittyoneeach]

Bespeak thee alway thine firewood so?

Re:I guess...

[cheater512]

Darwin is also satisfied. :)

Re:KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

[Satan Gave Me a Taco]

Don't forget that at one point in time, it was considered acceptable to blame AIDS on homosexuals and make fun of them.

Sometimes when things seem their darkest, you just need to try to stay HIV-positive.

Re:No surprise there.

[Anonymous Coward]

It's also _very_ old news. I can't count the number of times some nut on GameFAQs told someone, "Suicide is your only option."

Re:KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

[SCHecklerX]

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Suicide [encycloped...matica.com]

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/An_hero [encycloped...matica.com]

Sorry, couldn't resist. 3 ED.

Offtopic?

[Spy der Mann]

KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

You got the wrong story. This [slashdot.org] is the one you're looking for :P

(Disclaimer: It's a joke, OK? Don't take it so seriously)

Re:KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Douche

Re:KILL YOURSELF FAGGOT!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

And, aptly enough, was posted by "Anonymous", too.

Re:No surprise there.

[Dirtside]

I think I'll go slashdot my wrists

That sounds like a euphemism for watching too much porn. (Think about it.)

and that's not all!

[Trepidity]

I've tried posting on kuro5hin too, but there's this guy there that tries pimping his music [geometricvisions.com] so frequently that I don't know how I can go on living.

Re:Slow To The Story

[Anonymous Coward]

if only there was a way to harness this redundant submission power. slashdot could save the world!

Re:protip

[Hal_Porter]

That just shows you live in a fascist state with cheesewire controls. Here we are allowed to carry cheesewire for self defense.