More people die from suicide than war and natural disasters combined.

[no one]

CarveTheFive:
Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain were both way over reported, imo.

Minimalist:
Evidence, if any were needed, that money and fame do not bring happiness.

True, money can not buy happiness. It can however, rent it.

[CapnAwesome]

Way to be an insensitive dick.

In his defense, his post before that one was rather thoughtful.

Lol.

[Whateverist]

It doesn't surprise me that the suicide rate in the US is high. I wonder how we compare to other first-world countries (assuming we still qualify).

[CapnAwesome]

It doesn't surprise me that the suicide rate in the US is high. I wonder how we compare to other first-world countries (assuming we still qualify).

The link has a country by country chart.

[Fireball]

Robin Williams and Anthony Bourdain were both way over reported, imo.

Evidence, if any were needed, that money and fame do not bring happiness.

Don't know who the second guy is, but Robin Williams was suffering from a medical condition. Over reporting? CarveTheFive, are you the new site edge-lord®?

[Minimalist]

It seems as if everything is over-reported these days.

I guess we should thank the Orange Shitgibbon that he has so many scandals that the media has to diversify a bit!

[onlinebiker]

https://www.voanews.com/a/more-people-di...38749.html



In the US more people die from suicide than from all types of homicide. It constantly amazes me how little attention it gets in the media. For every mass shooting victim there are 200 suicides as a low estimate. What, if anything can be done to combat this growing crisis?

Yea, and most of those suicides are do to humanity's wholesale sale of utopias. If you are not this, or you are not that, and you don't have this, and don't do that, and you don't look this way, or are not at a certain point in your life. 

But nice try, with firearm deaths, the majority ARE SUICIDES.

If guns made a difference - why is the US suicide death rate comparable to the Australian death rate - where guns are far less available?

And why are some of the highest suicide rates in countries where firearms are not publicly available?

It seems that may lead to some credence to the idea that many who choose suicide by firearm would simply choose another method if guns were unavailable.

[John V]

In the US more people die from suicide than from all types of homicide. It constantly amazes me how little attention it gets in the media.

White males are the group with the highest suicide rate. The media hates white males.

[onlinebiker]

In the US more people die from suicide than from all types of homicide. It constantly amazes me how little attention it gets in the media.

White males are the group with the highest suicide rate. The media hates white males.

That' s some pretty convoluted logic.

Any figures to back the latter statement?

[CapnAwesome]

In the US more people die from suicide than from all types of homicide. It constantly amazes me how little attention it gets in the media.

White males are the group with the highest suicide rate. The media hates white males.

American Indians have the highest suicide rate.

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Yea, and most of those suicides are do to humanity's wholesale sale of utopias. If you are not this, or you are not that, and you don't have this, and don't do that, and you don't look this way, or are not at a certain point in your life. 

But nice try, with firearm deaths, the majority ARE SUICIDES.

If guns made a difference - why is the US suicide death rate comparable to the Australian death rate - where guns are far less available?

And why are some of the highest suicide rates in countries where firearms are not publicly available?

It seems that may lead to some credence to the idea that many who choose suicide by firearm would simply choose another method if guns were unavailable.

Anybody who thins gun access correlates with suicide is a shallow thinker