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Oilcandide

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Re: News in General
« Reply #405 on: July 13, 2022, 12:30:18 PM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/05/10/james-cromwell-starbucks-glue-protest/

Story from a couple months back, just saw this.  One of those headlines where your eye passes over and then you say "wait...what?"  A journalist might be tempted to milk this for humor. 

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« Reply #406 on: July 13, 2022, 12:52:23 PM »

Gun suicide  do not happen quickly - dont kid yourself.

Jumping off a bridge happens quicker.


More use a firearm (52%) than every other method combined. Suffocation (mostly hanging) accounts for 23%, poisoning/overdose for 18%, jumps 2%, cuts 2%, and other 4%.

Most nonfatal self-harm treated in the emergency department results from poisoning/overdose (64%), followed by cutting (19%). Less than 1% of nonfatal attempts are with a gun.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/means-matter/basic-suicide-facts/how/

So, there you go, kid, yourself.
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« Reply #407 on: July 13, 2022, 01:25:04 PM »

This means it is PERMANENT not that it happened quickly.
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« Reply #408 on: July 13, 2022, 01:27:50 PM »

I do not like the direction that things are heading, we need to change the trajectory.

Crime has been going higher and higher, while jobs continue to leave California, while inflation rises, and we have leaders who are corrupt and we had to remove a bad Mayor in Anaheim, etc, we need to change the direction that things are going.

Here in California we have have had gang murders, and there have been 7 Eleven robberies with a murder, and now several Starbucks locations are closing in Hollywood because they do not feel safe. Instead of hiring security guards, they are closing down. So sad.

We need for the stars like Brad Pitt to save Hollywood. The stars can work together to save Hollywood. They can have concerts at Angel Stadium to raise money to help the homeless, etc.

And our Government needs to step forward to help the homeless. HUD needs to build a lot of housing right now. People need to stop fighting over extreme issues such as guns and abortion, and people need to stop with the racism, and sexism, etc, and people need to work together to solve the problems that we are facing here in California, and in the USA.

Gavin Newsom has his head up his ass, and he is not doing anything to help Hollywood. I did not vote for Newsom.

Hopefully Rick Caruso can help Los Angeles if he wins as Mayor.

We also need to have better music for our kids, etc. The gangster rap is all BULLSHIT, they are turning the children into gangsters and they glamorize gangs, it is all bullshit. And the music about Satan is also bad. The producers who have been producing music have been producing shitty music. And I also hate the music about drugs. Here in California we used to have the Beach Boys, and Jan and Dean, the music was all about surfing, and love and making out with women, etc, we need to bring back the music that glamorizes the good things about California, instead of shitty music about gangs and drugs. We need new producers to rise, many of the current producers suck.

And we need to have better television shows and movies. And we need better role models for the children.

It sucks that Bill Cosby turned out to be a sex offender, I loved Bill Cosby, and he was right about so many things, and he was trying to lead the youth in the right direction. It is sad he turned out to be a criminal.

Maybe Brad Pitt can help to lead the people of Hollywood towards a better path. Or maybe Rick Caruso can help.

We need to improve our economy, and we need to reduce crime, and we need to raise better children, and we need to stop glamorizing gangsters.

We need to raise doctors and scientists instead of convicts and drug addicts and gang members.

Salute,

Tony V.
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« Reply #409 on: July 13, 2022, 01:39:37 PM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/05/10/james-cromwell-starbucks-glue-protest/

Story from a couple months back, just saw this.  One of those headlines where your eye passes over and then you say "wait...what?"  A journalist might be tempted to milk this for humor.

Babe actor?

heh

What about SUCCESSION?
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« Reply #410 on: July 13, 2022, 03:09:34 PM »

Gun suicide  do not happen quickly - dont kid yourself.

Jumping off a bridge happens quicker.

Jumping off a bridge is far less likely to result in death.

It is far less likely to be attempted.

And if the house has a gun, the gun is way too often both easier and quicker.

BTW - your estimation of how fast a gun suicide can happen is not based on any real statistics.

Stop being yourself.

« Last Edit: July 13, 2022, 03:13:19 PM by josh »
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« Reply #411 on: July 13, 2022, 03:34:04 PM »

Gun suicide  do not happen quickly - dont kid yourself.

Jumping off a bridge happens quicker.

Jumping off a bridge is far less likely to result in death.

It is far less likely to be attempted.

And if the house has a gun, the gun is way too often both easier and quicker.

BTW - your estimation of how fast a gun suicide can happen is not based on any real statistics.

Stop being yourself.


Its hard to pull the trigger on yourself.

You dont include among the survivors those that put the gun down.

 
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josh

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« Reply #412 on: July 13, 2022, 04:11:14 PM »

Gun suicide  do not happen quickly - dont kid yourself.

Jumping off a bridge happens quicker.

Jumping off a bridge is far less likely to result in death.

It is far less likely to be attempted.

And if the house has a gun, the gun is way too often both easier and quicker.

BTW - your estimation of how fast a gun suicide can happen is not based on any real statistics.

Stop being yourself.


Its hard to pull the trigger on yourself.

You dont include among the survivors those that put the gun down.

It is hard for some to pull the trigger on themselves, but it seems to be less hard to do that then you seem to think.

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more people in this country kill themselves with guns than with all other intentional means combined, including hanging, poisoning or overdose, jumping, or cutting. Though guns are not the most common method by which people attempt suicide, they are the most lethal. About 85 percent of suicide attempts with a firearm end in death. (Drug overdose, the most widely used method in suicide attempts, is fatal in less than 3 percent of cases.) Moreover, guns are an irreversible solution to what is often a passing crisis. Suicidal individuals who take pills or inhale car exhaust or use razors have time to reconsider their actions or summon help. With a firearm, once the trigger is pulled, there
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Re: News in General
« Reply #413 on: July 13, 2022, 07:13:39 PM »

Gun suicide  do not happen quickly - dont kid yourself.

Jumping off a bridge happens quicker.
unless Clarence Oddbody is on your side. 

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josh

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« Reply #414 on: July 13, 2022, 08:14:08 PM »

This means it is PERMANENT not that it happened quickly.

Shooting is quicker than suffocation, than poison, and then most hanging.

And if there is either a gun in the house or readily acquired, then it takes too little time.

Still waiting for something from you other than your opinion.
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« Reply #415 on: July 13, 2022, 08:16:12 PM »

Gun suicide  do not happen quickly - dont kid yourself.

Jumping off a bridge happens quicker.
unless Clarence Oddbody is on your side.

You really need to learn the basics of this software, Ward.

I had no part in that quote.
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« Reply #416 on: July 13, 2022, 08:19:45 PM »

This means it is PERMANENT not that it happened quickly.

Shooting is quicker than suffocation, than poison, and then most hanging.



You still miss the point.  Thinking through it counts for time.  Long thought before trigger.
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« Reply #417 on: July 13, 2022, 08:26:36 PM »

Sorry, Josh, I cannot grasp the arcane mysteries of the quote box.   I am going to spank myself because I'm a naughty little girl!

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« Reply #418 on: July 13, 2022, 08:31:00 PM »

Primatologist Barbie!

https://people.com/human-interest/dr-jane-goodall-has-her-own-barbie-new-doll-made-of-90-recycled-ocean-bound-plastic/

Of course, if the child ends up tossing the doll, then it may still be ocean-bound plastic.  Still, maybe a baby step forward.
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« Reply #419 on: July 13, 2022, 08:56:56 PM »

This means it is PERMANENT not that it happened quickly.

Shooting is quicker than suffocation, than poison, and then most hanging.



You still miss the point.  Thinking through it counts for time.  Long thought before trigger.

You don't get it.

For most forms of suicide, prep has to go into it.

Contrary to your understanding of it, suicide by gun is far more often an impulsive action, not a deeply premeditated one.

The incidence of suicide by gun is highest within the week of purchasing it. You say "long before trigger," but of course don't define your terms.

Let me try this on you again:
More people die of suicide by gun than all other methods combined. Guns are still used in far less than the majority of suicide efforts.

Suicide can be either carefully planned or impulsive. The numbers on impulsivity are all over the map (20-80%)| because our ability to gauge it among those who died is not great.

But we know two things:
1) Those who carefully plan it out are more likely to be successful, but
2) Those who use a gun are far less likely to have thought it out.

This explains why we have such a low ratio of attempts to deaths among suicidal folks.

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