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Oct 6, 2022
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joelvandyne
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Or I just understand what the term really means instead of what Tucker Carlson
and Hannity lied to people about its meaning.
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Can you guess the % of suicides in Utah that involve a teen victim?
Soupie
Grandma Sycamore
10/5/22 8:29pm
What a fun game?
Courtimedes
10/5/22 8:30pm
20%? I think older males with chronic illness are the highest demo IIRC
EQD2
10/5/22 8:30pm
50%
KingDave
10/5/22 8:32pm
Whatever it is, it is too high.
crack
10/5/22 8:34pm
Of course. Any is too many.
Soupie
10/5/22 8:39pm
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Mikey
10/5/22 8:36pm
Answer: May be surprised.
Soupie
10/5/22 8:44pm
I’m surprised indeed. I thought I was guessing high, but didn’t think I was so far off.
KingDave
10/5/22 9:14pm
The suicide rate rate regardless of demographic is effectively 0.
snowbird
10/5/22 8:45pm
Expound
Dataguy
10/5/22 9:45pm
I think he just means that, every year, 0.0014% of Americans die by suicide.
Zooropa
10/5/22 10:47pm
I get it, but first, it's 0.014% of US, which is 1.75% of all deaths
Dataguy
10/6/22 6:50am
Absolutely. I'm with you.
Zooropa
10/6/22 6:53am
Hope everyone knows my purpose is not to brush aside. I feel we sometimes get hyper focused on youth
Soupie
10/6/22 7:08am
I think that we implicitly consider a teen suicide to be more tragic than the suicide of an adult (we value and protect
dilbert
10/6/22 10:10am
Absolutely and I think that's an appropriate expectation given the age & maturity. Just unexpected & teasing through
Soupie
10/6/22 11:05am
Looks like it is the leading cause of death of those 10 to 24
Baron
10/5/22 8:48pm
That's true but wasn't the question.
Soupie
10/5/22 8:52pm
Seems like a more important question. We shouldn't diminish it at all.
joelvandyne
10/6/22 9:18am
You're welcome to address that in your own OP. I was doing some research & this stat stood out as unexpected.
Soupie
10/6/22 9:28am
What are you researching? Will you share the results with CB when you are done?
Defenestrator
10/6/22 9:39am
Adolescent suicide prevention. And no.
Soupie
10/6/22 9:40am
That's too bad. Hope you uncover useful approaches for that.
Defenestrator
10/6/22 9:44am
People need to stop calling reading a little on a topic “doing research”
spinner
10/6/22 10:42am
Or people w/ degrees & licenses don’t have time or interest in having the internet peanut gallery
Soupie
10/6/22 10:53am
I encourage you to reconsider. Patiently engaging with the internet peanut
Defenestrator
10/6/22 11:42am
...except for when is is a licensed professional who actually does real research
The Dark Knight
10/6/22 12:05pm
Are you disputing the stat she shared?
UNLVcougar
10/6/22 12:16pm
RE: Seems like a more important question. We shouldn't diminish it at all.
Radioactive Coug
10/6/22 10:22am
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SuperTank
10/5/22 9:01pm
What % of total deaths involve a teen victim in Utah?
I'mnotacber
10/5/22 9:17pm
Not good to be a white male. Especially a middle aged white male.
Viva Campeche
10/5/22 9:20pm
The burden on their shoulders is high. The empathy for them is low. Expectations
Zooropa
10/5/22 9:44pm
Sounds like those dudes could have used a lot less toxic masculinity growing up,
joelvandyne
10/6/22 10:35am
The confirmation bias is strong here …
RevolutionDeathsquad
10/6/22 10:44am
Or I just understand what the term really means instead of what Tucker Carlson
joelvandyne
10/6/22 10:48am
Is Wikipedia’s definition wrong?
RevolutionDeathsquad
10/6/22 11:02am
If you wanted to prove you understood the argument being made you linked the
joelvandyne
10/6/22 11:10am
See step 1 in managing your own curated reality was to selectively
RevolutionDeathsquad
10/6/22 11:10am
You are assigning to me positions that I did not take and think that by taking
joelvandyne
10/6/22 11:33am
I come to CB for all takes, even the bad ones.
UNLVcougar
10/6/22 12:17pm
Or, a society wanting to blame all ills on them, regardless of the individuals
Spine
10/6/22 1:07pm
Too many
unctoothman
10/6/22 10:58am
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