that article quotes a study which followed people who were dissuaded from jumping off the bridge and, what, 95% of them are still alive and quite happy to be so? Mind you, this group isn't necessarily representative.
The group is representative of those who could be talked out of jumping. It's possible that 100% of those that killed themselves are happy with their decision.
I fully think people that want to end their lives should have that freedom, even if they're wrong. And I have no idea what wrong means in that context.
With me, it would have been, "If one person smiles at me on the way, I will jump." And if a person tells me to smile on the way there, they're going down with me.
The group is representative of those who could be talked out of jumping. It's possible that 100% of those that killed themselves are happy with their decision.
The real question to me is comparing did it/didn't do it outcomes in other methods of suicide. Are 95% of those who held a gun to their heads and then didn't pull the trigger happier after 1 year? What about those who had the pills and then decided not to take them? Basically, is it "I didn't commit suicide, resulting in my increased happiness", or is it "I didn't jump off a bridge, resulting in my increased happiness"?
(You could also get way granular and compare those who were on a bridge and decided by themselves not to jump, and those who held up traffic on the Woodrow Wilson for 5 hours and then got tackled by a bunch of cops. Which group reports a higher level of happiness? Is the fame involved in threatening or attempting to jump at all a factor in the happiness level outcome? Can you tell I talk to social scientists all day?)
Clark fell off a bridge in the first episode of Smallville, although he had help from an expensive car. Therefore, this post is on topic. Right on!
And if a person tells me to smile on the way there, they're going down with me.
Wrod! God, I hate that. Whatthefuckbusinessisit of yours what my facial expression is, random, dumbass stranger? Hate. That.
Ummm. And ... Clark doesn't have many facial expressions, so I wonder if he gets smile thing alot?
I think when people tell you to smile, they should be greeted by a grin like Wednesday Addams' from
Addams Family Values.
And I'd bet Lex had just the same annoyances growing up with all the people making bald jokes, or trying to pat him on the head. Plus, in school there'd be risk of people using it as a writing surface.
I think when people tell you to smile, they should be greeted by a grin like Wednesday Addams' from Addams Family Values.
This is making me laugh like a loon. I hope I remember to do it the next time. Maybe I'll try and bait someone on the way home by looking as pissed and broody as possible.
I think when people tell you to smile, they should be greeted by a grin like Wednesday Addams' from Addams Family Values.
Not having seen that movie, I'd prefer to grin in my best imitation of the Gentlemen.
It'd really rock if I could do the Cheshire Cat thing...
