Posted on 06/10/2018 1:23:16 PM PDT by BBell
As the world learned the news Friday that renowned chef and food writer Anthony Bourdain had died by apparent suicide, the same phone number flooded the internet.
The number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline—1-800-273-8255—was pinned to the bottom of memorial Instagram posts, shared in tweets and ran alongside news obituaries.
Whenever a notable person commits suicide, calls to the hotline spike, said Director John Draper. Just days before Mr. Bourdain’s death, news of another famous person had spread: handbag designer Kate Spade, whose apparent cause of death was also suicide. Calls jumped 25% in the two days after her death, compared with the same period the previous week, Mr. Draper said.
People often feel connected to celebrities, whether it be through something like a television program or a product they purchased. When a celebrity dies, Mr. Draper said, there can be a “collective sense of loss that many people feel.”
The increase in calls that hotlines experience isn’t necessarily a direct result of hearing about a celebrity suicide, said Alan Ross, executive director of Samaritans suicide prevention center in New York. In many cases, individuals are already struggling with mental health and the news of a death prompts them to seek help.
“The random number of things that can stimulate people who are already likely to get worse is so varied,” he said. “When there is promotion and marketing and in some ways acceptance, yeah, it does drive people to reach out.”
The national hotline is a network of crisis centers that provide over-the-phone counseling to individuals who might be contemplating suicide. Calls to the national lifeline are directed to centers near the caller where they can talk to trained counselors. The lifeline has a network of more than 150 local crisis centers.
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They know nothing of George Washington but they sure have the TV sit-com schedule memorized.
Lemmings is right. Hopefully all leftist lemmings.
But I can see at least some rationale to this. If someone as successful and wealthy as this “renowned” (although I’ve never heard of him) chef doesn’t have a reason to keep living, what reason do us common folks have?
Well put.
“Hello, Suicide Prevention Hotline. This is Arnold Judas Rimmer here to ... um ... hello? Hello?”
Suicide doesn’t end the pain, it passes it on to those who love you.
These celebrity cowards that are killing themselves and abandoning their young children and others also set an example to all the nobodies out there having a tough time in life at the moment. Many more will kill themselves because of them. No one will know who they were.
Next “celebtard” death is Jim Carrey or the ugly red head that held a fake head of Trump.
Most celebrities are self absorbed assholes. They are not something people should look up to and obsess over.
“You’ve called the Suicide Hotline.....Your call is very important to us....your call will be answered in.........57 minutes....”
Not people I associate with but then I'm a bit more discerning.
Music for while they wait: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9grE_VaPcAw
Even as kids the media subtly teaches celebrity worship to the weak.
They could play “Jump” by Van Halen.
well, to answer your question:
My faith, my wife, my son, and my grandchildren just to name a few.
I was asked that a lot when I was a kid and i’d always say, no one. They looked at me like I was from another planet.
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I’m tired and I
I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don’t try to wake me in the morning
‘Cause I will be gone
Don’t feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I don’t want to wake up
On my own anymore
Sing to me
Sing to me
I don’t want to wake up
On my own anymore
Don’t feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go
There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Well
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye
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Of course, but you have a set of values to rule your life.
I’m saying that people see financial success as the end all, be all. If that isn’t enough, then some people run up against a wall of despair.
“We’re sorry ….. all agents are presently busy with other
callers..,,, - your call is important to us, …..Please stay
on the line and the next available agent will be with you shortly. Your expected wait time is estimated to be 40 to 45 mins. YOU can leave a call back number at the tone if you are
unable to Hold. Thank YOU!”
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