Ya, most 18 yr olds celebrating their graduation commit suicide by throwing themselves on a bonfire.
Why are you trying so hard to justify this very strange way of stating something horrible?
Obviously, there is a reason they said it that way, pretending it was some innocent intent does not do the boy or the family justice, in fact, it is cold and heartless to do so.
No one said most do, maybe he is the first that ever did it.
My point is you do not know anything about it. Smarten up.