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Posted: 7/29/2016 6:31:20 PM EDT
... do me, and your family and loved ones a few favors before you do.

1.  Leave a fucking note explaining why.
2.  Have a will. Even one you write out by hand in your note (see 1, above) is better than nothing.  Especially if you have two children.
3.  Don't kill yourself with a GSW (it just gives the anti-gun crowd more reasons why guns are bad).
4.  Don't pass your father on his way into the family home after a hard day at work in order to shoot yourself on the front lawn.
5.  Don't do it before you've exhausted every other option.

I attended the funeral of a young man, 33, who walked out of the family home, passing his father on the way, in order to take his own life.  It seems inexplicable that someone so loved by so many (more than 300 friends and family attended today, a Friday early afternoon - no doubt many more couldn't make it due to work) would do such a thing.

He makes 13 people I known at least slightly who took their own lives.  Some were close (three relatives, an EMS partner, an office mate), some further away (this young man).  In a handful, we know why (pending felony charges, cops coming to arrest), in others we don't. Its the cases where it is inexplicable that are the hardest for folks to bear.

So, if you are going to kill yourself, do me, and everyone else, a few favors.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:33:37 PM EDT
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right a person is totally thinking of all the people who love them when they go kill themselves.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:33:50 PM EDT
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You forgot life insurance. I'm getting some first for sure.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:36:27 PM EDT
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Many of them don't pay out for suicide FYI.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:36:37 PM EDT
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gotta wait 2 years though.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:36:45 PM EDT
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Is that some kind of joke?
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:36:52 PM EDT
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sure they do.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:38:59 PM EDT
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Um, yeah, what he said.

Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:40:35 PM EDT
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Many of them don't pay out for suicide FYI.

sure they do.



You just have to wait 2 years.  

Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:45:06 PM EDT
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What was his felony arrest going to be for?

I could see that being trigger for a lot of people to leave this world.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:51:27 PM EDT
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suicide alternative: fake your own death ftw

1. plan to alter your appearance.  grow out your beard for a while or acquire some hair dye, tan in a can, etc. may want to learn new language discreetly
2. take out a unit of your blood.  do this yourself.
3. pack a bag of survival essentials.  pay cash if buying anything new.
4. drive your car out to the woods
5. smear blood everywhere
6. leave behind anything personally identifying (IDs, credit cards, cell phones)
7. alter your appearance.  shave beard, dye hair, tan skin, start speaking only in new language (if applicable)
8. hike on foot as far as your provisions will allow
9. hitchhike back to civilization, as far away as possible from where people might identify you
10. live life as a vagrant.  invent elaborate story about your background.
11. (optional) get deported
12. ???
13. live (and profit)


disclaimer: the above is intended for humor only, not to defraud people or to fugue from justice.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:51:41 PM EDT
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Um, yeah, what he said.

Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?


I would think an opiate would be a euphoric, no mess way to go.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:54:08 PM EDT
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Always fill up your gas tank.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:54:53 PM EDT
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It is a selfish act that leaves a big mess.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:55:12 PM EDT
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its a permanent solution to a temporary problem





















guy that lives to the left of me blew his brains out




lady to the right of me o/d on drugs killed herself









Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:55:23 PM EDT
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Some do.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:56:58 PM EDT
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I would think an opiate would be a euphoric, no mess way to go.
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Um, yeah, what he said.

Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?


I would think an opiate would be a euphoric, no mess way to go.


You will just nod out and never wake up.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:57:20 PM EDT
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... do me, and your family and loved ones a few favors before you do.



1.  Leave a fucking note explaining why.

2.  Have a will. Even one you write out by hand in your note (see 1, above) is better than nothing.  Especially if you have two children.

3.  Don't kill yourself with a GSW (it just gives the anti-gun crowd more reasons why guns are bad).

4.  Don't pass your father on his way into the family home after a hard day at work in order to shoot yourself on the front lawn.

5.  Don't do it before you've exhausted every other option.





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6. Don't do it in front of someone.






Link Posted: 7/29/2016 6:58:34 PM EDT
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Um, yeah, what he said.



Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?




I would think an opiate would be a euphoric, no mess way to go.




 
Yes, its always nice when a mother finds her pale/blue son propped up halfway on the bed and face first in the wall.  A needle buried in his arm and a burnt spoon on the nightstand is a nice touch as well.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:02:40 PM EDT
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Some people are just mentally weak and can't handle life. I'm sorry if this suicide affects you.

I will also add that you should not put a gun to your temple and blow 2 extra holes in your head in front of your 10 year old son. It could affect his life, and his sons life and so on and so on..
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:05:44 PM EDT
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6, Make sure you are on an easily cleanable surface.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:06:50 PM EDT
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it'd be nice if people would start taking mental illness seriously and stop stigmatizing it, too
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:06:52 PM EDT
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Some do.


Yup. Didn't know this until a father took his life leaving his family hundreds of thousands in insurance $. I always thought suicide was exempt.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:08:09 PM EDT
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gotta wait 2 years though.
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gotta wait 2 years though.

Not really, some are 6 months.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:08:56 PM EDT
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How about "call a help line"?


It's not that bad.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:09:43 PM EDT
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7. Dig a plot and lay down inside of it. Call ahead for an excavator to push in the mound.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:13:01 PM EDT
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Also, do not kill yourself by jumping in front of a train, nor parking your vehicle on a railroad crossing.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:13:09 PM EDT
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How about just do't fucking do it.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:15:13 PM EDT
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A couple of suicides I've known of actually cancelled all life insurance policies they had in their name before dropping the hammer.

you figure it out...
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:16:11 PM EDT
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Several years ago, a friend walked into the living room in front of his whole family and ate a .38...Christmas Day ! ! !
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:19:18 PM EDT
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Health care is now in the hands of the .GOV

Anything serious is logged and recorded. Probably even 10 years ago.


I've seen people die because they needed outpatient treatment for alcoholism and died because they did not want to be on the "books". Once on the "books" you lose lots of rights.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:23:37 PM EDT
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right a person is totally thinking of all the people who love them when they go kill themselves.


Um, yeah, what he said.

Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?


I would think an opiate would be a euphoric, no mess way to go.

  Yes, its always nice when a mother finds her pale/blue son propped up halfway on the bed and face first in the wall.  A needle buried in his arm and a burnt spoon on the nightstand is a nice touch as well.


Better than a rubber glove coated in Astroglide and a belt around his neck.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:24:31 PM EDT
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Anything serious is logged and recorded. Probably even 10 years ago.


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you don't lose any rights unless you are involuntarily committed which typically requires a judge
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:26:56 PM EDT
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Don't be weak and hit the easy button, get help.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:34:22 PM EDT
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If you have problems, work them out first



Tough shit...start chewing; You got dealt a bad hand and life isn't easy
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:34:25 PM EDT
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you don't lose any rights unless you are involuntarily committed which typically requires a judge
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Anything serious is logged and recorded. Probably even 10 years ago.


I've seen people die because they needed outpatient treatment for alcoholism and died because they did not want to be on the "books". Once on the "books" you lose lots of rights.

you don't lose any rights unless you are involuntarily committed which typically requires a judge


Uhm, you might want to reconsider that statement, it's not entirely accurate, or at least overstates how unlikely it is.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:37:32 PM EDT
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But ultimately it doesn't matter much how it is done.

My son hung himself with an extension cord.
He left a note.
He did it at school.
He was 17.

This happened more than 19 years ago.  This month he would have been 37.  I grieve for him daily.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:38:09 PM EDT
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Many of them don't pay out for suicide FYI.


They do if you wait two years.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:39:08 PM EDT
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right a person is totally thinking of all the people who love them when they go kill themselves.





Um, yeah, what he said.



Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?




I would think an opiate would be a euphoric, no mess way to go.


  Yes, its always nice when a mother finds her pale/blue son propped up halfway on the bed and face first in the wall.  A needle buried in his arm and a burnt spoon on the nightstand is a nice touch as well.





Better than a rubber glove coated in Astroglide and a belt around his neck.




 
Yep, that's definately worse
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:40:24 PM EDT
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But ultimately it doesn't matter much how it is done.



My son hung himself with an extension cord.

He left a note.

He did it at school.

He was 17.



This happened more than 19 years ago.  This month he would have been 37.  I grieve for him daily.
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I can't even imagine.  Sorry for your loss.

 
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:41:30 PM EDT
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I used to have no reason or will to live.

Now it's the opposite. I want to maximize my time here. Kick myself for thinking that way and neglecting my health.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:50:59 PM EDT
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My son hung himself with an extension cord.
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My condolences
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:52:46 PM EDT
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Many of them don't pay out for suicide FYI.

They didn't pay out for someone who hung themselves with a rope over a nail that was barely holding the noose which was padded with thin towel when the victim was wearing fishnets and garters and a feather boa but otherwise nude with vaseline on their hand.
Now they do since they figured out they were accidental deaths.

To be serious make sure you keep an eye on all those who know the victim.
Sometimes someone else will see it as a viable option after a friend or relative commits suicide.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:55:51 PM EDT
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It is a selfish act that leaves a big mess.


• wrap yourself in visqueen and lay in a pile of cat litter.
Link Posted: 7/29/2016 7:57:43 PM EDT
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Add rule #6: Use a revolver, not an autoloader. Unless you put just one in the chamber, it'll fall out of your hand ready to fire again.
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Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?
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Um, yeah, what he said.

Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?


Peripherally knew someone who tried that and couldn't even do that right. Left him even more of a fucked up mess than before.

Link Posted: 7/29/2016 8:02:05 PM EDT
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IF you are seriously considering suicide, you've just leveled up to GOD MODE.

If you're willing to kill yourself, why not FIRST take advantage of GOD MODE, and do something radical.  Make a radical career change, move someplace interesting, take off on the Appalachian trail, buy a sailboat and sail the world.   Move to Alaska and build a cabin, take up mountain climbing, motorcycle or car racing, go exploring someplace dangerous.  

Hell, do something before you check out.  Don't squander the ultimate life level.  

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Peripherally knew someone who tried that and couldn't even do that right. Left him even more of a fucked up mess than before.

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Um, yeah, what he said.

Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?


Peripherally knew someone who tried that and couldn't even do that right. Left him even more of a fucked up mess than before.



I read somewhere it's harder to do with modern cars.  

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Too fucking soon, even for GD



I've been at that point, and I'm glad I didn't follow through. It's the ultimate act of selfishness. On the flip side, I can't blame people that decide it's the final answer. When you're at that point and it's all out of control, that seems like the only controllable thing.
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Um, yeah, what he said.

Also gunshot is out. Should one use heroin or car exhaust instead?


Peripherally knew someone who tried that and couldn't even do that right. Left him even more of a fucked up mess than before.



I read somewhere it's harder to do with modern cars.  



This was probably about 20 or 25 years ago.

I don't know the vintage of the car.

Link Posted: 7/29/2016 8:09:34 PM EDT
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....don't half ass it because everyone will laugh at your incompetence and your life will be worse than before!
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