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Started by Suu, December 19, 2011, 03:09:48 AM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#45
December 23, 2011, 05:06:54 PM
When John Lennon and JFK died, there were crowds of weeping people mourning their deaths in public. Not on the scale of Kim Jong Il, but still, it's not an isolated or unique phenomenon for crowds to mourn the death of a public figure. That was what I was trying to get at. Had nothing to do with suicide.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Triple Zero

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December 23, 2011, 05:31:52 PM
Maybe the statistics I heard about were bullshit then, I should try and find a reference. The traffic thing was not measured just for young people, though.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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December 23, 2011, 07:16:56 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 23, 2011, 05:31:52 PM
Maybe the statistics I heard about were bullshit then, I should try and find a reference. The traffic thing was not measured just for young people, though.

It's called the "Werther Effect" and at least two studies indicate that there is a significant statistical increase in suicides and suicide attempt in the month following a celebrity suicide.

The original 1974 study: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2094294

A later study designed to test the 1974 study: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2095285

An interesting related study: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=CE557035E3A8A269EB25780F343B1217.journals?fromPage=online&aid=4993184
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Triple Zero

#48
December 23, 2011, 09:49:35 PM
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

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December 23, 2011, 11:39:40 PM
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

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December 24, 2011, 12:25:23 AM

Triple Zero

#51
December 24, 2011, 12:38:23 AM
For the people that were sad about kimjongillookingatthings :)
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