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The U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs report on Thursday, 7 June, 2018.
In the press release about the new report, the CDC states that:
Suicide rates have been rising in nearly every state, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2016, nearly 45,000 Americans age 10 or older died by suicide. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death and is one of just three leading causes that are on the rise.
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Researchers found that more than half of people who died by suicide did not have a known diagnosed mental health condition at the time of death. Relationship problems or loss, substance misuse; physical health problems; and job, money, legal or housing stress often contributed to risk for suicide. Firearms were the most common method of suicide used by those with and without a known diagnosed mental health condition.
Are any Soylentils contemplating suicide? Do you know anyone who has attempted or succeeded in taking their own life? Why do you think suicide rates are on the rise?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday June 09 2018, @03:33AM (2 children)
Take another series like Game of Thrones. It's just a collage of plotless violence, yet people eat that stuff up. They eat it up, digest it, and then put it into practice.
Hey now, while I'm a bit Star Trek (but not Discovery) fan, I'm also a GoT fan.
The thing about GoT is that it basically shows human nature as it really is. The violence isn't "plotless", it's all part of a very complex story; that's why the show is so popular with people who don't even like TV much. It takes a lot of thought to keep all the different characters straight; it's an incredibly complex plot. The whole show is basically showing how stupid humans are because they're constantly fighting each other (mainly for power), even when there's a much larger threat to all of them. In the show, the "white walkers" are coming for the living, but no one believes it, and instead they're massacring each other in constant wars. This is somewhat like us in real life, constantly competing with and warring with each other, meanwhile we're all likely to suffer catastrophic effects from climate change and ecosystem destruction. But I'll agree, it's not relaxing to watch, but it was never meant to be. Were Ben-Hur or Lawrence of Arabia fun and relaxing to watch? How about All Quiet on the Western Front? Apocalypse Now?
(Score: 2) by zugedneb on Saturday June 09 2018, @11:24AM (1 child)
The problem is, the violence it shows was needed in times of need; a snapshot of a particular time, or slice of history...
It does not show a way out of it, and it is that way that is needed.
As it is, it programs the autopilot in people to think in ways they did not normally allow themselves.
Human nature is programmable, u know...
old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday June 09 2018, @11:39AM
It does not show a way out of it, and it is that way that is needed.
What the heck are you talking about? The show isn't over yet, and the most recent season was all about Jon and Dany talking about building a better world together, because they realized just how screwed up their world was.