Quiz Question 6.30.06

Corry · Jun 30, 2006

...this one is kinda dark......

765,000 Americans do this every year.

Antarctican · Jun 30, 2006

attempt suicide? (although it's hard to imagine the number is that high. But it was the darkest answer I could think of quickly)

omeletteman · Jun 30, 2006

I'm gonna second antarticans guess. Though maybe its succesfully commit suicide (though that would be a lot of people...)

photo gal · Jun 30, 2006

I agree with Dave.

Corry · Jun 30, 2006

Yup...y'all are right. Sad, ain't it? Oh, and it's ATTEMPT, not succesful attempts, that is the exact answer, so Anty was right.

Antarctican · Jun 30, 2006

My other thought was 'kill someone while drunk driving'. Both very dark answers.

Antarctican · Jun 30, 2006

Oh, I see I posted at the same time as Corry revealed the answer. That's a shockingly high number. Corry...I assume it was attempt suicide, rather than 'commit'? Hopefully the cries for help were met with help.

Edit: oops, missed the part of Corry's earlier post where she answered this

Corry · Jun 30, 2006

I almost didn't post today's question...so depressing.

Passion4Film · Jun 30, 2006

I would think it would be more, actually. That number seemed low for this. Very sad.

Antarctican · Jun 30, 2006

Passion4Film said:
I would think it would be more, actually. That number seemed low for this. Very sad.

Low?! Wouldn't that represent roughly 1 in 400 Americans?

Passion4Film · Jun 30, 2006

It seems like since more and more of Americans is depressed, that seems like it should be maybe double - one in every 200?

Corry · Jun 30, 2006

Well, if it's 1 in 400, that means 3 people in my town attempt suicide every year. That seems like a high number to me.

hot shot · Jun 30, 2006

my was try switchin a torch on that has no battries in it during a power cut

treehuggerhikerboy · Jun 30, 2006

There's a crazy amount of successful suicides unfortunately (sometimes we'll have 1 a day for a week or two), they just never make the news unless they're famous. It could be argued that some of them are probably better off that way...