Anthony Bourdain has died

Post by 24gttghh » Fri, Jun 08, 2018, 4:04 PM UTC

jadell wrote: post #63

hellofunk wrote: post #62

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> He was an addict and got sober Commenter was talking about alcohol. He drinks a lot of alcohol in most of the episodes I’ve seen.

Addicted to drugs, not alcohol.

Post by hsljekskfh » Fri, Jun 08, 2018, 4:08 PM UTC

georgewsinger wrote: post #252

fiblye wrote: post #20

The CNN article about his death had this: >Suicide is a growing problem in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a survey Thursday showing suicide rates increased by 25% across the United States over nearly two decades ending in 2016. I remember a while back that the general public's tone on suicide was a lot less sober. More of a "man up" sort of attitude. With a growing list…

> Suicide is a growing problem in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a survey Thursday showing suicide rates increased by 25% across the United States over nearly two decades ending in 2016. > I remember a while back that the general public's tone on suicide was a lot less sober. More of a "man up" sort of attitude. Not trolling: wouldn't this provide (weak, but nevertheles…

Post by ghostbrainalpha » Fri, Jun 08, 2018, 4:09 PM UTC

Ntrails wrote: post #60

>, I can only hope that people as a whole start seeing it as a complex issue and the stigma of mental issues and stress can lessen so that people can get help Possibly inappropriate - but why do people immediately link suicide and mental illness? Why do we stand in judgement declaring it wrong to decide ones own fate? Am I not the master of my own existence and do I not have the right to make a decision on it without…

Post by yebyen » Fri, Jun 08, 2018, 4:14 PM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #218

jdietrich wrote: post #185

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"Known mental health condition" is the key sticking point. The CDC's data relies on reports from coroners, medical examiners and law enforcement agencies. The study I cited was based on psychological autopsies, which includes interviews with family members and health care personnel. It is highly likely that many of the people that the CDC identify as having no known mental health condition were either undiagnosed or…

> It is highly likely that many of the people that the CDC identify as having no known mental health condition were either undiagnosed or had kept their diagnosis private. Given that the vast majority of Americans have a diagnosable mental illness at some point during their lives, if anything that is evidence against there being a strong relationship between mental illness and suicide. E.g. supposedly more than 50% o…

Post by elliottcarlson » Fri, Jun 08, 2018, 4:18 PM UTC

emptyfile wrote: post #11

Wow, suicide... Most people would tell me his life is their dream. Rest in peace.

    Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
    We people on the pavement looked at him:
    He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
    Clean favored, and imperially slim.

    And he was always quietly arrayed,
    And he was always human when he talked;
    But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
    "Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

    And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
    And admirably schooled in every grace:
    In fine, we thought that he was everything
    To make us wish that we were in his place.

    So on we worked, and waited for the light,
    And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
    And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
    Went home and put a bullet through his head.