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Long Haired Freaky People Need Not Apply by Scarlett
July 3rd, 2007 12:16 AM
A) If there were hope, you wouldn't be here.
B) If you're suicidal, fatal consequences are not tragic.
C) If they really cared whether you jumped, they would build a guard-rail. But this would cost too much, and be too ugly (I reference http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013fa_fact?currentPage=1). The government body that placed this sign prefers to observe your mangled, water-logged corpse washing up on shore than to observe a large fence.
Slightly contradictory, no?
B) If you're suicidal, fatal consequences are not tragic.
C) If they really cared whether you jumped, they would build a guard-rail. But this would cost too much, and be too ugly (I reference http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/10/13/031013fa_fact?currentPage=1). The government body that placed this sign prefers to observe your mangled, water-logged corpse washing up on shore than to observe a large fence.
Slightly contradictory, no?
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posted by rongo rongo on July 3rd, 2007 9:55 AM
Do you think you can use the emergency service phone to access crisis counseling?
posted by Lank on July 3rd, 2007 12:42 PM
That's what I was wondering! I mean, if you want to end it all, but you see that sign and get filled with hope and you pick up the emergency service phone, will they tell you they can only help if your car is broken down on the bridge?
posted by [Insert Better Name Here] on July 31st, 2007 10:13 PM
Haha..
I think people would know that jumping from the bridge is fatal.
posted by Charlie Fish on August 2nd, 2007 4:47 PM
Very interesting article... I was particularly hit by this quote:
As he crossed the chord in flight, Baldwin recalls, “I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped.”
Good Article.
A cannot believe the writers name is really Tad Friend.