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did you know that suicide is the second leading cause of death among college-aged students? so why exactly do we go a flying fuck about the emmy’s?

while reading through wired, i found a few interesting articles on suicide. most noteable, however, was this collection of posts from alt.suicide.holiday, a newsgroup which seems to be intended for those in search of support and advice as they consider the option of suicide. i had a look at the group’s website:

The original charter of the group was to discuss suicide methods and reasons; as it was believed that there were more than enough good reasons connected with holiday times to kill oneself, the name alt.suicide.holiday was chosen. It was assumed that traffic on the newsgroup would only occur around American holiday periods.

The newsgroup has evolved into a partial sanctuary where people can discuss suicide openly in an atmosphere which is not condemnatory of suicide, as much of “Western” culture is. It is only a “partial” sanctuary as, being unmoderated, the group has no mechanism to bar posts which seek to introduce condemnatory viewpoints to the newsgroup.

what a fascinating use of the internet. more on that later.

fossilized spider penis found in the highlands of scotland.

How long till my soul gets it right
Can any human being ever reach that kind of light
I call on the resting soul of Galileo
King of night vision
King of insight

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