tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post6438999026194002117..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Suicide, the Internet and group psychosis?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-15920690515172876472008-01-24T00:22:00.000+00:002008-01-24T00:22:00.000+00:00The first bloke died in 2005 - his body wasn't fou...The first bloke died in 2005 - his body wasn't found for four months.<BR/><BR/>So that's six suicides in 2006, in a town of 40,000 people. Except three of them lived in the county of Bridgend, not the Town of Bridgend. (see map on my web page)<BR/><BR/>Annual Suicide rate in the UK? 17.5 per 100,000. So these figures are pretty typical. <BR/><BR/>There is no "Death Cult". It's just a big media circus.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.jamesbarlow.co.uk/bebo-death-cult" REL="nofollow">Debunking the Bebo Death Cult</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-34960231759310846502008-01-23T23:34:00.000+00:002008-01-23T23:34:00.000+00:00I blame global warming. Not the warming, but the h...I blame global warming. Not the warming, but the hysteria. It’s rather depressing being told, by a giant intellect wot jets around the world, that it’s ME that is killing the planet.<BR/><BR/>When I was a teen, it was NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION. It seemed a good reason not to bother trying in life: all my petty achievements were going to be swept away in an instant. A good reason to get balance in state incubators I mean schools.Clunking Fisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020166717482531977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-55613213000362924362008-01-23T20:53:00.000+00:002008-01-23T20:53:00.000+00:00The "it's all the fault of the evil interweb thing...The "it's all the fault of the evil interweb thingy" line is fairly typical of the sort of woo-woo journalism we've come to expect of the Daily Mail, where I first heard of this. <BR/><BR/>The problem with that explanation is that this isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened. <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whsimages/sets/72157602476458793/" REL="nofollow">Wisconsin Death Trip</A>, anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-80419540201804577912008-01-23T19:07:00.000+00:002008-01-23T19:07:00.000+00:00I agree with the "birds of a feather" analogy; it ...I agree with the "birds of a feather" analogy; it seems to hold water. Like-minded people are able to be part of cliques on social networks, and simply ignore people with other viewpoints. It would be easy to create a downward spiral within such a group because of the lack of outside influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-35079796362482490932008-01-23T18:09:00.000+00:002008-01-23T18:09:00.000+00:00Dizzy, A friend of mine spent some time in a Psych...Dizzy, <BR/><BR/>A friend of mine spent some time in a Psychiatric ward.<BR/><BR/>He said the men did themselves violently and at random.<BR/><BR/>One girl would slash her wrists, then they all would, etc etc.<BR/><BR/>Just telling it like he told me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com