• Operators for Disneyland's "It's a Small World" ride have a higher suicide rate than any other profession.

My Google Gullible module recently gave me the fact listed above, which I found amusing enough to relay to my girlfriend. She was incredulous and wants to know the statistics backing this, but admitted it was amusing nonetheless. Where could I find such info?

By the way this is my first post, I enjoy Gullible's services and decided I would join the forums

There are more male than female suicides by almost 2 to 1.

infact i could quote you a whole bunch of male/female stuff that would surprise you given what you are led to believe by the media. the media is pretty badly feminist and misandrous.

Ms. Advocate, you got your joke backwards.

Anyway, there are more suicide attempts by females than males. Males, however, are more likely to succeed.

There are not enough people in the sample for it to be meaningful / "small n effect" / confidence intervals too large. The acutal profession(s) with the highest suicide rate is the one where the only member commits suicide: 100%.

This sounds just like the widely cited "doctors have the highest suicide rate". I wonder if there are any doctors operating the disney rides???

I've studied this one for a while, and the stats done on the numbers aren't solid enough to draw any kind of inference without qualifying the statement a lot more than a one liner!

Actually, it's probably because male suicides are caused by the woman breaking up with the man.

Posted By: 5010

I tried to research this in the google cache, but the transcript isn't available as far as I can tell. However, I did find something else kinda disturbing:Mickey's suicide attempt.

Ah... walt disney's good ol' sense of humor...

I went to Disneyland Paris February and could ride "Its a small World" as many times as I wanted, in fact the french operator found it funny to send our boat round for the third time just as all of the adults were trying to get up. My daughter then purchased the CD and played it for several days when we returned home. I would therefore have thought that the stratistic should read, "..operators of Disney's "Its a Small World" have more assisted suicides than any other profesison.." Its the same as suiced by cop. NO mercy.

As a suicide surviver myself, (i tried suicide twice) It is totally a set of mind, that does stem from depression, but not something that can be cured with a simple pill, and a pat on the head. my point is, that suicide is most susceptible to people who tend to think more than your average person, because they tend to worry more, so I think that the intellectuals of the world are the most susceptible to suicidal thoughts.

Has anyone heard from Drigger recently??

i joined less than 3 months ago so i never heard of him before.. lol.. how many people here have tried to commit suicide then??

Let me be serious for once.
It takes a lot of guts to do something like that. Dying is easy, but look around, the parents, and the few people that really care, they will be the ones who suffer. So it is reckless and irresponsible to commit suicide. Not to mention the funeral and coffin are expensive as hell.
My cousin died recently in a traffic accident. I spent a few days with her parents. Their expression was indescribable. Since then I ain't making fun of death no mo.

That got me thinking: after I die, I wish to be incinerated. No grave, no coffin; come with no sign, leave with no trace...

I'm actually one of Harlan Worchel's daughters... it's nice to see that we're not the only ones who miss/remember him. And yeah, he would have appreciated the pun...

My neighbour's son committed suicide. They could see no rhyme nor reason. Hung himself in his own room. It took a long time for grief to abate, and far longer for the guilt.

Kttyboopurr, I hope your life is only carrying the positive side of your father's legacy.

No, he was "hworchel".

And here I though Boris don't surf.

Posted By: Rot Bottom

That's civil disobedience at a high point.

That's ace!

And as long as we're on the YouTube craze, all hail the hammer king.

There is an interesting correlation between school fees and parent suicide.

I have done extensive research into that but, in the end, it didn't meet the stringent requirements that are required for inclusion here. I may be able to post some ancillary information, but as far as tying schools to rates, I can't do that.

I go to the University of Michigan and within the past 5 - 10 years they implemented "study breaks" when there is a long time between holiday breaks (like from the start of school to Thanksgiving) they give us a three or four day weekend. Apparently this was to cut down on suicides.

A friend at MIT told me that if there is more then six weeks between "natural breaks" (holidays) then they get a day or two off for the same reason.