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• 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 
According to the Centers for Disease Control (who also act as a clearning house for statistics regarding births, deaths, causes of death, etc.) suicide is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States overall, on a pathophysiological basis. (second leading cause among people aged 15-24).
Categorization by region, age, race, and gender is fairly common, but categorization by occupation is more difficult to come by... However, certain partial data can be accquired from the American Society of Actuaries. This data may be skewed toward a bias "in favor of" Disney park employees, however, since Florida and California were among the 24 states to participate in the most recent study on record.
Aparantly, in 2003, a transcription error in the HTML of a Disney Parks and Resorts Division Human resources page caused the results of an internal study on the subject to be "unsecured" for a period of just over 36 hours. As I understand it, the current hypothesis on the factoid above is extrapolated from that report.
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.
Posted By: MrFingersThere are more male than female suicides by almost 2 to 1.
Of course there are... We have to put up with you guys.
(sorry... couldn't resist. XD)
Ms. Advocate, you got your joke backwards.
Anyway, there are more suicide attempts by females than males. Males, however, are more likely to succeed.
That is because of the nature of the attempt. the male's attempt is a genuine one to take his life, where as the female one is a cry for help. that is why the male just goes and does it, while the female publicises her intentions.
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%.
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.
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!
u guyz r all diks. whta the fkuc irs wong wit ch'all i mena seriously iwat the fucka if you dickweeds balls ass.
Actually, it's probably because male suicides are caused by the woman breaking up with the man.
Wait a minute - This is one segment of his fragmented speech that I cannot completely understand - the logical statement at the end is very open-ended. I suggest you revise that statement.
Posted By: 5010I 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...
Posted By: Illnab1024Wait a minute - This is one segment of his fragmented speech that I cannot completely understand - the logical statement at the end is very open-ended. I suggest you revise that statement.
I don't think "logic" is a word that applies here....
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.

Females always want a way out if they decide not to go through with it, so they use methods like cutting, suffocation, drowning, among others.
When Males generally use guns, a quick death.
Good research on the topic, and good fact!
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.
While your theory is a good one, it does not apply to every single situation. Are you saying that men are more intellectual than women? Because the suicide rate is generally higher in men than women. This is not because men try more often, but rather as Hushed mentioned, men are generally more efficient at killing themselves than women.
Has anyone heard from Drigger recently??
He hasn't been on in 3 months. I'm a little worried...
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??
In all seriousness, there was a user here named HWorchel (Harlan Worchel), who was my co-worker / friend. He actually did commit suicide about 4 or so months back by jumping in front of a train. He only posted a few times, though, so I'm sure no one but me remembers him. I'm pretty confident that it was not Gullible.Info that pushed him over the edge (he'd appreciate the pun).
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...
Posted By: TaedIn all seriousness, there was a user here named HWorchel (Harlan Worchel), who was my co-worker / friend. He actually did commit suicide about 4 or so months back by jumping in front of a train. He only posted a few times, though, so I'm sure no one but me remembers him. I'm pretty confident that it was not Gullible.Info that pushed him over the edge (he'd appreciate the pun).
I'm sorry to hear about this Taed. A few years back I was working at my college news paper as the assistant production manager, and my boss Jenny Dierdorff committed suicide. It was such a difficult time for everyone. Working at the paper, you really become a family. And to make matters more complicated, I then had to take over my boss' job running the design and production of the newspaper five months into my freshman year. I'm going to go post in more uplifting discussions now.
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... 
Posted By: BFCrimson• Operators for Disneyland's "It's a Small World" ride have a higher suicide rate than any other profession.
So I guess it really is a, "Small World After All!"
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.
Soooooo........
Was Harlan Worchel actually Drigger?
No, he was "hworchel".
And here I though Boris don't surf.
That's civil disobedience at a high point.
Posted By: Rot BottomThat'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.
Can anyone find any statistical rankings of colleges with the highest suicide rates?
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.
Yakusawa U. in Japan has the highest, bar none.
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.
thats interesting after not checking up for a few day the thread with the most new stuff is about suicides
You guys are fucking faggots and not funny
Probably gonna get banned but I hope you know that it is true, Fuck you all :O)
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