Golden Gate suicide map Posted: 5 months ago by doggylives
A map of the Golden Gate bridge with markers and numbers of where and when people jumped from it.
I seriously never realized it was such a hotspot for jumpers!
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 198 [+].
< 1 >
Posted: 5 months ago by suckersklub:
How ridiculous is choosing the Golden Gate for suicide and then jumping over land, please?
More than 50 people made that strange decision.
Score: [-] 103 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by larknet:
I have heard, but not confirmed, that jumping from that height that you would most likely die before you even hit the water. Of course, if you did survive the distance that would be like running into a brick wall. Water still has resistance.
Score: [-] 69 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by chinook:
« larknet : I have heard, but not confirmed, that jumping from that height that you would most likely die before you even hit the water. Of course, if you did survive the distance that would be like running into a brick wall. Water still has resistance. Out of curiosity, how would one die before one hit the water? An object would just be in freefall, and I don't think that usually kills people. I think the impact with the water would be the killer.
Also out of morbid curiosity, I wonder how big of a splash a jumper would make? We tested gravity with a boulder and a helicopter once, and that made one big splash into a lake. Maybe a body would have less of a splash and more of a splat? I don't know.
Score: [-] 80 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by suckersklub:
« chinook : Out of curiosity, how would one die before one hit the water? An object would just be in freefall, and I don't think that usually kills people. I think the impact with the water would be the killer.
Also out of morbid curiosity, I wonder how big of a splash a jumper would make? We tested gravity with a boulder and a helicopter once, and that made one big splash into a lake. Maybe a body would have less of a splash and more of a splat? I don't know. "...tested gravity..."
Yeah, right...
You were having fun, nothing more, nothing less! Damn you, scientists!
Score: [-] 90 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by drweir:
There's a documentary called The Bridge about the suicides. You actually see a number of people in the act so it's pretty disturbing. But the splash isn't anything too spectacular.
Score: [-] 80 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by chinook:
« suckersklub : "...tested gravity..."
Yeah, right...
You were having fun, nothing more, nothing less! Damn you, scientists! No! I swear! It was a highly scientific experiment and there was no fun involved. At all. None whatsoever. Which is why we also tested gravity over a sandy esker, where the boulder left a big crater.
The rest of the world should be thanking us for double-checking to make sure gravity was working properly!
Score: [-] 115 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by dollyllama:
Light post 69 seems popular.
Just saying...
Score: [-] 124 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by psycmoe:
Huh. We just took a trip to SanFran for a wedding, and were commenting on the suicides on our way over the bridge. Thanks for this... we're always morbidly interested in such things.
Score: [-] 55 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by Pocksucket:
Light pole number 5 - disgruntled Microsoft employee*? But given that it is in a car park, do you suppose he didn't jump, but ran a hose from his exhaust and poisoned himself instead?
I quite like the perversity of that. Run yourself a warm bath and then shoot yourself, or climbing out onto a high ledge and taking a lot of pills.
Obviously less keen on the "killing yourself" part. But the perversity I'm down with.
*Or rather, ex-employee. I don't think MS have been employing the undead.
Score: [-] 96 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by Pocksucket:
« larknet : I have heard, but not confirmed, that jumping from that height that you would most likely die before you even hit the water. Of course, if you did survive the distance that would be like running into a brick wall. Water still has resistance. I think you're onto it with the second part there - most people who fall that far die as they hit the water, rather than drowning.
Score: [-] 71 [+].
Posted: 5 months ago by doggylives:
« chinook : No! I swear! It was a highly scientific experiment and there was no fun involved. At all. None whatsoever. Which is why we also tested gravity over a sandy esker, where the boulder left a big crater.
The rest of the world should be thanking us for double-checking to make sure gravity was working properly! Yeh because if for some reason the worlds gravity wasn't working properly and you guys weren't testing it we'd have no other way of knowing, ermm apart from the whole floating thing :)
Score: [-] 33 [+].
< 1 >