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myLot reputation of 96/100. laydee (6297)   ranked 27 out of 4,279 in thinker 3 years ago

You find your best friend ready to leap off the 15th floor of your office building. 10 seconds and he'll jump, what will you tell him to keep him from doing so?

If he is a guy, I'd probably say "I love you" to shock the living daylights out of him and stop him from jumping (hopefully). I'd probably say the same if it was girl. Just to make them curious or confused to be able to stop them.

What about you?

 

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tags:  suicide, friend, jump, life, 10 seconds
 
1. myLot reputation of 83/100. chevill (239)   ranked 1,346 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

i will tell him or her "wait! jesus loves you!


myLot reputation of 83/100. wmraul (1155)   ranked 593 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

that will definately NOT convince me not to jump .. rolleyes


darmakawasa (75)   ranked 1,282 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

That is so not gonna work, a person en route to commit suicide had little regards for divinity.


myLot reputation of 98/100. tingtong (3868)  3 years ago

That will not work. A person who believes in God won't do that.


myLot reputation of 53/100. Christoph56 (552)   ranked 1,170 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

I'd be jumping even faster if someone said that to me...

and for someone that believed strongly in Jesus, they'd feel like once they hit the ground, they'd get to meet Jesus!

That sounds like the single worst thing to say to someone when they want to jump off a building.

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2. myLot reputation of 85/100. Misterwit (2258)   ranked 129 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

Hell ladee

I will ask where to bury him....blink


myLot reputation of 83/100. wmraul (1155)   ranked 593 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Or if he preffer to burn his body .. then ask what to do with ash .. to first choose the jar where ash would be stored ... w00t


myLot reputation of 85/100. Misterwit (2258)   ranked 129 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Sorry friend....It's not ''hell ladee''..I wanted to say ''hello laydee...''

and if he respond back I will ask him to help digging his grave and jump a bit later....blink


myLot reputation of 85/100. Misterwit (2258)   ranked 129 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Or to whom I shall donate his organs....blink


myLot reputation of 83/100. wmraul (1155)   ranked 593 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Hey, Mister, wouldn't be better to tell him / her somebody look for him on you mobile phone ? In a matter of live and death ?

lolw00twink


myLot reputation of 85/100. Misterwit (2258)   ranked 129 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Yeah..that's a good idea....I wish the guy go and land on that garbage down there and survives with only his two front tooth off...what a sucker....cool


myLot reputation of 98/100. msfrancisco9369 (4836)   ranked 434 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

i will ask the same question too and i will make a follow up questions for some more details about his wake, burial and any message for his loved ones.


darmakawasa (75)   ranked 1,282 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

a person jumping from a 15th storey building is unlikely have any undamaged organ to donor.


myLot reputation of 96/100. laydee (6297)   ranked 27 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

hahahahhaa! you guys are cool...

That'll make him think... well I could also ask "Wait! can you make a short note stating that I get your car? or your house perhaps? Just of old times sake?"

hahahahahahhahaa


myLot reputation of 85/100. Misterwit (2258)   ranked 129 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

I will try to be his adopted son...all the properties .....wubwub

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. zhuhuifen46 (2686)   ranked 21 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

I do not know exactly what I might say in such circumstances. But on TV, I often see policeman persuading on the spot. They would agree to help resolve the issues, and remind them of their children, or mother. Something touching the heart might lead him to a second thought before doing the stupid thing.


darmakawasa (75)   ranked 1,282 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Well in my country i saw on TV how police and their relatives persuade the person to undo his suicidal intention, in my country it happens quite often really, people with unbearable stress climbs up a high telecommunication tower threatening to jump, but none ever really did jump, all of them just making a scene, i think all they want is for the society to care for them, some abandonment issue or some kind.

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4. myLot reputation of 87/100. mdaazam (258)   ranked 654 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

I would just start laughing and would say pointing at him 'look at that jughead' . I dont if that would stop it from jumping , but ill take the risk !
cheerz any way !


darmakawasa (75)   ranked 1,282 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

If you do that then the people will began to wonder, who's the one with issue the person who's going to jump or the person who's laughing and shouting.


myLot reputation of 99/100. joannaleed (6342)  3 years ago

That's a good idea also. Hopefully, that will work. You will end up laughing at each other.

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5. myLot reputation of 94/100. dpk262006 (11877)   ranked 406 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

Hi dear!
Although, it is a hypothetical situation and I do hope that this kind of situation may not arise in my real life nor I would like such incident to happen in my real life. However, on hypothetical note, I would shout at the peak of my voice and would ask my friend (irrespective of his/her gender) not to leap like this and if s/he does not listen, I may add that I am also coming along with you and my sudden confession might stop him/her from doing so.


myLot reputation of 83/100. wmraul (1155)   ranked 593 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Is a proverb I used to hear long a go as a special troops (commando) motto:

Hope for the best, espect for the whorst !

rolleyeswhistle


myLot reputation of 94/100. dpk262006 (11877)   ranked 406 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Thanks for reminding the interesting quote.

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6. myLot reputation of 83/100. wmraul (1155)   ranked 593 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

"Hey, dude ! Not before me, please ! .. Ok, together .. let me come near you, we will jump together, at my mark, ok ?" Once I'm near him, push him back and ask for a 24 hours delay, first we have to enjoy a drink ...

or

"Can I marry your wife ? OK ? Well, come with me, write it down, else no one would belive me you agree .."

or (if is a she)

"As always, you, women, proved to be selfish and ilogical. Yu now think you do it, but why alone ? And more .. what if you survive and be crippled life time ? Come with me, I'll show you a safer way .."


myLot reputation of 85/100. Misterwit (2258)   ranked 129 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

...Marry his wife..blink..You want this guy to make his jump a bit faster....lol


myLot reputation of 87/100. bvdev234 (264)   ranked 3,297 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

lolIf some is going to marry his wife, he never ever will jump.!!!lol


darmakawasa (75)   ranked 1,282 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Marry his wife, hmm you probably the reason he's jumping in the first place.


myLot reputation of 96/100. laydee (6297)   ranked 27 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Hahahaha..


myLot reputation of 99/100. joannaleed (6342)  3 years ago

lollol...I think that's a nice idea...and that person will definitely delay his jumping if you will tell him that you will marry his wife because he will gonna punch you...


myLot reputation of 85/100. Misterwit (2258)   ranked 129 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

He don't have a wife that is the reason he is jumping....doh

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7. myLot reputation of 97/100. MrKennedy (1888)   ranked 171 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

I think I would go for a more harsh approach. Here are such lines I would use:

"Stop being an attention-seeker and start realising you have so much to live for."

"Nobody's stopping you from living the life you want but you. Don't throw that opportunity away in a moment of madness."

"Think of the utter misery you would bring to everybody that has ever cared about you. They don't deserve to suffer that way, and if you put them through that, then everybody will not think of you as the good person you really are."

"If you kill yourself now, there is a possibility you could be condemned to eternal torture in Hell."

If all of those failed, then I would simply dial emergency services and have the "mess" cleaned up before breaking down at the death of my best friend :(


myLot reputation of 83/100. wmraul (1155)   ranked 593 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

lol

A man ready to jump from 15th floor can't care less about hell, heaven, god and stuff.

A better approach would be:

Man, don't go to hell by commiting suicide. Let me come and push you, so it will be me in hell and you in heaven where you deserve .." And don't wait for his agreement, go near as you are decided to push him ..
If you reach right next to him and he didn't yet jump back being scared as hell you REALLY want to push him down, then simply catch him and drag him back - first after punch him badly, so he will "sleep" until you bring him downstairs ..

ninja


myLot reputation of 97/100. MrKennedy (1888)   ranked 171 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Yeah, I see your point about the religious stuff. I'm not a religious man by any degree, it's just more about the "what if" that I think would affect somebody on the verge of jumping.

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8. myLot reputation of 63/100. Fireheart (487)   ranked 1,301 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

well, i really dont care if it was a guy and let him be, if this was a girl i would have a second thought to save her at all cost if she was pretty, prettier they are, more my response in saving the person.just kidding i would say to the person who is trying to jump 10 seconds " you are a loser in life and still afraid to go on,go ahead and die" nothing much. rest is upto the god to save him or leave him to die of his fate. i can say people are different by their character and it depend that what to say to him based upon their actions.


darmakawasa (75)   ranked 1,282 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

Now this is more realistic, i'd do the same thing if the person is a pretty girl he he he.


myLot reputation of 63/100. Fireheart (487)   ranked 1,301 out of 4,279 in thinker  3 years ago

i guess we men do have a particular attraction to women,really its a nature of unavoidable to fall for pretty girls, any person who is man has has this habit..even when it comes to life.well if it was an old man by response is only 10%,i am sure of it.

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9. myLot reputation of 81/100. Bluepatch (2486)   ranked 932 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

Try " its not necessary, " that will make him think that he's doing something that is not really needful for him to do. Its a simple way to overcome the rational of his despairing thoughts. There has to be a train of thinking behind the decision to jump and you need to interrupt that.

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10. myLot reputation of 94/100. jodylee_04530 (555)   ranked 96 out of 4,279 in thinker   3 years ago

I would talk them off the edge. I would remind them of all the happiness they have been given through life and of all the happy times they will miss in the future. I would hope that my best friend would never get to that point and that I am a good enough friend to know if my friend is in danger of suicide.

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