Siri & Suicide: She is listening
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
August 17, 2016 12:46pm CST
I learned some startling and interesting things listening to “The Takeaway” broadcast while on the way to work yesterday. One is that the suicide rate is up 30% in the United States; over 38000 people in the US committed suicide last year, while claiming over 800,000 worldwide.
Another thing is that if you use an iPhone and write that you might kill yourself, Siri will offer to connect you to a suicide hotline. If you post something like that on FB, it will soon be reported to local law enforcement.
I had no idea that there were that many suicides in the US and it is apparently a worldwide problem. Did you know anyone who was a suicide?
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 Aug 16
How unfortunate that is, since there are many treatments these days.
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@LadyDuck (502201)
• Italy
19 Aug 16
@JamesHxstatic And the most sad is that he did not even have cancer. He went out one day for a walk, he bought two bottles of vodka and finished them all together with some sort of pills. They found him in the morning, but the doctors were unable to save him.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Oct 16
I believe that it is anywhere in text. We don't use iPhones either.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
18 Aug 16
staggerin' 'n heartbreakin' that so many feel such's an only recourse :( yepperz, i've know 2 folks who've done such successfully, one not.
interestin' that one's phone might save a life 'n that facebook's such'n place. shame they've not fer those who're out to harm others 'n post their intent, eh?
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@teamfreak16 (43570)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Aug 16
Actually, yes. A guy who was a resident of the homeless shelter I worked at killed himself. Nice guy.
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