If you're going to commit suicide...

[cowhead]

or don't try to chicken out at the last second...

that's the problem with people who only think they want to die.. if you're going to do it, there are quite a few other more sure ways I can think of.. of course they would require a little more thinking than parking your dumb ass on a train track.

and would be a little more spectacular.

strap some dynomite to yourself, down a bottle of percaset with a fifth of whiskey, light the fuse cut your wrists and jump from a tall bridge in the winter... multiple redundancies are good

[dar512]

Don't know about this guy, but here in Chicagoland we get a fair number of "walked in front of the train" accidents. One of the conductors told me they do it because it's difficult to prove that it's a suicide - so the next of kin can collect on any life insurance.

[bluesdave]

Originally Posted by dar512

Don't know about this guy, but here in Chicagoland we get a fair number of "walked in front of the train" accidents. One of the conductors told me they do it because it's difficult to prove that it's a suicide - so the next of kin can collect on any life insurance.

I have heard that we have so many "train" suicides in Sydney that the government decided a few years back not to publicise them in order to cut down on the "copy cats". I don't know if this worked. We haven't had some idiot drive his car onto the tracks, thankfully. As a matter of fact I don't think we have any level crossings left in the Sydney metro area. I'm pretty sure the last one was replaced with an overpass a few years ago. We do get idiots (usually kids, and young adults) throwing large stones onto the tracks in front of a train (and they throw them at cars on highways too). People have been killed that way. Sickos.

[lookout123]

i've got 2 friends that work for amtrak. they both agree that if you say you haven't killed someone in your first 18 months, then you are delusional or a liar. apparently, it is so common that they have go-to counselors to help the guys out.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by lookout123

i've got 2 friends that work for amtrak. they both agree that if you say you haven't killed someone in your first 18 months, then you are delusional or a liar. apparently, it is so common that they have go-to counselors to help the guys out.

Friend of mine is an engineer for NJTransit.

He made it five or six years, I think. Took it a lot harder than he would have if it had happened earlier in his career.

Oh, and I admitted a guy who somehow managed to fuck up suicide by train ... exactly how he laid on the tracks in such a way to lose both legs, one arm, and a bit of his torso including some large intestine, I haven't quite worked out.

[cowhead is lame]

Originally Posted by cowhead

or don't try to chicken out at the last second...

that's the problem with people who only think they want to die.. if you're going to do it, there are quite a few other more sure ways I can think of.. of course they would require a little more thinking than parking your dumb ass on a train track.

and would be a little more spectacular.

strap some dynomite to yourself, down a bottle of percaset with a fifth of whiskey, light the fuse cut your wrists and jump from a tall bridge in the winter... multiple redundancies are good

ok, cowhead, thats really not cool for you to just tell someone how to kill themselves 'efficiently.' i mean god damn, you're a gruesome ass! i mean honestly! how could u think up something like that? you say he's lame? what about you? you probably thought out your elaborate scheme up for yourself, and then i bet YOU chickened out.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Well now, am I to assume from your name you just dropped by to flame cowhead and not offer anything constructive? That's not nice.
Is suicide a personal hot button? Somebody you know off themselves?
If so, rather than flaming cowhead for an obvious intentionally fatuous post, you could add some insight about those left in the wake of such a tragedy.
If not, are you just perturbed that someone, in this case cowhead, would think up a foolproof methodology? Or be so callous as to not care that your considering offing yourself?
Did you ever think the cowhead, like a lot of people are sick and tired of people "attempting" unsucessful suicides to get attention? Kind of like flamers.