That was my take as well

I don’t understand why there’s a hotline. If you’re suicidal, why would you call? Are you wanting a second opinion? Half joking but half serious.

[removed]

No no, that's too formal.

Fire!

Half way through dialing: "fuck this" jumps

Stupid jokes aside, having a 3 digit number does make the number easier to remember. Plus there was a lot of media attention around this, and a good amount of advertising.

It's great to see such a positive thing.

They need to give both.

A 42% increase on 100 calls is only 42 more calls.

A half million increase on 10 million is only a 5% increase.

Both numbers are needed: "...half a million more calls, a 42% increase, since..."

This is a bullshit post. It's only that number because of the invention of pre screening technology it's not like people are not getting cancer.

So the main reason for suicide is laziness.

What was in the safe?

And that’s the impossible task. Also people really put too much stock into the efficacy of therapy. It truly does nothing for a significant portion of the population.

Uplifting news: there are 500,000 more suicidal people than we thought…

If he doesn't, he might just end up in Hell.

The sheer number of calls is sad. But I'm glad all those people had someone to talk to.

Not being able to read people well can translate into not being able to tell when people are lying, sometimes to the point of being outright gullible. It's all individual in severity or life impact, but it is an autism thing. I don't think I like the description of "easily tricked by words", but getting a better grasp on when to be skeptical of people was something I struggled with for sure.

Sounds like a you problem. Because this had neither.

Dear Sir / Madam,

[deleted]

[removed]

He better move to Boring, otherwise he'll lose it all in a freak accident.

We out here! ::Rapidly approaching flippy flopping::

This dude out abducting people in flip flops.

Reminder: this subreddit is meant to be a place free of excessive cynicism, negativity and bitterness. Toxic attitudes are not welcome here.

All Negative comments will be removed and will possibly result in a ban.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

Being deaf, autistic, and a woman are all obvious handicaps in a survival situation where you're stuck either entirely alone or among strangers for weeks on end.

Guess I'll just send an email then

I'm usually funny, but what I find funny the people that downvote do not find funny so I thought I'd try something different this time